Gas-fuelled Sauna Stoves

This type of solid stove emits a gentle, radiant heat that gradually warms the floor, benches, walls, ceiling and the bodies of the bathers inside. A stone stove will reduce air circulation in the sauna room to zero. Inside the stove there is a solid core which creates steam when water is splashed onto it giving out a characteristic ‘flap’ like the sound a very large bird makes when it flaps its wings. Consisting of stones and cast-iron ingots of a special size and shape, arranged in a particular manner, the core maintains a temperature of between 600 and 1000 degrees celsius.

So just how hot is a sauna stove? The stove is heated until such point as the entire mass has reached temperature and the inner core is glowing red-hot.  At this point the stove is left to stand for a while giving the steam room time to reach thermodynamic equilibrium: the stove surfaces, atmosphere, walls, floor and benches gradually reach exactly the same temperature at which point all air circulation in the vaporarium ceases.  At this point the stove is ready and will maintain a soft heat and produce light steam in the sauna room over the course of a number of days. Our stoves produce the famous light steam that is so precious to banya connoisseurs. Our customers enjoy a light steam that remains to this day unrivalled by any other sauna maker in the world.

• Light steam guaranteed How hot is a sauna? The stove's stone mass and core, heated to between 500 and 1000 degrees celsius, is an essential requirement to the instantaneous transformation of water into superheated steam.   Splash water onto the stove and ‘whoosh!’, an invisible cloud of dry, light steam gushes out and upwards towards the ceiling. When a light steam is produced in the vaporarium,  you won't feel the humidity. You can breathe easily into the lungs and relax into the pleasure of warming the body. With a light steam you can indulge in the ultimate secret of the traditional Russian banya - "parenie". “Parenie" is a delightful thermal massage conducted with a "venik", a leafy, fragrant bundle of twigs. The electric box-heaters ordinarily installed in saunas are incapable of producing a light steam because they lack the mass necessary to do so and the rocks placed on top are "cold" (200 - 300 degrees celsius).

• The stove ventilates the steam room This crucial function is dependent on special elements of the sauna stove design. Fresh air from outside the building enters the stove where it is heated and transferred to the breathing zone, the upper area of the steam room. At the same time, air from the steam room which is saturated with vapours is transferred out of the room and utilised. The intensity of the air exchange rate can be regulated via special vents that can be moved easily from one position to another using just one hand.

• Stove usability All the stove's controls are designed to be so simple and natural to use that anyone can manage the stove settings the very first time they come to use it.

• The stove’s automatic gas burner meets the most stringent safety requirements (gas pressure control, combustion flame control, etc.) and is equipped with a thermostat and a safety shut-off device. If the flame is extinguished, the gas supply shut-off device is activated automatically. The burner heats the stove's stone mass quickly and evenly. The equipment and installation both receive inspection and testing certification.

• Power, efficiency and environmental friendliness A gas-fuelled stove has sufficient capacity to heat a steam room with a total floor area of up to sixty square metres.  Our gas-fuelled sauna stoves have an exceptional efficiency rate of up to 80%. A gas-fuelled stove can be fully heated in just five hours and brought up to temperature in as little as two to four hours on a night timer setting.  We only use environmentally friendly materials in the production of our sauna stoves. At Furnace Art Engineering we firmly believe that there can be no place for synthetics in a traditional Russian sauna.

• Exceptional durability Rarely does an ordinary sauna stove last for more than five years without needing a complete overhaul. The stoves created at Furnace Art Engineering are the exception to the rule. The life cycle or ‘resource’ of our stoves is twenty years. How do we do it? There is a secret to creating such exceptional durability. The secret lies in conducting a separate engineering analysis and producing a unique design for every steam sauna for home use project we undertake. It also comes down to using only the highest quality materials available and the filigree work of our craftsmen. The most common cause of stove failure is lack of homogeneity in thermal expansion throughout the construction. Our tried and tested expertise ensures that our customers will never have to deal with this kind of issue.

• Safety Our sauna stoves are fully heated before the steam session starts. Aside from that we can equip our sauna stoves and sauna rooms with thermal sensors. If a bather ever forgot to close the steam door and the temperature in the steam room exceeded safe levels, an alarm signal would sound. Thanks to the installation of sensors our customers can control the stove lighting process, heating regime and temperature of the core. Fire prevention is ensured via total compliance with building regulations and the conscientious use of insulating materials of the highest quality available.