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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 reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are not renewable and contribute to a resilient energy strategy.

For efficient burning, it is important to use well-seasoned wood. Unseasoned or green wood has a higher moisture content and can create creosote that can reduce performance.

Efficient

Outdoor wood burners have been around for a long time. They are a cost-effective and green method of heating your home. The typical design of OWBs promotes an older, cooler fire which results in poorer combustion and more smoke and creosote. Unburned fuels can cause health problems, fire hazards and degrade the environment.

Furthermore, the visible smoke plume OWBs generate could cause neighbors to voice their concerns. This could result in DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) taking enforcement action. This kind of public relations issue could cause serious damage to the value of your property and may even result in your OWB being shut down.

Crown Royal Stoves offers a line of EPA Certified outdoor wood furnaces known as the Pristine Gasification Series that utilizes technology to maximize combustion efficiency for a clean, smokeless burn. This is achieved with a negative-pressure air system that draws fresh dry, heated, filtered air from the bottom and pushes it through the chimney much faster than traditional outdoor wood boilers. This is achieved through the unique design of a multi-pass, water filled heat exchanger made of 409 Titanium Enhanced Stainless Steel.

If properly utilized, the Pristine Series OWB has an 99% efficiency in combustion for a cleaner and smoke-free fire. It requires less wood, and produces significantly fewer emission than traditional OWBs. To maximize the effectiveness of your OWB it is essential to only burn dry, clean, and seasoned wood. It is recommended to prepare your wood for six months or one year prior to burning it. This will ensure an efficient and clean burn.

You can improve the efficiency of your wood-burning stove through a weekly "dry burn". This method eliminates 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, you can drastically reduce the amount of creosote you use. The product is available through Wisconsin Wood Furnace.

Clean

The soot particles that are left on the stove after burning wood may make a wood stove look very dirty. They are difficult to get rid of, so clean any buildup that may be on your stove's glass immediately. In the event that the soot is not removed, it will become harder and more difficult to get rid of. It is crucial to use the right cleaners however, you should be careful not to scratch the glass by using anything that can scratch it. This could result in an area of weakness that could shatter the glass when it's exposed to extreme temperatures.

Before you begin cleaning your wood burner you must ensure that it's not lit and completely cool. Also, be sure that the area around it is covered with newspaper. This will stop any spillage of ash that could stain and mark surfaces.

It can take up to one year for the seasoning process of your stove to be complete, depending on the quality of wood you use. Wood that is properly seasoned will not only burn more efficiently, but will create less creosote. This is the material that gets accumulated on your chimney, decreasing its effectiveness and creating an hazard for fire. If you're using unseasoned wood, or just making a fresh fire in your outdoor wood burner the best thing you can do is to open the back door to the lower part and scoop the ashes into a non-combustible container every week.

You should also perform a sediment flush on your boiler at a minimum every four years. This is a simple five second flush from the drain valve of your boiler. This will eliminate any sediments that have accumulated in the system and keep your boiler working well.

After you've completed the sediment flush, it's now time to clean the exterior of your outdoor wood burner. Before you begin, it's crucial to cover the area around the stove with newspaper. It is also helpful to wear gloves and protective eyewear. You should also have a metal ash canister along with a scraping tool as well as a shovel. To safeguard the refractory, you must lay a cloth on it to protect it while you scrape away coal and ash deposits.

Easy to operate

Despite their popularity (they were among the 1990s' "it" trends, together with mullet hairstyles) outdoor wood boilers, referred to 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 constant, low temperatures, these boilers have more fire and produce more smoke when operating. Some local governments limit or ban their use.

OWBs work best for homes that have high levels of insulation. The smoldering, visible smoke is also a cause of complaint with neighbors and has resulted in many OWBs being shut down or sued in the past. For OWBs dry wood with lower moisture content is needed to work effectively. The use of unseasoned or green wood decreases efficiency, causes creosote accumulation and can shorten the life of the burner. A moisture meter can help you determine the time it takes for wood to dry.

In contrast, dual-stage wood gasification boilers (OWGB) make use of a three step process that uses more of the available energy in the wood and results in much less smoke. These kinds of furnaces are more efficient than traditional OWBs and can be used with a wider variety of fuel. Wood gasification boilers need dry, seasoned wood. Most wood will season within a year, however oak and other species that are hardy could require two years or more to fully season. They are less water-based and have a greater density. This allows them to hold heat for longer, increasing efficiency and reducing pollution. The EPA "Burn Wise' website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great resources for homeowners to learn how to burn wood efficiently in order minimize air pollution.

Low Maintenance

Modern outdoor wood furnaces have been designed with the environment in mind. Modern outdoor wood furnaces don't produce excessive CO2 or heat. They also burn cleaner than indoor wood stoves. They also require less wood to generate the same amount of heat as traditional stoves.

Outdoor wood burners require less maintenance and are more forgiving of the moisture content of wood than  indoor wood burning stove  s. However outdoor wood burners can only be used with properly seasoned or "cured" wood. Certain types of wood may take up to a year. It is crucial to use a moisture meter to determine the amount of water of your wood prior to loading.

During operation it is important to check the system regularly for the accumulation of creosote. Creosote is an byproduct of combustion and can accumulate in the chimney and flue in the event that it is not cleaned on a regular basis. It can be eliminated using a special creosote removal product that is poured into the flame.  top wood burning stoves  of the flue and chimney 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. This technology is used in our EPA certified Pristine Series Outdoor Wood Furnaces to draw air from the bottom and push all the gases through an enclosed secondary combustion chamber that is which is surrounded by water, with easy-to-clean turbines. The result is a smokeless & pollutant free burn.