Bill and Athena Steen's blog is well worth a visit for fans of clay.
They authored the original Strawbale House Book.
and have extensive experience with clay and lime plasters and art.
The images above are from a recent workshop in Denmark.
Soon, they will be in Slovakia.
June 6/09
MHA announces publication of a suite of technical standards, in an effort towards establishing a voluntary
compliance program to allow EPA certification of masonry heaters and bake ovens.
These standards are currently in draft form, and are open for public comment.
Technical comments should be addressed to MHA Technical Committee Chair, Norbert Senf: mheat(at)mha-net.org
Proposed: Partnership Agreement Between The Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and (name of masonry heater builder or manufacturer)
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.
Corner Heater, finished by MHA member Colin Coveny
Eganville, Ontario
Wildacres People
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.
by Carsten Homstead
Heated bench and bake oven on opposite side.
Design based on Igor Kuznetsov's system
Heater Training for Registered Professional Masons in Quebec
"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.
Construction drawings for Wildacres/09 Five run soapstone/firebrick hybrid heater
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
