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Author:   Ken Matesz ,  Albie Barden
Publisher:   Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Imprint:   Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Dimensions:   Width: 20.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9781603582131

ISBN 10:   1603582134
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   07 September 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword / Albie Barden Introduction : What is a masonry heater? Part 1. Redefining the Hearth The hearth is the resaon for the house A brief history of fire and hot rocks in North America Thermal comfort : The vertical radiant advantage Benefits of masonry heaters Part 2. Designing a Piece of the Sun Location Design options Heating requirements of the house Part 3. Building a Piece of the Sun The inner life : Cores and flues Codes, clearances, footers, and foundations Part 4. Living with a Piece of the Sun Fuel to burn Using a masonry heater, bakeoven, and cookstove Masonry heater maintenance Appendices A. Resources B. R-values of common building materials C. Elevation and outside design temperatures for various cities D. Heating degree days of various cities

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When I travel in the Northern states of the U.S.--particularly New England, where most people depend on heating with oil--I fear for these millions of folks for whom depleting, climate-changing fossil fuels are all that stand between winter comfort on one hand, and death by freezing on the other. Masonry Heaters explores one of the most promising alternatives, and its message needs to get out far and wide, and fast. --Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute and Author of The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies

This book is a joy! Ken Matesz guides us on a clear path through the woods to getting an heirloom masonry heater, and offers invaluable information on why we should want to traverse it. Readers will learn about many more things than just masonry heaters along the journey, however, including how their house works (or should work), and how to have their own radiating energy source at its center--including exactly what it takes to get their masonry heater designed, built, and burning. Not to mention some wonderful stories of the people who have made masonry heaters a part of their lives! May the sun shine on this book. --<strong>Timothy Seaton, President, The Alliance of Masonry Heater and Oven Professionals</strong></p>

When I travel in the Northern states of the U.S.--particularly New England, where most people depend on heating with oil--I fear for these millions of folks for whom depleting, climate-changing fossil fuels are all that stand between winter comfort on one hand, and death by freezing on the other. Masonry Heaters explores one of the most promising alternatives, and its message needs to get out far and wide, and fast.--Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute and Author of The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies

Author Information

Ken Matesz first learned about masonry heaters in the early 1980s, built his first one in the early 1990s, and opened the Masonry Heater Store after the turn of the new century. Matesz's first solo heater project in 1994, a Finnish-style heater in his own home, gave his family heating energy independence. Now with this new book, he hopes to show many others how they can achieve the same freedom and a better standard of living using this simple but elegant way of heating. He lives in Ohio.

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