Fast and long lasting heat for summer cottages

It is getting more common in Finland and other Nordic countries to spend some time at the summer cottage during the winter time also. However, heating the summer cottage on cold winter days has been problematic. The cottage owner has had a possibility to choose either a reserving fireplace, which keeps the heat for long but is slow to warm up, or a stove style fireplace, which is fast to warm up but the fire must be kept burning all the time in order to preserve the heat.

The fireplace manufacturers like Uunisepät have realized this need; the new half heat reserving fireplaces are well suited for cottage warming. These new fireplace models warm up quickly but they retain the heat also. The idea is that there is an iron furnace in the fireplace, from where the flue gas is discharged directly into the chimney. Flue gases are not stored to the fireplace like in the traditional heat reserving fireplaces, which allows rapid heating without the danger of cracking the fireplace. 

 

The rapid heating of the cottage space is made by releasing the heat directly to the room air. This has been made in slightly different ways from manufacturer to manufacturer, but the principle is the same. In addition, half of the radiant heat is reserved for fireplaces rock mass, which gives the heat as the traditional heat reserving fireplace.

As opposed to traditional reserving fireplaces, this new kind of fireplace makes it possible to burn wood in a row, so the fireplace is a fast and efficient for warming up a cold cottage. The rock mass around the fireplace gives the heat differently than stove style fireplace, so the heat feels more comfortable and gives the warmth more smoothly around. 

Installing the half reserving fireplace is easy. When the fireplace is ordered from the manufacturer like Uunisepät, all necessary elements are included in the delivery. Modern fireplaces are build up from elements, which are attached by the bricklayer in the location. The installation takes less than one working day. The material can be soapstone or olivine stone; the last one needs to be coated with other material, for example with tiles.

The half reserved fireplace can be used almost immediately after the installation. Of course, the heating of the new fireplace must be always start gently. Check out the fireplace ignition and burning instructions first. For example, the recommended way of stacking wood will vary depending on how the furnace has been designed. Instructions should be followed in order to make the fireplace function in an optimal way.