7 Simple Secrets To Totally Refreshing Your Outside Wood Burners

What You Need to Know About Outdoor Wood Burners

Outdoor wood burners are a cost-effective way to heat homes and businesses. They also reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are not renewable and contribute towards a resilient energy strategy.

For efficient combustion it is essential to use wood that has been well-seasoned. Unseasoned or green wood has a higher moisture content and may cause creosote accumulation, which can affect performance.

Efficient

Outdoor wood burners have been in use for a long time. They are an energy efficient and environmentally friendly way of heating your home. However, the typical design of OWBs, which promotes an unsteady, cooler fire, results in poor combustion and more smoke, creosote, as well as particulates. Unburned fuels can cause health problems as well as fire hazards, and can also harm the environment.

Moreover, the visible plume of smoke produced by OWBs can make neighbors angry and lead to DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) enforcement action. This type of public relations issue can have a serious impact on the value of your property, and could result in your OWB being shut down.

Crown Royal Stoves offers a line of EPA Certified outdoor wood furnaces known as the Pristine Gasification Series that utilizes technology to increase the efficiency of combustion to ensure a smokeless, clean burn. This is accomplished by using an air system that is negative pressure that draws fresh hot, dry clean air in from the bottom of the boiler, and pushes it back out through the chimney at a more rapid rate than traditional outdoor wood boilers. This is accomplished through an innovative design that utilizes a multi-pass water-filled heat exchanger made of 409 Titanium Enhanced Stainless Steel.

If properly utilized properly, When properly used, the Pristine Series OWB has an 99% efficiency in combustion for a cleaner and smoke-free fire. It consumes less wood, and produces significantly fewer emission than traditional OWBs. To further maximize the performance of your OWB, it is important to only burn dry, clean, and seasoned wood. It is recommended to season your wood for a period of six months or a year prior to burning it. This will ensure a more efficient and cleaner burn.

You can increase the efficiency of your wood-burning stove by performing every week a "dry burn". This technique reduces creosote which improves boiler efficiency and prolongs the life of your boiler. Lastly, by adding a creosote removal stick every time you fill your stove, you will be able to drastically cut the amount of creosote that you use. This product is available from Wisconsin Wood Furnace.

Clean

A wood-burning stove can be very dirty due to burnt soot particles. These are very hard to remove If you notice any areas of build up on the glass of your stove, clean them as soon as you notice them. Any soot that is not eliminated will harden and make it more difficult. Using the right cleaning products for the job is vital, but also be sure you're not damaging the surface of the glass by using anything that could scratch it. This could leave a weak spot that could shatter the glass when it's exposed to high temperatures.

Before you begin cleaning your wood burner, you should make sure that it's not lit and completely cool. Be sure that you surround it with newspaper. This will prevent any spillage of ash which could stain and mark surfaces.

Depending on the quality of the wood you select, it can take up to one year for your stove to get properly seasoned. The wood that is seasoned will not only burn more efficiently, but will also produce less creosote. This is the material which is able to build up on your fireplace, reducing its effectiveness and creating a potential fire hazard. If you're using unseasoned wood or you're just starting an outdoor fire fireplace, you should open the lower backdoor and scoop the ashes into a noncombustible container each week.

You should also do a sediment flush on your boiler at least every four years. This is a simple flush that takes five seconds from the bottom drain valve on your boiler. This will remove any sediment that has built up in the system and ensure that your boiler is operating well.

After you've completed the sediment flush, it's time to clean the outside of your outdoor wood burner. Before you begin, it's important to cover the area around the stove with newspaper. Wearing protective eyewear and gloves is also a good idea. You should also have an shovel, a metal container for ash and a scraping tool. You can use a cloth for shield to protect the refractory while you scrape away coal and ash deposits.

Easy to operate

Outdoor wood boilers (also known as outdoor furnaces and outdoor wood hydronic heating systems, or outdoor wood heaters) are often misunderstood in spite of their acclaim. They were one of the "it" trends of the 1990s, along with hairstyles with mullets. Contrary to the EPA's popular wood stoves, which are designed to burn at constant, low temperatures, these boilers have a higher fire rate and produce more smoke when they operate. Certain local governments restrict or prohibit their use.

OWBs work best for homes with high levels of insulation. The smoldering, dense visible smoke is also a source of complaint with neighbors, and has led to many OWBs being shut-down or sued in the past. To ensure that OWBs to operate properly they should be operated with dry wood with low moisture content. Unseasoned or green wood can decrease efficiency, cause creosote to accumulate and decrease the life of the burner. A moisture meter will help you to determine how long it takes for wood to dry.

In contrast dual-stage wood gasification boilers (OWGB) utilize three steps that makes use of more available energy in the wood, resulting in much less smoke. These furnaces are more efficient than traditional OWBs, and are suitable for a wide range of fuels. Wood gasification boilers require dry and well-seasoned firewood. Most wood will season within a year, however oak and other species that are hardy may require two years or more to fully season. This is because they have less volume of water and a greater density. This allows them to retain heat longer, increasing efficiency and decreasing pollution. The EPA "Burn Wise" website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great sources for homeowners to learn how to burn wood efficiently in order minimize pollution to the air.

Low Maintenance

Modern outdoor wood furnaces are designed with the environment in mind. Modern outdoor wood furnaces don't produce excessive CO2 or heat. 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 also require less maintenance than indoor wood burners and are more forgiving when it comes to the moisture content of the wood. Outdoor wood burners are only suitable for wood that has been properly "cured" or seasoned. Certain types of wood may take up to a full year. It is essential to make use of a moisture meter to determine the amount of water of your wood before loading.

During operation, it is essential to check the system regularly for the build-up of creosote. Creosote is a byproduct of combustion that can build up in the flue and chimney in the event that it is not cleaned frequently. It can be eliminated by pouring a creosote-removing product into the fire. Regular cleaning of the flue and chimney will remove dangerous creosote buildup 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 pull air up from the bottom and force all gases through an sealed secondary combustion chamber, surrounded by water with easy-to-clean turbines.  Read A great deal more  is a smokeless, pollution-free burning.