Furnace "Varvara": advantages, model range and installation

The range of these sauna stoves

As he declares himself to produce steel for baths after a thorough analysis of the pros and cons of domestic models - and therefore all the pros and cons of competitors are taken into account here.

Any model of "Barbara" to create a comfortable temperature regime and good steam in the bath. And there are three main serial "Barbarian":

Furnace with a heating circuit and a tank that is located at the top and has a capacity of 120 liters.

These stoves are designed for those baths where there is a water supply system or a pumping station with water supplied to it. Here, the tank is essentially a passage through the ceiling. Steam from such a furnace is discharged outside through a steam outlet. And the heating circuit itself is made of stainless steel 1.5 mm thick, where hot water circulates. Such a stove will cope even with a steam room up to 30 m3. By the way, if such a large tank is not needed, it can be replaced with a standard 60 l.

Oven with a side-mounted tank - 50 liters.

This model is ideal for baths in which there is no way to connect or organize a water supply. But such an oven is record-breakingly fast and easy to install, easy to maintain and serves for a long time and without problems due to its simplicity.

Oven without a tank - with and without a circuit.

Furnaces with a circuit are designed to heat water using electric and gas water heaters. But "Barbara" without a circuit is used more as a solid fuel boiler, which is connected to the batteries of the bath and so it is heated.

Positive qualities of the oven for the bath "Varvara"

compact size allows installation even in the smallest baths;
weigh little- the smallest - about 100 kilograms with a pipe in addition, the largest - 120 kilograms (low weight allows you not to strengthen the floor);
are completed purely according to the wishes of the buyer (you can pick up a glass door, a shortened firebox, a tank with different displacement, a hinged tank - 50 liters, or an external tank - 120 and 60 liters. The hinged tank has an additional bonus, it can be removed, for example, for cleaning sediment );
has a well-thought-out smoke tooth in the form of a metal sheet, which is located in the upper part, all soot settles on it;
a well thought-out round window on the back wall for comfortable cleaning;
ease of use (once every six months, the pipe and the afterburner must be cleaned);
the range of stoves makes it possible to present all types of combining steam rooms (a firebox from a dressing room or from a steam room, there are models with and without a tank). Models without a tank have a spacious heater, and the water is heated thanks to electric water heaters.
durability, strength (water tanks are made of stainless steel, the wall thickness of the stove is exactly six centimeters);
a fair combination of quality and price;
all bath stoves "Varvara" are equipped with external fuel chambers, which means that the fuel is placed from the dressing room. It is possible to admire the play of flame by ordering a fire-resistant glass door;
there are afterburner chambers, which increases efficiency;
the combustion chamber is designed with an arched vault, which contributes to uniform heating of all zones and ideal air circulation.

Models are constantly being improved. As a result, the number of seams decreased, which increased the strength, the chimney was shortened - 114 millimeters. In 2012, the Varvara ovens underwent a modernization of the structure, which changed the appearance.

The list of negative criticism will be shorter, which is good news.Often the cons of the oven can be corrected by listening to quality advice.

Advantages and disadvantages of Barbara

One of the important advantages of the "Varvara" sauna stoves is that they do not weigh at all a lot: the stove itself is 100 kg and, in addition, there is a pipe to it. Absolutely any floor in the bathhouse will pull such a weight, and therefore a particularly powerful foundation for the stove is not needed - sometimes you can do with just good insulation.

And what is just wonderful is that the “Varvara” sauna stove has a round hole with a plug on the back wall - especially for cleaning. And the place that needs to be cleaned near this stove can be easily seen with the naked eye: we look inside the firebox and see in its upper part a welded sheet of metal (it is also called a "smoke tooth") - this is where all the settled soot accumulates. Yes, the Varvara stove requires maintenance - twice a year to clean the pipe and the afterburner. That's all the trouble!

Sometimes these stoves are not favored due to the fact that the water in the tank heats up longer than in conventional stoves. But the solution to this problem is simple: we install an additional heat exchanger on the chimney, and in an hour the water will be about 70 ° C, which is quite enough. True, after three hours it may start to boil - you will have to monitor this.

