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What You Need to Know About Outdoor Wood Burners

Outdoor wood burning stoves can be an economical solution to heat homes and businesses. They also help reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are not renewable and aid in a sustainable energy strategy.

For efficient combustion, it is important to use well-seasoned wood. Green or unseasoned wood has higher moisture content and can cause creosote accumulation, which can affect performance.

Efficient

Outdoor wood burners (OWBs) have been around for years and provide an eco-friendly and energy efficient way to heat your home. However, the standard design of OWBs, which promotes a slow, cooler fire that causes less combustion and a higher amount of smoke, creosote, and particulates. Unburned fuels can cause health problems, fire hazards and degrade the environment.

Furthermore, the visible smoke that OWBs emit can make neighbors angry and result in DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) enforcement actions. This type of issue can negatively impact the value of your property and could result in your OWB being closed.

Crown Royal Stoves has a range of outdoor wood furnaces that are EPA Certified. The Pristine Gasification Series makes use of technology to improve the efficiency of combustion and provide a smokeless, clean burn. This is done by using a negative-pressure air system that draws fresh, dry, heated, filtered air from the bottom and pushes it through the chimney at a much faster rate than traditional outdoor wood boilers. This is achieved by an exclusive design that uses a multi-pass water filled heat exchanger made from 409 Titanium Enhanced Stainless Steel.

When properly used, the Pristine Series OWB achieves an 99% efficiency in combustion for a smoke-free and cleaner fire. It uses less wood and produces a lot less emission than traditional OWBs. To maximize the performance of your OWB, it is important to only burn dry, clean, and seasoned wood. The process of preparing your wood for 6 months or more prior to burning is recommended and helps ensure a smoother, more energy efficient burn.

You can improve the efficiency of your wood-burning stove by performing a weekly "dry burn". This method reduces creosote, increases boiler efficiency and prolongs the life of your boiler. Lastly by adding a creosote removal stick each time you load your stove, you will be able to significantly reduce the amount creosote that you use. This product is available through Wisconsin Wood Furnace.

Clean

A wood-burning stove could be very dirty due to burnt soot particles. They are difficult to get rid of and therefore, you must clean any buildup on the glass of your stove immediately. If the soot isn't removed, it will become hard, making it even more difficult to remove. It is crucial to use the right cleaners, but you should also be careful not to scratch the glass with anything that could scratch it. This could lead to a weak point that will shatter glass when exposed high temperatures.

Make sure you let your wood burner cool completely before cleaning it. Also, ensure that the surrounding area is covered with newspaper. This will stop the ash from leaking and staining surfaces.

It could take up to one year for the seasoning of your stove to be complete, based on the quality of wood you choose to use. The wood that is seasoned will not only burn more efficiently and last longer, but it will also produce less creosote. This is the material that builds up on your chimney, decreasing its efficiency and creating a fire hazard. If you're using unseasoned wood or are just starting a new fire in your outdoor wood burner, the best thing to do is to open up the back door to the lower part and scoop the ashes into a non-combustible container each week.

A sediment flush should be carried out on your boiler every four years. This is a quick five-second flush from the bottom drain valve of your boiler. This will remove any sediments that have accumulated up in the system, and will ensure that your boiler runs efficiently.

After you have cleaned the outside of your fireplace that is outside It is now time to clean it. Before beginning, it is essential to cover the floor area around the stove with newspaper. Wearing protective gloves and eyewear is also a good idea. You should also have a metal ash canister along with a scraping tool as well as a shovel. You can use a cloth as an insulator to protect the refractory while you remove ash and coal deposits.

Easy to operate

Despite their popularity (they were one of the 1990s' "it" trends, together with mullet hairstyles) outdoor wood boilers, referred to as outdoor furnaces or outdoor wood hydronic heaters, are still often misunderstood. In contrast to their EPA-approved counterparts, popular wood stoves which are designed to burn at constant, low temperatures, these boilers have more fire and generate more smoke when operating. This is the reason why local governments regulate or ban their use.

OWBs are great for heating homes with high insulation levels. Smoke that is dense and smoldering can also cause annoyance to neighbors, resulting in many OWBs to be shut down or sued. To allow OWBs to function properly, they should be operated with dry wood that has a low moisture content. Green or unseasoned wood will reduce efficiency, causing creosote to build up and decrease the life of the burner. Drying wood can take time and an instrument to measure moisture is essential for every homeowner.

Dual-stage wood gasification (OWGB) boilers, on the other hand, use a three-step process that makes use of more energy in the wood. This results in less smoke. These furnaces are more efficient than traditional OWBs, and are suitable for a wide range of fuels. Wood gasification boilers require dry, well-seasoned firewood.  small wood burner  will season within a year, but oak and other hardy species could take two or more years to fully mature. They are less watery and have a larger mass. This enables them to hold heat longer, thus increasing efficiency and decreasing pollution. The EPA "Burn Wise' website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great sources for homeowners to understand how to efficiently burn wood in order minimize air pollution.

Low Maintenance

Modern outdoor wood furnaces have been designed with the environment in mind. In contrast to indoor wood burners which produce significant smoke modern outdoor furnaces burn efficiently and without the creation of excessive heat or carbon monoxide. They also require less wood to generate the same amount of heat as traditional stoves.

Outdoor wood burners require significantly less maintenance than indoor wood burners, and are more tolerant when it comes to the moisture content of the wood. However outdoor wood burners can only be used with properly seasoned or "cured" wood. This could take a whole year or more for some kinds of wood. It is essential to use a moisture meter to determine the amount of water of your wood before loading.

During operation it is important to check the system regularly for creosote accumulation. Creosote is a by-product of combustion, may build up in the flue and chimney if they are not cleaned regularly. It can be removed by pouring a creosote-removing product into the fire. Regular cleaning of the chimney and flue will eliminate dangerous creosote, and boost efficiency.

In order to get 99% efficiency from combustion, Crown Royal Stoves designed a brand new air flow technique called Negative Pressure Gasification.  small wood burner  is utilized in our EPA certified Pristine Series Outdoor Wood Furnaces to pull air up from the bottom and force all the gases through an enclosed secondary combustion chamber that is surrounded by water with easy-to-clean Turbulators. The result is a smokeless & pollutant free combustion.