What kind of firewood is better for a bath

To make the bath not only a place for ordinary washing, but also a kind of home "medical institution" where strength and health are gained, from for its was selected firewood with fragrant aroma of forest and various resins.

What kind of firewood is better for a bath to choose, so that they created such an atmosphere in the rooms, our ancestors were well aware. And , at fuel preparation never forgot various national signs and tried clearly to follow their wisdom.

Species and traditions related to firewood for bath

• Only men were cooking wood for the winter. was considered to be the months in March-April , but only before the mass snowfall, although the best period can still be called winter months, when began to flow in the trees .Chopped wood in the summer, but such blanks required a longer drying.
• Traditionally, the time for harvesting firewood ended on October 22 - is the day of the keeper of woodcutter .
• The firewood was prepared early in the morning. It was believed that life would be richer and warmer for someone who had cut down a tree before others.
• In some villages, for logging for the oven and for the sauna, they left collectively, filling the wood-logs of all houses in turn, including those where there were no men.
• It was impossible to prepare fuel for big holidays and on Sunday, and also after the sun goes down .
• In the old days it was considered a bad sign to put firewood on the doorstep of a bath or a house, as this could lead to various illnesses and even death.
• Wood for the sauna was harvested only on the growing moon, because - logs were seen, felled on a full moon, quickly deteriorate and do not bring health.
• For firewood, especially for a bath, it was forbidden to saw aspen and mountain ash, cherry, elderberry and dog rose, as well as trees that were hit by lightning or fallen during a hurricane. It was believed that this is an unkind sign for the residents of the house, where such fuel is used, so everyone tried to prepare firewood on their own, so as not to incur a disaster on the house.
• Woods were considered a place where the evil spirits are found, so they, like a bathhouse, never walked at night.
• For the newlyweds, the stove was heated with firewood from cedar and pine, as this wood gives a favorable aroma and vivacity, and also adds health.
• Fire in the sauna oven is able to predict the weather for the near future. For example, if the wood is fuming, hissing and badly flaring, then means , soon there will be a warming. Firewood, burning with a bang, say about the approaching frosts.

The best firewood for the sauna stove

Today, alas, very few people follow the old traditions and rules, but one remains unchanged - firewood should give a good and long heat. Therefore, they try to choose wood with high density, , but to get the quickly burned, more light grades are added to it.

In addition to the wood, it is necessary to pay attention to the its quality, as old rotten wood is unlikely to give a fragrant perfume and hotly heated steam room. Vapors from such wood can even be quite harmful to health. Therefore, for the bath are selected exclusively fresh, well-dried wood, lain in the wood-burning machine for not more than two years.

However, it must be remembered that all the scents of the forest can be felt only if the furnace is heated with " in black " or the heater is heated by an open fire .Such furnaces of periodic heating are peculiar for a real Russian bath and have a curative effect to the maximum extent. For a device similar to sauna stoves can be read in a special article of our portal.

However, often sauna furnaces are designed in such a way that the stones do not come in contact with the heat from burning wood, and the natural aromas of wood will not fall into the steam room. Therefore, in these cases, I use t for decongesting, prefabricated branches of trees with leaves or spruce fir trees. From wood, the same in a bath requires only a good heat for rapid heating of the steam room.

In order to keep the heat in the furnace longer, it is recommended to open the furnace door less often, and means , firewood should be installed as soon as possible in .

For a sauna in which a steam room is heated from another room, and comes out to the , only a heater heated by the closed fire can be used, different types of wood with a high fiber structure density can be used.

Such firewood, burning up, turns into coals, which, for a long time, give off heat. Such firewood include deciduous tree species such as ash and oak, birch and alder, and light rocks are used as an additive for quick ignition of the furnace.

To properly determine the choice, you need to consider the characteristics of different types of wood.

Coniferous wood for firewood

For a sauna oven, coniferous rocks can be used, but it must be remembered that they contain an increased concentration of tar, which, not completely burned, creates layers of soot in the chimney.

. If the heater is heated by an open with fire, the coniferous rocks, without giving smoke to the room, enrich it with the aroma of the needles. The vapors of coniferous wood can cleanse the respiratory organs from accumulated mucus, help in their healing, normalize the nervous system and improve the general condition of the person.

Thanks to a large number of oils and resins, coniferous firewood burns quickly enough, so if you use only them for the furnace, will have to store these firewood in with a large amount of .This mainly applies to pine and spruce firewood.

Other coniferous varieties, such as larch and cedar, have a denser structure and a smaller process nt cm .They burn much longer, but they do not burn well, so they need to be burned dry with light wood, for example, aspen or linden.

Deciduous wood for sauna furnaces

Such firewood for furnaces of bath ovens are used most often, as some of them are just perfect for this process.

Birch firewood

Firewood from dry birch - is a traditional fuel for a bath. In addition, everyone knows that for the steam room use birch brooms. Their use in the complex contributes to the creation of a favorable atmosphere in the paired - namely birch gives for it light healing vapor. In addition, birch firewood has a disinfecting property, therefore its is recommended to be used for heating the sauna heater with open fire .

Birch logs retain their useful properties for bath use for two years, after which they can also be heated, but they will not give the proper effect for the recovery.

Often birch firewood kindles with its with the same bark that contains in its composition birch tar , which contributes to the burning intensity. Birch laths are also used for ignition of dense heavy rocks. Birch has been the most popular wood for bath - , having all the above mentioned properties, it still and gives an excellent heat dissipation, exceeding by this parameter many other firewood.

