Masonry Heater Hardware For Less

[qwee]

Last time I checked an oven door was over $500, and so was a main door. One could buy a wood stove just for the cost of a masonry heater's doors. Max Edleson of Firespeaking is trying to bring the costs down. This is much more reasonable (around $200+) for the Do-It-Yourselfer.

If river rock or common brick used for the outer material, the major cost will be the firebrick. Or one could make the insides from a kit (large pieces). He is selling masonry heater kits - I wonder how affordable they are? Maybe the DIY'er could construct one for roughly the cost of a good wood stove.

He also has hardware for a cabin stove. This is a smaller simpler masonry heater that has a cook top. I think it is a single skin design - so might not be allowed in some areas (double layers are allowed). Good for a cabin - so called the cabin stove.

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www.firespeaking.com

 

[qwee]

He says this cabin stove is a cross between a rocket mass heater and a masonry heater. I think the top metal part comes from Germany. This part is in the fire and has to expand precisely in order to not crack and not allow any gas leakage. One could plaster a thin second skin over the bricks for better looks and to make it double layered (so it meets code requirements).

https://www.firespeaking.com/cabin-stove/

 

[max_firespeaking]

@qwee, thank you so much for the pitch! Indeed, we have been working hard to make masonry heater hardware accessible. Here's a link to our full catalog of products for folks to check out:
https://www.firespeaking.com/hardware/