Another common problem that owners of the Varvara sauna stove often encounter is condensate flowing down the pipe. This happens if the chimney was assembled "by smoke". The thing is that the "Varvara" is a furnace with an afterburner, and it works mainly in a slow burning mode. Therefore, the temperature at the outlet of the chimney turns out to be small, and the condensate forms quite generously, and even with impurities

That is why it is so important to install the Varvara according to the correct scheme - you can see it in the step-by-step photo below. And the pipe itself should not be made 1.2 meters, but passing through the entire tank is longer by as much as half a meter.

So the condensate will drain clean and will not come into contact with the stove smoke.

It is also undesirable to heat this stove with birch wood - there were cases when the seams of the stove simply diverged.

Overview of characteristics of the model range of "Varvara" ovens

The Varvara mini wood-burning stove for a bath, as well as many other hearths, has a lot of dignity, features, which you can find in more detail in this table:

Name	Characteristics and descriptions
Classic	This model, if necessary, can be equipped with a water tank, which can be both floor-standing and mounted. The connection is made to the existing water supply of the house. In order for the tank to be independently filled with water, you can additionally equip it with a powerful pump. If necessary and with a boiler, the system can be used without a water jacket. The hinged water tank, in turn, is easy to remove and clean. This option is suitable if water will not be supplied to the bath room. Mass of the focus. Depending on the chosen configuration, it ranges from 85 to 125 kilograms. In just one hour, warming up from 15 degrees to 100 is achieved.
Woodpile	The Varvara stove with a water circuit is one of the most functional models, which, if necessary, can also be equipped with a remote water tank. The existing water circuit allows you to install a mixer in the house and use a shower. The water circuit is based on high-quality stainless steel with a wall thickness of more than one and a half millimeters. The water circuit is also widely used to heat the home. Model "Woodpile" has small dimensions, which allows installation in rooms with an average area. The volumetric parameters of the steam chamber are 24 cubic meters, and in total you can load about 40-50 kilograms of stones into the basket.For kindling, a classic solid fuel (logs) is used.
Kamenka	In total, there are two such foci in the model range, which differ in their mass and method of placement. A more miniature variation is intended for heating rooms up to 16 cubic meters, a more massive one up to 25. A feature of the fireboxes is the presence of a panoramic transparent tempered glass. The total weight of the stone in the basket for full-fledged work should not be less than 185 kilograms, with the dimensions of such a hearth 78x56x78 centimeters. As in previous models, heating from 15 to 100 degrees is achieved in one hour of continuous operation at full power. The combustion chamber is carried out at least 14 centimeters, while the diameter of the chimney system is 11.4 centimeters. Logs are used for kindling, and the combustion chamber itself is equipped with tempered glass with dimensions of 30.5x29 centimeters. The power of the unit is 12 kW.
Mini	the sauna stove Varvara mini has a small overall dimensions of 73.5x39x67 centimeters. This model is suitable for DIY installation, even in the smallest saunas with limited space. To carry out the heating of the mini-unit, a water circuit or a hinged tank (42 liters, stainless steel) is provided at your discretion.
Panorama	Varvara model "Panorama" is intended for heating a bath, the total area of which does not exceed 24 cubic meters. The hearth is equipped with a hermetically sealed door made of transparent refractory glass. This makes the view of the flame burning in the hearth as complete as possible. The sauna stove is based on high-quality steel marked ST 3 (6 millimeters thick).

Massive installations are the most functional, efficient, and also capable of operating from one fuel load for quite a long time.

One of the simplest and most budgetary ovens "Palenitsa"

Miniature elongated hearth Varvara Uyut-1

Hearth equipped with a sealed steel shutter door

Design features of the stove Varvara "Baby"

Model equipped with a small panoramic fireproof transparent glass

The device of the Varvara ovens

1 - channels for air circulation; 2 - internal convection channel, from which the heater quickly warms up; 3 - combustion air is supplied through the ash pan drawer.

