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What You Need to Know About Outdoor Wood Burners

Outdoor wood burners can be a cost-effective solution for heating homes and businesses. They also help to reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are not renewable and help to create a more resilient energy strategy.

For efficient combustion for efficient burning, it is crucial to use wood that has been well-seasoned. Wood that is not seasoned or green may contain more moisture that can cause creosote to build up and reduce performance.

Efficient

Outdoor wood burners (OWBs) have been around for years and offer a very eco-friendly and energy efficient method to heat your home. However, the typical design of OWBs that encourages an unsteady, cooler fire that results in poor combustion and more smoke, creosote, as well as particulates. These unburnt fuels can cause health problems as well as fire hazards and deteriorate the surrounding environment.

Furthermore the visible smoke that OWBs emit can cause neighbors to complain and could lead to DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) enforcement actions. This kind of public relations issue can cause serious damage to the value of your property, and could even result in your OWB being shut down.

Crown Royal Stoves has a line of outdoor wood furnaces that are EPA Certified. The Pristine Gasification Series makes use of technology to maximize combustion efficiency and create a smokeless, clean burn. This is achieved by using an air system that is negative pressure that pulls fresh hot, dry, filtered air in from the bottom of the boiler, and pushes it back out through the chimney at a higher rate than conventional outdoor wood boilers. This is accomplished by an innovative design that makes use of an encapsulated, multi-pass heat exchanger constructed from 409 Titanium Enhanced Stainless Steel.

Properly utilized properly, when properly used, the Pristine Series OWB achieves an 99% efficiency in combustion for a cleaner and smokeless fire. It consumes less wood, and produces a lot less emission than traditional OWBs. It is crucial to burn only dry, clean and seasoned wood in order to maximize the performance of your OWB. It is recommended that you get your wood seasoned for six months or one year before burning it. This will result in an efficient and clean burn.

You can boost the efficiency of your wood-burning stove by executing each week a "dry burn". This method helps to eliminate creosote accumulation, makes your boiler running efficiently and increases its lifespan. By adding a creosote-removing stick to your stove every time you fill it up, you can dramatically reduce the amount of creosote that you need to use. This product is available from Wisconsin Wood Furnace.

Clean

A wood burning stove can become very dirty from burnt soot particles. They are difficult to clean and therefore, you must clean any buildup on your stove's glass immediately. Soot that is not removed will become hard and make it more difficult. Using the right cleaners for the job is vital however, you must also ensure that you're not damaging the glass's surface with anything that could scratch it. This could leave a weak spot that will shatter the glass when it's exposed to high temperatures.

Before you begin cleaning your wood burner, you should make sure that it is unlit and completely cool. Also, ensure that the area around it is covered with newspaper. This will stop the ash from spreading and staining surfaces.

It could take as long as one year for the seasoning process of your stove to be completed, based on the quality of the wood you use. The wood that is seasoned will not only burn more efficiently, but also produce less creosote. This is the material that accumulates on your chimney, decreasing its efficiency and creating an hazard for fire. If  cast iron wood burner  using wood that's not seasoned, or just starting a fire in your outdoor fireplace, it's recommended to open the lower backdoor, and scoop out ashes into a noncombustible container every week.

You should also do an annual sediment flush on your boiler at a minimum every four years. This is a simple five second flush from the bottom drain valve on your boiler. This will eliminate any sediment that has built up in the system and keep your boiler working well.

After you have cleaned the exterior of your fireplace that is outside, it is time to clean it. Before you begin, make sure to cover the stove's area with newspaper. Wearing protective eyewear and gloves is also a good idea. You should also have a ash canister made of metal as well as a scraping tool and shovel. To safeguard the refractory, you must lay down a cloth to protect it from damage as you scrape away ash and coal deposits.

Easy to operate

Despite their popularity (they were among the 1990s' "it" trends, as were mullet haircuts) outdoor wood boilers, also known as outdoor furnaces or outdoor wood hydronic heaters, are often misunderstood. In contrast to their EPA-approved counterparts, popular wood stoves which are designed to burn at low, constant temperatures, these units use a higher fire rate and produce more smoke when operating. Some local governments limit or ban their use.

OWBs are ideal for heating homes with a high insulation level. The visible, smoldering smoke can also be a source of complaints from neighbors, and has led to many OWBs being shut-down or being sued in the past. For OWBs dry wood with a lower moisture content is needed to perform effectively. Using green or unseasoned wood decreases efficiency, causes creosote to build up and may cut down the life of the burner. Drying wood takes time and an instrument to measure moisture is a must for any homeowner.

Dual-stage wood gasification (OWGB) boilers, on the other hand, use a three-step process that utilizes more of the energy contained in the wood. This means less smoke. These types of furnaces are more efficient than traditional OWBs and can be used with a wider variety of fuel. Wood gasification boilers need dry well-seasoned wood. The majority of wood will mature in a year. Oak and other tough trees can take up to two years to mature. They are less watery and have a larger mass. This lets them store heat longer, increasing efficiency and decreasing pollution. The EPA "Burn Wise' website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great resources for homeowners to learn how to efficiently burn wood to reduce pollution to the air.

Low Maintenance

Modern outdoor wood stoves are designed to be eco-friendly. Modern outdoor wood furnaces don't emit excessive heat or CO2. They also burn more efficiently than indoor wood stoves. They also require less wood to provide the same amount of heat as traditional stoves.

Outdoor wood burners require less maintenance and are more accepting of the moisture content of wood than wood burning stoves for indoor use. However outdoor wood burners can only be used with properly seasoned or "cured" wood. Some types of wood can take up to a year. Use a moisture gauge prior to loading to measure the amount of water in the wood.

When the system is in operation, it is essential to regularly check the system for the build-up of creosote. Creosote is an byproduct of combustion that can build up in the flue and chimney in the event that it is not cleaned on a regular basis. It can be eliminated using the use of a special creosote remover that is poured into the flame. Regularly cleaning the chimney and flue will help eliminate dangerous creosote accumulations, and increase efficiency.

Crown Royal Stoves developed a new airflow technique called Negative Pressure Gasification to attain 99% efficiency in combustion. Our EPA certified Pristine Series outdoor wood furnaces employ this technology to pull air from the bottom, pushing all of the gasses through an insulated, water-surrounded secondary combustion chamber that is easy to clean turbulators for a smokeless & pollutant-free burn.