Heating equipment for a bathhouse must meet quality and safety standards. The “black” method of heating a bath is a thing of the past. Stone ovens are less common. They are being replaced with compact heating devices. Gas, electricity, and wood are used as fuel. Heater models sold in construction pavilions create a feeling of comfort in the room. A damp steam cloud will form in a heating device with a steam generator. A gas sauna stove can easily replace a brick unit. It is worth considering gas models for heating a bath.
Gas sauna stove
The appearance on the market of sauna heaters powered by a gas network has made the life of steam room owners easier. The compact unit performs the functions of a traditional oven. The device is economical and easy to use. Suitable for Russian bath, dry sauna, Turkish hammam.
The cost of the device directly depends on the material of manufacture. Metal options belong to the economy class segment. A brick installation with a built-in inflatable burner is more expensive. The model is considered to be of high quality, effective, and safe. The features of a gas heater for a bath should be considered in detail.
Advantages
It is worth deciding on the type of heating bath equipment at the design stage. The market is filled with many models of heaters that use wood, electricity, and gas as fuel. Gas models in a wide range appeared on the market five years ago. They are widely popular for the following reasons:
- affordable price for the masses;
- widespread gasification.
Don’t forget – gas in the post-Soviet space is cheaper than electricity. During operation, the device is more profitable than its analogues.
The advantage of a gas appliance is its versatility:
- maintaining temperature in the steam room;
- heating the water supply in the tank.
The heating process occurs due to combustion products. Waste is removed from the premises through a chimney. The water in the tank is heated during the process. A tin water tank is located under the heater, above the heating device, and placed in the adjacent room.
Gas appliances are more environmentally friendly than their analogues. With the help of such a heater, the steam room warms up in 20-30 minutes. Heating of a bathhouse depends on the size of the building, wall material, and seasonality. On average, in summer the process takes up to 3 hours.
Combined models occupy a separate niche. Gas-fired stoves are popular in Russia. The design allows you to work on two types of fuel: gas and wood.
Device
The design of a gas stove resembles a classic wood-burning or electric model with additional elements: the model is equipped with a fuse. The mechanism will stop supplying gas if the burner goes out.
The structure of gas equipment is described below:
- Gas burner with fuse. The function of the element is to maintain the set temperature. The fuse is responsible for emergency situations in the system. The burner (inflatable model) depends on electricity.
- Firebox with built-in chimney system. Combustion products are discharged by the system to the street. Thermal energy is used without loss.
- The heat exchanger is a removable device. Additionally installed in the firebox. Its function is to heat the water tank. The container is placed in an adjacent room. The tank is installed in the washing room.
- The tunnel is a rigid structure. The element allows you to place the firebox in an adjacent room and makes using the stove convenient.
- Ventilated space of the heater. The design ensures quick heating of the stacked stones.
- Convector that creates an optimal flow of hot air.
- The ash pan is intended for servicing the stove and removing combustion products.
The design principle of most devices is similar.
Advantages of using gas burners for a sauna
Gas burners for factory-made sauna stoves have become a real godsend for people living in steppe and forest-steppe regions. Despite the apparent complexity of converting wood-burning stoves to gas, it is very simple to do; you just need to comply with some safety conditions, which will be discussed a little later.
- it is more convenient to heat with gas than with wood - just open the valve, light the burner and after 60-80 minutes you can use the steam room;
- heating a sauna with gas is 20-30% more economical than using wood, and 100-120% more economical than using electricity;
- gas is an easier fuel to use than firewood - there is no ash after it, no additional space is needed for storing firewood;
- from a fire safety point of view, gas is preferable - the temperature of the exhaust gases is much lower than when heating with wood, so there is no need to additionally insulate the places where the chimney passes through the ceiling and roof.
Gas burners for sauna stoves can be divided into two large groups , which are fundamentally different from each other. Each type of burner has its own advantages and disadvantages, as well as design features that determine their scope of application.
Gas burners for sauna stoves with automation
Gas burners for furnaces - a gas flame supply device. The burner is installed in a classic wood-burning heater and heating devices that use gas as fuel. Using the device increases the efficiency of heating a bath and increases safety.
Important! Using gas is 20% more economical than firewood and safer from a fire safety point of view (the combustion temperature of gas is lower than the temperature of burning wood).
Gas burners are divided into two types: atmospheric and inflatable. Atmospheric burners are a simple and cheap option. They do not depend on electricity and pressure drops in the gas line. Having installed an atmospheric burner, you should ensure high-quality ventilation in the bathhouse and carefully monitor the condition of the chimney.
Attention! When installing a burner into a finished structure, you should pay attention to the dimensions of the firebox and burner. The flame should warm the air inside the space without touching the walls.
An inflatable gas burner for a sauna stove is a high-quality analogue of an atmospheric model. The system is equipped with a forced air fan and a multi-stage safety system. The advantage of the burner is its wide settings system. It can be used for ovens of different sizes. The only drawback of the device is its dependence on electricity.
Gas burners for the Teplodar stove
The product range of this domestic manufacturer includes heating systems for houses, cottages, garages, baths, saunas and many other buildings of any size and purpose. The company produces stoves and boilers compatible with different types of fuel, as well as components for retrofitting existing devices.
So, you can purchase a branded Teplodar gas burner, capable of operating on natural gas or liquefied gas. The device is intended for sauna stoves “Rus”, “Domna”, etc. Installation of such a burner is easy and quick, without additional plumbing and welding work.
