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PROJECTS SORTED BY HEATER TYPE

Client Feedback back to index

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• COVE10: 2 heater cores, one with bakeoven. Stacked installation by MHA member Colin Coveny. Delivered on May 11/09.
  Finished heater 1, finished heater 2, finished heater 3 Client feedback, May 24, 2018
• 1511-DAVI: HK 22, bake oven, heated bench. Shipped to Moncton, New Brunswick, Nov 11 2015
  floorplan, Sketchup 3D rendering Client feedback
• 904-WHIT: HK 22, oven, heated bench. Shipped to Marquette, Michigan Sept 3/09.
  proposed modified footprint
• 1322-HEAD: HK 22 with oven, heated bench, wood box, slab on grade. Owego NY. Client picked up at out shop, September 16 2014
  Sketchup rendering heater with shiner facing, ready for thinstone veneer
  feedback from Scott Goodman, heater mason
• 1222-EDWA: HK 22, rear oven. Lake George, NY. Client picked up at shop at shop, June 15, 2013
  finished photo
  client feedback, Nov 24/13
• **Q29-KRAN: HK22 with oven. Owner built adobe earth sheltered home. Shipped to Kamploops, BC, Oct 28/05
  client feedback, Nov 26/13
• Q40-COOP: HK22 w oven. Lexington, VA. Client picked up at shop, Nov /2006.
  existing foundation
  update:October 28, 2013: Client called to order a new grate. Reports that he is heating a 4,000 sq. ft. new house in Virginia, with a single fire per day. Chimney is still clean, he has only ever burned dry wood.
• 914-BELL: HK 22, front oven, heated bench, slab on grade. Custom insulated bake oven door. Shipped to St. John's NF, May 20/09. Heater mason: MHA member Martin Palmer
  client's 3-D Autocad model
  Finished heater
  Client feedback, Nov 11/09
• **Q09-PRID:**HK 22. Bake oven, domestic hot water coil, heated bench. New off grid house, Midland, ON.
  Delivered and instaledl core, Sept. 13/05.
  preliminary footprint, revised June 2, revised August 26
  foundation plan
• 931-ROB3: HK 22, front oven, slab on grade. Shipped to Rolla, MO. Aug 21/09.
  proposed footprint
  client's truck picking up the core kit at the shippers, initial layout completed heater
  Client feedback
• 623-ARMS: HK22, rear oven, heated bench. Shipped to MA, Jan 5/07. Mason: Steve Bushway
• C-BRAC: HK 22 w. rear oven. Slab on grade. Warkworth, ON. Delivered and installed, Oct 13/04.
  rear view of core
  bench and chimney detail
  client feedback, July 24/09
• 738-SCALE: HK22, bake oven, heated bench, slab on grade. Napanee, ON. Delivered and installed, Dec 15/07
  footprint drawing. Finished in Kingston ledgerock (local sandstone).
  Client feedback
• 712-MILLD: HK22 w oven and coil. Juneau, Alaska. Shipped to Seattle. June 12/07
  client's footprint, elevation
  Client feedback
  Finished heater
• Q27-INTS: HK 22 w. bake oven. Custom heated bench. Slab on grade.
  Large strawbale house/studio - steel frame with strawbale infill.
  Architect: Laura Lee Intscher. Vestal, NY. Delivered and install core. Nov 23/05
  proposed footprint and elevation
  details for custom heated bench
  heated bench detail 1, detail 2, detail 3, detail 4, detail 5,
  Completed core, with mason Dale Demary and architect and owner Laura Lee Intscher
  View from house entry side
  Completed heater (Sept/06) Client's website with house details
  Client feedback (Nov 15/06)
• Q49-DUNC2: HK 22, domestic hot water coil. Slab on grade. Harrisville, Michigan. Delivered and installed, October 4/05
  Client's floorplan, photo of location
  proposed heater footprint, DHW coil location plan, elevation
  final heater footprint (Aug 1/05)
  installed core, finished heater
  client feedback
• Q30-JOHN: HK 22 w, rear oven. Builder: Kim Aaboe. Head of Jeddore, Nova Scotia. Shipped Sept 12/05.
  preliminary footprint
  completed heater (Dec/05). Mason: John Wallace, Chezzetcook, NS
  Client feedback finished house, finished heater front 1, front 2, rear 1, rear 2
  Additional client feedback on the bake oven (Feb 28/06)
• Q62-FRIS: HK22, bake oven. Shipped to New Windsor, NY. Nov 28/05.
  Client photo of existing fireplace, attic chimney
  proposed footprint
  Client's photo essay on the complete project
• Q30-JOHN: HK 22 w, rear oven. Builder: Kim Aaboe. Head of Jeddore, Nova Scotia. Shipped Sept 12/05.
  preliminary footprint
  completed heater (Dec/05). Mason: John Wallace, Chezzetcook, NS
  Client feedback
• Q47 -KEL2: HK22, domestic hot water coil. Plattsburgh NY. Delivered and partially installedl core, October 25/05.
  Mason: Dan Pike
  Client's floorplan
  A day in the life.
• C-CENT: HK-22 w. oven, heated bench, wood storage. Deliver and install core, Waterloo, ON. July 31, 2003.
  Client floorplan, plan, elevation, perspective
  heater rendering
  metal chimney anchor plate detail
  Client feedback, Dec 3/04
• C-DUNCK: HK 22, hot water. Slab on grade. Delivered and installed to Michigan, May 12/04
  Concept
  proposed footprint.
  Completed core
  Construction progress photo, June 10/04
  Finished photo1, photo2, Dec 3/04
  Client feedback, Dec 3/04
• C-KING: HK-22 with oven and domestic hot water coil. Strawbale house, Wakefield, Quebec.
  Core delivered and installed, Oct 1/02
  Finish mason: Udo Kohrmann.
  Building the core. Udo Kohrmann is on the left and Norbert Senf on the right.
  Client's slide show of building the core
  Client's slide show of finishing the heater
  Finished heater, rear view
  Client's slide show of semi-finished house Jan 5/05
  Client feedback
• C-PALM: 2 stacked Heat-Kit heaters. Upper level with bakeoven, heated bench and wood waiter from basement. Shipped to Pinedale, Wyoming, May 14/02.
  preliminary footprint , client sketch, revised footprint, rendering 1, rendering 2
  client feedback
• C-HANS:Client feedback
• Workshop feedback
• C-FAIR: HK22 with rear oven, hot water coil, front heated bench. Indian River, Michigan. Delivered and installed, June 26/03. Finish mason: Bob Goode.
  Foundation plan
  Completed core with dry heated bench layout.
  Client photo: facing progress rear, front
  Client feedback
• C-DUBI: HK-22, stone facing, summer home, North Bay, ON. Shipped Nov 7/02
  elevation, client elevation sketch
  Client's photo of finished heater, photo 2
  Client feedback
• C-TOPP: HK-22, Timberframe house, Sioux Lookout, ON, delivered and installed core, July 13, 2001
  layout proposal, elevation
  installed core
  Client feedback
• C-KELL: HK-22 core with oven, corner unit, installed, western New York state, June 21, 1999
  Client's preliminary layout sketch
  Dimensioned heater footprint
  Assembled core, before heated bench rough-in
  Completed heater, stonework done by the owners
  Client feedback
• C-PIER: HK-22, oven. Installed core, Rochester NY, November 7, 2001
  footprint
  client's photo of completed heater
  Client feedback
• C-GLAD: HK-22 core components with bakeoven, heated bench, Val-des-Monts, Quebec, Sept 10/98. For pickup, to be installed by mason Jim Mahon, Low, PQ.
  Client's sketch
  Elevation, plan, perspective
  Client feedback, photo of heater
• C-FIND: 2 stacked HK-22 cores, one with oven, Ohio. Picked up on June 21/99
  Photo of fnished upper level heater
  client feedback, client feedback 2
• C-BROD: HK-18 heater core with rear bakeoven, Colorado (Four Corners area)
  Photo of finished heater and client feedback
• C-GUNT: Heater with heated bench and cookstove. Client supplied CAD floorplan. Ship to Saint John, New Brunswick, September 21/98.
  Isometric model
  Plan
  Perspective
  Elevations
  Client feedback
• C-MUZY: HK-22 core with heated bench, oven, domestic hot water, extra water coil in upper chamber. Allegheny mountains, PA - Picked up June 28/99
  footprint,
  client feedback
• C-SIRO: Custom system, complete, retrofit, Aylmer, Quebec.
  Preliminary rendering
  Preliminary drawings
  New footprint
  Framing dimensions
  Finished heater
  Client feedback
• C-DERR: Custom system with Kachelofen, Rosin fireplace, cookstove. For MHA member Bill Derrick, Alternate Energy Systems, Peru, NY.
  Drawings, client feedback about bakeoven
  Completed system
• C-MCNE: HK-22 with bake oven, heated bench and domestic hot water. Heater has extra height to raise oven on kitchen side (sunken floor on loading door side)
  Preliminary footprint
  Client feedback
• C-WORR: HK-22 w. bakeoven, Middlebury, VT. Sold, installed and serviced by Bill Derrick, see MHA membership list)
  Client feedback
• C-MINK: HK-22, installed core, domestic bake oven, hydronic coil integrated into hydronic heating system in a low energy off-grid house.
  Client feedback.

