Masonry stove

Over 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.

Learn to build your own low-cost, highly efficient masonry fireplace (also known as a masonry stove or Russian fireplace), plus masonry bread ovens and earth ovens.

These super-efficient fireplaces produce long-lasting, comfortable warmth with less wood, work, time, and worry.

The heart of a homestead is the hearth. And when our off grid family was making building decisions, the choice to have a masonry heater was the first one they made. Their masonry wood heater was a DIY project built from native limestone and includes a baking oven. It was built in the center of […]

Explore these top benefits of soapstone wood stoves, masonry heaters, and fireplaces, and choose the home heating option that best suits your needs.

About trying to build a small rocket mass heater that I could just put on my hearth and have the exhaust go up my chimney. . Im guessing if i make the burn chamber with firebricks it might be too big. Can i make the burn chamber out of cob?.

An explanation for why masonry heaters provide clean, steady, long-lasting radiant heat and how to incorporate them into your home.

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