The role of the furnace for man has always been great. Our ancestors cooked food on it and basked near it. Maybe it was the stove that became a kind of impetus to evolution. It would be difficult for our ancestors to generate ideas if they sat and trembled from the cold. Nowadays, it is important to arrange stoves in cottages and country houses. Next, we will talk about how to build a furnace. It is important not only to know about the process of its construction, but also about what materials will come in handy when working.
How to build a stove
The main task of any high-quality furnace is to maintain the temperature at a high level. Only firemen of steam locomotives must constantly throw coal into the furnace, and a good stove should be economical. For those living in the north or in the middle lane, the construction of a thick-walled furnace can be called as a necessary measure. Due to the high heat transfer it can be melted once or twice a day, no more. It is important to understand that one large stove will heat the house completely much better than a few small ones, resulting in significant financial savings. For a large furnace, a pipe can be attached to the structure itself, while a small furnace for a pipe requires a separate foundation. This also costs significantly more.
The construction of furnaces is a very responsible process, so you should not start operation immediately after that. For starters, it is important to let it dry thoroughly. When heated, the raw clay easily crackes, a mass of microcracks appears, which reduce the reliability of the furnace. You can dry the built oven naturally and forcibly. Drying it naturally is very simple - you need to open all the doors and latches, leaving everything in this state for three weeks. This will completely eliminate the appearance of cracks in the plaster.
It is worth knowing not only how to build a furnace, but also the rules for its placement. The furnace furnace should be located in the direction of the corridor. All other surfaces are important to leave open. The furnace should not be located close to the wall, and its furnace should be as close to the entrance as possible so that it does not have to carry fuel far. The heat distributed from the furnace is comparable to the size of its surface. The larger part of the open surface of the furnace located in the room, the warmer the air in it will be. That is why it is worth making an impressive structure, the main part of which is located in the largest room of the house. If the house has two rooms of approximately the same size, then the best option is the location of the furnace between them with the output of the furnace into the corridor. So the furnace will serve as a partition, while optimally warming the room.
It is necessary to calculate the dimensions of the stove depending on the area of the room and its location in the general layout of the entire house. A corner room requires much more heat than a room in which there is only one outer wall. And if the room goes to the side that is blown by the winds, then its consumption of heat increases by a quarter. In general, a well-built stove gives 400 heat units per square meter of its area. After determining the amount of heat for each room, you can choose the desired heat transfer. This parameter can be found in any specialized directory, in the same place as the drawings of furnaces. After that, the required amount of heat should be divided by 400, which will give the required surface area as a result. While the height is usually 2.3 meters, all other sizes can be easily calculated. During the construction of an oven for a home with your own hands, certain fire safety rules must be observed . The distance from the chimney to any fire hazardous structures should not be less than 40 centimeters.
Now you know how to build a stove, as well as how to place it in a house.