Interesting Footprints back to index

• Q52-HEAG: HK22 corner unit, front oven. Val des Monts, Quebec. Deliver and install, October/05
  Client's floorplan, section, elevation
  proposed footprint (July 18/05)
  proposed corner footprint (Aug 1/05), revised Sept 1/05
  Architect's rendering
• Q42-WALT: HK22 w. oven, heated bench. Slab on grade. New strawbale house. Norwood, ON. Architects: Dwell Design (905-376-3902). Deliver and install core, summer 2005
  architects footprint and elevations, floorplan
• C-KING: HK-22 with oven and domestic hot water coil. Strawbale house, Wakefield, Quebec.
  Core delivered and installed, Oct 1/02
  Finish mason: Udo Kohrmann.
  Building the core. Udo Kohrmann is on the left and Norbert Senf on the right.
  Client's slide show of building the core
  Client's slide show of finishing the heater
  Finished heater, rear view
  Client's slide show of semi-finished house Jan 5/05
  Client feedback
• C-KELL: HK-22 core with oven, corner unit, installed, western New York state, June 21, 1999
  Client's preliminary layout sketch
  Dimensioned heater footprint
  Assembled core, before heated bench rough-in
  Completed heater, stonework done by the owners
  Client feedback
• C-WARF: Corner heater, rear oven, heated bench, 2 extra flues
  heater layout
• C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, bake oven, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
  Layout and bench connection diagram
  Rendering of heater finish.
  Finished heater, Jan/05
• C-BLOM: HK22 core components, hot water coil, 2000 sq. ft. strawbale house, to be shipped to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
  client floorplan, proposed heater footprint
• C-HELD: HK-22, oven, heated bench, domestic hot water, woodwaiter. Installed core, southern Vermont, July 23, 2001. Mason is William Davenport
  plan, elevation, perspective 1, perspective 2
  Finished heater
  drawing set (150 Kb. Word doc)
• C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
  Layout and bench connection diagram
  Rendering of heater finish.
• C-ISOB: HK-22 with oven, woodbox,. Metal chimney. Danford Lake, Quebec. Mason: Norbert Senf
  perspective rendering, revised plan and elevation
  face brick layout, chimney connection detail, detail, John Price "Jefferson" brick with "struck" style mortar joint.
  anchor plate location, anchor plate transition detail, finished anchor plate, sliding damper detail
  finished heater - stainless chimney will sit on top of woodbox
• C-ZABE: HK-22 core, modified for curved heater. Ohio.
  Plan
  Photo of similar heater, built in Dunrobin, Ontario
• C-KETC: complete custom heater with compact cooktop. Angled sidewalls, channel reconfigured for top chimney exit. Domestic hot water coil tied in to solar panels, bakeoven on kitchen side. Off grid, engineered low energy house designed by Allen-Kani Associates, Toronto. Unoccupied and with only solar gain, the lowest winter temperature recorded inside was 12C. Mason: Norbert Senf
  3-D Schematic of house
  View of house from front
  Second view of house
  View of 600 W. photovoltaic array and Caledon hills
  View of masonry heater
  View from kitchen side showing masonry heater with brick bakeoven and woodfired Wamsler cooktop and oven Floorplan, sketch of heater footprint and layout
• C-RAMU: HK-22 w. oven and heated hearth, Gambier Island, British Columbia, fall 2000. Henry Yorke Mann, architect. Shipped Sept. 2/00
  architect's sketch
  Photos of completed house
• C-ROY: Custom round heater, using Heat Kit core
  Client's sections, elevations
• C-POTE: HK-22 core, custom facing. Sustainable house, designed by Ecostruct, Pueblo, Colorado. Shipped Oct 4/02.
  client's floor plan, elevation, preliminary footprint
  heated bench section
  master layout drawing for custom curved bench and facing
  firebox door detail, bakeoven door detail
  house construction photos
• C-KIMM: 2HK-22 cores,one oven, heated bench, water coil, seismic specs, Idaho. 5000 sq. ft. strawbale house. Supply components and consult on structural design. Mason is Kim Wilde. Shipped May 10/99.
  Section
  Foundation reinforcing plan
  Cantilevered slab and first floor heated bench layout
  Finished heater

