Tiled stove: device and principle of operation

Manufacturers of heating equipment offer their customers a huge range of designs for stoves and fireplaces. Model lines include both modern units with original designs, and design solutions simulating old technologies. As practice shows, in terms of operational parameters, the classical approaches to the construction of furnaces are slightly inferior to the designs of the new generation. Moreover, some techniques of folk artists are increasingly moving into professional sectors. This is confirmed by the Russian tile stove-fireplace, which in traditional design has many advantages. Despite the mastering of technologies for the creation of tiles by major manufacturers, the author's products do not lose their relevance either.

General information about tile stoves

Stoves with tiles were widely distributed in Russia in wealthy families. Today, this technology of construction, rather, is associated with the methods of decorative decoration, as it was with the decorations of wooden huts. However, the tile stoves and fireplaces differ not only in beautiful lining, but also in high heat emission. Moreover, by no means in all cases such designs had a colorful design. It could be a modest finish, and its main task was to ensure the optimal accumulation of heat.

As in the old days, today such furnaces are manufactured in various ways, including using special sets or kits. One of the main differences of the tile from ordinary modern designs is the original look. Even the tiled stove, assembled from a pre-prepared set, is a unique work. Part of this contributes to the introduction of various bowls, columns and other architectural elements in the design.

Advantages of tile stoves

Speaking about the advantages of such structures, it is still impossible to pass by a specific design. The use of ceramics with painted coatings, of course, is not mandatory, but by default this option is available to every master. Patterns, plot panoramas, paintings, ornaments with textures and even texts - all these tools demonstrate tiled Russian furnaces in their best performances. Besides the aesthetic merits, it is necessary to note the practical properties of the structures.

First of all, this ability of ceramic tile decoration effectively transfer heat to the room, but without burning objects and surfaces that directly contact the furnace. Technology provides and durability. Today you can find quite real examples of such designs that were made several centuries ago. In a private house, a tile stove can last 3-4 times longer than a conventional design. Of course, this is possible only under the condition of careful exploitation.

Furnace arrangement

The basis of the oven design resembles the usual structures. This is a frame, laid out of bricks, if necessary covered with metal plates and decorated with an external decorative coating. The main feature of the device of such furnaces consists in an unusual composition of a solution for facing. As experts note, with the skillful manufacture and application of the mixture, the outer layer of the finish can increase the heat transfer of the structure by 0.3 kW. Typically, tile stoves are laid with bricks, but so that they are delicately pressed against the reverse side of the ceramic cladding elements. The gaps between the tiles are filled with crushed stone, but other materials can be used - this depends on the size of the structure and the heating requirements of a particular room.

Principle of operation

Usually, two chambers are built - furnace and for afterburning. Combustion products, by tradition, are discharged outside through a special chimney, during which heat is transferred to the walls. It is very important to correctly calculate the parameters of the output channel. The fact is that a short chimney will not allow you to fully accumulate the heat that the furnace generates. Too long a pipe, on the contrary, will give off heat, but a long delay in a tight space will lead to excessive smoking. For this reason, tile stoves are usually supplied with additional branch pipes in the tamper. Provided that the walls are correctly constructed, the stoves will accumulate heat, radiating it throughout the room. It should be noted that in this case, especially the area of the construction increases - the larger it is, the more efficient the heating of the room will be.

Technology of making tiles

Most often, the masters use casting technology, which produces an easy and at the same time sturdy tile with optimal heat output. By the way, the mass of one element is not more than 400 g. The composition for the material may be different, but in most cases it is based on white kaolin clay. The output is a tiled stove that does not collect soot and is easy to clean. However, before the moment of direct laying, you can perform the decoration of the tiles. Usually the material is covered with glaze and subjected to roasting under high temperature. Then follows the cooling and final preparation of the material in the tunnel kiln.

Masonry of tiles

Despite the usual size - 15 x 15 cm - and the characteristics reminiscent of conventional ceramic tiles, tiles require a special approach in the laying process. To the material does not absorb the moisture of the solution, it must first be immersed in water. Laying in the first stage is carried out in parallel with brick laying. Installation is carried out in rows - from the angle in the direction from the bottom to the top. In some cases, tiles for tiles are laid with the formation of a seam dressing. Usually this is done in a complex design. In the process of laying, the dimensions of the joints must also be observed. The horizontal clearances should not exceed 3 mm in thickness and 10 mm in vertical gaps.

Conclusion

There is a tile technology and one significant minus. Its implementation is more expensive and troublesome than in the case of conventional designs. And to get a quality result without the use of master skills is almost impossible. In particular, the tile stove requires a complex and delicate treatment of clay composition for tiles, not to mention artwork. The design of the design itself is not so problematic, but also without the mason's participation at this stage is indispensable. As can be seen, the subtleties of the use of tile technology require a special approach, but the result with a qualitative performance will justify itself. According to the owners of such furnaces, their operation requires minimal effort, the exterior looks like a design element of the interior, and the work itself does not cause any complaints at all.