Types of fireplaces, classification according to the location of the
. No matter how hard you try, there are actually four options for placing the fireplace: it is a compact built-in, classic "walled", practical corner and very effective but far from effective island. Each of them has its own merits and demerits, and, the less the direction of the fireplace for heat radiation, the higher its efficiency. So, the most useful for heating is built-in or wall-mounted portal, closed with a door made of thick refractory glass. The open heat loss portal is large. If the furnace is through, even if both the portal are closed with glass, and the fireplace itself is built into the wall between the rooms, its efficiency can be automatically reduced by 2 times, do not go wrong. This is also true if the double-sided fireplace is perpendicular to the wall and radiates all its heat to one room, for the simple reason that the main thing is not the portal, but the surface of the furnace, from which the heat is reflected.
As for the corner fireplaces, they also come with one direction of radiation and two( in the first case, the angular fireplace laying in the "top view" triangle, in the second - a rectangle), but this does not affect the efficiency. Therefore, if you want the fireplace to warm well - choose a classic U-shaped portal. With regard to heat-sourced furnaces, even if they are covered with glass, there is little sense from them, they warm only in the immediate vicinity or under the condition of using a heat distribution system with ducts. The island fireplace, with the exception of individual hanging models with a classic portal, gives the heat as much as an ordinary fire.
Types of fireplaces as they depend on the type of fuel
Stereotypes are a great force, for example, when it comes to classic fireplaces, immediately there is a portal where the wood is burning with a crack or the coal burns with a barely audible rumble of flame. However, natural gas can also be a source of fire, however, provided that you have received permission to introduce such an unusual way of using natural gas. If such permission is available, you have quite interesting possibilities, up to a portable fireplace, connected to the cylinder. It is very convenient, today you create a romantic atmosphere in the bedroom, tomorrow the flaming fire in the portal creates a cozy atmosphere in the living room. By the way, there is also a kind of fireplace, as electric, however, in its portal either a skillful imitation of fire is used, for example, a video recording, or simply a beautiful decoration under the hot coals.
Fireplaces powered by electricity are mostly portable and can be located anywhere in the room.
However, since recent times, several non-standard fireplaces have appeared due to fuel. Special briquettes or "logs", pressed from a certain mass of plant origin and called bio-fuel, allowed to create new varieties of fireplaces, namely, wall and table. How is this possible? Very simply, the fact is that the firebox with such a feeding for the fire does not require a chimney and in fact, can be placed directly on the table. Bio-fuel does not give smoke and soot, combustion derivatives - hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the environment is not violated, there are no health threats, however, The efficiency of the fireplace depends on the design of the .Most of the existing options, to which can be ranked all, without exception, decorative and almost all desktop, give a little heat, like a dozen candles. Walls, often designed for paintings or in the form of shelves, sconces, aquariums, sometimes quite capable of heating a small room.
A fireplace in the street is not stupid, but the original solution
With many country houses, you can see the open terraces, protected from the sun and rainfall with awning, canopy or just pergolas with dense green vegetation. On the terrace you can sit comfortably both on a hot noon and on a cool autumn evening, and in the latter case it is more pleasant to relax by the fireplace. Well, what kind of fireplace, it would seem, can be on the street, what kind of absurdity? But there are such street solutions for a long time, after all, in fact, the terrace is a completely open veranda, so why not equip it with a "home"? When constructing such a fireplace, it is necessary to take into account the effect of on wind and damp.
Another street view is a barbecue oven. It can be built right in the middle of the yard or in some cozy corner of the garden, that is, the connection with the wall of the house is absolutely not necessary. In this case, unlike the usual street version, the fireplace-barbecue is designed for cooking, that is, there is a place for placing the grill, spits, and there may also be a hook for hanging the pot. A good solution is to equip such a street place for cooking with cutting tables and niches for dishes, that is, building a whole picnic complex. Fireplace for barbecue can be placed in a gazebo pavilion type, it will allow you to relax far from residential buildings, even in bad weather.