Front Bakeoven back to index

• C-MUZY: HK-22 core with heated bench, oven, domestic hot water, extra water coil in upper chamber. Allegheny mountains, PA - Picked up June 28/99
  footprint, revised footprint
• C-JENK: HK-22 with bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Shipped to Lookout Mtn, Georgia, October 19, 1999.
  Original design (before flipping), footprint, foundation plan,
  heated bench construction plan
• C-MART: Installed HK-22 core with bakeoven, heated bench, 10" extra height. Ladysmith, Quebec. April 15/99
  Heater location - octogonal room
  Far rear right chimney connection detail for minimum height
  Unusual front bench detail, slab on grade, no insulating base pad
  Finished core
• C-BELI: HK-22, domestic bakeoven
  Plan view Rendering
• C-HARR: Heater with plastered facing, bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Elizabeth White, architect. Saltpring Island, B.C. Shipped May 26, 1999.
  Preliminary design
• C-SMIT: 2 stacked heaters, complete system, Shawville, PQ. Starting date, November 15, 1999
  Schematic (elevation), footprint (plan), downstairs view from rec room, upstairs view from kitchen,
  Watch this heater being built.
• C-SCHE: HK-22 with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil. To be built by mason Jim Mahon, Wakefield, Quebec. April 2000.
  Client's layout sketch
• C-MAIS: HK-22, complete system for off-grid house,
  5 loaf bakeoven, DHW coil
  custom chimney, stone and plaster facing
  Plan view Rendered view
  Finished heater

Rear Bakeoven back to index

• Q30-JOHN: HK 22 w, rear oven. Builder: Kim Aaboe. Head of Jeddore, Nova Scotia. Shipped Sept 12/05.
  preliminary footprint
  completed heater (Dec/05). Mason: John Wallace, Chezzetcook, NS
  Client feedback finished house, finished heater front 1, front 2, rear 1, rear 2
  Additional client feedback on the bake oven (Feb 28/06)
• C-KELL: HK-22 core with oven, corner unit, installed, western New York state, June 21, 1999
  Client's preliminary layout sketch
  Foundation plan, revised plan
  Dimensioned heater footprint
  Assembled core, before heated bench rough-in
• C-BROD: HK-18 heater core with rear bakeoven, Colorado (Four Corners area)
  Photo of finished heater and client feedback
• C-ERNS: Corner heater with bakeoven, domestic hot water, heated benches. Eco-tourism lodge, Alberta. To be shipped January 15/99
  preliminary footprint, footprint 2, footprint 3, footprint 4, final footprint
• C-KETC: complete custom heater with compact cooktop. Angled sidewalls, channel reconfigured for top chimney exit. Domestic hot water coil tied in to solar panels, bakeoven on kitchen side. Off grid, engineered low energy house designed by Allen-Kani Associates, Toronto. Unoccupied and with only solar gain, the lowest winter temperature recorded inside was 12C.
  View of house from front
  Second view of house
  View of 600 W. photovoltaic array and Caledon hills
  View of masonry heater
  View from kitchen side showing masonry heater with brick bakeoven and woodfired Wamsler cooktop and oven
  Floorplan, sketch of heater footprint and layout
  3-D Schematic of house
• **C-ROSA:**HK-22 with rear bakeoven, core delivered and installed, Pocono mountains, PA. Trained local mason.
  Completed core

