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May 19, 2013

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MHA Offers Classes on Masonry Heaters

2013 Wildacres Auction Raised $14,045.00 - Donors List

MHA Board of Directors
2011 - 2013:

Dan Givens President
Marty Pearson Vice President
Ron Pihl Secretary
Doug Hargrave Treasurer 
Eric Moshier Member at large

Chris Prior

Member at large
   

Dick Smith, Executive Director
Norbert Senf, Webmaster

2013 MHA Auction at Wildacres Raised $14,045.00 !

List of Donors


Fluke Thermal Imaging at Wildacres 2013


Combustion Testing at Wildacres 2013

Harbison Walker Handbook of Refractory Practice


Contraflow heater by Colin Coveny

Kingston Frontenac stone with calcium oxide mortar

EPA Webinar video available

The May 9, 2013 webinar with Gil Wood of EPA regarding the new NSPS (New Source Performance Standards) is online. It was sponsored by Alliance for Green Heat and Biomass Thermal Energy Council

Wildacres Draft Photo Report

Austrian three-skin heater report.


Photo by Luis Wegscheider

48" Adobe Pizza Oven

by Pat Manley and Marty Pearson

Aki and Aussie putting shrimps on the barbie

Thanks to Dan Givens for the photo.
Aki Yoshimizu is a house builder from Tokyo, Japan.
Fiona Kotvojs is an international development coordinator from Australia, who came with her husband, Alan Burdon.
A record 10 countries were represented at Wildacres this year.


North American Single Skin Heater

Coming soon

Fluke Thermal Imaging at Wildacres

Check back for report
Click for larger image with more people
Thanks to Mike Wurzbacker and Adam Buursma for doing the imaging

WA Attendee List for Wildacres 2013

Headline Event for Wildacres 2013:

Wildacres 2013 Event Information

Webinar with Gil Wood, EPA  1:00 - 2:00 PM EST, Thursday, May 9, 2012

How can the NSPS encourage and not discourage new technologies that may be cleaner and more efficient, but have difficulty with approved test methods? What lessons have we learned from the existing NSPS and EPA voluntary programs? Register for the May 9 webinar to begin discussion


MHA Project at Navaho Reservation, Bluff, Utah

from: Matt Helicke


Construction of a Modern Kachelofen

Thanks to Boris Kukolj for the link


Levain video from Polestar Hearth in Guelph, ON

Bakery Fire


Adobe Bell Heaters in Argentina


New nominee to head EPA stresses need for clean cookstoves

EPA Changes Strategy Again

Will now phase in stricter standards for biomass stoves and boilers

Task Group begins work to include wood heaters in energy audits

Workshop In Slovakia

July 15 - 20, 2012
with Tom Trout, Johannes Riesterer and Vladimir Institoris


Kuznetsov workshop in Lithuania


Heaters by Slovak stove-builder Marian Ozabal

Interesting heaters and cookstoves, built with information from Marcus Flynn's Pyromasse site.


Artisanal Brickmaking in Argentina

by John Alejandro Santiago
Note chimney exit at top of door vault - this a bell type kiln

Pro Outdoor Boiler Bill Defeated in Utah

European car manufacturers manipulating efficiency figures

Exploit loopholes in EU law to achieve 25% to 50% higher results

Two storey heater by Alex Chernov
Two Storey Heater by Alex Chernov

Humor Department:
Outdoor boilers cleaner than wood stoves, boiler lobby tells Utah legislators


Bark up or Down? Firewood Splits Norwegians

New York Times


Fairbanks area chokes on wood stove pollution

Los Angeles Times

Vitalcommunities.org
Lopis Oven Building Sequence

Thanks to Kiko Denzer for the link to the Orchard Hill Bakery Picasa album


Kachelofen install

with Jessica Steinhauser


Castillian Hypocausts

Thanks to Marcus Flynn for the link.. The design is basically unchanged from Roman times, 2,000 years ago.

Masonry heater by Eric Moshier
Custom Soapstone Heater by Eric Moshier

New SR-13 air frame door by Solid Rock Masonry


MHA at World of Concrete, Las Vegas


Four Simple Steps to Drying Firewood  --  US-EPA
Using a Moisture Meter   -- US-EPA

Still Smoking - Clean Up Your Act

Article by Ron Pihl for "Outside Bozeman" magazine


Popular Mechanics Article on Wood Stove Design Challenge

Brookhaven Lab to Participate in Wood Stove Decathlon in Washington, D.C.

Check out the 14 Wood Stove Design Challenge Finalists


MHA Website Statistics for Jan/13

Page views are up 23% compared to January 2012.
Special thanks to Max Edleson for leading the web site redesign

Masonry heater by Derek Lucchese
Teplushka by Derek Lucchese

Design and working drawings by Alex Chernov
Iron spot magnesite facing bricks

Commercial bread oven by Alex Chernov
Low Rise Commercial Bread Oven

by Alex Chernov

Woodstove Design Challenge at Brookhaven
Wood Stove Design Challenge at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Sketchup Seminar Added to 2013 MHA Meeting

Masonry Heater by Dale Demary
Heater by Dale Demary


NYSERDA Outdoor Boiler Study 
(executive summary)

Outdoor boiler PM emissions were 100 times higher than what you would get with a masonry heater (!)

NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority)
The full 350 page study including all the data is located here

masonry heater by Marcus Flynn
Takka-Bell Combination

by Marcus Flynn

Eight of the 32 Wood Stove Design Challenge entries are masonry heaters

Fairbanks borough can't enforce winter ban on open burning, attorney concludes

Fairbanks Daily Newsminer (forwarded by Dave Misiuk)


Observations 16 Years Later

by Marcus Flynn

guastavino staircase(click for larger verion)
Guastavino staircase

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC

Idle No More: Think Occupy, But With Deep Deep Roots

by Bill McKibben

Austrialia
Australia

The Carbon Neutrality of Biomass from Forests

World Bioenergy Association, Sweden

Most Popular Wildacres Pages

Which pages get linked around the web and become popular?

Rocket Bell heater by Peter van den Berg
The MHA Sketchup Page

Marcus Flynn article
Observations 11 Years Later

by Marcus Flynn


Burning Pellets in a Masonry Heater

by Dave Wilcox

Remembering Tom Pugh

"We just lost a friend" - Ron Pihl


Good Russian Stove Building Video

- this got a lot of disussion on the MHA Stove List recently

Fogo Island heater by Alex Chernov
Fogo Island heater by Alex Chernov

Maori ovens hold clues about the Earth

Bell Cookstove by Marcus Flynn
Bell Cookstove by Marcus Flynn

Paul Tiegs memorial
Paul Tiegs Memorial Gathering at OMNI-Test Laboratories

Photo story by Norbert Senf

Ovens by Pat Manley
 Pat Manley laid the foundation for some of Maine’s most iconic restaurants.

Heat Kit heater core by Brian Klipfel
Corner Contraflow with White Oven and Heated Bench

HeatKit core by Brian Klipfel. Stone facing by client.

triple bell heater by Boris Kukolj
Triple bell 2 storey heater by Boris Kukolj


Kuznetsov Workshop, Azgrad, Russia, Fall 2012

Masonry heater retrofit with Dave Misiuk
Masonry Heater Retrofit with Dave Misiuk

Cold Climate Housing Research Center

Paul TiegsIn Memoriam - Paul Tiegs

Dates for 2013 MHA Annual Meeting Announced

contraflow heater by Marcus Flynn
Contraflow heater by Marcus Flynn


Happy 80th, Jerry!

Heater Mason Education and Development Program (HMED)

Schedule for 2012

Wildacres 2012

Wildacres 2012 - Photo Report

Click photo for full sized image.


2012 MHA Design Contest Results

Swedish heater by Tom Trout and Glenn Overk
Swedish Heater by Tom Trout and Glenn Overk

Connecticut

Masonry Heater by Max Edleson and Dylan Boye
Custom heater by Max Edleson and Dylan Boye

Modifed portfolio contraflow with heated bench and grey oven

Larkin Refractory Supplies


Basket Insulation Technique for Ovens

by Kiko Denzer


Traditional Spanish Cookstoves

by Marcus Flynn

contraflow heater by marcus flynn
Contraflow Heater by Marcus Flynn

pierres steatites
New Soapstone Heater by Pierres Steatites

Peters Sidste
Remembering Peter Szalai

by Lars Helbro


Wildacres Powerpoint Presentation by John Ackerly,  president of Alliance for Green Heat

wildacres 2012
Photos from Wildacres 2012

by Dylan Boye

Bake Oven by Turtlerock Masonry at King Arthur Flour
Bake Oven at King Arthur Flour, by Turtlerock Masonry

Bell cookstove by Marcus Flynn
Bell Cookstove by Marcus Flynn

New Study on Woodsmoke Finds Fewer Health Effects


Teplushka built by Alex Batsulin and Marcus Flynn

Russian cooking video (Russian pancakes)

oven by Max Edleson
Oven in Bali

by Max and Eva Edleson

New MHA Masonry Heater Blog

double skinned teplushka
Double Skinned Teplushka by Alex Batsulin

Masonry heater by Dale Demary
Recent heater by Dale and Andre Demary


Russian oven build at people's festival

by Alex Batsulin


Update from Japan

by Hikari Fukazawa

Bell cookstove by Marcus Flynn
Bell Cookstove by Marcus Flynn


Double Bell Heater by Boris Kukolj


Jean Talon, Miller

by Marcus Flynn


Pizza Oven by Canadian Kachelofen

More photos of recent projects

KMSC (Kachelofen Masonry-heater School of Canada) now has two certified graduates

1 - Edith Kiesling, 2 - Adrienne Duke

Pizza oven by Alex Chernov
Outdoor Community Oven at Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto

by Alex Chernov


Traditional Ovens in Prunet, France

by  Marcus Flynn

Riding a Russian Rocket

by Alex Chernov
Comments by Max Edleson


How to Light a Fire in Your Oven

by Kiko Denzer


Building on a Hot Idea


5-Run Heater w. heated bench, by Max and Eva Edleson

Contraflow heater by Marcus Flynn
Contraflow Heater by Marcus Flynn

Recycled brick

5 run masonry heater by Steve Bushway
5 Run Heater by Steve Bushway

Rear oven, recycled brick

How to build a Vibrating table on a budget


Masons on a Mission

Pat Manley sent photos from 2007 - 2010
You can help
by donating money for the materials to build a stove for a family. It costs about $150. Simply contact Pat.


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