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For many centuries in a row, bathhouses were built in almost every farmstead, stoves were invented and perfected. Taking into account the experience of all previous generations of steam lovers, Samara has put the best models of stoves into production. There are not many reviews yet, but all that exist are positive. The only drawback that was noted is that the stove does not look the most attractive. But if you are going to cover the stove with brick, then in principle, what difference does it make what it looks like?

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A good sauna is a good stove

The search and development of the design of a compact sauna stove that meets all the needs of buyers led to the creation of the “Heat” model.
Thanks to it, the urban population has the opportunity to experience the delights of a rural holiday. The Zhara sauna stove is a unit that is thought out to the smallest detail and has excellent performance characteristics. Manufacturers took the best from village stoves, improved the design based on modern technologies, and sent their creation into mass production. Now every resident of Russia has the opportunity to choose high-quality, original, real stoves for a bath.

The operation of the Zhara sauna stove has been tested by many years of operational tests. The stove is safe, efficient and convenient, and has a quality certificate. The creators of the Zhara stove sought to embody the secrets of folk craftsmanship and traditions in a convenient format. And they did it with success!

History of the company's development

The main activity of the Zhara company is the production of metal sauna stoves. The company is located in the city of Tolyatti and is a dynamically developing production facility.

The modern facilities of the enterprise allow us to produce competitive equipment for saunas and baths. The use of advanced technologies and the latest welding equipment guarantees the production of only high-quality products.

The company is ready for a constructive dialogue with the consumer and therefore one of its areas of activity is the manufacture of products for individual orders. All sauna stoves under the Zhara brand are required to undergo testing to ensure trouble-free operation over a long period of time.

The company employs highly qualified specialists who have considerable experience in designing furnaces, which allows them to constantly improve the samples they produce.

How to choose a stove model

You should choose a wood-burning stove based on the preferred option for organizing the combustion process:

• if you will heat it from a steam room, then it is better to give preference to a model with an enlarged heater without an external combustion tunnel;
• in the case of laying firewood from an adjacent room - stoves with a protrusion-tunnel, determining its size by the type of bricklaying - 125, 200 and 250 mm (for laying ½ brick, “in a block” or “in a brick”).

  
  Diagram of the “Heat” stove with an external firebox

• To heat a bathhouse from the street, you need to choose units with a combustion chamber.

  
  Diagram of the “Heat” stove with an extended combustion chamber for loading fuel from the street

Table 3: Technical characteristics of Zhara stoves equipped with a combustion chamber for heating from the street or dressing room

When choosing, it is also important to take into account that the thicker the wall of the combustion chamber, the longer the service life of the stove and the longer the factory warranty period. For example, for bath stoves with a combustion chamber wall thickness of 4–6 mm, the factory warranty period is 1 year, 8 mm — 3 years, 10–12 mm — 5 years.

Material

The furnace firebox is made of structural steel grades Steel 10 and Steel 20. The thermal conductivity of these steels is two and a half times higher than the thermal conductivity of stainless steels used in the manufacture of furnaces by other manufacturers.

The most thermally loaded parts of the firebox have a combined metal thickness of up to 14 mm . Inside the reinforced firebox there are specialized replaceable plates and a cast iron grate. These elements can be changed as needed, which will extend the service life of coal-fired stoves up to 10 years!

Fire door and grate made of cast iron.

Prices for Zhara products

Compact option - suitable for small steam rooms

The range of iron stoves is wide and allows you to choose a unit for a room from 4 to 40 m3. The company is so confident in the quality of its products that it provides a warranty period of 1 to 3 years for each product (depending on the thickness of the furnace compartment roof), but the “life” of the stove declared by the manufacturer is 20-25 years.

There are several reviews posted online. The authors say that they have been using Zhary stoves for several years (some for two years, others for five) and so far they are happy with everything.

Here's one review:

We have a Heat stove in our bathhouse, we bought it last year in August (post date 06/30/2013). We started using it constantly, only this year. We spent a long time choosing and settled on a Zhara stove. My husband is happy, the stove heats up the steam room and sink quickly enough. The tank is removable, but we do not remove it; we remove the lid from above and fill it with water. The next morning after heating the bathhouse, the water in the tank was warm and at a comfortable temperature; we were surprised.

