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What You Need to Know About Outdoor Wood Burners

Outdoor wood burning stoves can be a cost-effective solution for heating homes and businesses. They also reduce the need for fossil fuels that are non-renewable and help to create a more resilient energy strategy.

A well-seasoned wood is vital for efficient burning. Unseasoned or green wood can have a higher moisture content that can create creosote and slow down performance.

Efficient

Outdoor wood burners (OWBs) have been around for a long time and provide an energy efficient and environmentally friendly method to heat your home. However, the standard design of OWBs, which encourages the slow and cooler burning which causes less combustion and a higher amount of smoke, creosote, as well as particulates. These unburnt fuels can cause health issues, fire hazards, and cause harm to the environment around it.

Furthermore, the visible smoke puffs that OWBs produce could cause neighbors to voice their concerns. This could lead to DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) and taking enforcement actions. This type of issue can negatively impact your property value and even cause your OWB being closed.

Crown Royal Stoves has a line of outdoor wood furnaces that are EPA Certified. The Pristine Gasification Series uses technology to maximize combustion efficiency and provide an unburned, clean and smoke-free. This is done by using a negative-pressure air system which pulls fresh, dry heated, filtered air from the bottom, and then pushes it out through the chimney at a much faster rate than traditional outdoor wood boilers. This is achieved by an innovative design that utilizes a multi-pass water-filled heat exchanger made from 409 Titanium Enhanced Stainless Steel.

Properly utilized when properly used, the Pristine Series OWB achieves an 99% efficiency in combustion for a cleaner and smoke-free fire. It uses less wood, and produces a lot less emission than traditional OWBs. To maximize your OWB's performance it is crucial to burn only clean, seasoned, dry wood. Seasoning your wood for six months or more prior to burning is recommended. This helps ensure a smoother, more energy efficient burn.

You can improve the efficiency of your wood-burning stove through each week a "dry burn". This method eliminates creosote accumulation, makes your boiler running efficiently and increases its life span. Lastly by adding a creosote removal stick each time you load your stove, you will be able to drastically cut the amount of creosote that you use. This product is available through Wisconsin Wood Furnace.

Clean

The soot particles left in the aftermath of burning wood can make a wood stove look very dirty. They are difficult to clean and therefore, you must clean any buildup on the glass of your stove immediately. Soot that is not removed will become hard and make it more difficult to remove. It's important to choose the right cleaner however, you must be careful not to scratch the glass with anything that may scratch it. This could result in an area of weakness that could shatter glass when exposed high temperatures.

Make sure you let your wood stove cool completely before cleaning it. Also, be sure that the area around it is covered with newspaper. This will prevent any spillage of ash which can stain and mark surfaces.

It could take as long as one year for your stove's seasoning to be complete, depending on the quality of the wood you choose to use. The wood that is seasoned will not only burn more efficiently, but will create less creosote. This is the material that builds up on your chimney, decreasing its efficiency and posing a fire hazard. If you are using unseasoned wood, or just making a fresh fire in your outdoor wood burner, the best thing to do is to open up the back door to the lower part and scoop the ashes into a non-combustible container each week.

A sediment flush should be carried out on your boiler every four years. This is a simple flush lasting five seconds from the bottom drain valve on your boiler. This will remove any accumulation of sediment inside the system and ensure that your boiler is in good functioning condition.

After you have cleaned the outside of your fireplace that is Outside Wood burners It is now time to clean it. Before starting, it's important to cover the floor around the stove with newspaper. Wearing protective eyewear and gloves is also a good idea. You should also have an ash container, a shovel ash container and a scraping tool. To safeguard the refractory, you should lay down a cloth to protect it while you scrape away ash and coal deposits.

Easy to Operate

Outdoor wood boilers (also called outdoor furnaces, outdoor wood hydronic heating systems or outdoor wood heaters) are often misunderstood in spite of their acclaim. They were among the "it" trends of the 1990s, as were mullet hairstyles. Unlike their cousin the EPA's popular small wood burning stove stoves that are designed to burn at low, constant temperatures, these boilers have an increased fire rate and produce more smoke when operating. Some local governments limit 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 complaint with neighbors and has led to numerous OWBs being shut down or being sued in the past. To ensure that OWBs to function properly, they must be operated using dry wood with a low moisture content. Using green or unseasoned wood burning stove for shed decreases efficiency, causes creosote to build up and may reduce the lifespan of the burner. Drying wood can take time and a moisture meter is a must for any homeowner.

Dual-stage wood gasification (OWGB) boilers are, on the other hand, use a three-step process that utilizes more of the energy contained in the wood. This means less smoke. These furnaces are more efficient than conventional OWBs, and can be used for many different fuels. Wood gasification boilers require dry, seasoned wood. The majority of wood will season in the course of a year. Oak and other hardy trees may take as long as two years to mature. They are less water-based and have a greater density. This enables them to hold heat longer, thus increasing efficiency and reduce pollution. The EPA "Burn Wise" website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great sources for homeowners to learn how to efficiently burn wood to minimize air pollution.

Low Maintenance

Modern outdoor wood furnaces are constructed with the environment in mind. Unlike indoor wood burners that generate significant smoke Modern outdoor furnaces burn cleanly and without the creation of excessive carbon monoxide or heat. They also use less wood to produce the same amount heat as traditional stoves.

Outdoor wood burners also require less maintenance than indoor wood burner wood burners, and are more tolerant in regards to the moisture content of the wood. However, outdoor wood burners can only be used with properly treated or "cured" wood. This can take a year or more for some kinds of wood. Use a moisture meter before loading to check the amount of water contained in your wood.

During operation it is important to check the system regularly for creosote accumulation. Creosote is an byproduct of combustion and can build up in the chimney and flue if it is not cleaned on a regular basis. It can be removed by pouring a creosote removal product into the fire. Regular cleaning of the chimney and flue will eliminate dangerous creosote and increase efficiency.

Crown Royal Stoves developed a new airflow technique called Negative Pressure Gasification to attain 99% efficiency in combustion. Our EPA certified Pristine Series outdoor wood furnaces make use of this technology to draw air from the bottom, directing all gasses through an insulated water surrounded secondary combustion chamber that is easy to clean turbines for a smokeless and pollutant-free combustion.