Tuesday 1 November 2011

Economical and Ecological Uunisepät

A well-build fireplace from Uunisepät can ensure a warm home even at the middle of the winter. Many new homes will have fireplaces fitted already at the building stage to provide more economical and ecological method of heating the house.

At the start of year 2012 CE marking of fireplaces will become mandatory in Finland. Originally fireplaces could be CE tested since the start of 2008, and Uunisepät fireplaces have had the mark since. To pass the CE certificate the fireplace needs to emit less than 0,3 % carbon monoxide from 13 % oxygen. Also the fireplace needs to retain at least 50 % of its top heat for over 6 hours. The better the figures are the more ecological and economical the fireplace is. Even the older Uunisepät fireplaces fill the requirements with a good margin. The new testing laboratory and co-operation with VTT ensures that the development of the fireplaces will continue in the future.

Uunisepät fireplaces are, besides of being beautiful decoration pieces, excellent as a reserve heating system. A good fireplace raises the value of the property significantly. It can provide safety in case of an electric shortage to provide additional warmth as the modern house heating is often based solely on the electricity. Besides of additional heat the fireplaces can be used for cooking. Even without an emergency electric shortage the fireplace evens out the electric consumption and lowers the spikes in the overall electric usage. The goal of Uunisepät is to have every home fitted with a fireplace to work as a reserve heating system.
Most fireplaces are fitted to new homes, but it is possible to install a fireplace to your old house. All you need to do is to pick a fireplace you like the most from Uunisepät selection of fireplaces, the model designs raging from traditional to trendy. All the chimneys on the selection fit any Uunisepät fireplace. As a customer you do not need to worry about fitting the fireplace and the chimney. The experts of Uunisepät will do the necessary adjustments taking fire safety and energy efficiency into account.

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