Heated Benches back to index

• 834-ARMA: - HK22, rear bake oven, heated bench. Addition to existing house, Syracuse, NY. Picked up at shop, Nov 8/08.
  basement plan, first floor plan
  heated bench diagram
• 1014-CSER: HK 22, corner unit, front oven, heated bench. Shipped to Kirkwood, Missouri, July 26/10
  client's layout sketch, rendering
• Q27-INTS: HK 22 w. bake oven. Custom heated bench. Slab on grade.
  Large strawbale house/studio - steel frame with strawbale infill.
  Architect: Laura Lee Intscher. Vestal, NY. Delivered and install core. Nov 23/05
  proposed footprint and elevation
  details for custom heated bench
  heated bench detail 1, detail 2, detail 3, detail 4, detail 5,
  Completed core, with mason Dale Demary and architect and owner Laura Lee Intscher
  View from house entry side
• Q44-GAUT: HK 22, details to follow. Strawbale house, Val-des-Monts, Qu�bec. Delivered and instaledl, September 27/05. Architect: Linda Chapman
  architect's foundation plan, heater footprint
  revised footprint, revised June 10/05
  completed core with roughed-in wraparound heated bench
  chamfered corner detail 1, detail 2, detail 3, detail4
  detail of recycled timeberframe
  light clay (leichtlehm) wall detail
• C-KING: HK-22 with oven and domestic hot water coil. Strawbale house, Wakefield, Quebec.
  Core delivered and installed, Oct 1/02
  Finish mason: Udo Kohrmann.
  Building the core. Udo Kohrmann is on the left and Norbert Senf on the right.
  Client's slide show of building the core
  Client's slide show of finishing the heater
  Finished heater, rear view
  Client's slide show of semi-finished house Jan 5/05
  Client feedback
• Q39- ANDR: HK22, rear oven, DHW coil, slab on grade. Custom heated bench on opposite side from chimney.
  400 sq. ft. addition to 1200 sq. ft. farmhouse, Prince Edward County, ON
  Delivered and installed core, Nov 2, 2005.
  room layout, proposed footprint, client's conceptual sketch
  Client's concept adapted to HeatKit dimensions (July 18/05)
  Completed core, view from kitchen side
  Instructions for custom heated bench on the opposite side from chimney (150 KB PDF file)
• C-NOLA: HK-22, oven, heated bench; Sustainable housing co-op, Ithaca, NY. Installed core, June 17, 2003.
  Project details
  heater plan,
  foundation plan
  John Zamkotowicz works on core
  Dry layout of heated bench
  Clay-lime plaster sprayed onto strawbale walls and trowelled
  Ithaca Ecovillage
• C-BRAC: HK 22 w. rear oven. Slab on grade. Warkworth, ON. Delivered and installed, Oct 13/04.
  rear view of core
  rear bench and rear chimney detail
• C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
  Layout and bench connection diagram
  Rendering of heater finish.
• C-FAIR: HK22 with rear oven, hot water coil, front heated bench. Indian River, Michigan. Delivered and installed, June 26/03. Finish mason: Bob Goode.
  Foundation plan
  Completed core with dry heated bench layout.
• C-POTT: HK-22 core, custom facing, curved heated bench.. Sustainable house, designed by Ecostruct, Pueblo, Colorado.
  client's floor plan, elevation, preliminary footprint
  heated bench section
• C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
  Layout and bench connection diagram
• C-GLAD: HK-22 core components with bakeoven, heated bench, Val-des-Monts, Quebec, Sept 10/98. For pickup, to be installed by mason Jim Mahon, Low, PQ.
  Client's sketch
  Elevation, plan, perspective
  Client feedback, photo of heater
• C-JENK: HK-22 with bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Shipped to Lookout Mtn, Georgia, October 19, 1999.
  Original design (before flipping), footprint, foundation plan,
  heated bench construction plan
• C-OLDH: HK 22 with rear oven, heated bench. Shipped to Kenosha, WI, Oct 03/03.
  Client's floor plan, foundation plan
  dimensioned footprint
  heated bench connection diagram
  Finished concept
• C-HAYM: HK-22, oven, heated bench, domestic hot water coil, soapstone facing.
  Kanata, ON. Installed Jan 14/03
  client's elevation sketch
  completed core
  heated bench rough-in, detail 1, detail 2
• C-MUZY: HK-22 core with heated bench, oven, domestic hot water, extra water coil in upper chamber. Allegheny mountains, PA - Picked up June 28/99
  footprint, revised footprint
• C-KIMM: 2HK-22 cores,one oven, heated bench, water coil, seismic specs, Idaho. 5000 sq. ft. strawbale house. Supply components and consult on structural design. Mason is Kim Wilde. Shipped May 10/99.
  Section
  Foundation reinforcing plan
  Cantilevered slab and first floor heated bench layout
  Finished heater
• C-ERDM: HK-22, core kit to be shipped to British Columbia. Domestic hot water coil, bakeoven, heated bench.
  Heated bench detail
• C-GUNT: Heater with heated bench and cookstove. Client supplied CAD floorplan. Ship to Saint John, New Brunswick, September 21/98.
  Isometric model
  Plan
  Perspective
  Elevations
• C-LIMO: HK-22 core w. oven. Remote chimney w. bypass, heated bench and wood storage. Shipped Nov. 3 1999
  Heater dimensions, layout
• C-HARR: Heater with plastered facing, bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Elizabeth White, architect. Saltpring Island, B.C. Shipped May 26, 1999.
  Preliminary design
• C-PECK: core kit, extra height, DHW, wraparound heated bench
  Plan view
• C-DEPE: Buckingham, Quebec. HK-22, installed core. Heated bench, domestic hot water. September 2/98.Foundation plan
  Revised footprint
• C-MAST: HK 22 w. heated bench. Plattsburgh, NY. Mason: Dan Pike.
  finished heater
• C-MART: Installed HK-22 core with bakeoven, heated bench, 10" extra height. Ladysmith, Quebec. April 15/99
  Heater location - octogonal room
  Far rear right chimney connection detail for minimum height
  Unusual front bench detail, slab on grade, no insulating base pad
  Finished core
• C-SIBE: HK-22 core with custom hydronic loop, wraparound bench. Deliver and install in southern PA, December 8/99.
  plan
  perspective view
• C-DERR: Custom system with Kachelofen, Rosin fireplace, cookstove. For MHA member Bill Derrick, Alternate Energy Systems, Peru, NY.
  Drawings, client feedback about bakeoven
  Completed system

