Wood-fired water boiler: factory installation, how to make it yourself

It is difficult to do without hot water in the house, and heating all rooms at the same time is much more convenient than a stove in one room, which can heat a maximum of two rooms.

Wood fired water boiler

Hot water boiler on wood will be a good option for a house located outside the city or a country cottage in which hosts live most of the year.

There are different types of hot water boilers designed only for heating water or heating, and there are boilers with two circuits that will heat the house and provide hot water for household needs. Having considered several options for different types of wood-fired water heaters, you can easily decide which one is more in demand in the house.

Titanium

Wood-fired boilers that heat water for showers or baths include titans. These devices that create convenience in the home — for many decades, but they are still in demand today, as they are an affordable and proven way of heating water.

Titanium boiler in the bathroom

Titanium is quite compact, and therefore can be installed directly in the bathroom or in a convenient corner of a country house, where the owners of the site usually take a shower.The main thing is that water should be brought into the house, and it should be arranged for her drain. Previously, ready-made titanium of the desired model was quite difficult to purchase in a store, so they were usually made on their own or ordered by craftsmen. Today, it is quite possible to pick it up in a distribution network or, in the old fashioned way, make it yourself, if you have the necessary skills and tools.

What is hot water titanium? This device, equipped with a combustion and blowing chamber, on which a water tank is arranged on top. Chimney a pipe from a stove with a firebox passes through a tank of water.

Schematic diagram of a titanium boiler

Finished titans are mostly made of steel and have an enameled or galvanized inner coating. The firebox can be made of steel and have cast iron inserts, or it can be completely made of cast iron. The finished product includes a faucet, brackets and a shower tube.

Video: prefabricated hot-water titanium on firewood

Cold water is connected to titanium through a mixer, on which there is a special opening. In contrast to the mixers familiar to all taps, this titanium element has not two, but one water supply, through which it is drawn into capacity. When titanium is heated to the required temperature and the selection starts after included faucet, cold water immediately begins to flow into the tank, taking the place of the used hot water. You can also open the second supply in the mixer — for cold water, then it will be possible to adjust the temperature of the water when using the shower.

It is important to remember one rule — uhnow and then, what tank must be constantly filled with water, even after the furnace block has stopped firing.

DIY titanium construction

How can you build a titanium yourself, or how his more called, a column heated by wood? The titanium presented in the diagram may well be made by hand, if you strictly adhere to all the nuances.

Scheme-drawing of homemade titanium

Titanium consists of the following parts, some of which you can make yourself, and some have to buy at a hardware store.

1. The door blew.
2. Canopy.
3. Furnace door.
4. Furnace chamber.
5. Tap.
6. Water tank - tank.
7. A flue pipe passing through a water tank.
8. Thermometer.
9. Knee rotation of the chimney channel.
10. Chimney pipe.
11. A deflector to protect the chimney from moisture and debris.
12. Hose or pipe.
13. Collar.
14. Union.
15. Coupling.
16. Faucet that is attached to the wall.
17. Adapter corner.
18. Shower head.
19. Cranes with valves.
20. Tee.
21. Threaded sleeve.
22. Grate.
23. The pallet on which the ashes are collected.

Titan installation

Having made a water heater according to the presented scheme, ngo must be properly installed, adhering to fire safety rules.

1. It is necessary to prepare a base for it, consisting of a layer of asbestos or brickwork, on top of which a metal sheet is laid. The size of the base must be at least 65 × 65 cm.
2. From brick walls, titanium should be at a distance of 15—20 cm, well from lined with wood — not less than 45—50 cm. In addition, it is necessary to isolate the firebox from wooden wall coverings using asbestos or a thick steel sheet.
3. A fireproof coating must be laid in front of the furnace door — it can be a ceramic tile or a sheet of metal.
4. The flue pipe is cleaned annually and checked for integrity. If damage is found in it, the pipe must be replaced.
5. When installing titanium, you can not do without the output of the chimney to the roof. If the roof is flat it is better to raise her a meter or a half above it, and if the roof is gable, then the pipe is placed in accordance with the rules shown in the diagram.

It is imperative to follow the rules for the location of the pipe on the roof

When properly raised chimney pipe, there will be good draft in the chimney, which will allow you to quickly heat the stove, and means and water.

