Which are considered more economical fireplaces?
First of all, when we say more economical fireplace, we may have two things in mind. Its purchase price and its operating costs. Of course, a fireplace could not be considered economical when someone spent a little money to buy it, but when he lights it, he burns “his guts” in wood or whatever other fuel he uses, or also when you sit a little further from the hearth, you have to you are wrapped in a blanket. Or it cannot be considered economical when its purchase price is too high and it is simply good in performance. So, when we say economical fireplace, we mean economical in the balance between purchase and operation.
In general, the fireplaces that are considered more economical are the energy-efficient air-heated fireplaces. It is enough to think that while the efficiency of the traditional fireplace with firebricks never exceeds 12-15%, when in the energy closed type, the efficiency may sometimes exceed 80%, a very impressive difference. And when we say performance here, we mean the thermal performance of the fireplace in relation to the thermal capacity of the firewood.
They are of the closed type, so the amount of air they consume is small, compared to the open type, and this is important if we consider that all this air is already warm, since it comes from the space that we have already heated.
Consumption of air therefore implies consumption of firewood. Energy fireplaces consume approximately 60% less logs than conventional fireplaces.
In energy fireplaces there is the possibility of adjusting the intensity of the fire. So we don’t have to run it at full volume when for some reason we don’t need it. So we save even more wood.
In conventional firebrick fireplaces, much of the hard-earned heat is lost through the walls behind the fireplace. In energy fireplaces, the walls are insulated with ceramic wool, preventing the leakage of precious heat, letting it escape only from the front, into the room.
The forced air circulation through the air heater drives the hot air not only around the fireplace, but throughout the space, creating better heating results everywhere.
After the above, one can conclude that in closed-type energy aerothermic fireplaces, even if they are a little more expensive than traditional ones, the price-performance ratio is optimal and understand why they are also considered the most economical fireplaces.