Hot Water back to index

• Hydronic systems on the Gimme Shelter website
• location of domestic hot water coil in firebox
• Q49-DUNC2: HK 22, bake oven, domestic hot water coil. Michigan. Deliver and install, September/05
  Client's floorplan, photo of location
  proposed heater footprint, DHW coil location plan, elevation
• C-HELD: HK-22, oven, heated bench, domestic hot water, woodwaiter. Installed core, southern Vermont, July 23, 2001. Mason is William Davenport
  plan, elevation, perspective 1, perspective 2
  Finished heater
  Hot water connection photo
  drawing set (150 Kb. Word doc)
• C-WEBS: HK-22 w custom water coil. Haliburton, ON. Low energy house..
  Architect: Nathan Webster. Installed Sept 25/02
  House Systems Overview (Allen-Kani), 250Kb PDF file
  heater plan
  offset water coil photo 1, photo 2, photo 3,
  slab on grade outside air, photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
• C-CLAR: HK 22 w. oven, domestic hot water coil, heated bench. Installed core. Natural Bridge, NY. Oct 2, 2001
  coil detail
• C-DEPE: Buckingham, Quebec. HK-22, installed core. Heated bench, domestic hot water. September 2/98.
  Revised footprint
  coil installed in firebox
• C-KLEI02: Custom hydronic coil for Heat-Kit system. Gimme Shelter Construction, Wisconsin. Mark Klein, certified heater mason.
  Schematic, generic coil layout
• C-PAJO: Installed HK22 core with custom hydronic loop
  coil rendering, core rendering, heater footprint, heater isometric
• C-BURK: HK-22 core with custom hydronic setup. 4,000 sq. ft. strawbale house, Nova Scotia. Architect: Phillip Van Horn, mechanical engineers: Allen-Kani Associates. Shipped October 12, 1999.
  footprint,
  proposed new footprint,
  footer outline,
  heat exchanger detail
  coil
  heater front section with coil location
  photo of custom coil(shown with snifter valve in place for pressure test)
• C-MUZY: HK-22 core with heated bench, oven, domestic hot water, extra water coil in upper chamber. Allegheny mountains, PA - Picked up June 28/99
  footprint, revised footprint
• C-HARR: Heater with plastered facing, bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Elizabeth White, architect. Saltpring Island, B.C. Shipped May 26, 1999.
  Preliminary design
• C-JENK: HK-22 with bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Shipped to Lookout Mtn, Georgia, October 19, 1999.
  Original design (before flipping), footprint, foundation plan,
  heated bench construction plan
• C-PECK: core kit, extra height, DHW, wraparound heated bench
  Plan view
• C-MINK: HK-22, installed core, domestic bake oven, hydronic coil integrated into hydronic heating system in a low energy off-grid house.
  Client feedback.
• C-KETC: complete custom heater with compact cooktop. Angled sidewalls, channel reconfigured for top chimney exit. Domestic hot water coil tied in to solar panels, bakeoven on kitchen side. Off grid, engineered low energy house designed by Allen-Kani Associates, Toronto. Unoccupied and with only solar gain, the lowest winter temperature recorded inside was 12C.
  View of house from front
  Second view of house
  View of 600 W. photovoltaic array and Caledon hills
  View of heater
  View from kitchen side showing brick bakeoven and woodfired Wamsler cooktop and oven
  Floorplan, sketch of heater footprint and layout
• C-SUTH: Masonry heater for energy retrofit of existing house, Toronto. Basement heater with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil. Heater extends through first floor to provide an upstairs cooking surface. Allen-Kani Associates, architects/engineers. Spring 2000.
  originalconcept
  rendered core model
  Jan 7/00 revision, upstairs footprint
• C-ERNS: Corner heater with bakeoven, domestic hot water, heated benches. Eco-tourism lodge, Alberta. To be shipped January 15/99
  footprint
  Finished heater
• C-MAIS: HK-22, complete system for off-grid house,
  5 loaf bakeoven, DHW coil
  custom chimney, stone and plaster facing
  Plan view Rendered view
  Finished heater

Corner Heater back to index

• 1006-ANDRA: HK 22, front oven, corner option, heated bench. Shipped to Maryland, March 31, 2010.
  Client's layout drawing
  Client's full scale cardboard model
  Revised drawings, including foundation
• **C-BROO: HK 22 corner unit with rear bakeoven. Strawbale house, Linda Chapman, architect.
  Installed core, Merrickville, ON. May 20/04. Finishing mason: John McDougall
  footprint
  construction photo,house interior detail
• 1014-CSER: HK 22, corner unit, front oven, heated bench. Shipped to Kirkwood, Missouri, July 26/10
  client's layout sketch, rendering
• C-MILE: HK-22, corner unit components with bakeoven
  footprint, assembly instructions
• 822-CHMI-HK22, corner unit with oven. New log house. Eganville, ON. Delivered and installed core, Nov 11/08
  preliminary layout sketch, revised May 27/08
  foundation drawing, Aug 30/08
  completed core, completed heater Mason: Colin Coveny
• 632-WAGN: HK22, corner option, oven, DHW coil. Deliver and install core. Round Lake Centre, ON. Dec 13/06
  core in progress, finished core without wrap.
• Q52-HEAG: HK22 corner unit, front oven. Val des Monts, Quebec. Deliver and install, October/05
  Client's floorplan, section, elevation
  proposed footprint (July 18/05)
  proposed corner footprint (Aug 1/05), revised Sept 1/05
  Architect's rendering
• C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, bake oven, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
  Layout and bench connection diagram
  Rendering of heater finish.
  Finished heater, Jan/05
• C-CAST: HK 22 w. corner option. Ship to Fort Bragg, CA, Sept 17/04
  Location in floor plan
  Layout dimensions
• C-MEYE: Custom corner HeatKit with firebox widened to 32".
  Design, supply modified castings and custom instructions.
  Client to provide his own firebox door. Winnipeg MB. Mason: Carl Oehme
  CAD model
  custom assembly instructions
• C-BUSH06: HK-22 corner unit with oven. Shipped to MHA certified heater mason Steve Bushway, MA. August 20/03
  photo of finished heater
• C-KELL: HK-22 core with oven, corner unit, installed, western New York state, June 21, 1999
  Client's preliminary layout sketch
  Foundation plan, revised plan
  Dimensioned heater footprint
  Assembled masonry heater core, before heated bench rough-in
  Completed masonry heater, stonework done by the owners
  Client feedback
• C-ERNS: Corner masonry heater with bakeoven, domestic hot water, heated benches. Eco-tourism lodge, Alberta. Shipped January 15/00
  preliminary footprint, footprint 2, footprint 3, footprint 4, final footprint
  Finished heater
• C-WARF: Corner heater, rear oven, heated bench, 2 extra flues
  clients' 1st floor plan, loft plan, heater layout

Stacked Heaters back to index

• COVE10: 2 heater cores, one with bakeoven. Stacked installation by MHA member Colin Coveny. Delivered on May 11/09.
  Finished heater 1, finished heater 2, finished heater 3 Client feedback, May 24, 2018
• C-SMIT: 2 stacked heaters, complete system, Shawville, PQ. Starting date, November 15, 1999
  Schematic (elevation), footprint (plan), downstairs view from rec room, upstairs view from kitchen, Watch this heater being built.
• Q16-SCHE: Custom heater design for new senior's residence, Wakefield, Quebec.