The high quality of the welds and the fairly high efficiency of the furnaces are also noted: the next morning the water in the hanging tank is still warm, and a room with a volume of 12 cubic meters warms up in the winter in an hour and a half, depending on the outside temperature.

Another review:

At my dad’s dacha, I have two Heat stoves, one for heating, the other for a bathhouse, 8 mm thick, exactly like in the picture. I can say the oven is “not a piece of cake,” but it was clear that it was made very well. There were four of us unloading it - a serious “infection”...) My dad is a retired welder, he says that the welding seams are factory-made. We fenced it with brickwork, only stones and a stainless steel tank are visible from above, in principle it looks good. Briefly, what can I say, when we flooded it for the first time, we prepared knee-deep wood, it took 1/3 of what was prepared to kindle it, and after 30 minutes it was 100 degrees in the steam room. I think we’ve been using it for eight years now, no complaints. I think that the stove will last at least another fifteen years. Another thing, the neighbors in the bathhouse had a teplodar or thermobor stove, well, the one with a heat-resistant firebox. After two years, the firebox burned out or cracked. They wanted to sue, they spat... Based on our recommendation, they ordered “Heat”, now they’re happy to f... s...)

One of the variants of the “Heat” stoves

In a fairly large assortment, you can find/assemble the stove you need (or order its production, again for additional money).

Owner reviews

Vladimir Sidorchuk, 38 years old, Moscow.

Before purchasing a heater, I read many reviews of stove owners on the Internet. I became interested in the greivari sauna stove and the Varvara sauna stove. These devices were most suitable for my bathhouse. As a result, I installed Varvara in my steam room and do not regret the choice. The steam room warms up quickly, you don’t need a lot of firewood for heating, and there is enough heat and good steam for everyone.

Nikolay Akimov, 52 years old, Petrozavodsk.

I recently installed a Gorynych-3 stove in my bathhouse. Based on reviews online, I realized that this was exactly what I needed. A friend recommended the Tsar Stove for a bathhouse (he has one like this installed), but it seemed a little heavy to me. And Gorynych saved me from the problem of a cold floor in the washing room in winter and all the rooms of the bathhouse are well heated.

Alexander Kanashenkov, 47 years old, Kostroma.

After the construction of the bathhouse, the question arose about a sauna stove. On the forum on this topic, there were many good reviews from owners about Berezka-15, Koster and Kastor stoves. The guy from Vladimir spoke most convincingly about his Zhara stove. I bought a Zhara with a remote water tank. The stove produces soft, comfortable steam. The room heats up quickly, and little wood is consumed. I recommend!

Additional equipment

Wood-burning sauna stoves Zhara are additionally equipped with water tanks with a volume of 20 to 100 liters with various installation options:

• on a pipe (samovar type) - the tank is installed on the smoke duct or on the stove, which makes it easy to remove;
• mounted on the back or side wall of the oven. In the first option, the tank is more tightly adjacent to the furnace body, heating the water faster;

  
  “Zhara” stoves are equipped at the customer’s request with different types of water tanks

• remote with a heat exchanger - the tank is installed at a distance from the unit.

What types of water tanks are there, what are their advantages and disadvantages, read the article “Sauna stoves with a water tank. Which ones are better?!”

In addition, a chimney, a heat exchanger, protective screens, a closed heater, a glass door made of heat-resistant glass, a protective coating made of heat-resistant paint and various accessories for the bath are additionally purchased. The grate (cast iron in some models) is supplied free of charge.

Water tank on a sauna stove

An important part of the stove is the hot water tank. It is designed to heat water. It is usually placed at the top of the stove directly below the firebox. The tank is built into the sauna boiler and is made of stainless steel. The design features of tanks are different for different models. The larger the boiler, the stronger the heat, the greater the capacity of the sauna tank. Placing the sauna tank on the stove is easy. This does not require special skills or equipment. It is purchased separately and then installed on the boiler .