As can be seen from the diagram, the furnace body is enclosed by a convection casing, and the space between the walls forms a convection channel. This achieves 2 goals:

air from the lower zone of the steam room enters the channel, heats up from the walls of the firebox and goes out into the room;
people in the steam room are protected by a casing from the hard infrared radiation of the furnace body.

In addition, the Varvara mini-oven has an internal air channel heated by a stream of rising combustion products. This allows the heater and the entire steam room to warm up faster. After going around this channel, the flue gases make 2 turns, intensively giving off heat to the metal walls, and only then go into the chimney. According to the manufacturer, an afterburner is installed in the heater zone, which further improves the quality of wood combustion.

1 - metal body 1 mm thick; 2 - gas ducts; 3 - secondary combustion chamber; 4 - bent side walls of the firebox without welded seams; 5 - the top of the primary chamber in the form of a vault.

Such a two-pass design of a wood-burning stove with a total length of the flue of up to 1250 mm suggests that the efficiency of the unit is at least 60%. If we take into account the heat spent on heating water in a samovar-type tank, then the efficiency can reach 65%.

Reviews of the "Varvara" series ovens

A large number of sauna owners who have been using such stoves for a long time give positive feedback on their stoves.

The stove I bought with an overhead tank proved to be high-quality, easy-to-use... It is distinguished by the economical consumption of firewood, despite the large volume of the water tank, by the rapid warming up of the room. Our model is equipped with a shower, which is convenient to use - a spacious tank is enough for this.

There is a wish - to speed up the process of heating the water, since we often use the bath only on weekends.

Draws on itself thoughtfulness of all design details... The model without a water heating circuit is so economical that it has paid back the cost of its purchase long ago. We use such a stove in a bathhouse in the garden area, the additional possibility of heating and cooking came in handy. The stove is not demanding on fuel - we drown with any kind of wood that is available in the country: even dry branches are used.

We are pleased with the presence of a special protective screen made of metal in front of the firebox, with it the heating process becomes safer.

Our bathhouse has become especially cozy after the installation of a mini-type “Varvara” stove there. It fits so well into the interior of our small steam room that the space does not look cluttered at all. It is believed that the oven is such a huge monster. This term does not fit this model at all: it looks compact and attractive.

I was especially pleased with its low price, a convenient side tank for 35 liters, the volume of which is enough for our family of 3 people. We do not have a water supply system, and this volume of the tank was chosen specifically in order to save money.

The baby's firebox is in the dressing room - garbage from firewood does not get into the main room. The compact size of the furnace also affects the amount of fuel for it - it turned out to be very economical.

A detailed examination of the series of ovens "Varvara", supplemented by reviews of real consumers shows a large number of their advantages in front of analogs and explains the popularity of models on the market.

Domestic manufacturers occupy more and more solid positions in the sauna stoves market. Their products are not always distinguished by an attractive design, but the quality of the units and their properties are often at their best. One of those. This company began producing sauna stoves 10 years ago, having previously studied the experience of leading and domestic manufacturers. As a result, the “Varvara” sauna stoves are in stable demand and have almost no complaints about their quality.

Furnace design on the example of the "Varvara Classic" model

Technical description of the stoves for the bath "Varvara"

"Varvara" with a heating circuit and the upper position of the tank, its main purpose is to heat the water in the bath. The kit includes a chimney - 1.3 m and a pipe system for water circulation. Width - 450 mm, height - 860 mm, length - 720 mm, weight - from 90 to 120 kilograms, power - 14 kW;
"Varvara" with a side tank of 50 liters, the tank is removable, very easy to install, it can be installed on the left or right to choose from. Suitable for steam rooms up to 24 cubic meters. Dimensions and power are the same as in the model with the tank at the top;
"Varvara" without a tank with a circuit and without it... They are much cheaper, since they do not have a tank, they are created for baths in which water heating has already been thought out. The parameters are the same as the previous ones.

General characteristics

Currently, there are 8 models of sauna stoves presented.

Sophisticated design allows you to limit yourself to the release of a small number of models that can be assembled for the specific requirements of the buyer:

Standard oven without tank and heat exchanger.
Modification of the same furnace with water heating circuit.
Oven with water tankinstalled on the side.