Basement fireox with upstairs heat battery. Components picked up at shop, May 18/05
Heat battery scheme 1 , scheme 2 , scheme 3 schematic, upstairs heat battery plan
clients sketch of floor cutout and layout, Apr 14/05
layout, May 2/05, cleanout locations
isometric lower core plus slab, cutaway of upper core, upper core
right section, isometric, May 14/05
Draft assembly manual for mason (24 pages)
construction photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4

• C-SCHE: HK-22 with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil., additional heat exchanger in basement, Sept. 20, 2002
  Client's layout sketch
  Basement heating scheme: front section, plan
  Basement heating scheme: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6, photo 7, photo 8
• C-PALM: 2 stacked Heat-Kit heaters. Upper level with bakeoven, heated bench and wood waiter from basement. Shipped to Pinedale, Wyoming, May 14/02.
  preliminary footprint , client sketch, revised footprint, rendering 1, rendering 2
• C-KIMM: 2HK-22 cores,one oven, heated bench, water coil, seismic specs, Idaho. 5000 sq. ft. strawbale house. Supply components and consult on structural design. Mason is Kim Wilde. Shipped May 10/99.
  Section
  Foundation reinforcing plan
  Cantilevered slab and first floor heated bench layout
  Finished heater
• C-FIND: 2 stacked HK-22 cores, one with oven, Ohio. Picked up on June 21/99
  Photo of fnished upper level heater
  client feedback
• C-LEVE: 2 stacked HK-22 cores, one with bakeoven, Thurso, Quebec, 2000
  floorplan

Stucco Heaters back to index

• C-SMIT: 2 stacked heaters, complete system, Shawville, PQ. Starting date, November 15, 1999
  Schematic (elevation), footprint (plan), downstairs view from rec room, upstairs view from kitchen,
  Watch this heater being built.
• C-BROD: HK-18 heater core with rear bakeoven, Colorado (Four Corners area)
  Photo of finished heater and client feedback

