Masonry heaters

[oldtrapper]

Did you notice this item (plan portfolio) on the MHA site?

http://www.mha-net.org/bookstore/

[rockinlog]

Did you notice this item (plan portfolio) on the MHA site?

http://www.mha-net.org/bookstore/

thanks old trapper!

[oldtrapper]

;-{>8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPqDKpmcJUI

[rockinlog]

cool video old trapper! i might just purchase the full length dvd and i guess it would make sense to have this m/h against an exterior wall to make loading of firewood a cleaner job thanks again!

[jrdavis]

Got the book.
Got the video and now ... a youtube video..
AWESOME!

I believe that he has even build using the LHBA methods too.

[loghousenut]

;-{>8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPqDKpmcJUI

Somehow I was never sold on the idea til this video. For 30 years I have toyed with the idea but never wished I had a concrete pad that would support it til now. I think it might be the idea of the outside door to load and start the fire that got me. I must have seen the idea before but somehow it never hit me til now.

This is a good idea for those of us who can work fast and hard enough to get it done.

[loghousenut]

I meant to say "those of you"...

[slamasha]

My dad has built a masonry heater in his log cabin from bricks. It is a hybrid: also works as a stove and has a fireplace. Masonry heater is a way to generate heat in every older house in Russia. The typical heater is a multi-purpose structure which also takes quite a bit of a space. Besides the stove, there is a bench (the temperature there is warm enough to have a bed in there). So, in older times families had children or older folks ("babushka's" and "dedushka's") sleeping on heater benches. I used to sleep myself on a bench of a masonry heater -- it is very comfortable and warm, especially in cold weather. Here is how a typical Russian masonry heater/stove looks like:

[thoner7]

Has anyone ever built a stove like the one in that guys video?

[oldtrapper]

Thanks slamasha, that is soooo cool.

Thoner, that heater is Tom's own design. He sells complete instructions. Oh yeah, and no I haven't built that one.