If the family lives more time in the country, then you can’t do without a heater. And on what to cook food if there is no way to bring a gas cylinder with you? Since country houses usually have a modest area, the stove should also be small.
Cast iron stove for a summer residence - photo
Cast iron stoves for summer cottages — exactly what you need for a house located outside the city.
When choosing a heater, it is necessary to pay attention not only to the design of the furnace, but also to its characteristics, as well as to consider the design of the outlet chimney pipes. The main thing in the entire heating system is the rapid heating of the room, the long-term preservation of heat in German and, of course, good ventilation. Some owners of summer cottages are also thinking about installing such a unit not only in the house, but also in bannom room.
Content
heating device requirements
So, what functions should the stove perform in the country? This needs to be decided in advance so that the money is not spent in vain. Naturally, if living in a country house in the winter is a common occurrence, it is necessary first of all to insulate the house itself as much as possible, otherwise the heat will not be kept inside for a long time and have to endlessly throwing firewood into the firebox.
The furnace must perform the following functions and meet the following requirements:
- space heating and long-term heat retention;
- cooking on the stove or oven;
- drying clothes;
- at the same time, maximum safety of the unit must be ensured;
- it should serve as an aesthetic decoration of the house (stove design and fireplace function).
If all these characteristics are in demand, they can be combined in one of the options for a cast-iron stove on sale today. They, in fact, are potbelly stoves that are familiar everyone, but more advanced for modern needs and transformed towards aesthetic beauty.
Types of stoves for summer cottages
For those who need only some of the above functions, different types of heaters are presented.
The stove can only perform a heating function ...
- Heating stoves. These units provide the house with warmth, and also allow you to enjoy flames during romantic evenings. Such models are compact, so they are suitable for even the smallest room. They are easy to install, and some of them have a niche for firewood or a compartment for collecting and removing ashes.
The cooking oven will be an assistant in cooking ...
- Heating and cooking stoves make it possible to cook hot food or warm water. To do this, they arrange a hob with one or two burners. It should be noted that this function is both useful and pleasant for hosts dachas. It allows you to save electricity, and if it is in the dacha area settlement comes with periodic interruptions - it becomes simply necessary. It's also very nice when it's warm. goes not only from the body, but also from a heating stove, and on it a kettle boils or coffee is brewed, enveloping the whole house with a pleasant aroma.
and even have a roomy oven for baking
- Stoves with a built-in oven will be just a godsend for country life. Not in all country houses settlements there are shops nearby where you can buy fresh pastries. An oven can save you money more and money for travel to the nearest bakery, since you can easily bake bread or a pie in the oven.
It is necessary to say specifically about the very function of the fireplace. If electricity is not supplied to the cottage, a modern stove, which can be quite considered as a fireplace, will be of help for spending evenings. After all, it gets dark early in the fall, and sleep more do not feel like it, and it will be very comfortable to sit with a cup of tea before firehaving pleasant and interesting conversations.
It is also necessary to clarify that not only frontal models of stoves are produced, but also corner ones, which work no worse than classic ones, but help save space in an already small room in a country house.
And this is an option for placement in a country bath
Some of the oven types are fine fit not only for heating the house itself, but also for a country bath. Their design has a special tank for warming water and a heater for creating steam. More automated models with built-in steam generator fill the room with steam after 10—15 minutes after the start of kindling.
Cast iron stoves for summer cottages, features of use
The choice of cast iron furnaces is fully justified by special qualities this material:
- Cast iron has the ability to warm up quickly due to its excellent thermal conductivity. The heated body of the stove quickly spreads hot air around the room.
- This metal alloy withstands high temperatures, does not deform and cools for a long time.
- When well insulated house, the efficiency of cast iron units reaches 80—85%. This helps save fuel and means — and money. If you purchase a long-burning cast-iron stove, the savings will increase several times.
- Cast iron stoves have a long service life, unlike structures made from other metals. Typically, manufacturers indicate a minimum warranty period for the operation of their products. — for cast iron stoves, it is at least ten years.
- Furnaces are made with heat-resistant glass doors, which can be located on the front of the body or even go into the side walls.
Positive qualities of stoves for home and garden
The popularity of cast iron stoves has recently reached its highest level, and not only due to the characteristics of the material, but also due to other positive qualities of such products:
- For all its functionality, efficiency, and long service life, the oven has a very affordable price, which will pay off very quickly.
- The stove kit can immediately include a chimney, so you don’t need to think about which variantnt prbuy or how to make it. Buying a set remains just install the oven and mount her with chimney.
