A folk stove for a summer residence, garage, home: better than an electric convector (beautiful, warm, satisfying). Reviews, advice from owners of burzhuikas

Many people ask: how to heat a summer cottage, a country house, a garage, a summer kitchen on the street or a veranda, if you are not there often, especially in winter. The easiest option - wood-burning stove "potbelly stove". This option is chosen by those who love living warmth in the house, when you need to quickly warm up.

The electric convector "rests" in comparison with such a stove (heats up slowly).

The stove includes: a chimney, a blower, a hole for laying firewood. Distinctive features of the furnace: high efficiency, takes up little space.

Potbelly stoves are sold to choose from: cast iron, fireclay stone, steel. There are combined ones. Cast iron wood-fired stoves are very popular. Such furnaces have a higher thermal conductivity than steel ones. They are practically eternal, do not corrode. Cons: heavier than steel, afraid of temperature changes, there is no possibility of repairing the furnace, high price.

There are steel ovens at an affordable cost. They are resistant to mechanical stress, easy to repair (by welding), light weight, more beautiful, stylish appearance. The main thing is to monitor the intensity of combustion of the steel furnace, and it will last for a long time.

Watch the flame through the glass. If you overheat too much, the stove will quickly burn out, or the seams may come apart. The main thing is to read the instructions the manufacturer and the stove will last a long time.

All steel furnaces quickly heat up the room, but they themselves then quickly cool down. However, you can extend burning time by 10 hoursif you adjust the blower. The stove is heated with wood or sawdust-based briquettes. A cast iron potbelly stove can be fired with coal.

The most fireproof stoves with legs. If they are not there, then you can weld the stand yourself. Damp firewood can be dried from below. The potbelly stove is placed on the foundation or directly on the floor (stand). You can brick the oven:

In addition to heating, the oven serves for cooking. A kettle, a frying pan, a saucepan for cooking or heating are placed on top. Some models are equipped with a hotplate. However, many see this as a problem. When you slightly cover the blower, then smoke comes out through the burner into the room. Therefore, many brew it tightly.

The distance from wooden walls must be at least 70 cm. and thermal protection on the wall! During installation, it is not necessary to punch large holes, since the diameter of the chimney is small (up to 20 cm). Some summer residents manage lead the pipe through the window (window). Glass in one cell is changed to galvanized.

Reviews of the owners of burzhuikas:

1. It is advised, after the furnace has been heated in a slow burning mode, to heat it intensively for 20 minutes. This method will help remove the soot.

2. To prevent the glass in the door from being covered with black soot, and to be transparent, you need to periodically heat the potbelly stove well with full filling. This should also be indicated in the instructions.

3. The chimney length must be at least 5 meters. Otherwise, in the long burning mode, it may generate smoke.