Customers' opinions about Zhara stoves

The most important thing that users of Zhara sauna stoves are unanimous about is the excellent quality of work. The manufacturing plant in this sense has an impeccable reputation. Welding work is carried out conscientiously, high-strength materials are used. provides a guarantee of up to 5 years.

There are reviews from buyers who chased a stylish design, lost in quality and, as a result, settled on the simplest “Zhara” model.

There are practically no bad reviews about the operation of the Zhara sauna stove.

An excellent unit, the welding seams are almost invisible, you can feel the hand of a professional.” What I especially liked about “Heat” is the ability to heat from the dressing room, I heat it, and the guests wash.

Product cost

Purchasing equipment always involves some costs. But today, the search for sauna stoves with the optimal combination of price and quality is no longer relevant, since devices under the Zhara brand have appeared.

Their average price is about 10,000 rubles, although there are more expensive as well as cheaper models. So anyone can choose the option that suits them.

Design of the “Heat” stove for a bath

The design of the “Heat” sauna stove is simply ingenious. The idea was based on an ordinary stove - a “potbelly stove”. It consists of the following main parts.

For the manufacture of sauna fireboxes, very high-quality thick-walled pipes up to 10 mm thick are used. Similar ones are used for laying oil pipelines. Their shape may differ depending on where the fuel loading process will take place. The firebox must be connected to the chimney.

It can be purchased complete with the stove or made independently. The chimney design is a coil. A chimney of this shape evens out the draft, saves fuel, and makes it safer, since there are no sudden emissions of flue gas. The convenience of the finished chimney is that it consists of several detachable elements. which can be cleaned of soot as needed.

For a villager familiar with the structure of a conventional stove, such a name as grate is not new. This is a heavy, removable grate on which firewood or coal is placed. After long-term use, it can be replaced with a new one.

An obligatory attribute of a bathhouse is a water tank. They differ in the quality of the metal used, namely its thickness. On the Zhara body there is a place for installing a tank. The large lid on the tank allows you to fill it with water using a container or hose.

By modern standards, the price of Zhara sauna stoves is more than affordable. The stoves of the most popular models can actually be purchased for 10-15 thousand. Considering that it can be installed without the involvement of specialists. then it's very cheap. The cost of work and materials to weld an ordinary “potbelly stove” will cost much more.

In addition, the manufacturer is ready to help you free of charge choose the optimal stove option for the expected volume of the room, its possible load, operating time throughout the year and type of firebox.

“Heat” is designed for the bulk of buyers.

Chimney

It can be purchased complete with the stove or made independently. The chimney design is a coil. A chimney of this shape evens out the draft, saves fuel, and makes it safer, since there are no sudden emissions of flue gas. The convenience of a finished chimney is that it consists of several detachable elements that can be cleaned of soot as necessary.

Firebox

For the manufacture of sauna fireboxes, very high-quality thick-walled pipes up to 10 mm thick are used. Similar ones are used for laying oil pipelines. Their shape may differ depending on where the fuel loading process will take place. The firebox must be connected to the chimney.

grate

For a villager familiar with the structure of a conventional stove, such a name as grate is not new. This is a heavy, removable grate on which firewood or coal is placed. After long-term use, it can be replaced with a new one.

An obligatory attribute of a bathhouse is a water tank. They differ in the quality of the metal used, namely its thickness. On the Zhara body there is a place for installing a tank. The large lid on the tank allows you to fill it with water using a container or hose.

By modern standards, the price of Zhara sauna stoves is more than affordable. The stoves of the most popular models can actually be purchased for 10-15 thousand. Considering that it can be installed without the involvement of specialists, it is very cheap. The cost of work and materials to weld an ordinary “potbelly stove” will cost much more.

In addition, the manufacturer is ready to help you free of charge choose the optimal stove option for the expected volume of the room, its possible load, operating time throughout the year and type of firebox.

“Heat” is designed for the bulk of buyers.

Design Features

The quality of the stove's operation largely depends on how successful the design of the firebox is. The manufacturer guarantees that “Zhary” fireboxes are welded from high-quality thick-walled pipes (5-10 mm), which are used for laying oil pipelines. The shape of the firebox is cylindrical. This is the option that was considered the most optimal, based on the courteous many years of experience of admirers of the Russian steam room.

