Камины и отопление №44 6 № (44)’2009 Contents 4 4 No need for fire wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 About half a century ago people invented fireplaces which do not require fire wood. Remaining a hearth with living fire, allowing to admire a flame and to enjoy its heat, these surprising devices are operated and regulated by automatics. In a modern lifestyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The fireplaces presented in this article feature a modern lifestyle: they are compact, most of them are not fixed, therefore you may take them with you to a picnic or in a camping, they are durable and easy to operate and maintain. Besides designers have a sense of humor: the modern fireplace can look like a laptop or a TV. Pleasurable experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Live fire in the house is not only a pleasure and a coziness, but also a considerable responsibility. Operating a wood fireplace, hard-andfast rules and requirements should be properly followed. We invited experts of the domestic market’s leading fireplace companies to discuss of the given «hot» theme. FOCUS fireplaces in LOKI salon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 In the «LOKI» salon of fireplaces (Moscow, Russia, the new hall is now opened. There you may find a range of fireplaces by the famous French designer Dominique Imbert. Light and heat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 The classical fireplace is wonderful. Live fire, crackling of fire wood — all that is a real coziness. But unfortunately it gives very little heat. Besides, the fireplace needs much place to be set and requires much fire wood. If you want not only a coziness, but also a heat, we recommend you to get the stove-and-fireplace. Ceramic heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Tulikivi, the Finnish manufacturer of heat-accumulating stoves, represents stoves-and-fireplaces with ceramic facing at the Russian market. Ancient plots and modern view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 The craftsmen have been manufacturing green glaze since the ancient times. In Russia it appeared in Ancient Kiev, and then in the end of XV century — in Pskov. Moscow’s first tiles of this kind were manufactured in the thirtieth years of the XVII-th century. Heart of stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 This craftsman prefers to make traditional Russian stoves, but he also gives much of his skills and time to a traditional fireplace, this hot heart of any house. Each of Kalinovsky’s works is individual and unique, and the main thing is that it pleases its owners with qualitative work, patriarchal shape and kind heat within long time. Fireplace with unique character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 The artificial stone’s main advantage is that it completely simulates the natural one due to the newest technologies. It can have any colours and textures, including the ones not existing in nature, it is hard and durable, it weighs less and costs much less, than a natural stone. Paradise for gourmets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Still recently to have an own brazier was a dream for the huge number of grilled food admirers. But times have changed, and now the brazier serves for preparation of any cuisine’s dishes. Clear alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 In spite of the fact that the electric power is the most expensive kind of energy carriers, its use is often the best way for country house’s independent heat supply, and sometimes it becomes the only one smart decision. All-year-round stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Each house owner dreams of constant hot water supply. Application of various hot water supply schemes (including a combination of traditional and alternative heat sources), allows a dream to come true. Right choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Need for heat is especially felt during the fall/winter season. In the modern world there are various ways to be heated, one of the most effective is installation of a convector in the house. Retro en vogue again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Despite of the today’s wide range of heating devices, the cast iron radiators do not loose their positions in our country, still being in the leading ones at the market. How can we explain it? Is it a psychology of the domestic consumer or an unsurpassed quality of the device? 52 20 46 38 98 110 127
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