It's just that the oven, which does not have a heated container in the kit, is used in cases where it is necessary just creating the right atmosphere indoors and in the steam room. Water heating functions are performed by other devices (gas water heater or electric boiler).

The built-in water heating circuit makes it possible to complete the stove with a capacity of up to 120 liters. Most often it is installed at the top, playing the role of a matching element, between the hot pipe and the ceiling. The user has a double benefit - the pipe heats the liquid in the tank, which eliminates the need to use protective materials to insulate the pipe from the floor and ceiling materials. The figure 120 cannot serve as a final characteristic of the model, purchasing the stove complete with a tank, its size can be limited to 50 or 60 liters. This model allows the installation of the water tank in another place (outside the steam room).

The second feature of this model is the possibility of using the furnace as a boiler as part of a hot water heating system using batteries (registers). The use of liquid heating or the presence of a tank with large dimensions are the result of the use of an external water supply for filling them.

Typically, the side tank has a capacity up to 60 liters... This allows you to get the optimal amount of hot water and keep within the specified time interval for heating it.

All of these stove options are designed for a steam room volume of up to 24 cubic meters. meters. There are reduced options - "Varvara-mini", which, with its own weight of 82 kg, can heat the steam room up to 12 cubic meters. meters. These babies are adapted for a spacious sauna heater, complemented by a 39 liter side tank.

Furnace design

The simplicity of the device "Barbara" - the basis of its attractiveness. Structurally, it is represented by a set of nodal elements:

Stove insert... This is where firewood is burned. The released energy is transferred to the main structure in the form of heat.
Next to the firebox there is camerawhere the final decomposition of the formed gases (flue) takes place.
Ash pan and cast iron grate system allows you to regulate the process of fuel combustion (its intensity), creating an air flow into the furnace. Another function of the unit is to collect solid combustion products (ash and coals).
Sophisticated design chimneys.
Shroudwhich transfers its own heat to the surrounding air masses and heats the stove.

A significant difference between the furnaces is the use of a special opening on the rear of the main body in order to clean the combustion zone from soot.

For models equipped with a heating circuit, a tank is used, for the manufacture of which a stainless alloy is used, the sheet thickness of which is at least 1.5 mm.

Strengths and weaknesses of the Barbarian ovens

The main advantage of all representatives of this model range is their low weight: about 100 kg plus the mass of the chimney. Such a stove can withstand any floor, so a particularly strong base is not required for it - in most cases, only high-quality insulation is sufficient.

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Another advantage of the described models is the presence of a round hole (it is closed with a special plug) on the back wall of the case, which is intended for cleaning. The very place that needs cleaning can be seen by the user even with the naked eye: you just need to look inside the combustion chamber and find a welded metal sheet (it is also called a "smoke tooth") - it is on it that soot accumulates.

Installation diagram of the "Varvara" stove for baths and saunas with the upper location of the tank for 120 liters

Sectional view of the Barbarian oven

It is worth noting that Varvara stoves need periodic maintenance - twice a year you need to clean the chimney and the afterburner. But this is where all the troubles end.

Now - about the disadvantages. Sometimes users note that the water in the tank heats up longer than in an ordinary stove.This problem is solved quite simply: an additional heat exchanger is installed on the chimney, as a result of which the water will be heated to 70 ° C in an hour, which is very good. Although after a few hours it can boil, so you will have to carefully monitor the heating.

Functioning principle

Another difficulty often encountered by Varvara's users is the condensation that flows down the chimney. This happens if the chimney is installed "through smoke".

Chimney elements assembly

Smoke and condensate assembly

The problem is explained by the fact that Varvara is equipped with an afterburner, which means that it functions mainly in a slow fire mode. Because of this, the temperature at the outlet of the chimney is not very high, which leads to abundant condensation, often even with impurities. Therefore, the correct installation of the stove is so important (the diagram will be given at the end of the article). It is also desirable that the pipe is not 120 cm, but passes through the entire tank, that is, it is as much as 50 cm longer.