Камины и отопление №50 6 № (50)’2010 Contents 5 Vibrant flames of imitative firewood . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 A good many people dream on a fireplace of their own. However operating a classical wood hearth may cause some definite inconveniences: those who want to avoid them should consider purchasing a gas fuel unit. So, we’re talking on a gas fireplace: its model range, installation details and operation features. Miracles of a mantelpiece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Hot flaming fire and bewitching log crackling in a fireplace — what could be more charming on a holiday? A special coziness was created with imagination and love to the warmth of a home heath, and a mantelpiece decor introduces a scent of it into New Year’s interior. Get inspiration from various designers’ offers, choose something for your own home. Interview at a fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Our magazine’s «Interview at a fireplace» delivers conversations with celebrities, such as Irina Saltykova, Maxim Averin, Darya Dontsova, Igor Livanov, Boris Shcherbakov, Elena Medovnikova, Pelageya, Yury Loza, Elena Chaykovskaya. Stars are telling you what the fireplace means in their everyday life. Geography of design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 We offer a review of design fireplace’s top models from the famous European masters. Living and working in different countries, they equally care for nature creating environmentally harmless models. A hearth of days bygone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Being successfully entered into a living space interior, an antiquarian fireplace or a stove that operates, or just a separate element such as a portal, a mantelpiece, an insert or even a lattice, always acts a highlighting accent. It delivers a scent of uniqueness to the interior, literally recovers the room space, embodying intriguing, almost mystical connection with events and moods of the epochs bygone. Underneath a beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 A natural stone facing of a fireplaces and a stove remains en vogue for always time. Due to a unique natural beauty and a high thermal capacity this particular material is listed in the exclusives and perfectly fits for the above-mentioned heating devices’ exterior decor. What are today’s trends which are now being outlined in this segment? Find the answer in our next «round table» with the executives of this sphere’s trend-setting enterprises. Firebox, door and portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 All the fireplace market’s models can be divided on two groups: the first one will include hand-made constructions made of brick by stovemakers, and the other one holds assembly (modular) analogs which can be mounted from the unified details. Despite of some special features, the lineups of complete sets, offered by manufacturers for assemblage, can capture a wide range of both on forming a home hearth and its technical characteristics. Ordinary heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Today a boiler heating can be considered the most widespread way of independent private house heating in comparison with any other methods. Its popularity keeps growing, following settlements’ active gasification. But, at the same time, along with the above-mentioned fuel type, there are also a choice of alternative energy carriers — coal, fire wood, liquid fuel and electricity. And first of all an availability of one or another defines a choice of a boiler though it is obvious that convenience of use and low price of a «blue» fuel in Russia is what makes it unrivaled. Premieres and more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Well-attended Cersaie’s 2010 session has traditionally presented the best models of radiators created by eminent designers. Brand new items didn’t eclipse the models the public had fallen in love before, but nevertheless the current models are being constantly changed, surprising with unexpected colour palette, increased sizes, new surface textures. Floor method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 The electrically powered floor heating system, is a unique device combining a convective and long-wave heater’s features. Today this Europe’s most popular equipment wins more admirers in Russia. What perspectives this way of heating has in our country? Consider the advantages and the answers to some other questions in the next session of our «round table». A heat pump: energy of the nature. . . . . . . . . . . 146 Constantly growing prices for gas and liquid fuel make country house owners look closer at alternative heating systems. The heat pumps using free energy carriers may significantly cut down the home heating expenses. 24 56 110 76 130 88 72
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