- Light weight ovens gives the possibility of their installation how on the first and second floors. There is no need for a special foundation.
Installation of the heater
There is nothing complicated in installing these heaters, but preparing a place for them after all have to.
The place to install the oven requires preparation
- The place for the oven must be equipped.On floors made of combustible materials, ceramic tiles are laid or a concrete platform is arranged. You can also cover the floors with an asbestos slab, and fix a sheet of metal on top.
- The walls around the stove should also be protected with heat-resistant screens, such as metal sheets or special drywall.
- If a chimney is already installed in the house, then this facilitate installation, as it is possible to connect the chimney of a new stove to it. If it is absent or the owner decided to install the unit away from him, then have to lead the pipe through the roof or wall to the street.
There are two types of models according to the location of the exit from the chimney furnace:
- vertically arranged exit, which is equipped on top of the furnace;
- side outlet can be located on the back or side of the case.
Chimney pipe mounting options
But in both the first and second cases, the chimney can be brought out through a wall or roof.
If the pipe is brought out through the wall, on the street it will climb along it and be fixed with special brackets. A significant advantage of running a pipe through a wall is that it does not have to make holes in the ceiling and in the roof. Such a chimney is safer, but requires more insulation in order to avoid the formation of German condensate.
A pipe passing through ceilings requires special insulation when passing through combustible materials, as well as waterproofing on the roof. The advantage of this option is the greater preservation of heat in the room, since, when heated, the chimney will also give off heat to the room.
Any chimney, wherever it is neither passed, requires perfect insulation. From her quality will depend not only on the safety of possessions, but also on the life of those living in the house, since carbon monoxide when it enters the room is fatal to humans.
Furnaces for sale
The reader is offered several types of stoves with their brief characteristics, so that, based on this information, you can choose the right option.
Furnace type "Normandie"
Combination of small size and high efficiency
This compact, neat version of the heater weighs only 170 kilograms, so it's easy will be established on the second floor of the house. The stove has a height of 73.6 cm and a width of 75.6 cm, the depth of the firebox is 44.5 cm, with a diameter chimney pipes - 15 cm. The power of this unit is 12 kW, so it will be able to heat a room at 160—180 cube. m, while not taking it has a lot of space.
The stove will perfectly fit into any interior design. Her classical black the color will be in harmony with any shades of walls and furniture. On top of the appliance there is a small hob that will help you not to be left without a hot lunch or heated water.
Bake "Eurocom»
The oven is equipped with a hob
This bake from a Polish manufacturer has the following characteristics: height 65, width 71, firebox depth 44 cm, her power is 13 kW, thanks to with which it is able to heat a room of 200—220 cube. m.
Oven of classic design, original doors with heat-resistant double glass, revolving lattice grate, adjustable blower and cast-iron deflector. In addition, the hob has a lid that, when her when raised, it becomes a protective screen for the wall from falling on her splashes from frying foods.
The heater will perfectly fit into the interior of a room or kitchen, without will take a lot of places, but will bring maximum benefit.
Furnace "Bavaria"
Special convenience of the cooking process
More one model, which in shape and height resembles a gas or electric stove. It is calculated in such a way that her comfortable to stand cooking food.
The stove is equipped with a niche for firewood located at the bottom her parts, as well as a protective screen for the wall, which can easily turn into a cover for the hob.
Thanks to glazed door of the original form, stove gives beautiful view of the burning fire. It quickly warms up the room, in parallel cooking food and warm water. The sides of the stove are equipped with ceramic panels, which also help to retain heat for a long time. The case is equipped with glass blowing, which helps it to remain clean from soot.
The modern oven has enough high efficiency at 80—85% and quietly heats the room volume in 275 cube.m. Her height is 94.5, width 71, and depth 55 cm, diameter chimney pipes - about 20 centimeters.
The compact size of the oven is excellent fit for the kitchen or any of the rooms of the house.
If speak about cost cast iron furnaces with acceptable efficiency from 75% to 90%, then it varies within 20.000 rubles. For this money you will get the necessary functionality, but there is no need to talk about aesthetic beauty.
If you want your oven to not only perform all the necessary functions, but also look beautiful and not be ashamed to show it to friends - with such a set of characteristics, the price more than doubles to 50.000 rubles.
In addition, there are the most sophisticated options for 100 and even 200 thousand rubles, but think sensibly, do you need it for so much? Indeed, for such an amount, you can already hire a professional stove-maker who will lay out a full-fledged stove for you from floor to ceiling!
In conclusion, readers are invited to a video sketch with interesting and diverse models of such heaters:
