Let your home always be warm! Choosing a heating stove for a summer house
The choice of a heating device for a country house depends on many factors. As a rule, such stoves are designed for heating a small one is enough in terms of the area of the dwelling, and they themselves are distinguished by their compactness.
It is best if the equipment is easy to operate and maintain, can heat up quickly, heat the room evenly and retain heat for a long time, it must be ensured fire safety.
Additional functions of the country heating will make it possible to heat water or cook food. Despite the fact that the market offers many types of equipment for the country, the stove can be made and with my own handsTherefore, no matter what the size of the cottage, climate conditions and family budget are, it is possible to select the optimal heating device for each case.
Heating stove with water circuit
Such devices are very effective for small and medium in area country houses. Their main difference from other types is built-in heat exchanger, most often made of cast iron or stainless steel.
Photo 1. Scheme of connecting the furnace with a water circuit to the heating system.
The heat exchanger is installed in the combustion chamber, but so that do not touch open flames — heating occurs due to the release of hot air and combustion products. The heat exchanger is connected to the house heating system, most often of the radiator type, using two pipes for the intake of cold water and the outlet of hot water.
Important! When using a furnace with a water circuit, it is necessary presence of water in the heat exchanger, otherwise it may be damaged. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account that it is impossible to melt the device for a short time without heating the whole house.
Choice completely cast iron model will allow you to heat a larger area, cast iron is more wear-resistant, cools more slowly, but is expensive and in case of damage cannot be repaired - the stove will have to be replaced entirely.
Most often, only a few parts are made of cast iron, for example, the heat exchanger and doors, this helps to avoid their deformation from high temperatures. Combined options are more affordable and have quite a lot of power.
Devices with a water circuit are the following types:
- Fuel-poweredMost often, firewood or coal are used, sometimes peat, diesel fuel and other types of fuel.
- Equipped with an electric heater — heating element. Often there are combined options, when the electric heater is turned on to maintain the temperature of the heated water after the fuel has burned out.
- With gas supplySuch devices are less common, usually if a gas pipeline is connected to a suburban area.
Features of a stove with a water circuit:
- Implementation of water exchange. Usually a circulation pump is used, it is thanks to this device that heated water moves around the area of the house, for the device to work, the presence of an electrical network is required.
- Retaining heat after the fuel has burned out. Without additional equipment, heating is only possible for very small houses, as the water in the radiators cools down quickly. Heating with a heating element is most often used.
Despite their low efficiency, water circuit furnaces are very common due to affordable price and reliabilityThey are distinguished by a long service life, and if there is a possibility of installing heated floors that do not require high temperatures, such a stove can heat a large house.
Long burning heating stove
Another common way to heat a country house is to use long-burning equipment. Such devices are used for heating not only the heat from the combustion of the fuel itselfa, but also use the gas released during wood combustion gas, re-burning it in a separate chamber.
Photo 2. A long-burning heating stove with a cooking area equipped on it.
This mode is called pyrolysis. To ensure its effectiveness, the first chamber restricts the flow of air to the burning fuel, thereby causing the wood to smoulder.
Advantages:
- Long burning period — from 7 to 15 hours with one load of fuel (duration depends on the volume of the combustion chamber).
- High efficiency and quick heating of the room.
- Low fuel costs - you can use firewood, coal, and other types of solid fuel; during the combustion process it is used almost completely, leaving less ash than open-burning stoves.
- Compactness of the oven and its light weight make the problem of placing the stove in the house easy to solve.
- Low cost of equipment. Steel stoves and combination models can be used, although the best option would be a more expensive cast iron stove.
- Additional functionsTypically, such devices are equipped with a hob for cooking.
The disadvantage of long burning equipment is relatively low power. Such a device is not suitable for heating a large cottage, but will perfectly cope with its task in the conditions of a small country house.
Attention! Long-burning stoves are equipped with special sealed doors that prevent smoke and gas from leaking into the room. Using a regular stove in a similar way is extremely dangerous - carbon monoxide can cause severe poisoning and even death.
Installation at the dacha
The main criterion for choosing heating equipment for a summer house is the need to quickly warm up the room And frequency of its useIf you don’t visit your dacha very often, the best solution would be a compact, long-burning model.
Its use will allow heat the room quickly and efficiently during your presence, cook food and heat water on the hob, and long periods of downtime will not have a destructive effect on the equipment.
If you visit your country house or live in it more regularly, you can use a stove with a water circuit.
Such a device will require the presence of an electrical network and a water heating system, but it can provide heating for a larger space, for example, a house with several rooms.
Selecting a location for equipment
Installation of the heating device should begin with careful preparation:
- The first thing you need to do is calculate the area of the roomI, intended for heating, taking into account the height of the ceilings. This is important when choosing the power of the model.
- The location where the oven will be located is determined. It is better to consider where it is most convenient to use the device in case of using additional functions (in the form of a hob). Access to water and the ability to connect to the power grid will be an advantage.
- It is calculated how the chimney will be routed to the outside. This can be done either through a window or through the roof coverings.
- The place prepared for installation of the stove, is covered with material, fire-resistant (you can lay the floor and walls with ceramic tiles), the floor is leveled.
- The stove is installed at a sufficient distance from walls and other objects. If necessary, a connection to the electrical network is made, and a connection to the water heating system is made.
- The chimney is being installedIt is better to make it collapsible for ease of cleaning, it is necessary to insulate it.
If possible, a stove with a water circuit is installed in a separate room, where the noise of the device will not disturb anyone in the household. Long-burning stoves are often installed in the main room, since the heating functions are performed by the body of the device itself.
Correct use
In order to light a long-burning stove, you need to do the following: series of actions:
- Into the combustion chamber the fuel is stacked tightly. It is advisable to fill the chamber almost completely, between logs or pieces of coal on top. kindling is being laid, dry wood chips or a rag soaked in kerosene.
- The kindling is ignited from the top layerAfter the firewood has burned well, the stove is covered.
- Once the firewood is burning at full strength, the door closes hermetically, and the purge valve is set to the desired position - so as to supply only a small amount of air to the chamber.
- Bake can be left until the next bookmark — for the period about 10 hours.
When heating a stove with a water circuit the wood is lit from below, A the oven door does not need to be closed tightly. It is also necessary add fuel in a timely manner or connect the heating element after the wood chips and firewood have burned out.
Installing a compact stove for heating a summer house will make pleasant evenings outdoors a reality even in winter. Modern models of devices are equipped with with fireproof glass doors, which makes it possible to observe the flames and makes them a cozy analogue of a fireplace.
Useful video
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Comments
We installed a couple of such stoves in our greenhouse. It turns out to be a big profit. We use firewood as fuel. We prepare it in the neighboring forest - foresters even pay extra for clearing windfall. And there is just a lot of it in the forest - enough for more than one decade.