How to add "warmth" room - Bio Fireplace choose and set your own hands

The fireplace was invented by man in order to get warm by the fire languages. At the mention of the fireplace there are associations with the gloomy interior of a medieval castle or a cozy country house, where the open fire you can sit in a rocking chair with a blanket. Replaced the fireplaces came more sophisticated ovens, then the electrification and gasification allowed abandon them. Mantel object became necessary piece of furniture, which provides comfort, warmth and characteristic atmosphere.

Well, in a private home you can still build a fireplace in the main room, moving the chimney through the roof. But residents of city apartments are deprived of this pleasure. Especially for the environment in which the organization can not be a full removal of smoke and unburned gases, was coined Bio Fireplace. As it does not burn the wood, and the ethanol - ethyl alcohol, is almost the same as used to make vodka.

I can remember that forms water and carbon dioxide during combustion of alcohol in the air from the school course chemistry. These are compounds which do not bring harm to man, if only carbon dioxide in the room is not too much.

Choosing biofireplaces

All bio fireplaces are designed and operate on the same principle. They have a container for the fuel, the burner through which this supply is fed to the combustion and controls. One of the most important criteria for selecting a location and form factor of the fireplace on ethanol. Fireplaces are:

• Desktop. Compact device, designed for placement on surfaces - tables, shelves, pedestals. Unlike their more powerful cousins, desktop bio fireplaces are not designed to be embedded anywhere. Their body is both a stand, and the screen.

• Floor. Dimensions burners and containers for these products is much higher than in a compact desktop. The main difference between outdoor bio fireplaces - embedding the bottom of which is placed directly on the floor or in the parapet, made specifically for the fireplace. The main feature - the flame no overhanging surface. Floor biofireplaces can be equipped with legs and glass screens for beauty and protection from fire.

• Wall-mounted and recessed. This fireplaces class is convenient because it does not occupy space on the floor. It is mounted on a special wall mounting hardware. In its form it is a bit like the floor, but usually narrower and lighter. A special type of embedded fireplaces designed to create the effect of "fire wall." For placing the device in the wall make a niche, lined with non-combustible material. Many models are closed in the front heat-resistant glass.

• street. A rare type, as in the street without fear, you can use other fuels, which are much cheaper. For true fans of biofuels and fire without soot.

Safety requirements

Although biofireplaces not produce carbon monoxide, we must not forget that the fire is completely tamed defies. In the premises where the device is set, They must be complied with ventilation standards. Good aeration and ventilation cope even with a powerful bio fireplaces, and here in the room, with its lack of the most that you can count - is a desktop fireplace compact type.

Built in fireplaces should not be placed in wooden niches. This requirement is dictated not so much by the fact that overheated tree can start to smolder, as the risk to pour the alcohol at the time of refueling and accidentally ignite it when striking. Materials and finishes are poor must be non-flammable.

Bio Fireplace Installation - step by step guide

Widespread biofireplaces received largely due to the simplicity of the installation procedure. Because it does not require a chimney, the fireplace can be placed almost anywhere in the room. We just need to follow the instructions.

Step 1. The choice of placement. Remember that in the near-wall models, the distance from the wall should not be less than 2 cm. Suspended bio fireplaces must be located not less than 1m from the ceiling and at least 30 cm above the floor.

Step 2. Organize a fireplace niche or pocket for outdoor embedded devices. It is best suitable fire-resistant drywall. But better to decorate granite.

Step 3. Grasp the Bio Fireplace (preferably with an assistant), insert it into a niche or pocket. It should include snug but not tight. After installation be sure to check the level. This is important since the interior of the container is a liquid fuel. After pour bioethanol and make a trial run.