Oak firewood

Oak firewood is perhaps the best sauna available for heating. Although they have a high cost, but still remain enough economical. Oak logs need much less than any other wood to qualitatively heat the bath, as they burn for a long time, thanks to their very dense structure of fibers. In combustion, this fuel gives the a high heat output, which is higher than the even than the birch .

When choosing oak firewood, you should pay attention to the age of the tree. - too thick logs with a large number of annual rings indicate old age of wood, which will not give the desired effect in a bath. Not suitable for this and young trees, so you need to choose a log of medium thickness, which will give the highest heat dissipation.

Healing steam with astringent aroma from burning oak, creates a healing and strengthening atmosphere, which is especially useful for children's body.

Lime firewood

This d ditch is also great for a bath. Kindle the linden for a long time, but if the flame has gone, then this wood burns smoothly and intensively, which helps to heat the sauna stove in a qualitative and rapid manner.

Lime blossom and its bark is used to treat colds and coughs, and from these parts of the tree make broths with the addition of honey to create a healing bath steam. Using wood, color and bark in the complex, you can really create a health-improving atmosphere in the steam room. In addition to colds and pulmonary diseases, lime vapor works well for damages or skin lesions that do not heal for a long time.

However, the linden can not be harvested in large quantities, since is not recommended for for more than two years. - furthermore, the wood simply loses its therapeutic effect.

Alder firewood

Firewood from alder will not only heat hot sauna stove, but also decorate your view with a courtyard or dressing room. They are recognizable by their colors on the cut, which varies from bright red to rich-buffy and even blue. In total, there are from 20 to 25 varieties of alder, each of which has its own shade.

cut. The advantage of this wood is its rapid drying and the fact that it does not require special drying conditions. For firewood, usually take alder trees that grow far from the of the reservoirs and on the - elevations it is these trunks that do not have excess moisture and are excellent for firewood.

Alder kept limited period of time , no more three years after harvesting wood. Only during this period the alder logs have that absolutely unique aroma that fills the steam room when the heater is heated. It was this species of wood that was previously used for the sauna in black , because it almost does not smoke when burning, but the gives the more heat output.

There is another great quality in alder. When burning it together with the smoke gives special evaporation, which cleans t rub from the sawn .

In the course always go and fragrant alder sawdust, which is poured into the brazier with cooking shish kebab, and also used for smoking products.

Aspen wood

This wood, in its properties, would seem to be close to alder, and its smoke can also carry out the opening and purifying work in the chimney pipes. Clean aspen smoke has always contributed to the of its application for the black firebox. However, this wood during combustion has very low heat dissipation, therefore its is rarely used for furnaces even for home furnaces, and even more so for heating a sauna heater.

Therefore, is used for its mainly for preventive cleaning of chimneys and as lights for ignition of firewood from heavy heavy wood.

Firewood from fruit trees

The wood of some fruit species is similar in properties to oak, but unfortunately its is not on sale in large quantities. Therefore , its is mainly used for the preparation of dishes on open fire and smoking of meat and fish products.

If possible, this wood is reserved for future use when cutting gardens that occupy large areas. However, it must be said that the old trees in which the decomposition process is already "started", the often loses its flavor and gives little heat.

Firewood from poplar and willow

It is not recommended to buy firewood from these species for heating the sauna, since they need too much to reach the desired room temperature. They quickly burn out, they have low heat transfer. The cost of firewood from the poplar and willow - is quite low, but do not succumb to the temptation for a low price. Save all is not will , because only a very large number of such firewood will be able to replace the much smaller volume of oak or alder wood. In addition, pronounced therapeutic qualities are also not found.

So, such firewood can be bought only when there is no alternative.

How to keep firewood?

It is not enough to buy quality firewood - you need to know how to keep them in a suitable condition for a long time. Any wood before storage should be properly prepared, as well as the place for it .

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• Place for bath fuel should be located in the immediate vicinity of the bath , or better - even under one roof with it. It is recommended to do this so that the firewood is at hand under the furnace.

• If the tree is recently digested, and means , is still raw, you need to allow time for it to dry out. Brought in early spring the wood should lie on free air for air circulation all summer, and only closer to the autumn its can be sawed and chopped into logs.
• In order for to dry the firewood to remain in this condition all the time, the following steps should be taken:

- for storage it is necessary to build a wood-burning machine that would be ventilated from all sides and had an solid wide roof;

- this structure is installed in a place where water is not collected and wet fumes accumulate, that is, , if possible, on a hill;

- if the woodbench is not built, you can fold the poles in neat rows, but in such a way that they are well ventilated and covered with slate or other waterproof material from above.

It is also necessary to take into account that winter firewood dries much faster than spring or summer. For the latter it is necessary to take time to dry, at least , eight months. In addition, also needs to take into account the weather conditions under which wood will dry.

After the is dried up, poured and pinned, they should lie in the open air for a while. Then they must be properly folded.

• If the wood is folded in the street, under it it is necessary to lay trellises, which are long pipes, small tree trunks or bricks. They are needed to ensure that the firewood does not lie on the ground and does not absorb moisture from it.
• On the sides of the future pile set vertical trellises of pipes that will support the laying of firewood on the sides.
• If the woodpile will consist of two or more vertical rows, then each successive row is set with a slight slope to the previous one.
• Sometimes the poles are laid not in straight rows, but in various interesting shapes that become an ornament of the site. For example, they include forms such as "stack" or "house", "pyramid" or "mushroom".

Video: the original way of folding the log in the form of a "stack"

To be able to quickly and simply heat the oven in a bath, get from it health and disinfectant aromatic steam, you need to take special care in selecting firewood,properly stored. And for this it is necessary for the , at least , to understand a little the specific characteristics of different types of wood.