I also studied “ The Book of Masonry Stoves: Rediscovering an Old Way of Warming ” by David Lyle, and “ Living Homes: Stone Masonry, Log, and Strawbale Construction ” by Thomas J. I recommend anyone trying to do these, to do additional homework before attempting any of this. A lot of this is hard to even put into words, because this style of heating is unique, and even more unique as I built the heaters my self. I have been been one of those avid readers that does not provide very much input, but I have some useful “how-to” information on heating your house in the temperate climate. If it weren't the middle of winter and about 0 degrees outside, I'd be out in the dooryard re-arranging my collection of used bricks and experimenting.Thanks for the blog. But inside they are fundamentally different - and vastly more flexible in design. Kuznetsov's designs look the same on the outside. Traditonal Russion stoves are pretty demanding to build - takes strict attention to dimensions, proportions and such. The English translations can be kind of fractured, and I found most of the diagrams hard to follow. Certainly worth investigating if you are interested.īut be warned - Kuznetsov's site is not for the faint of heart. And he is a big believer in what he calls the 'self-build principle' which we would translate as 'do-it-yourself.' I don't think it would cost a fortune to build a modest version of one of these things.
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His website is full of essays, pictures and plans. It looks to me like your interest in a combination masonry heater/boiler is eminently 'do-able.' The Russian Stove guy Igor Kuznetsov apparently has built many such combination units - heater/cookstove/boiler/bake oven/fireplace/fish and meat smoker.all in one unit. I don't know the price tag on these things(don't think want to) but if they are selling many of them then I am sure they have a lot of $ for RD. Modeling something after this might work for a real do it yourselfer, but I think things could get complicated.
In the Pdf below they say about 50% of the heat energy is diverted to the hot water circuit. It seems like they are claiming 6-12 Kw-say 20 to 40k btu for this integrated exchanger. I just have not been able to find a lot of info on this subject, but here is a link I found interesting: If one could heat say a kitchen/dining/living room area with a masonry heater after pulling enough btu's away to store and use to heat the extremities of the house, then I think this could work well. I don't like that a floor plan is somewhat more limited though. No power needed, integrated oven and or cook surface. I really like the simplicity of how a masonry heater works. I have thought about a combination masonry heater/hydronic heater a bit. She will demand that you provide her with one in the livingroom! Show the wife those beautiful pictures of masonry heaters. If you wanted to warm up the garage so you could go out and do some task there, you'd have to plan 24hours ahead just to take the chill off. but also, masonry heaters are great at holding heat, but they don't respond very fast. Not only are the aesthetics wasted on the cars and tractors and such.
Masonry heater based around standard 2x2 flue tiles.Īctually - not that anybody asked me - you have to wonder about putting a masonry heater in a garage. Also some amazing beautiful pictures of stoves.Īlso definately worth consideration is Albie Barden's Masonry Heater for the Average Guy. This book has lots of interesting information about why chimnys work. If you have built one of these things, (or are in the process), can you tell lus the details? Post pictures This really is masonry stove building for the manually (and mentally) impaired - like me.
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