Installation in the apartment of fireplace – business troublesome and sometimes impossible. The electric fireplace can become replacement, but many consider it the substitute not capable to replace live flame. How to be in such situation? To refuse dream and to be limited to heat from batteries and candle flame? Perhaps, earlier and it should arrive if in the market biofireplaces have not appeared.
What is biofireplace
This name familiarly much, but not all have clear idea as such fireplace works, than differs from traditional or electric models. Ecofireplace (second name of biofireplace) – the design equipped with the real torch. It is necessary to burn fuel which can be used even within the apartment, without having at the same time flue. Basis of fuel is ethanol. The large-scale of cleaning guarantees lack of smoke, ashes or soot. Only water vapor and carbon dioxide are produced in the course of burning of this type of fuel. The volume of these combustion products is comparable to couple of burning candles. The sizes of biofireplace vary therefore it is possible to establish it even in the smallest room, and if necessary the ecofireplace can be rearranged to any other place as design mobile.
Biofireplace device
Basis of fireplace are only two elements: torch with capacity for fuel and the body in which it is located. The body is made of fire-resistant material and is safe in operation. The simplest designs cost not much, but they do not allow to change height flame. Only the designs having compartment with latch have such opportunity. The flame in them can be reduced, increased or extinguished completely before all fuel is spent. The heating block can be calculated on volumes from 60 ml to 5 liters. 5 liters of fuel provide 16 hours of the beautiful and giving heat flame.
Liquid fuel can be bought from different producers, some house chemists make it, but the care and the most exact proportions of components of fuel is necessary here (medical alcohol and gasoline for lighters).
The fuel block is more volume, the more heat gives biofireplace, increasing indoor temperature.
Exterior of fireplace
This source of heat and fascinating flame can be opened and closed. More advantageous option – the open model doing interior futuristic fire it is visible from all directions. The closed body approaches in case the fireplace is established in niche or at wall. The overview of flame in this case only frontal. Of course, there are designs opening view of fire from the 2nd or 3rd parties.
Ecofireplaces and as installation differ. Open models most of which often establish as "island" are the most popular. Many unite such fireplace with table that incredibly changes design of the room in which it is established. It is possible to establish classical option of fireplace – at wall. Or to turn it into some kind of "live" picture in niche on wall. Glass, stone, metal act as decor of biofireplaces. Often ecofireplaces use as street decor during the parties or picnics in garden of country house.
Where to establish fireplace
Buying biofireplace, it is necessary to think not only of the desired fire pleasing look but also of whether he will fit into interior. If the device performs not only decorative function, and will be used as heat source, it is necessary to provide room heating unit. The price of "center" will depend also on additional functions therefore think in advance whether are necessary to it control board, heating sensors, the system of autoignition and automatic fuel supply.