As you heat the house with a fireplace

A fireplace or wood stove are becoming increasingly popular. Wood is a future-proof alternative to fuel oil or gas and the Holzverbrennnen is the proper handling and use of a modern heating system naturally friendly.

That’s why more and more homeowners access to a wood heater. Here are several options. From wood pellet boiler or furnace, stoves, up to a hot fireplace. Today we would like Focusing on the last alternative.

Fireplace as a whole house heating
A fireplace or hot fireplace is a modern heater, which can be used not only heat up the room but even the whole house. Fireplace is a further development of the fireplace. It consists of a fireplace insert and fireplace trim.

The fireplace insert is the basic element of the fireplace in his dar. combustion chamber the combustion takes place and the fire can be seen through the large glass door in the fireplace. For this reason, the hot fireplace is the perfect solution except when the heating function and the ambience of the living room to cheers from the flames.

For the heating of several rooms of the fireplace insert is additionally equipped with a hot air jacket. There is a sheet metal casing, which is mounted on the fireplace insert. The heated air from the fireplace insert is captured by the hot-air jacket and removed the hot air pipe. This pipe is connected to the hot air nozzle of the hot air jacket and comprises flexible Aluflexrohren.

The entire system is very flexible and, thanks to a variety of accessories, the warm air throughout the home. Special form available galvanized parts with which you can perform the desired turn-off are: Y-pieces, tees, reducers and connectors. The individual parts of the distribution of warm air are attached with clips. Leaks can be sealed with fireproof tape.

The heated air has a high temperature. Therefore, the distribution of warm air to make sure that the entire pipeline is adequately insulated. Here we use mineral wool. There are also special Aluflexrohre available, which already contain a layer of mineral wool insulation. The erleitert the workflow for the installation.

The distribution of warm air in the house can be done with the use of natural air flow (thermodynamics). This type of warm air distribution for shorter branches (up to 4 meters in a horizontal direction from the insert) suitable.

If the hot air can be transported over long distances, a heating fan is to be applied. There are special fans for fireplaces that are designed for high temperatures.

In the rooms to be heated is installed on the end of the hot air pipe grate or anemostats (rotary disc valves).

For the proper function of the distribution of warm air, the hot air taken away again forwarded to the fireplace insert. This one uses either natural leaks under the inner door or grille.