Stove or fireplace?

With all the abundance of space heaters, none of them has such an attractive force, like fire. What to keep in mind, choosing to give focus and a country house? FIRE This fire is certainly enhance any country home. In addition, it can quickly heat up the room. But usually not for long. Therefore, the full heating it will not replace them. Choosing a specific model fireplace, first and foremost it is important to understand what the main purpose of its installation. You want to give it warmth. Choose a fireplace with a closed type furnace, and better, if it is intended for frequent use. Furnace of this type are self-cleaning fire-resistant glass and high efficiency (which would allow economical use of wood). Appointment of mostly ornamental. These fireplaces are called interior design. Spectacular, certainly looks the traditional open fires (t.e.bez glass). But keep in mind that an open fire requires constant supervision. Screens and grills, of course, protect against the "shots" coals or clumsily thrown a child's hand logs, but it is impossible to give a full guarantee. There are other nuances. The burning rate of wood in the open fireplace virtually unregulated, it can not be set to "slow" burning, so if you set the game to maintain cheerful flames during the night, will need to stock up on a solid amount of dry wood. Fireplace barbekyushnitsa. Such fireplaces are usually open. And most are designed for outdoor use (they are called outdoor fireplace, grill). If you're going to cook barbecue in an ordinary fire, remember the upcoming thorough cleaning of the cavity and the furnace lining elements from the consequences of your cooking and you can be sure: if the fireplace with the glass, it too will suffer from the spray. IMPORTANT fireplace should be placed on a possible draft. But at the same time, it needs the access of oxygen to support combustion. Therefore it is better if the room is a fireplace c is not less than 20 meters. The wall, which has installed the fireplace must be of fireproof materials, and it should not pass communications. If the wall outside, ee insulating c using basalt wool, covered with foil. Weight of the fireplace in the gathering can be very large, so the floor beneath it should have sufficient strength c binding concrete screed. If you put a fireplace in the wood panels house (where the floors are also made of wood) and it comes in contact with the wall, you can not do under the fireplace separate foundation, since the separate motions of the fireplace and the house foundation wall displacement can cause the destruction of the fireplace. In this case, the wooden floor enhance c an iron profile. OVEN If other heating in the country you have assumed, without stoves can not do. The main difference between it and the fire in that stove, though raskochegarivaetsya long, but long and retains heat. Fold the real stone oven - a complicated matter and responsible, and have yet to find good craftsmen. Much more convenient and easier to get her younger sister - domestic metal stove. When choosing a model, consider the basic requirements for the furnace: 1. Efficiency of at least 75 - 85% (see instructions) - or go broke on the wood 2. fire safety (see the relevant certificate). Also make sure that the selected model you will be able to enter the right room with a view of recommended parameters and distance from the chimney wall. IMPORTANT floor under the stove should not collapse. This means that you have to prepare the foundation or concrete floors of sufficient strength, and the chimney - the rules and in accordance with the requirements of a particular of the firebox. The stove must stand in the center of the house. In the house with a veranda set it so that the "face" it appeared on the veranda and the rear and side walls positioned between the inner walls. Fashion feature - stove with a veneer of porcelain in the Russian style. Stands, though not cheap. What is the stove is as the name suggests, a cross between a domestic metal stove and a fireplace with a closed furnace. This design allows to combine the advantages of the oven (well keeps the heat) and fire (quickly warms the room). And if you pick the proper liner, it will not yield to the fire and beauty.