The main thing in a sauna stove is a successful firebox design

For additional money you can purchase a “branded” chimney. Previously, it was made straight, but with this design, too much firewood literally “flies down the chimney”: a large amount of heat goes away along with the smoke and “heats” the street. The chimney from “Zhara” is a coil. This allows you to save firewood, evens out the draft, and the convenient collapsible design (the collapsible unit is also not included in the package, but must be purchased separately) makes cleaning easier. The grate also has its own characteristics: it is a specially designed removable design that makes it easy to clean and change if necessary.

Many people like to steam, but everyone has their own ideas about how to do it. This also applies to the organization of the firebox. Some people prefer to add firewood without leaving the steam room, others think that the best option is when the firebox is located in the dressing room or locker room, and others even think that it is necessary to add firewood from the street. Zhara has stoves with all these firebox options. Here everyone can choose according to their taste.

Model “Heat-standard 500” with remote firebox

Well, the last detail of the iron stove is the water tank. In Zhara ovens it is made of stainless or ordinary steel, and can have different volumes. It is easy to install and dismantle. This part is also not included with the stove, but must be purchased separately.

If you are planning to make a stove with your own hands, we recommend taking a look at the drawing of the Zhara-Standard 500 metal stove.

Sauna stoves Heat: Types and models

Manufacturers of bath units under this Zhara brand offer three models of heat generators for baths and saunas:

1. Sauna stoves Zhara Malyutka are produced in several modifications, which differ in size, weight and volume of the heated room. The highest cost is the 600E modification, capable of heating a room with a volume of up to 14 m3.
2. Heat generators Zhara Standard can be purchased both in a standard configuration and with a combustion chamber. Stoves with a combustion box can heat a steam room, the volume of which reaches 20 m3. The weight of such an installation is 120 kg, so its installation will require a foundation.
3. Heat Super units are designed for bath complexes and are capable of heating rooms up to 36 m3. The wall thickness is 12 mm, and the weight is 200 kg.

According to user reviews, Zhara brand bath heat generators have good performance characteristics, provide light steam and the required amount of heat. The disadvantages include the insufficiently stylish appearance of the device. Therefore, Zhara brand stoves are not suitable for installation in bathhouses with an elite design.

Independent production of heating installations of this type according to drawings will not allow achieving the same operational parameters that are inherent in factory models.

Wood stoves

Sauna units operating on solid fuel differ in the following indicators:

• the depth of the firebox chamber is from 400 to 750 mm, based on its size, the length of the firewood is determined;
• firebox thickness - models with a reinforced arch are designated “U”, with a thinner “E”;
• type of organization of the combustion process - stoves heated from the dressing room or from the street are equipped with a combustion chamber with a depth of 200, 250 or 350 mm.

“Zhara” stoves do not have the most attractive appearance, but are very reliable and economical

We present to your attention an overview of the technical characteristics of stoves heated from a dressing room or steam room.

The smallest of this series are “Zhara-Extra” and “Zhara-Malyutka”, they are designed for a steam room volume of 4–16 m3 and have a mass of 35–64 kg. The thickness of the firebox wall is 5–9 mm, depending on the model. “Malyutkau” can be equipped with an external firebox. The stoves have an open heater that can hold from 35 to 96 kg of stones, and are the cheapest of all offered by the company.

“Zhara-Standard” were developed for steam rooms with a volume of 14 to 32 m3. They have a firebox wall thickness of 6.5–8 mm and a weight of 80–112 kg. They are also available in standard configurations and with an external firebox.

The Zhara-Super stove is the largest of the wood-burning stoves from this manufacturer. It is designed for heating steam rooms from 20 to 40 m3. It can accommodate 148 kg, the firebox wall thickness is 10 mm.

Heat Malyutka 500

Metal sauna stoves Zhara Malyutka 500 are designed for small rooms with a maximum area of ​​4 to 18 cubic meters. m. The water heating tank is not included in the basic package, but can be installed at the customer’s request on a pipe or rear wall.

The number in the model name indicates the length of the combustion chamber. The maximum length of firewood is 470 mm. The weight of the structure with full stones is 134 kg. The expected service life is 10 years.

