Fireplace Inserts, Herths And Heat Distribution Systems
The fireplace inserts vs the hearth systems (hearth stoves)
Generally, you can decide to install either a fireplace insert or a hearth (hearth stove).
Gas or wood fireplace inserts are part of the fireplace itself, they are not shifted in front of the fireplace. As part of the fireplace, fireplace inserts usually have the top exhaust opening with the direct connection to the
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The similar situation you have when using the electric or pellet stoves and hearths (burning the agricultural waste like straw or wooden
sawdust squeezed into pellets).
Hearth stoves on the other hand are not part of the fireplace itself, they are standing in front of the firing place, have the exhaust openings in their rear part and they are connected to the chimney (chimney liner) over a T-shaped joint.
In both cases, the outer shell of the fireplace stove inserts drives the heated air to the room.
Heat distribution systems
If you use the heat distribution system, the heated air can be distributed to the other rooms as well, in this case itīs necessary to design the system so that it allows the colled air return to the fireplace again.
The heat distribution systems, in fact, are just the pipes and vents driving the hot air to the rooms that have to be heated and the cooled air back to the stove.
Fireplace stoves with the heated water bowl and hot water distribution
These fireplace stoves combine the traditional air heating with the conventional hot water heating.
In the special tank the cool water is heated with the hot air from the stove and distributed over a hot water distribution system to the other rooms.
Cool water is driven back to the tank again to be heated.
Combining the glow heaters with the heat accummulating materials
The heating principle of this type of fireplace stoves is the same as of gas, wood or electric stoves. Only the material that covers the stove is able of accumulating the heat and radiating it to the space continuously over the longer time period after heating.
The accummulating material mostly used is the chamotte (chamotte bricks are special fireclay bricks).
