Tile stove or stove or pipe stove or...?
Here at Allt om kakelugn.se, we are of course extremely biased when it comes to choosing a fireplace: of course you should have a tiled stove!
The tiled stove is still, despite its age, unsurpassed as a fireplace both in terms of efficient heat and – undeniably – beauty.Buy a tile stove!
But if you still hesitate in choosing between fireplaces, the following list can be helpful. These are the tile stove's "relatives", i.e. other fireplaces you may have in your home:
The pipe stove - "The poor man's stove"
The tube stove is basically built exactly like a tiled stove, but without the extravagant extras: the tiles. Inside, they are usually bricked in the same heat-saving way, but in the past, the tube stoves were often bricked as three-pipes, while the tiled stoves were usually five-pipes, and the efficiency was then lower for the simpler pipe stove. The pipe stove became a good alternative for the common people because it was much easier and cheaper to acquire. After being bricked up, it only needed to be plastered and painted on the outside. Sometimes it had forged shutters that shut the fire in, but it could also be a completely open fireplace. Most often, they are completely white painted or whitewashed and very beautiful in their simplicity. Today, you can brick stoves in the same way as tiled stoves and get just as good efficiency.
The economy stove – a middle ground
The savings stove was called something between an open fireplace and a tiled stove that was found in simpler households. Common in workers' housing at the end of the 19th century. It was intended to save on wood, but without the advanced construction of the tiled stove.
Fireplace
Lousy efficiency, and therefore only gives minimal heat back. But high cozy factor because you can see the fire. Not childproof. Efficiency approx. 5-10 percent.
Stove insert in fireplace / cassette
Den som vill förbättre värmeåtergivningen på sin öppna spis kan sätta in en spisinsats eller en kasset. Verkningsgraden förbättras då till 40-60 procent. Oftast ser man fortfarande elden genom glasdörrar, men om man ibland vill myselda kan man också elda med luckorna öppna (men tappar då förstås i verkningsgrad)
Murspis
Suitable if you want a fireplace with a high cozy factor, but with better heat efficiency than an open fireplace. It has an insert that is built into concrete blocks and plastered or painted. Relatively low weight. Efficiency 65-75 percent.
Modern tile, brick or soapstone ovens
Often weighs less than a traditional tiled stove due to modern materials. Many of these modern variants can be assembled by the handy buyer himself. Can be fired much harder and more often than traditional tile stoves. Efficiency 67-75 percent.
Cast iron stove
Gives a lot of heat and works excellently in, for example, a summer house that needs to be heated up quickly. Not particularly childproof as they often get hot on the outside. Efficiency 76-75 percent.
Wood stove
Effektiv eldstad som ger bra värme. Braskaminer är i plåt och väger väldigt lite. Efficiency 65-85 percent
Tiled fireplace
Kakelkaminen är som en braskamin, men har lånat utseendet från en kakelugn. Den är ett slags mellanting: tar längre tid på sig att svalna av än en braskamin, men inte lika lång tid som en riktig kakelugn. Väger mer än braskaminen men inte så mycket som en kakelugn. Bra alternativ för dig som önskar en kakelugn, men som inte vill installera ett fundament som kan bära en riktig och tyngre kakelugn. Efficiency 70-75 percent.
Kitchen stove in cast iron
Came in the late 19th century and is still found in many older houses. Works both as a heat source and for cooking. Efficiency: different!
Pelletskamin
Now we are talking about professional heating rather than coziness factor and beauty. Requires care and supervision, such as refilling pellets. The heat can be regulated steplessly for a comfortable indoor temperature.Efficiency 45-85 percent.
Källa: on the sitehttp://www.skorstensfejare.se/pub25.asp which the National Association of Chimney Sweepers stands behind, there is an overview of all the different fireplaces that exist and a lot of facts about them, such as efficiency, effect, weight and flue gas temperature, etc.
Feel free to read more there if you are in the process of choosing and qualifying between different fireplaces.