"Try on" a wood stove on your sauna
All sauna wood stoves are stoves. Their main feature is the presence in the construction of a layer of stones, which acts as a thermal "battery".Cobblestones retain and accumulate some of the energy produced by the flame, and then, cooling down, they gradually spend it on heating the room. In the Russian bath they are also used for cooking steam.
Heaters are:
- brick;
- metal.
According to the principle of their work, they are radically different. The brick stove-sauna heater is famous for its record "conservation" of heat, but the metal model has no competitors in terms of the speed of heating the room. In order not to rush between these two types of braziers, "try" them on your bath, answering "yes" or "no" to a few simple questions. :
- Does the total volume of all heated rooms exceed 25 m3?
- Will you have the opportunity to wait for 3-4 hours while the bath is puffed?
- Or do you want it to be always ready to work in 45-60 minutes?
- Would you like to manage the microclimate in the therma?
- Are there extra 2-4 m2 in the therma for the oven?
The answers to "yes" to questions No. 1, 2 and 5 tend to tip the scales in favor of a brick stove for a sauna on wood, but all other options vote for a metal stove.
The first "fitting" is completed, but for accurate confidence, let's look at the technical characteristics and features of each model of the wood-burning stove separately.
Woodburning stoves for Russian bath - time-tested "classic"
It was with the help of these units that our ancestors melt their baths. Of course, the stove has significantly changed, "prettier", but its main characteristics remain almost the same:
- Weight - from 500 kg, so the stove requires the arrangement of a separate slab foundation;
- Required space for accommodation - 2-4 m2;
- Time of kindling - 3-5 hours;
- After the completion of the sauna session, another 24 hours keeps the heat in the rooms;
- The estimated volume of all heated rooms is from 25 m3 and higher.
The stove for a sauna on wood can be open or closed, that is, the stones are located on top of the furnace in a cast-iron bowl or are hidden in chimney channels. This feature of the structure also affects its operating mode:
Open furnace - permanent operation. Fire in the furnace is maintained throughout the entire hovering session. Closed oven - batch operation. Only after the complete combustion of wood can go into the steam room.
Among these two types of , an open heater is preferred, in which carbon monoxide does not have the slightest chance of getting into the steam room. But the closed stove "sins" by the ejection of a small fraction of the "dirt" because of the stones stuck in the chimney.
Experienced bath attendants appreciate the brick "old ladies" for the uniform and deep heating of the body of the steamer. This is what ensures the maximum therapeutic effect of the entire procedure.
In maintenance, the unit is rather whimsical. After each kindling, it should be thoroughly cleaned, monitor the integrity of the masonry. Simple repair of furnaces from a brick it is possible to execute most, and here at serious problems it is necessary to cause the master.
Metal oven for a sauna on wood - always up to date
This representative of the class of "wood" compacts is light and elegant. In the newest model, all parts exposed to high temperatures( furnace, chimney) are made of thin-walled heat-resistant steel with 13% admixture of chromium. Its double body significantly increases the area of heat-radiated surfaces, therefore already 30-40 minutes after the kindling, the steam room is ready to receive guests.
Now let's go through the technical characteristics of the metal heater, which has already been described by its brick "girlfriend":
- Weight - from 50 kg, can be mounted directly on a hard floor;
- Requires minimum space( up to 1 m2);
- Time of kindling - from 30 to 60 minutes;
- Cool down for half an hour;
- The volume of heated rooms is up to 25 m3.
All units operate according to the principle of permanent operation .There are models that allow changing the microclimate in the steam room( Russian / Finnish bath), some representatives of the class are equipped with automatic loading of firewood.
Design finds for a metal sauna oven on woods are impressive: a mirror-polished case, decorated with carvings and colorful insets of heat-resistant coating, glass heating door, elegant smooth shapes.
But its main drawback is the uneven heating of air in the steam room. But this problem is partially solved with the help of arrangement around a metal furnace of a brick box.
Having chosen the model of a wood-burning stove for yourselves, please note that it requires scrupulous care of yourself before, during and after work. Never use wet or dirty logs, do not rest them in the wall of the furnace, as this is detrimental to the unit.
