This is an open fire place that turns into an efficient mass stove when the doors are closed and the flu direction changed. The backside of the fireplace is actually an oven when viewed from the kitchen. Hot water pipes run through the firebox and feed a hot water tank on the second floor which works in parallel with a solar heating system. And the whole structure is part of a staircase…. the wooden part of which has yet to be built and will serve as a big box for storing wood under too. Claudio Rivero drew up the plans and I built it during the month of April.
Construction shots:
Masonry Heater at Alejandra's - Kitchen-side View
