Masonry Heaters.....Winter is coming
These I view as a type of Rocket mass heater, which we've talked about before. But, some of these are pretty cool.
"In a well-insulated home, a masonry heater will use 1/3rd (or much) less wood, than a home heated with an old-fashioned metal woodstove. A well-designed masonry heater can easily outperform almost all EPA-rated metal wood stoves. And like a wood stove, a masonry heater can exhaust through a metal flue pipe."
Comments
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Thanks for sharing. I had not heard of masonry heaters or stoves, but after looking at the pictures realized I had seen many before and just thought of them as general fireplaces by the looks of them. Very interesting
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Thanks for sharing this. I'd like to look into this some more.
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Thanks for sharing was not familiar with this type of heater.
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I have been looking for a different type of heating. I will check this out. Thanks
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Thank you for sharing @RustBeltCowgirl . I have a space heater in the living room and one of the two bedrooms has heat.
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@RustBeltCowgirl thanks for always sharing such interesting things. I have been wanting to add a heat source besides the boiler to my home. I was leaning towards a wood burning oven. I was thinking 2 birds one stone if the power goes out. Now I have some other things to consider.
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