Manufacturers of heating equipment offer their customers a huge range of designs of stoves and fireplaces. Model lines include modern units with original designs, and design solutions that mimic old technologies. As practice shows, in terms of operational parameters, classical approaches to the construction of furnaces are slightly inferior to the structures of the new generation. Moreover, individual techniques of craftsmen are increasingly moving into professional industries. This is also confirmed by the Russian tiled fireplace stove, which in its traditional design has many advantages. Despite the development of technologies for creating tiles by large manufacturers, copyright products do not lose their relevance.
Tiled Stoves Overview
Stoves with tiles were widely distributed in Russia in wealthy families. Today, this construction technology is more likely associated with decorative methods, as was the case with wooden huts. However, tiled stoves and fireplaces differ not only in beautiful lining, but also in high heat transfer. Moreover, not all cases have such designs had a colorful design. It could be a modest finish, and its main task was to ensure optimal heat storage.
As in the old days, today such furnaces are manufactured in various ways, including using special sets or sets. One of the main differences between the tile and the usual modern designs is the original look. Even a tiled stove assembled from a set prepared in advance is a unique work. In part, this contributes to the introduction of various bowls, columns and other architectural elements into the design.
The advantages of tiled stoves
Speaking about the advantages of such structures, it is still impossible to get past the specific design. The use of ceramic with painted coatings, of course, is not mandatory, but by default, every master has this option. Patterns, plot panoramas, paintings, ornaments with textures and even texts - all these tools are shown in Russian tiles in their best designs. In addition to the aesthetic advantages, it is necessary to note the practical properties of the structures.
First of all, it is the ability of ceramic tiled finishes to effectively transfer heat to the room, but without burning the objects and surfaces that are in direct contact with the stove. Technology provides durability. Today you can find very real samples of such structures that were made several centuries ago. In a private house, a tiled stove can last 3-4 times longer than a conventional design. Of course, this is possible only under the condition of careful operation.
Furnace design
The base of the kiln structure resembles conventional structures. This is a frame made of bricks, if necessary, lined with metal plates and decorated with an external decorative coating. The main feature of the device of such furnaces is the unusual composition of the facing solution. According to experts, with skillful manufacture and application of the mixture, the outer finish layer can increase the heat transfer of the structure by 0.3 kW. Typically, tiled stoves are laid out with bricks, but so that they delicately pressed to the wrong side of the ceramic cladding elements. The gaps between the tiles are filled with gravel, but other materials can also be used - this depends on the size of the structure and the requirements for heating a particular room.
Principle of operation
Usually two cameras are arranged - a furnace and a afterburner. Combustion products, according to tradition, are led out through a special chimney, during which heat is transferred to the walls. It is very important to correctly calculate the parameters of the output channel. The fact is that a short chimney flue will not allow to fully accumulate the heat that the furnace generates. Too long a pipe, on the contrary, will give off heat, but a long delay in a cramped space will lead to excessive smoking. For this reason, tiled stoves are usually equipped with additional nozzles in the flooding. Provided that the design is correctly completed, the walls of the stove will accumulate heat, radiating it throughout the room. It should be noted that in this case, the value of the structure area is especially increased - the larger it is, the more efficient the room will be heated.
Tile manufacturing technology
Most often, craftsmen use casting technology, due to which light and at the same time durable tiles with optimal heat transfer rates are obtained. By the way, the mass of one element is not more than 400 g. The composition for the material may be different, but in most cases it is based on white kaolin clay. The output is a tiled stove that does not collect soot and is easy to clean. However, until the moment of direct laying, you can also perform tile decoration. Typically, the material is glazed and fired at high temperature. This is followed by cooling and final preparation of the material in a tunnel furnace.
Masonry tiles
Despite the usual size - 15 x 15 cm - and characteristics resembling ordinary ceramic tiles, tiles require a special approach in the laying process. So that the material does not absorb the moisture of the solution, it must first be immersed in water. Laying in the first stage is performed parallel to the brickwork. Installation is carried out in rows - from the corner in the direction from the bottom to the top. In some cases, tiled tiles for furnaces are laid with the formation of a ligation of the seam. This is usually done in work with a complex design. During the laying process, the dimensions of the joints should be observed. Horizontal gaps should not exceed 3 mm in thickness, and vertical gaps - 10 mm.
Conclusion
Tiled technology also has one significant minus. Its implementation is more expensive and troublesome than in the case of conventional designs. And to get a high-quality result without applying workshop skills is almost impossible. In particular, a tiled stove requires complex and delicate processing of the clay composition for tiles, not to mention the art work. The device of the structure itself is not so problematic, but you can’t do without a bricklayer at this stage either. As you can see, the intricacies of the use of tiled technology need a special approach, but the result with quality performance will pay off. According to the owners of such furnaces, their operation requires minimal effort, the appearance appears as a design element of the interior, and the work itself does not cause any complaints at all.