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What You Need to Know About Outdoor Wood Burners

Outdoor wood burning stoves can be an economical solution to heat homes and businesses. They also reduce the need for fossil fuels that are not renewable and help to create a more resilient energy strategy.

A well-seasoned wood is vital for efficient burning. Wood that is not seasoned or green has higher moisture content and may cause creosote accumulation, which can affect performance.

Efficient

Outdoor wood burners (OWBs) have been around for many years and offer a very energy efficient and environmentally friendly method to heat your home. The typical design of OWBs favors the slowing of the fire, making it cooler which results in poorer combustion, and more smoke and creosote. These unburned fuels can cause health problems as well as fire hazards, and can also harm the environment.

Additionally the visible smoke plume that OWBs generate could cause neighbors to voice their concerns. This could result in DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation), taking enforcement action. This kind of issue could have a negative impact on your property value and even result in your OWB being closed down.

Crown Royal Stoves has a range of outdoor wood furnaces that are EPA Certified. The Pristine Gasification Series uses technology to increase the efficiency of combustion and produce smokeless, clean burning. This is accomplished through a negative pressure air system which pulls in fresh, dry heated, filtered, and heated air from the bottom and then pushes it up the chimney much faster than traditional outdoor wood boilers. This is accomplished through an innovative design that utilizes an incredibly efficient multi-pass water-filled heat exchanger made from 409 Titanium Enhanced Stainless Steel.

If properly utilized when properly used, the Pristine Series OWB can achieve an 99% efficiency in combustion for a cleaner and smokeless fire. It requires less wood and produces significantly fewer emission than traditional OWBs. It is essential to use dry, clean, and seasoned wood in order to maximize the performance of your OWB. It is recommended that you get your wood seasoned for a period of six months or a year prior to burning it. This will ensure an efficient and clean burn.

In addition to maximizing the performance of your wood stove, you can also improve its efficiency by performing a "dry burn" every week. This method eliminates creosote accumulation, makes your boiler efficient and extends its life span. By affixing a creosote-removing stick to your stove each time you fill it up, you can dramatically reduce the amount of creosote you need to use. This product is available from Wisconsin Wood Furnace.

Clean

A wood-burning stove can become very dirty from burnt soot particles. These are very hard to move so if you notice any spots of buildup on the glass of your stove, you must clean them right away. In the event that the soot is not removed, it will harden and be even more difficult to get rid of. Using the right cleaners for the job is essential however, you must also ensure that you're not damaging the glass's surface with anything that could scratch it. This could result in a weak spot that will shatter the glass when it's exposed to extreme temperatures.

Be sure to let your wood burner cool completely before cleaning it. Also, make sure that the surrounding area is covered with newspaper. This will stop any spillage of ash that can cause stains and marks on surfaces.

Based on the quality of the wood that you use, it can take up to one year for your stove to become properly and seasoned. The wood that has been treated with a seasoned finish will not only burn more efficiently, but also produce less creosote. This is the material which accumulates on your fireplace, decreasing its effectiveness and creating the potential for a fire hazard. If you're using wood that's not seasoned or are just beginning an outdoor british wood Burning Stoves fire fireplace, you should open the lower backdoor and scoop the all the ashes into a nonflammable container every week.

You should also do a sediment flush on your boiler at least once every four years. This is a quick five-second flush from the bottom drain valve on your boiler. This will get rid of any sediment that has built up inside the system, and will keep your boiler in top functioning condition.

Once you've completed the sediment flush, it's time to clean the outside wood burners (Read Even more) of your outdoor wood burner. Before you begin, it's important to cover the stove's perimeter with newspaper. It is also beneficial to wear gloves and protective eyewear. Also, you should have a metal ash container, a scraping tool and a shovel. You can make use of a cloth as shield to shield the refractory from damage while you remove ash and coal deposits.

Easy to Operate

Despite their popularity (they were one of the 1990s' "it" trends, together with mullet hairstyles) outdoor wood boilers, referred to as outdoor furnaces or outdoor wood hydronic heaters are often misunderstood. These units are not the same as the well-known EPA wood stoves, which are built to burn low temperatures and continuously. They use a higher rate of combustion and produce more smoke. Some local governments restrict or ban their use.

OWBs are best suited to homes that have high levels of insulation. The smoldering, dense visible smoke is also a cause of complaints from neighbors and has resulted in numerous OWBs being shut down or being sued in the past. To ensure that OWBs to operate properly they must be used with dry freestanding wood burning stove that has a low moisture content. Using green or unseasoned wood reduces efficiency, leads to creosote build up and can cut down the life of the burner. Drying wood takes time and an instrument to measure moisture is a must for the homeowner.

In contrast, dual-stage large wood burning stove gasification boilers (OWGB) utilize three steps of process which makes use of the available energy in the wood and results in less smoke. These furnaces are more efficient than traditional OWBs, and can be used for various fuels. Wood gasification boilers require dry well-seasoned wood. Most wood will season within a year, but oak and other hardy species could take two years or more to fully season. They are less water-based and have a greater density. This allows them to hold heat for longer, increasing efficiency and decreasing pollution. The EPA "Burn Wise' website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great sources for homeowners to learn how to efficiently burn wood to minimize pollution to the air.

Low Maintenance

Modern outdoor wood furnaces have been designed with the environment in mind. Modern outdoor wood furnaces don't generate excessive heat or CO2. They also burn cleaner than indoor wood stoves. They also require less wood to provide the same amount of heat as traditional stoves.

Outdoor wood burners require less maintenance and are more tolerant of wood moisture content than wood burning stoves for indoor use. Outdoor wood burners are suitable for wood that has been properly "cured" or dried or. Certain types of wood may take up to a year. Use a moisture meter before loading to check the amount of water in your wood.

During operation it is important to examine the system on a regular basis for creosote accumulation. Creosote is a by-product of combustion, can build up in the flue and chimney if they aren't cleaned regularly. It can be removed with the use of a special creosote remover that is poured into the fire. Regular cleaning of the flue and chimney will help eliminate dangerous creosote accumulations and improve efficiency.

Crown Royal Stoves developed a new airflow technology known as Negative Pressure Gasification to ensure 99% efficiency in combustion. This technology is used in our EPA certified Pristine Series Outdoor Wood Furnaces to draw air from the bottom and push all the gases through an insulated secondary combustion chamber which is surrounded by water, with easy-to-clean turbulators. The result is a smokeless and pollution-free burn.