Why Nobody Cares About Outside Wood Burners

What You Need to Know About Outdoor Wood Burners

Outdoor wood burning stoves are a cost-effective way to heat homes and businesses. They also help reduce dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels and contribute to a resilient energy strategy.

A well-seasoned wood is vital for efficient burning. Unseasoned or green wood has a higher moisture content and may cause creosote that can reduce performance.

Efficient

Outdoor wood burners (OWBs) have been around for years and are an extremely eco-friendly and energy efficient method to heat your home. The design of OWBs encourages the slowing of the fire, making it cooler which results in poorer combustion, and more smoke and creosote. These unburned fuels could cause health problems, fire hazards, and deteriorate the surrounding environment.

Additionally the visible smoke plume that OWBs create could cause neighbors to voice their concerns. This could result in DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) taking enforcement action. This kind of public relations issue can be a significant impact on the value of your property and could even lead to your OWB being shut down.

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

When properly used, when properly used, the Pristine Series OWB has a 99% combustion rate for a smoke-free and cleaner fire. It requires less wood, and produces significantly fewer emission than traditional OWBs. To enhance your OWB's performance it is essential to burn only dry, clean, seasoned wood. Seasoning your wood for six months or more prior to burning is recommended. This helps ensure a better and more efficient burn.

In addition to improving the performance of your wood burner, you can also improve its efficiency by performing a "dry burn" every week. This method lowers the amount of creosote in your home which improves boiler efficiency and prolongs the life of your boiler. By adding a creosote-removing stick to your stove every time you fill it, you can drastically reduce the amount of creosote that you use. The 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 If you notice any areas of build up on the glass of your stove, wash them immediately. Soot that is not removed will become hard, making it even more difficult to remove. It is essential to use the right cleaners however, you must avoid damaging the glass surface by using anything that can scratch it. This could leave a weak spot that could shatter the glass when it's exposed to extreme temperatures.

Make sure you let your wood burner cool completely before cleaning it. Be sure that you surround it with newspaper. This will stop the ash from leaking and staining surfaces.

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

A sediment flush is recommended on your boiler every four years. This is a straightforward flush lasting five seconds from the bottom drain valve on your boiler. This will remove any debris that has accumulated within the system and help keep your boiler in great operating condition.

After you've completed the sediment flush, it's time to clean the outside wood burners of your outdoor wood burner. Before beginning, it is crucial to cover the floor around the stove with newspaper. Wearing gloves and eye protection is also a good idea. Also, you should have a ash canister made of metal as well as a scraping tool and shovel. You can make use of a cloth as an insulator to shield the refractory from damage while you remove ash and coal deposits.

Easy to Operate

Despite their popularity (they were among the 1990s' "it" trends, together with mullet hairstyles) outdoor wood boilers, also referred to as outdoor furnaces or outdoor wood hydronic heaters, are often misunderstood. They are not the same as the well-known EPA wood stoves, which are designed to burn at low temperatures and continuously. They use an increased rate of combustion and generate more smoke. Certain local governments restrict or prohibit their use.

OWBs are best suited to homes with a high level of insulation. The smoldering, dense visible smoke can also be a source of complaint with neighbors and has led to many OWBs being shut down or sued in the past. In order for OWBs to function properly, they should be operated with dry wood with low moisture content. Unseasoned or green wood can reduce efficiency, cause creosote to build up, and shorten the lifespan of the burner. Drying wood takes time and an instrument to measure moisture is essential for every homeowner.

In contrast dual-stage wood gasification boilers (OWGB) employ three steps of process that uses more of the available energy from the wood and results in less smoke. These types of furnaces are far more efficient than traditional OWBs and can be used with a greater variety of fuel. Wood gasification boilers require dry well-seasoned and seasoned firewood. The majority of wood will be seasoned within a year, however oak and other hardy species could require two years or more to fully mature. This is because they have lower volume of water and a greater density. This allows them to retain heat longer, increasing efficiency and reducing pollution. The EPA "Burn Wise" website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great resources for homeowners to learn how to burn wood efficiently to reduce pollution to the air.

Low Maintenance

Modern outdoor wood stoves are engineered to be eco-friendly. Unlike indoor wood burners that produce significant smoke Modern outdoor furnaces burn cleanly without the creation of excessive carbon monoxide or heat. They also require less wood to produce the same amount of heat as traditional stoves.

Outdoor wood burners require less maintenance and are more forgiving of wood moisture content than indoor wood burning stove second hand wood burning stoves burning stoves. However outdoor wood burners should only be used with properly treated or "cured" wood. This could take a whole year or more for some types of contemporary wood burning stoves. Make use of a moisture meter prior to loading to measure the amount of water in the wood.

When the system is in operation, it is necessary to check the system regularly for the accumulation of creosote. Creosote is a byproduct from combustion that can build up in the chimney and flue if it is not cleaned frequently. It can be eliminated using a creosote removal solution that is poured into the flame. Regular cleaning of the chimney and flue will eliminate dangerous creosote accumulations, and increase efficiency.

To attain 99% efficiency in combustion, Crown Royal Stoves designed an innovative air flow technology called Negative Pressure Gasification. Our EPA certified Pristine Series outdoor wood furnaces employ this technology to pull air from the bottom, pushing all the gasses into an insulated water-surrounded secondary combustion chamber, which is easy-clean turbines for a smokeless and pollutant-free combustion.