Masonry Heater in Meditation Space
A beautiful masonry heater, built by Noel Adams, with heated benches and finished with natural plaster. Firespeaking provided design, training, a core kit and hardware for this project.
Masonry Heater Architectural Design
These are some common variations for basic masonry heater design. These heaters are symmetrical and show how you can choose to include an oven and benches around the main volume. Additional options include the see-through firebox which includes a door on both sides and choosing to have the oven face the opposite direction as the firebox.
Making Pizzas in a Masonry Heater
What a pleasure to help a family get to know their masonry heater by making pizzas with them! We want more people to know that masonry heaters are not only the best way to heat your home with wood but also offer many options for cooking food throughout the cold months of the year!
Rocket Mass Heater Cookstove
A Rocket Mass Heater with a custom fabricated cooktop replacing the metal barrel and a long heated bench constructed for the 2016 Masonry Heater Association annual meeting.
Locating a Masonry Heater in your Floor Plan
This article goes over the basic options for placing a masonry heater in a floor plan you are designing and includes some sample layouts.
The Pizza Farm Concept
Building an oven on a farm is a great way to generate business and create community! “Pizza Farms” are becoming popular venues where people can go to have excellent wood-fired pizzas topped with fresh farm-to-table ingredients and enjoy the country environment.
Masonry Heaters: Part of an Ecological Cycle
[Masonry heaters] produce more heat and less pollution than any other wood- or pellet-burning appliance. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) website Masonry heaters are typically very efficient heaters, and currently do not require EPA certification. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website This illustration demonstrates the role of masonry heaters in providing heating and cooking capacity for homes in
The Inspiring Plastered Heaters of L’Esprit du Lieu
We are excited to share with you the exciting design and beautiful execution of masonry heaters by a Canadian collective name L’Esprit du Lieu (Spirit of Place). A plastered finish on masonry heaters allows for both a timeless feeling of tradition as well as an elegant modern look.
Masonry Heater Door Mounting Strategy
Part of a “How-To” Series: Discusses different methods of mounting and attaching metal doors to masonry.
Details for the Top of a Masonry Heater
Part of How-To Series: Details for connecting a masonry heater core to the chimney and insulating at the top of the heater.
Expansion Joints in Masonry Heater Construction
Part of How-To Series: Describes how to install an expansion joint between the core and facing of a custom masonry heater.
Lost Creek Masonry Heater Completed!
This masonry heater features a “white†oven, ample wood-storage options, and a heated bench. The heater is faced with Idaho Bitter Root Ledge Stone, Sage Ledge Stone and the slab details are Pennsylvania Blue Stone. It serves as a visual focal point, as furniture, and as a resilient energy source for the home!