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 reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are non-renewable and contribute towards a resilient energy strategy.

A well-seasoned wood is vital for efficient burning. Unseasoned or green wood can have a higher moisture content, which can cause creosote to accumulate and decrease performance.

Efficient

Outdoor cast iron wood burner burners (OWBs) have been around for years and provide an eco-friendly and energy efficient method to heat your home. However, the standard design of OWBs, which promotes a slow, cooler fire, results in less combustion and a higher amount of smoke, creosote, as well as particulates. Unburned fuels can lead to health issues and fire hazards, as well as deteriorate the surrounding environment.

Additionally the visible smoke that OWBs produce can make neighbors angry and lead to DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) enforcement action. This kind of issue could affect the value of your property and could lead to your OWB being closed down.

Crown Royal Stoves offers a line of EPA Certified outdoor wood furnaces called the Pristine Gasification Series that utilizes technology to increase the efficiency of combustion to ensure a smokeless, clean combustion. This is done by using a negative-pressure air system that draws fresh dry heated, filtered, and heated air from the bottom and pushes it through the chimney faster than traditional outdoor wood boilers. This is accomplished by an exclusive design that uses a multi-pass water-filled heat exchanger constructed of 409 Titanium Enhanced Stainless Steel.

When used properly, the Pristine Gasification Series OWB can attain the highest efficiency of combustion, which is 99% to create a cleaner, smokeless fire that consumes less wood and produces less emissions than traditional OWBs. To enhance the performance of your OWB it is crucial to burn clean, seasoned, dry wood. It is recommended to season your wood for six months or one year prior to burning it. This will result in a more efficient and cleaner burn.

You can improve the efficiency of your wood-burning stove by performing each week a "dry burn". This technique reduces creosote, increases boiler efficiency and prolongs the life of your boiler. By adding a stick for removing creosote to your stove every time you fill it up, you can dramatically reduce the amount of creosote that you use. The product is available from 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. Any soot that is not eliminated will harden, making it even more difficult to remove. Using the correct cleaners for the job is crucial and you should also make sure you're not damaging the glass's surface with anything that might scratch it. This could cause an area of weakness that could break glass when exposed to high temperatures.

Be sure to let your wood burner cool completely before cleaning it. Be sure to surround it with newspaper. This will prevent the ash from spilling and staining surfaces.

It could take as long as one year for your stove's seasoning to be completed, based on the quality of wood you choose to use. The wood that is seasoned will not only burn more efficiently, but also produce less creosote. This is the kind of material that is able to build up on your woodburning fireplace, decreasing its efficiency and posing the potential for a fire hazard. If you're using wood that's not seasoned or you're just starting an outdoor fire fireplace, you should open the lower backdoor and scoop the ashes into a noncombustible container each week.

It is also recommended to perform a sediment flush on your boiler at least every four years. This involves a simple five-second flush from the drain valve of your boiler. This will get rid of any sediment that has built up within the system and help ensure that your boiler is in good operating condition.

After you've completed the sediment flush, it's time to clean the outside of your outdoor wood burner. Before you begin, it's important to cover the area around the stove with newspaper. It is also advisable to wear protective eyewear and gloves. Also, you should have an shovel, a metal container for ash and an instrument for scraping. To protect the refractory you must lay down a cloth to shield it as you scrape away ash and coal deposits.

Simple to operate

Despite their popularity (they were one of the 1990s' "it" trends, along with mullet haircuts) outdoor wood boilers, also known as outdoor furnaces or outdoor wood hydronic heaters are often misunderstood. They're different from the popular EPA wood stoves, which are designed to burn at low temperatures continuously. They are able to produce more fire and produce more smoke. Some local governments restrict or prohibit their use.

OWBs work best in homes that have high levels of insulation. Smoke that is dense and smoldering could cause annoyance to neighbors, resulting in many OWBs to be shut down or sued. In order for OWBs to function properly, they should be operated with dry wood that has low moisture content. The use of unseasoned or green wood decreases efficiency, causes creosote to build up and may reduce the lifespan of the burner. Drying wood can take time and a moisture meter is a must for the homeowner.

In contrast, dual-stage wood gasification boilers (OWGB) make use of three steps of process that uses more of the available energy in the wood, resulting in less smoke. These furnaces are more efficient than conventional OWBs, and can be used for many different fuels. Wood gasification boilers require dry well-seasoned wood. The majority of wood can be seasoned in one year. Oak and other tough trees could take up to two years. This is due to lower amount of water and a higher density. This enables them to hold heat longer, increasing efficiency and reducing pollution. The EPA "Burn Wise' website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great sources for homeowners to learn how to burn wood efficiently to minimize pollution to the air.

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 cleanly and without the production of excessive heat or carbon monoxide. They also require less wood to generate the same amount heat as traditional stoves.

Outdoor wood burners require less maintenance and are more forgiving of moisture content in wood than Indoor wood Burning stove wood burning stoves. Outdoor wood burners are suitable for wood that has been properly "cured" or seasoned. This could take a whole year or more for some kinds of wood. It is crucial to use a moisture meter to check the water content of your conservatory wood burner before loading.

When the system is in operation, it is necessary to check the system regularly for the build-up of creosote. Creosote is a by-product of combustion, may build up in the chimney and flue if they are not cleaned regularly. It can be eliminated using a creosote removal solution that is poured into the flame. Regular cleaning of the flue and chimney will eliminate dangerous creosote buildup and improve efficiency.

To achieve 99% combustion efficiency, Crown Royal Stoves designed a new air flow technology called Negative Pressure Gasification. This technology is used in our EPA certified Pristine Series Outdoor Wood Furnaces to draw air from the bottom and force all the gases through an sealed secondary combustion chamber, that is surrounded by water and easy-to-clean turbines. The result is a smokeless & pollutant-free burn.