Another important benefit of masonry heaters is that you don't need to add fuel continually. In most cases, you can burn a ...

The Walker Stove combines the best features of a rocket mass heater, a masonry heater, and a wood stove. It utilizes the unique burn chamber of a rocket mass heater to completely burn the fuel.

In the past two weeks I’ve written about wood stoves and pellet heating. This week I’ll focus on another way to burn wood cleanly and efficiently: using a masonry heater. A masonry heater, also called ...

FAIRBANKS - How is wood burning different in a masonry heater than in a regular wood stove? A: A masonry heater is designed to burn a large amount of wood in a short amount of time at extremely ...

Q–We have a fireplace in our home that we never use. The reason why is it is a wood-burning fireplace and it’s a pain to deal with. My husband wants us to look into something called a masonry ...

Most homes contain only one heating system. Richard Fenner has four. Fenner, a builder and mason since he was a teenager and now a general contractor specializing in fireplaces, is building a heat ...

During the winter, it’s warmed by a specially engineered masonry heater, a wood stove that radiates heat for 24 hours after a single, hour-long burn. This device, developed through two years of ...

SUMMIT COUNTY ” The Town of Silverthorne this week approved the use of masonry heaters in homes but has not yet approved the use of pellet stoves ” a wood-burning device that may be even more ...

The one drawback to this heater is that here in the mountains we have inversions frequently the year ’round. If the temperature is over 40 degrees and we have an inversion this stove won’t draw.

Our stove uses heat-capture principles from masonry heaters. The intense heat from exhaust is absorbed by a large thermal mass, typically stone and refractory products.

SILVERTHORNE ” The Town of Silverthorne may allow masonry-fireplace installations in homes, despite worries over emissions caused by wood-burning devices. Due to air-quality concerns in the ...