Exploitation of handmade titanium

1. Such titanium can be installed even in the absence of a central water supply. For this, it is set water storage capacity, which should be at a distance of 0.5 – 1m above the titanium tank. In this capacity water is collected in advance, and from there, when valve No. 19 is opened, it will flow into titanium, while it is necessary to close valve No. 22. The diagram clearly shows the circulation of water inside the pipes: hot solid, and cold — dotted lines.
2. When filling the tank, it is necessary to open the tap located on the wall (No. 5). When capacity fill up from the faucet will start pour water, and you need to immediately turn off the tap.
3. When capacity will be filled, you can fire the stove. Under no circumstances should a fire be started with flammable substances.
4. Water cannot be brought into containers to a boil, as tank a large amount of scale will form, and heat transfer will be reduced. Therefore, it is imperative to install a thermometer that has a value above 100 degrees, so that it is easier to control the heating of water.
5. During the operation of titanium, you need to carefully monitor the temperature — overheating and excessive pressure increase inside containers, it can explode. To avoid such unfortunate consequences in pipeline, a special pipe is connected in its upper part, which is led into an additional expansion tank. If installed water storage capacity, the nozzle can withdraw in her. Through this device, the pressure will decrease.
6. Within 25—30 minutes after firing up the oven, the temperature will reach 45—65 degrees.
7. When extracting hot water, capacity cold water immediately begins to flow, replacing hot water.

Hot water boilers

Water-heating double-circuit wood-burning boiler

In addition to just water heaters, in many cases the home also requires boiler for heating, which can be installed in combination with titanium or purchased boiler with built-in boiler.

This diagram clearly shows how one boiler can perform two functions and provide the house with heat and heated water.

Scheme of the device and operation of the boiler

Boiler design

AT given case, the diagram clearly shows the boiler built into the boiler body. This heater has a labyrinth system for the passage of heated air — this is a furnace where fuel is laid and three horizontal plates, between which hot gases pass. Staying longer in the boiler, they give off heat more significantly and, before going out into the chimney, they manage to warm the water for heating and the boiler — for the use of heated water for domestic purposes.

Boiler, works for firewood, but there are models working for gas, pellets or on solar. last variant trfucks a little modernization: a burner is installed in the lower door. A wood-burning appliance can be converted to another fuel even after it is installed, but for this you should invite a specialist. The diagram clearly shows the changes in the design after the alteration of the boiler.

The efficiency of a boiler arranged in this way reaches up to 87—92%. In addition to the design itself, the rather thick walls of the combustion chamber contribute to high heat transfer. — their thickness is half a centimeter. Such models are equipped with thermostats for switching on the pump, a cooling circuit and a thermometer.

Boiler cleaning and maintenance during its operation is extremely simple, includingqt with prThe boron usually includes an accessory for cleaning it.

Boiler installation is no different from titanium installation — this must be done in a safe manner. The size of the flue pipe will depend on the model of the boiler - her the diameter can be determined by the pipe coming out of the boiler. The chimney is discharged through the roof and waterproofing is necessarily arranged around the head. The head should rise above the roof according to tomu the same principle as mentioned above.

Hot water boiler for a summer residence do it yourself

The simple design of the simplest boiler for two hundred liters can be made independently. For a country house, it will become simply indispensable for a comfortable stay outside the city, and all this can be done at minimal cost. To make a water heater you will need:

1. Metal barrel of 200 liters.
2. Pipe with walls thick in three four mm and a diameter commensurate with the diameter of the barrel.
3. Chimney pipe, diameter 15—20 cm, a her length will depend on the height of the house.
4. A piece of pipe called a "knee" — for waste device valve.
5. Furnace and blower doors, grate.
6. Steel sheet five mm thick and 3 sq.m. It is necessary for the manufacture of the bottom and the overlap of the combustion and blower chambers.
7. You can not do without high-quality tools for cutting and welding metal.

Such a boiler is easy to make yourself

1. From steel sheets, you need to cut two circles according to the diameter of the pipe — for the bottom and partition between the blower and the firebox.
2. In a large pipe, from which the lower part of the boiler will be made, holes are cut for the furnace and blower. Cut and welded pieces of metal can serve as doors that are put on welded hinges.
3. A metal circle is welded to a piece of pipe — this will be the bottom of the blower.
4. In the second metal circle for the bottom of the furnace, a rectangle or square is cut out for the grate tab. This circle will serve as a separation between the firebox and the blower.
5. Exactly in the middle of the bottom of the barrel and the top her plane cut holes for chimney pipe, which should be higher than the barrel by 15—20 centimeters.
6. Then the pipe is inserted and also welded in the lower and upper parts with a continuous seam.
7. In every barrel her the upper plane has a small round hole into which you need to weld a piece of pipe in the form of a knee. Further its other end is connected to chimney pipe — this part will act as a relief valve that will prevent the boiler from overheating by relieving pressure.
8. Then on one side of the barrel at the bottom her parts cut into a metal pipe — through her hot water will be drawn. A pipe cuts into the top of the barrel, connected with plumbing, and her water will flow into capacity.
9. Further the lower part of the boiler, which, in fact, is a stove, must be installed on a prepared foundation-podium, made of two rows of bricks.
10. At the final stage, the barrel is installed on a pipe standing on the foundation and welded to it with a continuous weld.
11. The chimney is installed last. The chimney pipe is tightly put on the pipe, fixed her, and so, collecting her in parts, they lead out through the roof.

For a country house this boiler serve as a source of heat and hosts hot water will always be available. And besides this, on its upper plane, you can heat food.