The heating fireplace

The heating fireplace is similar to an open fireplace, but is technically greatly different. In the interior of the covering, which can be made from various materials, there is a highly modern heating insert. The covering of a heating fireplace can be made of noble marble, granite, natural rock, soapstone or tiles. Be it rustic or modern, there are practically no limits to design. The large pane of glass, which grants an uninhibited view of the flickering fire, closes the heating insert and thus makes an effective and economical burning of the fuel possible.

The function of a heating fireplace is comparable with that of a warm-air tiled stove. The cool room air is guided past the insert via fed air openings in the covering and is then fed into the room again as hot air via grids or tiles. The flue gases are guided to the chimney via a pipe.

Integration of the heating fireplace into the central heating system is possible without any problems. If a radiant (heating insert) with a water pocket is used, water is heated during the fireplace operation and fed to the central heating circulation. This technique means that money can be saved. A saving of energy costs which could not be any more attractive. The fireplace inserts are available in a number of versions. The panes can be straight, round, trapezoidal or angled. Even room dividers with two opposite panes are feasible.

Nice sight of the fire - pleasant heat

At the moment, more and more fireplaces are being built in houses which fulfil the energy saving ordinance. These houses are partly dense in their construction and have been fitted with a ventilation system which regulates the exchange of air. In low-energy houses, the heating insert is not allowed to take its combustion air out of the room being heated, as is customary otherwise. In such a case, the sensitive interaction between heat supply and heat removal in the house would be disturbed by the operation of the heating fireplace. To prevent this, specific heating inserts with an external supply of combustion air have been developed. The combustion air is fed to the combustion area directly from the open air via a combustion air line and is no longer taken from the room being heated. Many heating inserts from HARK can be integrated into low-energy houses.
The difference between heating fireplace and tiled wood-burning stove is merely the name. If a stove is built of stove tiles, we call it a tiled stove, if it is made of natural stone, it is called a heating fireplace.

The benefits:

• visible fire
• good degree of efficiency and good heating performance
• heating of neighbouring rooms possible
• quick heat, available within a short time
• heat passage can be regulated
• various possibilities of construction and design