Special Configurations back to index

• 921-THOL: HK 22, custom exterior ash cleanout. Ship to Portland, Oregon, June 23/09
  Client's floor plan with proposed heater layout, client's proposed elevation, proposed exterior air and ash removal scheme
  Footprint and custom heated bench schematic
  Custom bottom end assembly instructions
• Q17-MITC: HK22, hot water coil right side exit, extra heat exchange. Basement retrofit.
  Deliver and install core, Willowdale, ON. Deliver and install, October 18/05
  Client's schematic
  heat battery plan
• Q28-KEND: HK22.Woodwaiter. Similar to Held Heater, except firebox widened to 32", no oven
  All masonry chimney with structural support for roof beam. Client to supply his own firebox doors.
  Shipped to Connecticut. July 20, 2005.
  lower lever floor plan, upper level floor plan
  proposed footprint
  rendering, July 8/05
  heater firebox widened 9", July 15/05, CAD model of stretched core
  Custom assembly instructions
• Q16-SCHE: Custom heater design for new senior's residence, Wakefield, Quebec.
  Basement fireox with upstairs heat battery. Components picked up at shop, May 18/05
  Heat battery scheme 1 scheme 2 scheme 3 schematic, upstairs heat battery plan
  clients sketch of floor cutout and layout, Apr 14/05
  layout, May 2/05, cleanout locations
  isometric lower core plus slab, cutaway of upper core, upper core
  right section
  isometric, May 14/05
  Draft assembly manual for mason (24 pages)
• C-MEYE: Custom corner HeatKit with firebox widened to 32".
  Design, supply modified castings and custom instructions.
  Client to provide his own firebox door. Winnipeg MB. Mason: Carl Oehme
  CAD model
  Custom assembly instructions
• C-SCHE: HK-22 with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil., additional heat exchanger in basement, September 20, 2002
  Client's layout sketch
  Basement heating scheme: front section, plan
  Basement heating scheme: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6, photo 7, photo 8
• C-BURK: HK-22 core with custom hydronic setup. 4,000 sq. ft. strawbale house, Nova Scotia. Architect: Phillip Van Horn, mechanical engineers: Allen-Kani Associates. Shipped October 12, 1999.
  footprint,
  proposed new footprint,
  footer outline,
  heat exchanger detail
  coil
  heater front section with coil location
  photo of heat exchanger (shown with snifter valve in place for pressure test)
• C-LIMO: HK-22 core w. oven. Remote chimney w. bypass, heated bench and wood storage. Shipped Nov. 3 1999
  Heater dimensions, layout
• C-JENM: HK-22 core with custom top exit configuration and bakeoven. Delivered and installed to Brockville, ON. Dec 15, 1999.
  Photo of heater location
  Top exit detail1, detail 2
• C-DUNC: Lower level masonry heater, using existing flue in upper level fireplace. Passive hot water convection coil. Low energy addition/retrofit. Terracotta, ON. Mechanical consultants: Allen-Kani Associates - sustainable building designers and engineers. Shipped Sept 7/00.
  modifications for top exit, and to clear existing beam
  front section showing coil, isometric schematic
  revised plan(Sept 5/00)
  custom assembly instructions (400 kb PDF file)
  photo of custom stainless coil
• C-KETC: complete custom heater with compact cooktop. Angled sidewalls, channel reconfigured for top chimney exit. Domestic hot water coil tied in to solar panels, bakeoven on kitchen side. Off grid, engineered low energy house designed by Allen-Kani Associates, Toronto. Unoccupied and with only solar gain, the lowest winter temperature recorded inside was 12C.
  View of house from front
  Second view of house
  View of 600 W. photovoltaic array and Caledon hills
  View of heater
  View from kitchen side showing brick bakeoven and woodfired Wamsler cooktop and oven
  Floorplan, sketch of heater footprint and layout
  3-D Schematic of house
• C-DERR: Custom system with Kachelofen, Rosin fireplace, cookstove. For MHA member Bill Derrick, Alternate Energy Systems, Peru, NY.
  Drawings, client feedback about bakeoven
  Completed system
• C-REED: HK-22, 5 loaf domestic bakeoven, DHW coil, installed core.
  Passive closed air convection heat transfer loop (click on gif1, gif2). West Virginia.
• C-RUZB: complete custom heater.
  Corner fireplace window in living space with separate fuel loading door in hallway. Downtown Ottawa infill house.
  Watch this heater being built
• C-SIRO: Custom system, complete, retrofit, Aylmer, Quebec.
  Preliminary rendering
  Preliminary drawings
  New footprint
  Framing dimensions
  Finished heater
  Client feedback:
• C-GRAB: HK-22 core components, bakeoven, domestic hot water coil. Custom design with 4 ft of extra heat exchange channels extending into lower level of house. Michigan. Picked up Nov. 14/98.
  Isometric
• C-RIZE: HK-22 core components, see-through, bakeoven, hot water coil. Rhode Island. Owner will assemble. Sept. 19/98
  Sketch of footprint.
• C-JOHN: Consulting and design services for heater with enlarged firebox, hydronic coils, separate precast bakeoven. Off grid house to be built near Alpine, NM, 2001.
  rendered model supplied by client
  plan and elevation
  preliminary system design: front section, plan
• C-WEBS: Custom designed heater with corner glass door. Design and construct heater core, design and fabricate custom hardware. Domestic hot water coil, supplemental hydronic heating coil. Haliburton, ON, March, 2000. Autonomous house with renewable energy supply. Architect: Nathan Webster, mechanical engineers: Allen-Kani Associates.
  House Systems Overview (Allen-Kani), 250Kb PDF file
  preliminary footprint
  corner glass door scheme
• C-HORR: HK-22, see-through, with bakeoven on kitchen side. Custom design utilizing Heat-Kit components and standard firebricks. Working drawings for owner, components. Shipped to Idaho, Sept. 98
  preliminary design
  final design
  customized heater core design, isometric
  Download custom assembly instructions (1.6 MB)
• C-JOHN: Design consulting on custom fireplace/grill/bakeoven for kitchen addition, San Francisco. Mason is Ben Sotero, who is MHA certified.
  preliminary concept
  alternate concept
  revised
  overlay of Biofire footprint
  final concept, right section, front elevation, front section through oven, fireplace connection detail
• C-AABO: Curved HK-22 for owner-built timberframe house.
  Heater footprint View of house from South Interior view of house
• C-SUTH: Masonry heater for energy retrofit of existing house, Toronto. Basement heater with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil. Heater extends through first floor to provide an upstairs cooking surface. Allen-Kani Associates, architects/engineers. Spring 2000.
  originalconcept
  rendered core model
  Jan 7/00 revision, upstairs footprint
• C-ERNS: Corner heater with bakeoven, domestic hot water, heated benches. Eco-tourism lodge, Alberta. Shipped January 15/99
  footprint
  Finished heater
• C-KIMM: 2HK-22 cores,one oven, heated bench, water coil, seismic specs, Idaho. 5000 sq. ft. strawbale house. Supply components and consult on structural design. Mason is Kim Wilde. Shipped May 10/99.
  Section
  Foundation reinforcing plan
  Cantilevered slab and first floor heated bench layout
  Finished heater
• C-PILL: Design drawings, 2 HK- core kits, one Rosin fireplaces to be shipped to Missouri. Owner-built brick and stone fireplace, 2 levels, new construction.
  First floor section, 2 floor section, Fireplace section, Fireplace isometric Revised first floor plan Lower level plan Chimney plan Lower level section, Overlay Rendered Kitchen view. Masonry heater w. bakoven, heated bench, 48" Rumford fireplace. Reclaimed brick facing.
  Rendered Great room view. 36" x 29" Rosin fireplace. Stone facing.
• C-MCNE: HK-22 with bake oven, heated bench and domestic hot water. Heater has extra height to raise oven on kitchen side (sunken floor on loading door side)
  Preliminary footprint
  Client feedback
• C-FRAN: Heater core, components only. HK-22, see-through (two loading doors), bakeoven. New Jersey.
  Sketch of footprint. Permit drawing
• C-CROS: Custom designed heater with bakeoven, stone face, for large log house. Working drawings. Consult with mason on construction. Wakefield, Quebec. Mason: Jim Mahon.
  Perspective sketch
• C-VANH: design consulting and manufacturing of components. Custom system for 5000 sq. ft. rammed earth house, British Columbia. Heater firebox is used to fire large kitchen bakeoven. Bakeoven and fireplace can operate separately.
  Details
• C-KINN: design consulting for custom residential system - Rumford fireplace in living room and heated wall in bedroom
  Plan view
  Proposed revised plan
  Revised plan
• C-PIKE: Custom firebox design for heater mason Dan Pike, Peru, N.Y. To fit existing masonry heat exchanger and chimney connection.
  Preliminary working drawings

