MagazínHow to choose stoves

When choosing a stove is essential to their performance. You need to decide on what we are interested stoves. Stoves fitted with a metal casing will heat up much faster than tiled.

When choosing a stove is essential to their performance. You need to decide on what we are interested stoves. Stoves fitted with a metal casing will heat up much faster than tiled.
 

How to buy a stoves

Before we go into a purchase, you need to find out what is the chimney draft, the diameter of the flue and how big is the space that will be heated.
 
For heating of older buildings need to buy two stoves with more power than the new building. Floor area multiplied by the height of the ceiling, to get the required value. 1 kW output of the stove is enough to heat 20 m3 of space. Poorly chosen stoves to poor performance you want to increase, leading to overheating. Too thick stove contrary přetopí space.

 

Types of stoves

  • Stoves with exchanger - they need to be connected to new or existing hot water distribution, warmth is rozline throughout the house. These stoves can be used as the main source of heat.
  • Classical stoves - classic wood stove heats only the room in which it is located. Heat can spread only through the open door. Only supplementary heating source.
  • Pellet stoves - are the latest solutions, awash in them pellets. They can function even without complicated operation.


What not to forget?

To get a classic fireplace, you can not do without a chimney. Must have sufficient diameter of the flue. The chimney can have built later. It is important to be well prepared floor. Let check its capacity. Install the stove on nonflammable material ideal tiles. Around the stove put flammable objects.
 
Do not be afraid to ask the experts how to choose the stove for a particular house. The stove should invest. If the stove too low a price, ask why. May have a lower efficiency and higher fuel consumption as compared to more expensive model