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Thanks to Tom and April Dougherty for the photos.
Click on the photos for a larger version.
Send me an email (mheat(at)heatkit.com) if you want a high res version of your photo.
dug up on-site by Marcus Flynn
a report on Marcus's Russian trip will be online soon
New York Times
by Norbert Senf
Moscow, May 12 - 24, 2009
Heater/Fireplace Combo by Alex Batsulin, Russia
Thanks to Marcus Flynn for hosting the content.
Step-by-step photo sequence
First Big Stove Project
Liam Davenport built this with help from his dad, William
Alex Chernov visits Lopez Labs with his new Condar emissions sampler.
Mason: Richard Dakin
Architect: Phillip van Horn
Oven Design Consulting: Norbert Senf
Martin Luther's room, Wartburg, Germany (16th C.)
Unfinished, but structurally sound Guastavino vaulted staircase.
St. Lawrence Basilica, Asheville, North Carolina.
Additional photos, from the 1998 MHA Meeting
from Igor Kuznetsov (4 Mb .AVI file)
Structural steel detail. Under construction, June 8/09
Elmore Mountain Bread, Vermont.
Well worth a click ---ed.
updated June 2/09
Ksenia Chumakova is an architect recently graduated from Cornell University.
She is actively interested in masonry heaters, and attended Wildacres 2009.
She recently visited MHA's David Lyle document collection,
hosted here at Masonry Stove Builders in Shawville, Quebec.
In the photo, Ksenia is checking out the first Canadian double skin contraflow heater, built nearby in 1981.
Reclaimed brick and thin lime mortar joints.
by Marcus Flynn
French Basque Country
by Marcus Flynn
Available in the MHA Members' Lounge
City of Montreal
A live report from Spain, by Marcus Flynn
by Marcus Flynn
Heater Masons
Joel Dick and I visited with Alex Chernov and his apprentice, Sergei.
They
were working on a project 2 minutes around the corner from ours, in Chelsea, Quebec. March 17/09
Priced "delivered and installed" in the Toronto area
Design based on Alex's 2007 Wildacres workshop
by Alex Chernov
by Marcus Flynn
by Marcus Flynn
by Marcus Flynn
-check out the cool door closing system
by Kiko Denzer
University of Portland, May 3rd, 2009
by Paul Hawken
Thanks to Andre Fauteux, editor of Maison du 21e Siecle, for making the most recent
definitive inquiry to the Ministry.
Fairbanks Daily News Miner, May 12/0
North Country Sustainable Energy Fair, April 24/09
Damper experiments with a contraflow heater.
Can we eliminate the chimney damper and replace it with a cold air bypass?Updated on March 14/09
Tips and tricks from William Davenport on the shiner facing method
he has developed
A lively round table discussion, updated on Aug 17/08
with comments by Lars Helbro
by Alex Chernov
by William Davenport
Rear white oven, domestic hot water coil, front heated bench, 12" extra height.
Core assembled by home-owner, eastern Washington. Client's progress photos, March 25/09
"Finnish Style Masonry Heaters" is the name of a 120 hour training course for qualified professional masons,
organized by the Quebec government construction training office. Masons are paid wages to attend the course.
Thanks to Tristan Lebreton for the report.The kit heater being assembled is manufactured in Quebec by Foyers Feuvert, a new MHA voting member.
Concept by William Davenport
Seen for sale in Lille Bradeie, France
photo by Marcus Flynn
by Norbert Senf
updated on January 30/09
Powerpoint presentation
by Alexander Batsulin
(compare with traditional Russian oven plans -- ed)
by Alex Chernov
"...The Austrian government has recently announced subsidies of EU €100 million to help householders and companies make the switch to wood-powered heating systems."
Thanks to MHA TechCom member Ron Pihl for helping to make this happen
Renewable Energy World.Com
West Chester, Pennsylvania
See page 87 and 88 "Masonry wood burning fireplace - best practice"
Wildacres 2009 - - Hands-On Workshop
with: Norbert Senf and Eric Moshier
by Norbert Senf
a discussion from the Yahoo MHAmembers list
by Marcus Flynn
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
authored by John Gulland
by Norbert Senf
by Marcus Flynn
Small high output, high efficiency Gymse heater
developed by Lars Helbro
Lars will be giving a presentation and leading a hands-on workshop at Wildacres 2009"Here in Denmark, those builders who never test their heaters are also the ones that build the most complicated stoves"
Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Chawton, England
photo by Tom Trout
by Marcus Flynn
John Rousseau's travel blog
by Marcus Flynn
by Marcus Flynn
New York Times, April 15, 2009
by Tom Reed, E. Anselmo and K. Kirchner
with Doug Hargrave and Tulikivi representatives
Hands On workshop #3 – Wildacres 2009
(ed note: 85% efficiency, using the European definition (HHV),
equals approx. 75% efficiency, using the North American definition (LHV).)
November 7, 2008
Frederik Stevenson teaches in the Heritage Masonry program at Algonquin College in Perth, Ontario.
He is a highly regarded authority on lime and on masonry restoration.
This page last updated on February 27, 2010
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