Furnaces with a water circuit for summer residence

Today, the variety of home heating appliances is very large. These are all kinds of gas , electric and solid fuel boilers and furnaces. They are used both for heating private houses, and in small suburban cottages. And one of the most convenient for the dachas are ovens with a water circuit.

Such units are usually used as the main source of heating, and for a large house a furnace with a water circuit can also become a source of additional heating. Let's look at their features.

How does the furnace with a water circuit work?

It is a steel container with thick (4-8 mm) walls. The heat exchanger is built into the furnace or into the chimney duct. The exhaust gases from the burning fuel heat the water in the heat exchanger, and then it, circulating through the system, heats the entire house. There are small ovens, with one tank, and more powerful, using several at once. In such devices, water is heated in the first reservoir, and in the remaining reservoirs, water vapor is generated, which gives additional heat. Furnaces with several tanks have a somewhat higher efficiency.

Advantages and disadvantages of "water" furnaces

The advantages of such devices include:

• affordable prices;
• wide choice of fuel (furnace with a water circuit can work on wood, coal, sawdust, peat or the like);
• The furnace does not need electricity;
• Furnaces with a water jacket can be connected to a system of warm floors, and the water circuit itself is usually installed to heat the entire house.

Among the shortcomings of the furnaces, we note a coefficient of efficiency that is lower than that of modern heating boilers.

What are the furnaces with a water circuit?

In addition to the usual dacha furnaces with a water circuit, there are more advanced models. These devices, which also have a closed water circuit, however, they exceed the standard furnaces in efficiency. This can be, for example, a pellet stove with a water circuit: it works on wood pellets automatically fed into the furnace with a screw or pneumatic. Also, it is not uncommon for summer cottages to buy units that combine the functions of a boiler and titanium.

By design, the heating devices are also very different. Very popular today, for example, stoves fireplaces with a water circuit for summer residence. They are installed not in a separate furnace room, but in the living room, because they look presentable and bring a note of home comfort to the countryside.