Any heating device has its disadvantages and advantages. Today there is a satisfied wide variety of designs of foci, and everyone has its own characteristics. Their main advantages are heat, the ability to cook food, admire live fire. And the main drawbacks are quite large dimensions, fuel consumption, time for their maintenance. But today already improved foci appear. They have a large list of advantages, making heating devices more rational and economical in use. The disadvantages and advantages of fireplaces are affected in their constructive features and the chimney used.
In the thickness of the walls of the fireplace are divided into:
Thin -walled, this kind of foci heat up quite quickly, and the fuel is consumed by a much smaller amount. True, there is a need for such foci quite often to heal, as a rule, twice a day no less and this takes a lot of time. But to someone and this option will seem to be winning, depending on what goal is pursued during the construction of the hearth.
Well, the main disadvantages of the thin-walled hearth are: the low life of their operation, a rather high fire hazard due to severe heating of the outer surfaces. After all, the temperature sometimes reaches 200 degrees Celsius. The aesthetic type of this kind of devices is not satisfied with many. Discretions they are also in appearance, usually such foci are simply plastered and whitish lime (such a country version or rustic style), they may even consist of metal covers. I must say that thin -walled fireplaces unevenly warm the room, as a result of which it creates temperature fluctuations between the tops. The use of this kind of foci can lead to a decrease in air humidity in your house, as a result of burning a large amount of oxygen (after all, they must be drowned no more than twice a day – they have not forgotten?). But if this option is still suitable for you for some reason, just do not forget, especially in winter, ventilating the room where your focus is installed as often as possible. True, as a result, this can lead to large heat losses of the room. Nevertheless, such fireplaces are very convenient in summer and garden houses, when you need to quickly and for a short time warm the room, or cook food. Thick -walled foci. Fireplaces with thick walls have significantly greater advantages than disadvantages. The main advantage of such foci is uniform heating of the room, that is, the most comfortable conditions for people living here. In addition, the temperature when heating the outer walls is no more than 90 degrees Celsius. And if you drown beyond measure, bricks in the fuel can be heated to 900 degrees, since foci of this kind of very high heat -accumulating ability. After such a furnace, the fireplace smoothly and slowly will give its warmth to the room. Is this not the main goal and task in the construction of the bulk of the heating devices? In addition, despite the fact that for a long time in your room it will be comfortable and warm, you will not worry about the danger of a fire, since this kind of heating devices are more safe in fire than thin-walled foci. In addition, the thick -walled centers and the service life are longer – up to 20 years, such a focus will last you, be sure. Well, the efficiency of this type of designs will depend on the chimney systems that will be applied in it. Now let’s move on to the shortcomings. The disadvantage of thick -walled furnaces is a more time for warming up. It will take from 2 to 6 hours, it depends on how often you are heating the oven.
Metal fireplaces
Metal foci. If necessary or the wing of the owner, partially or completely heating devices are sometimes placed in a metal frame. During the construction of fireplaces, this does not happen so often, but it still happens. There are quite a lot of options for metal furnaces today. And to choose the desired version of the fireplace, we recommend that you contact the Professional Master and weigh all the pros and against the construction of this type of heating device. The main advantage of all stone heating devices is that they are completely harmless to people’s health. In addition, fireplaces not only warm the room, but also ventilate it perfectly. As a result of excellent ventilation, the humidity in the room is significantly reduced and a special microclimate is created in the house, the smell of burning firewood is also pleasant. On the domestic market today there are quite a lot of heating devices that combine the functions of the stove-kamin. The fuel of such foci are made of cast iron or from steel and closed by a door with heat -resistant glass. With an open door, this is a stove, and with a closed one, consider that the fireplace. So the choice, as always for you.