When should the stove be laid and from which brick?

The oven should be started in May., it is from oven bricks, without visible microcracks, it is stronger than general construction, and its thermal conductivity is higher, for better heat transfer from inner surfaces to outer surfaces, the total weight is greater, which means that the heat capacity is higher, it heats up longer and longer cools down after. Before laying the bricks, place them in water until air bubbles stop coming out of them. Pieces of 20 in a trough, not per piece.

The solution, in the base, is clay-sand, but there are additions of seeded coal ash, or a little cement, which is a lot, but the solution is liquid, so that you can lay down a thin seam of 3 mm, on average. The brick is soaked so that it does not draw in water quickly, and there was time, without haste, to lay each on a level, tap for evenness and fit.

One row is laid out a day, otherwise the bottom row will float. Especially if it is laid down from a smooth brick, for example, Obolsky brick, which is then not plastered. If the brick is Obolsky, cut off 8 legs on it with a grinder in advance, since their height is about 6 mm, and not constant.

No tinkers, only hands, so what you get is better felt. There is only one imaginary drawback - for a long time. But good. Therefore, I did this only for myself and for my own people, otherwise it would be unprofitable. Before laying each row, the previous row, the next day, is generously moistened with water from a spray bottle.

Yes, this is a whole concern. But, then it's nice to see, and no cracks need to be masked and repaired, pulling up all sorts of theories by the ears, for self-justification.

It dries for a long time - with the valve closed for a week, because there is nowhere to rush, at first the moisture in the thickness of the masonry will even out, then it opens, let the draft blow.

From the end of the installation to the start of operation - at least a month, and even then, the first times less warm up, because drying without heating could not be complete, and if you start abruptly, cracks are inevitable, and a lot of work becomes second-rate. Haste is needed when catching fleas, as they say.

The amount of soot will depend on the smoothness of the inner surfaces, the speed of the exhaust gases on fuel combustion, and this depends on the ratio of the length and width of the chimney, the height of the pipe, and therefore traction. And the type of fuel. More from coal than from wood. And from the briquette - even more, this is the most unwanted fuel.

Author:Vasily Gud."Send your articles to [email protected], and we will publish them!"

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