Stumbled upon a post mentioning my work

[Thee Jared]

As I was doing some research/relearning about building masonry heaters; I stumbled upon a thread on here regarding the first heater I built/lived with. This is the old thread.

I was surprised to see it and a little bummed I didn't participate in the conversation 8 or so years ago. I can say that the heater performed very well and was our only source of heat while we lived there (we sold the house in 2016). The house is located on a windy hill in North Dakota and even during the coldest parts of winter we remained comfortable.

My next heater will be very similar. I will probably resurrect the blog to chronicle our next homestead build (this coming spring).

 

[fire_man]

With our rapidly changing temperatures in the Northeast during the winter, I would imagine a masonry heater would just not work. Sometimes we get 10 degree days followed by 50 degree days and with the thermal inertia of a masonry heater it just seems like a bad fit in our climate.

I do like the concept, they sound like great heaters for the right climate.

 

[begreen]

Welcome Jared! Yes, old threads get closed and that was a 2014 thread. Looking forward to reading about the new heater and build!

 

[Thee Jared]

With our rapidly changing temperatures in the Northeast during the winter, I would imagine a masonry heater would just not work. Sometimes we get 10 degree days followed by 50 degree days and with the thermal inertia of a masonry heater it just seems like a bad fit in our climate.

I do like the concept, they sound like great heaters for the right climate.

It is true that once it’s heated up only time will cool it down. I remember a time or two late winter/early spring where we opened a couple windows to let cool air in.

 

[qwee]

Twelve acres and a dog - your photo sequence on your build was really good - the best photos I could find, actually. I studied them closely. Moreover, I obtained a building booklet from the Masonry Heater Association, gathered some stone & fire brick, and went to Las Vegas to assist in a MH build.

After this, I built a large one too. https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/mh-puzzling-together.155464/
It was fun, and I learned quite a bit. There is a place in Oregon that has started selling hardware at affordable prices, https://www.firespeaking.com/hardware/. I think it is from China, but he says he hasn't had any problems with it. Thanks for posting your build - it is hard to find information on masonry heater construction.

 

[Thee Jared]

Twelve acres and a dog - your photo sequence on your build was really good - the best photos I could find, actually. I studied them closely. Moreover, I obtained a building booklet from the Masonry Heater Association, gathered some stone & fire brick, and went to Las Vegas to assist in a MH build.

After this, I built a large one too. https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/mh-puzzling-together.155464/
It was fun, and I learned quite a bit. There is a place in Oregon that has started selling hardware at affordable prices, https://www.firespeaking.com/hardware/. I think it is from China, but he says he hasn't had any problems with it. Thanks for posting your build - it is hard to find information on masonry heater construction.

I will definitely be checking out that hardware link, thanks for sharing