Options for wood-burning fireplaces for home

All who have country houses and cottages, think about wood-burning fireplaces for the home.

If you have been thinking about how to get this piece of furniture, but think that it is expensive, then read this article, and understand that to build a fire with his own hands is not so difficult.

fireplace creating technology with high efficiency involves a lot of nuances, each of which should be taken into account during the construction.

main stages of the construction of the fireplace at home with their own hands:

• principle of operation;
• choice of location;
• type selection (selection of high-quality bricks);
• choice of materials;
• payment sizes;
• construction of the fireplace;
• creating competent chimney.

Once you decide you want to have in the living room had a fireplace, you need to answer the question - whether it is purely ornamental decoration of the house, or do you plan to use it for space heating and long keep warm.

In this article we will discuss in detail how to make a wood-burning fireplace that will warm you to the house and reduce the consumption of electricity.

The principle of operation

wood stoves fireplaces for a country house operate on the following principle: heat is generated as a result of the combustion of dry wood, the stone is heated and can then retain heat and warm the room for a long time.

Look this oven can in many ways, but its main elements - a firebox and chimney - are present in any case.

maximum efficiency fireplace should be:

1. wide and shallow, even if it is a corner to increase the heat transfer area;
2. masonry may not be smooth, and some bricks can act, it increases the total area of ​​the heating surface, and therefore, increases and heat transfer;
3. efficiency because the fireplace is not very high, then increase it invented a variety of tricks.For example, to add so-called thermal design panels - massive elements that are heated and allocates additional heat.

Do not forget that no matter how well-built home was not, to use it as the only means for the heating of a country house will not turn.

This is especially true of the northern regions of the country - can not do without a central heating system.

But properly constructed fireplace will please you for a long time.

Site Selection

How to place your stove in the territory of a country house or villa - the first question you ask yourself, to begin construction.

accommodation options you can see in the photo below.

first rule of fire apparatus - the room should not be small.The fact that the fire in the combustion process takes a lot of oxygen from the room, and thus should be ample room.

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There are, of course, ways to resolve this issue in a different way - in a subfield hearth leave a small cavity, the air channel thatIt leads directly to the street, and provides oxygen to the fire.

By way of accommodation in the room of the brick fireplace can be:

• corner;
• the wall;
• center.

That is, you can install it in the corner of the room, just a wall or in the center.

hearth type selection

fireplaces to give Burning can be divided into open and closed.

Closed have cast-iron base (internal boiler, in which there is the wood burning process), topped with a stone or brick.

Front door to a furnace can be made of glass, which adds to the whole structure of beauty and aesthetics.

you can admire the fire, while the door is closed and the fire comes less oxygen, which reduces the intensity of the burning, save fuel consumption.

so doing, when the room temperature is already high enough and it should be easy to maintain at a comfortable level.

Cast tapes are relatively inexpensive compared to the refractory bricks, so their use will also save on construction.

device has its own characteristics in comparison with the open, but both you may well build with their own hands.

Another classification of the Fireplaces:

• trim (angle);
• built;
• island.

Depending on the size of the room, and choose the furnace model.

Island variant is arranged in a very large rooms and if the room is not very large, then you no longer fit the corner option.

Island efficiently heats the room as any fireplace emits heat radiation, it being in the middle of the room, he warms the room and not the outer wall.However

corner fireplace can be more economical, since only one is being built front wall.

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Each model has its advantages and disadvantages, so in each case chosen such center that meets the goals and tastesthe owner of a country house or villa.

Each of these may be:

• gas;
• wood burning;
• electric.

And if the gas and electric fireplace, everything is quite simple - choose a design, you bring home and install your chosen model, and you're admiring the beautiful artificial fire, the brick fireplaces (including cast iron) - a real furnacewhich also require special knowledge in the construction and some care.

However, this center looks much more spectacular and special warmth from him.It will suit you if you care about the appearance of their home country and its effective use.

And build it with his own hands is possible.

Materials for masonry

easiest material for the construction of the fireplace - a brick (grade M-150 or fireclay).

Main characteristics of the material: a relatively inexpensive (compared to the natural stone), efficient heat-resistant material, which retains and releases the heat for a long time, and which can last many years.

main thing is to take the bricks necessary mark, so that it can withstand the heat arising from the combustion of fuel.

Other materials from which to build an oven with his own hands:

1. concrete;
2. stone.

for masonry you need a mixture of clay-based.

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Ready kiln dry mix sold in stores, but you can make it with your own hands.For this you need a fat clay, silica sand mining and water.

finishing trim is made of heat-resistant materials, which long retain and transfer heat.These are different types of stone (natural or artificial), wood, tiles, ceramics, decorative plaster.

masonry fireplace

Once you have decided on how it will look like on your future home, to do the drawings, in which you will build.

This will finally decide with all the nuances and do not deviate from the course.You can find ready-made drawings, already tested by someone on the matter.

Standard fireplace weighs about a ton, so rare when you can do without additional foundation or strengthening under the base.

Before proceeding directly to the brickwork, laid out the first row of bricks without the use of a mixture to ensure that the drawings are right and everything fits idea.

Then also spread dry first row of pipes and bricks from the ceiling down plumb lines to ensure that the resulting distance is enough to make a horizontal fire butchering.

masonry fireplace starts at the corners, and then spread outside the walls, and then the inner part.

Once built fireplace, conduct its lining - is the protection of the firebox fireplace on the inside of the refractory metal plates.

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On construction technology corner fireplace is not particularly different from the usual.

strictly follow all the rules construction of the fireplace, and it will serve you for a long time.

Create

chimney fireplace chimney - a vertical channel for smoke and carbon dioxide.

requirements that are put forward for a good chimney:

1. presence of a strong thrust to fuel combustion products in any case did not fall into the room;
2. all its elements must be heat-resistant;
3. materials must be resistant to temperature extremes.

to create the chimney using a ceramic tube, which is the main channel (ceramics resistant to excessive heat and mechanical damage).

top ceramic tube sheathe mineral wool, and only then laid a layer of brick, stone or concrete, depending on which of a fireplace built.

Chimney often make angled 90 degrees in order to not fall into the water and snow.

few words about aesthetics and design

matter how important was not the practical function of the fireplace - no one can deny the importance of his appearance.

After all, if the room has a fireplace, it was he who became the center of the interior.Therefore, consider its appearance is very important.

fireplace creating your own hands, you can use heat-resistant lining materials and put them not only the center, but the wall behind him.

Fireplace does not have to be bulky and take up half the room.See the photo below, there are small models, such as the angle that will be harmonious look in the room less than 20 sq.m.

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As decorations used cast iron or forged elements- wood-burning basket Spark arrester grill, tools, and stand for them - all of which can further emphasize the glamor fireplace, examples can see in the photo below.

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Care fireplace

Fireplace brick - not a very complicated design, however, and it requires some attention,to work without interruption.

The first thing that is required is cleaning the chimney.Even if everything is functioning without interruption, twice a year is necessary to diagnose, inspect and clean the chimney if necessary.

This will save you from unpleasant surprises.As a result, a long wood burning soot is formed, which accumulates in places of bends, where there are some projections.

for easy cleaning in the chimney make the holes with doors that allow you to better control contamination of the fireplace.