One of the big decisions we had to make when we were planning our new off grid home was what kind of heat we were going to have? We pretty much eliminated anything that would require electricity such ...

In the past two weeks I’ve written about wood stoves and pellet heating. This week I’ll focus on another way to burn wood cleanly and efficiently: using a masonry heater. A masonry heater, also called ...

FAIRBANKS - How is wood burning different in a masonry heater than in a regular wood stove? A: A masonry heater is designed to burn a large amount of wood in a short amount of time at extremely high ...

Upstate New York is known for brutal winters, but sometimes beauty and creativity can be born from harsh conditions. That’s the case in snowy Buffalo, where a new café prompts us to rethink how we ...

Masonry heater core and wall. Today I’ll be discussing construction styles, not channel layouts or firebox designs, but here I will give a brief overview of some ways that masonry stove durability has ...

Amid rising gas and electricity costs, many people are looking for creative ways to stay warm without hefty bills or environmental impacts. The Amish, who have lived off-grid for generations, have ...

SUMMIT COUNTY ” The Town of Silverthorne this week approved the use of masonry heaters in homes but has not yet approved the use of pellet stoves ” a wood-burning device that may be even more ...

Chilled and wet, they found comfort in the building’s masonry heater, drying their clothes on it and curling up against it to read. Warm as toast: Heavenly Heat Masonry Heaters is Australia’s sole ...

A café in upstate New York has an innovative means of keeping its customers cozy. It features a masonry heater with a flue that runs horizontally and doubles as a bench. The building can apparently be ...

With the price of oil hovering around $90 a barrel, heating a home in the frigid months can daunt even the hardiest of Vermonters. Enter William Davenport, a 33-year-old mason who builds ...

SILVERTHORNE ” The Town of Silverthorne may allow masonry-fireplace installations in homes, despite worries over emissions caused by wood-burning devices. Due to air-quality concerns in the 1980s and ...