MagazínProper care of a fireplace

Do you love the look into the fire? Pay fireplace proper care and reward you with pleasant warmth.

 

 

How often you have to clean the stove, depends what kind of wood you use, whether it is of sufficient quality and properly dried, but also whether you are using air valves. Fireplace cleaned every third or fourth day. It depends on the size of the stove, ash container volume and frequency of use of the stove. Dispose of the ashes in the garbage or in flower beds in the garden. Clean the glass door and the appropriate cleaning agents. Fireplace and stove clean and outside and basically cool. Glass us in the fireplace black mainly due to the use of wet wood.

 

Make fire burned properly, you need to have prepared and the correct timber. What is important is its calorific value. It is comparable in both soft and hardwoods. Hardwood advantage is that you do not attach so often. Hardwood burn slower. Softwood contrary, it is suitable for hot furnace can do it much faster. The ideal ratio is 1 part softwood and 3 parts hardwood. It is suitable to use mixtures of wood. Quality dry logs can provide a sufficiently large flames.

 

Perform maintenance of the fire only at the end of the heating season, but even at the beginning. Clean the surface of exterior and interior walls, and order the chimney sweep, who will review the flue pipe and chimney cleaned properly. Now uncleaned chimneys are often the cause of fires.

 

Not only your fireplace should look nice. Take care in the selection of fireplace or stove, but also tools that we need to guide the fire. They may look nice and baskets on the wood. Around the fireplace we should have a glass or ceramic tiles that match the interior.