If you are just planning to buy a heating system for a steam room, we suggest paying special attention to the compact but powerful heater “Rus 12 LNZP PROFI”. The device provides rapid heating of stones and air, uniform heat distribution throughout the room and a large amount of moist steam to create the ideal atmosphere of a classic Russian bath. This stove is perfect for steam rooms with a volume of 6-12 m3.
Another option - “Siberia 30 LC” - is intended for more spacious rooms with a volume of up to 30 m3. Such a stove heats the air to very high temperatures (100–110 °C) and produces dry steam, which is necessary to create the microclimate of a Finnish sauna. The manufacturer has provided a protective convector casing and stylish decorative inserts made of mirror steel.
Stove for baths and saunas Siberia 30 LK with AGG40P.
In the Teplodar catalog you will always find a high-quality and inexpensive sauna stove for a gas burner, and the company’s consultants will be happy to help you choose the most suitable model and answer all your questions.
Criterias of choice
How to choose a heating system for a bath? There are three main criteria for determining the winner:
- Power.
- Burner type.
- Individual design characteristics.
A high-quality unit heats up the steam room to 50 degrees in half an hour in the summer, and in 1 hour in the cold season.
The second parameter is the type of burner. Preference should be given to models with a built-in automatic protection system. This will make the process of using the heating device pleasant and safe.
Pay attention to the design of the chimney. It must fit the design of the bathhouse: the diameter of the chimney pipe must correspond to the diameter of the stove pipe.
Systems with mechanical structures are better able to resist moisture ingress into the structure.
Gas stove Taimyr
The Taimyr model was developed for the Russian bath. The equipment provides a suitable temperature for a Russian bath, maintains optimal humidity, and produces light steam. The stove's power is enough to heat a room up to 25 cubic meters. It maintains the temperature in the steam room for a long time. The model complies with the safety standards of the Russian Federation.
"Taimyr" is designed in compliance with quality standards. Pleases with its simple and laconic design. Easily fits into a bath interior.
Pressurized burners
Pressurized or blown burners are a higher quality, fully automatic analogue of atmospheric burners, which are sold complete with a fan that forces air into the fuel chamber. When installing a forced-air burner in a wood-burning stove, it is not necessary to place it exactly in the center of the firebox - the fan creates forced circulation of hot air in it, which promotes uniform heating of the chamber.
Such burners, as a rule, have many settings - depending on the average gas pressure, the size of the steam room, the mode of use of the oven, etc. Multi-stage safety systems and high-quality automation make the use of stoves with forced-air burners quite convenient and comfortable, while they can be adjusted to almost any power in a wide range.
Perhaps the only drawback of such burners is their dependence on power supply, so in places where the power supply is unstable, it makes sense to provide alternative power sources. Also, when purchasing a forced-air burner, it is necessary to correlate its length with the depth of the fuel chamber - the flame should not touch its rear wall.
Installation work on the arrangement of a gas furnace
Installing a gas stove for a bath is a simple procedure if you follow safety requirements. It is better to entrust the installation of equipment to professionals. This solution will eliminate installation errors. Installation errors can result in damage to expensive equipment. Below are the safety rules that should be followed during installation:
- The distance between a wall made of flammable materials and the heater is 50 cm.
- The device is installed on a base made of Flamm or refractory brick. The area where the heating device is installed extends beyond the edges of the stove by at least 10 cm along the perimeter of the structure.
- The size of the panel opening where the burner is directed is 42 cm or more.
- The dressing room doors open outwards. The room is additionally equipped with a ventilation system.
- The chimney length is 5 m or more.
A gas stove for a bath, made independently, begins to be used 12-14 days after installation. During first use, it is not recommended to heat the device to the maximum permissible temperature.
It is better to lay the wall and heating device with tin sheets. This will increase fire safety during the operation of heating equipment.
Permissions and installation requirements
Installation of gas equipment implies approval from government organizations that deal with the issue of gas supply to citizens.
To acquire an atmospheric model, the following prerequisites must be met:
- create a high-quality ventilation system;
- adjust traction control;
- adhere to fire safety rules;
- create a room whose volume exceeds 12 square meters. meters;
- isolate the chimney from the building structures;
- install a spark arrester on the pipe.
If all the requirements are met and the necessary package of documents is collected, you will be allowed to install a stove using this type of fuel.
To install a pressurized gas burner, you need to fulfill fewer conditions. Basically, it is not necessary to provide good ventilation, draft and volume of the room; other requirements remain.
When connecting fuel using cylinders, an additional condition is that they are stored and connected correctly.
Which one is better to choose?
Any buyer thinking about converting their wood stove to gas fuel must carefully weigh the many parameters and factors that will ultimately influence the choice of a specific solution. Atmospheric burners are cheaper - they can be purchased for as little as $100 and do not rely on electricity - but you will likely need some modifications to the fuel chamber. Blast (pressurized) burners are more advanced, easy to use, but expensive - their average price is about 250-300 dollars. The operation of such burners will require a minimum of attention and personal participation from the bathhouse owner.
However, in any case - if you are just planning to build your own bathhouse and are thinking about purchasing a heater stove - it is better to buy a ready-made gas stove with a built-in burner. The design of such a stove and the configuration of its fuel chamber will be adapted to the type of burner you have chosen, and it will be equipped with all the necessary automation and safety systems. And believe me, after you try a gas oven, you will not regret your choice.
