On the plot there is a Russian bathhouse or sauna, no, this is no longer a luxury, but rather the norm! What is a Russian bath - is the smell of wormwood, aspen, linden. This is a do-it-yourself stove made from completely affordable materials. But if you do not want to bother with making the stove for the bathhouse yourself, then purchase a stove in the store. The choice is huge.

Content

1. General information  video
2. What are metal bath stoves made of   video
3. Increase furnace efficiency
4. Types of fuel used for heating stoves
   • firewood
   • peat
   • gaseous fuel
5. Furnace furnace with various types of fuel
   • solid fuel furnace
   • features of the furnace furnace peat
   • coal
   • gaseous fuel
6. Fire safety regulations

General information

There is nothing surprising in the fact that iron stoves for baths began to displace brick heaters. Of course, iron stoves have their drawbacks during their installation and operation - this is also a small laying of stones, so the stove cools down quickly. When installing such a furnace, it is necessary to comply with fire safety rules and approach them with increased attention, fulfilling all the recommendations set forth in the installation and operation instructions.

But there are many advantages of iron stoves over brick ones, you can install it yourself and it will cost much less than a brick stove. When using an iron heater, the benefit becomes even more noticeable, this also reduces the time of heating the steam room, and less firewood for the furnace.

What are metal bath stoves made of

For the manufacture of furnaces, heat-resistant steel or cast iron is used, which guarantees a long service life. To install an iron stove, it is not necessary to have a good foundation, you just need to protect the floor under the stove from fire. Modern stoves are effective convective systems from which heated air enters the steam room, and cold comes in its place.

All this contributes to the rapid and uniform heating of the steam room, respectively, and the size of the furnace, i.e. its dimensions and power depend on the volume of the steam room. The design of the stoves is constantly being upgraded, new elements that improve heat transfer appear in them, special labyrinths are provided in the furnace furnaces that delay the movement of hot gases, and the operating mode as smoldering prevents the quick burning of firewood, and therefore saves firewood .

Increase furnace efficiency

Metal furnaces can be overlaid with fireclay bricks or natural stone, which gives the furnace additional heat capacity. To increase the efficiency of furnaces, fire chambers of a special design have been developed, namely, incandescent gases enter the labyrinth formed by dividers, where additional flows of combustion products form along the side walls at the top firebox. Fuel burns more fully, since side streams slow down the movement of gases along the main labyrinth of the firebox.

Such stoves heat up evenly, their individual parts do not heat up to red, the radiation does not burn. But you yourself have the right to decide which stove to put in the bath, the range of iron heaters is so large that it’s easy to choose an inexpensive high-quality model, or be patient and add up brick oven. You decide.

Types of fuel used to heat furnaces:

  - solid (firewood, peat, coal);

- gaseous (natural natural gas, artificial gas produced at the factory);

- liquid (fuel oil, oil).

  The choice of fuel is determined by its availability in a particular area.

Firewood

As fuel for stoves, they are used in a forest-rich region. Oak, beech and birch firewood have an advantage over pine, alder and aspen.

Peat

Peat is widely used in heating stoves, but its properties are inferior to firewood. When it is burned, a lot of ash is formed.

Gaseous fuel

This fuel is very convenient to use, as it is supplied through gas pipelines or in cylinders and does not require special conditions for storage and preparation for use. Under the gaseous fuel almost any furnace can be converted. In order to maintain fuel combustion, it is necessary to provide a high temperature in it, for this it is necessary to supply 1.5 times more air to the firebox than is necessary for complete combustion of the fuel. By the color of the flame, you can judge the amount of air entering the fuel. If the color of the flame is light - yellow - enough air. If the color is bright white - there is not enough air, it is necessary to increase the thickness of the fuel layer on the grate, and at the end of the furnace, open the smoke gate. If the smoking flame, its color is dark yellow or red, black smoke flows from the chimney - there is very little air. It is necessary to fully open the smoke damper and the blower door, you can open the furnace door.

Furnace furnace with various types of fuel

solid fuel furnace

• Open the smoke damper, furnace and blower doors to supply cold air to the oven.

• To ignite solid fuels, use birch bark, paper, splinter, and melt the stove.

• When the fire flares up well, regulate the combustion using a smoke damper (opening, closing it).

• Toward the end of the furnace, tightly cover the smoke damper, move the remaining fuel with a poker.

• After burning fuel, close the blower door.

• Close the smoke damper tightly after all the coals have gone out.

Features of the furnace furnace peat

Since a large amount of ash is formed during the burning of peat, it clogs the openings of the grate, which leads to a decrease in air intake. Therefore, the grate must be cleaned regularly, 5 mm. wire. The smoke damper is completely closed after all the ash is removed, which does not go out for a long time.

Coal

To ignite coal, small chips and logs are placed on the grate; on top of them, a handful of coal is spread evenly, then the fuel is ignited. After all this flares up well, pour out the rest of the coal. After heating, before closing the chimney, ash is removed from the blower, and from the furnace, the remaining fuel.

Gaseous fuel

• Before igniting the gas, ventilate the room for 10 minutes.

• Open the furnace door, ventilate the furnace for 10 minutes.

• Open the tap on the gas pipeline.

• Bring the lit torch to the igniter by pressing the valve button.

• Open the adjustment tap.

• At the end of the furnace, close all taps, doors and latches.

The combustion process is regulated by the blower door and control valve. If the color of the flame is transparent with a bluish tint, then the gas burns out completely. Red and yellow flames indicate that you need to increase the air supply or reduce the flow of gas. If the flame goes out, immediately close the control valve, ventilate the oven for 10 minutes, then re-ignite the gas.

Fire safety regulations

The operation of any furnace requires the mandatory cleaning of ventilation chimneys. Accumulated soot can ignite spontaneously, in addition, ventilation is disturbed, exhaust gases can enter the room, and this is fraught not only with health, but also a direct threat to life.

1. Use refractory materials, especially where there is direct contact with fire.

2. Insulate flammable structures with asbestos or basalt.

3. When removing the pipe, arrange gaps that are also sealed with non-combustible heat-insulating materials.

4. Observe building codes, masonry evenness, and joint thickness.

5.Before the furnace, carefully inspect the furnace for cracks or masonry failure.

6.Use special devices to prevent the occurrence of fire (spark arrestor, smoke alarms).

7. Only heat the stove for which it is designed.

8. Do not light a fire with flammable liquids (gasoline, kerosene, etc.).

9. Do not leave the fire unattended.

10. Purchase a fire extinguisher.

Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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