Heat Standard 650

Sauna stove Heat Standard 650 with a water tank - this model is more productive and can heat a steam room up to 32 cubic meters. m. However, there is no point in installing it in a bathhouse whose area is less than 14 m³.

The combustion chamber can accommodate firewood up to 620 mm long. The thickness of the firebox walls is 8 mm. Heating the room to a temperature of 100 degrees is carried out within 40 - 60 minutes. The model provides the possibility of facing with bricks: 125 and 200 mm protrusion.

Heat Extra 400 and 400U

Iron sauna stove Zhara Extra 400 is popular among owners of small sauna premises. It is the optimal solution for installation in a steam room up to 14 cubic meters. It has a light weight of 35 kg, despite the fact that the heater can hold up to 60 kg of stones.

The combustion chamber is made of metal 5 mm thick, which makes it possible to use Heat Extra 400 for five years.

The Zhara Extra 400U stove has an almost identical design solution, but differs in that 8 mm steel is used for the firebox. The thickness of the metal affects both the weight of the product (44 kg, with a fully loaded heater 104 kg) and the service life (3 years of warranty service, the expected service life of the Extra 400U is at least 20 years).

Gas stoves for saunas Heat

These units are produced for heating rooms of different sizes, can be made with different wall thicknesses of the combustion chamber, differ in weight, type of GGU (gas burner device) and cost. Appearance and drawing of the stove in the photo.

Sauna stove "Heat" running on gas

MalyutkaGaz is the smallest representative of this series of sauna stoves. It is designed for heating steam rooms from 4 to 12 m3 and is equipped with an automatic SABK-9 gas generator with a power of 15 kW. Its weight is small - 52 kg, dimensions WxDxH 400x725x575 mm, firebox wall thickness 5 mm. An open heater that can accommodate 100 kg of stones.

Design of the gas sauna stove “Zhara”

The StandardGas and SuperGas models are designed for heating steam rooms from 10 to 24 m3 and are equipped with a more powerful 30 kW SABK-10 gas turbine unit. The mass of the units is 92 and 124 kg, respectively. Their technical characteristics are presented in the table.

Attention. The combustion process of all Zhara gas heating units is carried out only from the adjacent room (from the dressing room or washing room).

Gas stoves are additionally equipped with a chimney and water tanks with a volume of 50, 73 and 90 liters. It is very important to choose the right volume of the water tank, since its small capacity will not provide all visitors with hot water, and a tank that is too large will take a long time to heat up. There are reviews from customers who have encountered this problem.

Advice! When choosing a water tank, proceed not only from the required volume of water, but also from the power of the heating unit.

It is important to understand whether it is capable of heating this volume simultaneously with the room? According to all standards, no more than 10% of the furnace power should be spent on heating water. In addition, it is more convenient to heat water in small portions: first you need a small amount to steam a broom, later to wash yourself before entering the steam room, then some more to rinse after entering the steam room. Based on the maximum consumption at a time, you need to choose the volume of the tank, and not calculate the total amount of water that may be needed for the entire bath procedure.

Technical characteristics of gas sauna stoves “Zhara”

Heat Malyutkagaz

Malyutkagaz - used for heating rooms up to 12 cubic meters. m. It has small dimensions of 400*725*575 cm. The power of the Malyutkagaz equipment is enough to heat 100 kg of stones, ensuring uniform heating of the room. The structure of the gas stove in the Zhara Malyutkagaz bathhouse can be equipped with a water tank.

Heat Standardgas

Sauna gas stove Zhara Standardgas - installed to heat a room with an area of ​​at least 10 cubic meters. m. Maximum heated area 24 cubic meters. m. The Heat Standardgas design allows you to heat the steam room from the dressing room, which increases the operating comfort. The bath is heated automatically.

Heat Supergas

Heat Supergas stove - the difference from the previous version of this model is mainly in the thickness of the firebox arch and, therefore, in the service life. The Supergas model is designed to operate for 20 years, compared to Standardgas for only 10 years.

All gas equipment has mandatory certification and fully complies with the requirements for the installation of gas equipment. It is therefore possible to obtain an operating permit from the local Gas Authority.