by Jim Frisch, Western Masonry Inc. Modification of existing fireplace and floor framing, custom corner bell heater with heated bench. Click on the link to see the second and third place winners 2011 MHA Bakeoven Contest Winners 2011 MHA Masonry Contest Winner
by Marcus Flynn This municipality on Montreal island worked with a local homeowner to allow construction of a masonry heater in an "EPA certified only" zone.
Masonry Heater Owner will run for Provincial Parliament in Ontario
"A
happy masonry heater owner and newly appointed Provincial Energy Critic
for the Green Party of Ontario is running for Member of Provincial
Parliament." reports Alex Chernov Campaign site
MHA Attendees at 2011 World of Concrete, Las Vegas
Dick Smith writes:
The photo is from World of Concrete Expo that MHA just finished. There
was genuine interest and a lot of good questions asked by masons.
A
great big Thank You to Jerry Frisch, Jim Frisch, Derek Frisch, Pat
Frisch, Steve Bushway, John McDougall, Matt Helicke, and Jeff
Owens.
Kiko is an MHA member and author of "Build Your Own Earth Oven"
Stovemaster is looking for an apprentice
Alex
Chernov is looking for a person with good masonry skills located in or
willing to move to the North-West Greater Toronto Area. Interested
people should contact him by phone 416-708-8139 or email
<alex_stovemaster(at)yahoo.ca>
- eliminates use of "lower heating value", which will make it difficult to reach 75% efficiency requirement - "We
urge you to contact your member of Congress and ask them to restore the
30% tax credit for high efficiency wood and pellet stoves and boilers. " .. Alliance for Green Heat
Doug Hren
writes:
Saw this unique way to stack and ventilate a wood pile on a recent trip
to Finland.
(1) Throw it in a contained pile
(2) throw a tarp over the top that slopes away from the center
(3) make a hole in the center of the tarp with a vented roof/chimney
structure.
Stack was about 12 feet tall with wooden vent structure.
Woodpile
in Albany NY, submitted by Antoine Guerlain
Please
take the MHA Technical Committee's Heater Builder Survey.
The purpose is to find out the types of heaters most commonly built
by MHA heater masons. This information will help in the selection of
heaters for future testing.
"Here
are brief profiles of some of the activist web sites that call for bans
on wood burning. The objective here is not to harass them, but to learn
from their tactics and assess the quality of their arguments."
The workshop raised $2540.00 for MHA
Oct 28/09: Feedback from Chris Springer
Nov 1/09: Updated with preliminary test results
Outdoor Bake Oven and Rumford Fireplace by MHA Member Colin Coveny
Ontario (Owen Sound) limestone.
MHA Publishes Draft Technical Standards
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)
"The
potager takes its name from the word 'potage', soup, which was made on
most days in homes throughout France. Until the last war, many
households in France cooked upon an open fire and baked in a wood fired
oven..."
Waclaw Micuta, 1985. 97 pages
Practical survey of low-cost stoves worldwide - a classic
Excellent introduction to the basics of wood combustion and to cookstoves.
"Any
third-rate engineer can make a machine or a process more complex;
afterwards, it takes a first-rate engineer to make it simple again."
E.F. Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful, and a founder of ITDG/Practical Action
National Museum of Man, 1979, Ottawa.
This book started the modern brick oven bread scene in North America
Free Download Download as a single file (33 Mb)
Dick and I just finished this oven by his house today. The land across the lake is Ontario.
He was a good hod carrier...............Eric Moshier
Valeryi Pishulin, stove builder
Sergey Nesov, President of Moscow Stove Builders Association Marcus Flynn, stove builder (Montreal)
Vladimir Kochurin, Director of the Lipetsk Stove Building School.
Vladimir Liakhov, sauna specialist
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.
They recently completed a European tour with workshops in
Denmark, England, Estonia, Slovakia and France.
