In recent years, individual housing construction has become widespread. Without going into the details of this process, it should be noted that the erection and arrangement of a residential house is accompanied by a complex set of special works. In particular, installation and adjustment of the heating system.
The harsh climate forces people living on the territory of our country to approach this task in the most serious way. The design of the boiler, the type of fuel, the chimney and other details are selected taking into account the individual characteristics of the structure. Assessing these or other options, we have to take into account the various technical solutions that are proposed for implementation.
As the practice of recent years shows, the appearance of a country house is subject to a variety of requirements. Often you can see a house, the roof of which is decorated with a chimney, while heating is produced by electric energy. The fact is that according to the foreign fashion, in such houses fireplaces are equipped. This type of heating was once considered the main type in the countries of Western Europe. In the British Isles the fireplace was a mandatory attribute in both the poor man's hut and the castle of the feudal lord. An open fire creates an atmosphere of warmth and coziness. At the same time, it represents a serious danger.
As statistics show convincingly, a large proportion of fires occur in individual houses when the chimney or chimney is faulty. Many developers are of the opinion that the most reliable material for the pipe is a brick. In fact, this representation is not always true. The reliability of the chimney depends on the operating mode of the stove or the heating boiler. In the case when the stove is heated regularly, the chimney does not have time to cool down, and condensate does not have time to form on its internal surface. Even the metal chimneys are destroyed more intensively when the furnace is lit once or twice a week, especially in the winter.
The physical meaning of the process is that when the automatic heating system is operated, the boiler switches on and off depending on the temperature in the room. Such an uneven mode allows the chimney to cool. Atmospheric moisture condenses on internal surfaces, thus creating conditions for accelerated corrosion of the metal. But a chimney made of bricks can collapse in the shortest possible time. Not all individual developers know that the brick has such characteristics as frost resistance. It is enough to note that this parameter determines the service life of this building material.
The durability of the chimneys depends on the type of fuel used for heating. In many regions, natural gas is used for these purposes . When it burns, almost no harmful substances are formed, whereas when using coal, various chemically active compounds are formed. In order to protect themselves from their influence, industrial chimneys are most often made of stainless steel and other similar materials. Apply these materials and in private construction. Their cost is higher, but the service life is longer.