Complex flue paths draw heat from the exhaust of a fire, making more efficient use of a load of fuel. Maren Cooke relaxes on the heated bench of her masonry heater which also features hidden piping ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maine Wood Heat, makers of artisanal wood-fired ovens, mobile wood-fired ovens, pizza ovens and masonry heaters was founded in 1976 and is owned by Albie & Cheryl Barden and their son Scott. For more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...