Fireplaces for a country cottage - choose a profitable option
In modern times, despite the development of innovative heating options for country houses and summer cottages, fireplaces, as an effective method of heating a room of any design, have not lost their popular relevance.
A country fireplace is not only a method of heating an interior space, but also the main element of its decorative refined interior.
Many owners of country houses and buildings have a question about how effective a fireplace is in heating a country house. The answer of those who have long been using a laid out fireplace in their home is always only positive.
The principle of operation of the fireplace, types of modern fireplaces for summer cottages
Fireplaces for summer cottages are primarily equipped with the aim of quickly heating a certain part of the house or room. An open firebox should have a direct exit to the street, which is called a chimney. The principle of the firebox consists in the elementary setting of firewood, the combustion products from which, in particular soot and smoke, go out through a direct vent.
The elementary principle of operation of fireplaces with an open hearth has been improved over time, and today it is possible to equip a closed-type fireplace with air or water heating in your country house, which serves not as a way of temporary heating of a separate segment of the house, but of the whole house as a whole, as a standard heating system , only decorated in the style of an open type of quick heating.
The scheme of operation of open and closed fireplaces looks like this:
An open fireplace in the country provides only twenty percent of the generated natural heat to the house, while eighty simply evaporate through the chimney.
The use of this type of fireplace requires large reserves of wood raw materials, while options with a closed firebox use eighty percent of the heat and generate it to heat the created heating system throughout the house.
Closed-type fireplaces are closed with special doors made of heat-resistant glass, which can withstand heat at + 800 ° C. Closed-type fireplace inserts are built into the wall, made of materials that can keep heat for a long time, do not rust and do not deform under the influence of too high temperatures.
If we compare the laboriousness of wiring water heating and air heating from a fireplace, then the second option wins in ease. The distribution of air in order to heat rooms occurs due to the laying out of special empty channels inside the walls, along which heat moves from the fireplace to different sides of the house, when the walls of the house warm up, the air inside the room also warms up. Instead of laying out brick channels, today it is customary to use a gasket in the walls of aluminum or steel pipes, through which warm air moves.
Fireplaces are classified not only depending on the specifics of heating the room, but also depending on the material from which they are made and laid out.
Brick fireplaces look very aesthetically pleasing in the house.
No less functional and aesthetic are cast-iron fireplaces for summer cottages.
A wood-burning fireplace for a summer residence is an effective method of embodying an interesting design of the interior space of a house, in order to create comfort and coziness.
Features of the construction of fireplaces for summer cottages:
- no matter what type of fireplace is mounted in the wall, the fireplace insert must always have a solid brick or stone base;
- the project for the circulation of warm air must be thought out to the smallest detail, if you miss even the slightest detail in the airways, you can achieve a lack of traction;
- the project should be calculated and planned by a professional stove-maker who understands the laying of heating systems of any modification;
- external decorative finishing of the fireplace is the final stage of work on the creation of a country fireplace, which requires a scrupulous approach in order to create an original decorative warm corner where you just want to comfortably spend your leisure time.
Basic rules for the safe operation of fireplaces in everyday life:
- the created fireplace project should in no case be changed by independent implementations of various ideas;
- foreign things should not be near the fireplace;
- chimney cleaning is always carried out after the walls of the fireplace have cooled;
- in cases of a malfunction of the fireplace insert, it must not be operated until the defect is corrected;
- the independent presence of children near any type of fireplace - open or closed, is not allowed, since there is a high probability of burns and fires;
- it is worth making a fire in the fireplace only after checking the draft in the chimney;
- firewood should always be out of reach of the fire in the fireplace;
- it is strictly forbidden to handle firewood in the fireplace with any kind of igniting combustible mixtures.
Criteria for choosing one or another variation of a fireplace for a summer residence:
- area of the heated room;
- frequency of residence in a country house;
- installation and decoration cost;
- heating efficiency;
- selection of combustible raw materials for heat generation;
- Assessment of installation possibilities in old premises or new buildings.
A huge number of fireplace projects of country houses are simply delightful. You can heat your home using the simplest uncomplicated schemes, which are original decor that fits into the most sophisticated interior of country houses, as evidenced by the most beautiful photos of country fireplaces.
There are no limits to the imagination of arranging a country fireplace. Each owner of his house tries to make the most original version, which plays the very first role in the comfort of a heated room.
Take advantage of one of the ideas, and your country house will have an irresistible attractive corner in which you want to relax with your soul, enjoying the amazing combination of decoration and the natural flame created by burning wood.