Consulting and Design Work back to index

• 1403-BAYS: Consult on community oven project, Ottawa ON, August 2014
  preliminary plan, preliminary right section
• PVH05: Consult on design of brick bake oven for Malaspina College, Nanaimo, BC. 2008
  architect's preliminary section, preliminary plan, front section, right section
  Construction sequence
• 820-PACK: - 2 stacked HK-22 heaters. Lower one to be adpted for burning pellets. Upper one with rear bakeoven and heated bench.
  Stanstead, Quebec. Lower one delivered and installed, August 26, 2008.
  house construction photo, Aug 15/08, basement layout, masonry heater section sketch, first floor layout, final first floor layout
  Pellet burning in a masonry heater
• 843-STARK: 48" x 72" commercial bake oven. Consult on design, construct oven vault. Principal mason: John McDougall.
  front section, side section
• C-HSU01: Consult on design and construction of new restaurant cooking concept. Kensington Market, Toronto.
  Work on-site with MHA heater mason Alex Chernov to construct oven vaults, Sept 13 - 17 /04.
  isometric of model
  progress photo, Aug 30/04
  progress photo 1, photo 2, Oct 23/04
  oven testing, Nov 5/04
  Restaurant in operation, April/05
  Restaurant review, May 4, 2005
• C-COUT2: Consult on design and construction of 4x6 commercial oven. Build vault. South Durham, Quebec. Oct 3/06
  vault under construction, foamglas thermal break around door.
• C-VANH04: Consult on domestic oven design for architect Phillip Van Horn. Saltspring Island, British Columbia.
  preliminary oven construction sheme
  revised elevation (Jan 20/06)
  revised plan (jan 20/06)
  March 8/06 revised plan, side section, front section
  Finished oven
• C-CROS: Custom designed heater with bakeoven, stone face, for large log house. Working drawings. Consult with mason on construction. Wakefield, Quebec. Mason: Jim Mahon.
  Perspective sketch
• C-HORR: HK-22, seethrough, with bakeoven on kitchen side. Custom design utilizing Heat-Kit components and standard firebricks. Working drawings for owner, components. Shipped to Idaho, Sept. 98
  preliminary design
  final design
  customized heater core design, isometric
• C-HOBI02: Consult on masonry fireplace design for new residence, Barry Hobin & Associates Architects, Ottawa. Aug 15/03
  structural scheme for open corner Rumford fireplace
• C-RIME: Consult on makeup air design for large house w. 14 fireplaces, Ohio
  consulting report on fireplace makeup air
• C-VANH: design consulting and manufacturing of components. Custom system for 5000 sq. ft. rammed earth house, British Columbia. Heater firebox is used to fire large kitchen bakeoven. Bakeoven and fireplace can operate separately.
  Details
• C-ALT2: Consult on fireplace design, new cottage, Muskoka ON
  preliminary 3-d model
• NCC1: Consult on rehabilitation of 3 fireplaces, Rideau Hall (Governor General's Residence), Ottawa.
• NCC2: Consult on rehabilitation of 1 fireplace, Rideau Hall, Ottawa.
• NCC3: Consult on fireplace rehabilitation, Government Guest House, Ottawa
• NC C4: Consult on woodheating systems for ski shelters, Gatineau Park, Quebec
• NC C5: Consult on chimney inspections, Maison Charron, Hull
• C-DURA: custom designed core, Indiana
  footprint, view of modified firebox
• C-JOHN: Design consulting on custom fireplace/grill/bakeoven for kitchen addition, San Francisco. Mason is Ben Sotero, who is MHA certified.
  preliminary concept
  alternate concept
  revised
  overlay of Biofire footprint
  final concept, right section, front elevation, front section through oven, fireplace connection detail
  drawings for mason, Ben Sotero
• C-HORR: HK-22, see-through, with bakeoven on kitchen side. Custom design utilizing Heat-Kit components and standard firebricks. Working drawings for owner, components. Shipped to Idaho, Sept. 98
  preliminary design
  final design
  customized heater core design, isometric
  Download custom assembly instructions (1.6 MB)
• C-GARN: Design consulting on high efficiency minimum clearance Rumford fireplace. Masonry firebox on supported wood floor with metal chimney. Supply custom throat casting. Meech Lake, PQ. March 10/99
  Throat casting detail
  Throat casting mold, detail 1, detail2
• C-KINN: design consulting for custom residential system - Rumford fireplace in living room and heated wall in bedroom
  Plan view
  Proposed revised plan
  Revised plan
• C-DENN: Design work, custom components for see-through high efficiency masonry fireplace. Components for Rosin fireplace.
  preliminary schematic
  Finished fireplace (no doors yet), built by mason Colin Coveny, Carleton Place, ON (613-257 4783)
• C-PILL: Design drawings, 2 HK- core kits, one Rosin fireplaces to be shipped to Missouri. Owner-built brick and stone fireplace, 2 levels, new construction.
  First floor section, 2 floor section, Fireplace section, Fireplace isometric Revised first floor plan Lower level plan Chimney plan Lower level section, Overlay . Masonry heater w. bakoven, heated bench, 48" Rumford fireplace. Reclaimed brick facing.
  Rendered Great room view. 36" x 29" Rosin fireplace. Stone facing.
• C-PIKE: Custom firebox design for heater mason Dan Pike, 196 Quaker Highland Road, Peru, N.Y, 12972. To fit existing masonry heat exchanger and chimney connection.
  
• C-HOOD: Cookstove with right side exit
  Plans

Commercial Ovens back to index

• 1403-BAYS: Consult on community oven project, Ottawa ON, August 2014
  preliminary plan, preliminary right section Facebook page
• PVH05: Consult on design of brick bake oven for Malaspina College, Nanaimo, BC. 2008
  architect's preliminary section, preliminary plan, front section, right section
  Construction sequence
• 843-STARK: 48" x 72" commercial bake oven. Consult on design, construct oven vault. Principal mason: John McDougall.
  front section, side section
• C-COUT2: Consult on design and construction of 4x6 commercial oven. Build vault. South Durham, Quebec. Oct 3/06
  vault under construction, foamglas thermal break around door.
• C-BECK: Custom commercial wood fired bakeoven design and construction. 7ft X 9ft hearth. Little Stream Bakery, Perth, Ontario.
  More Information
• C-CALL: Design 9' x 8' wood fired commercial bake oven. New Hampshire.
  preliminary plan, front elevation, right section
• C-HSU01: Consult on design and construction of new restaurant cooking concept. Kensington Market, Toronto.
  Work on-site with MHA heater mason Alex Chernov to construct oven vaults, Sept 13 - 17 /04.
  isometric of model
  progress photo, Aug 30/04
  progress photo 1, photo 2, Oct 23/04
  oven testing, Nov 5/04
  Restaurant in operation, April/05
  Restaurant review, May 4, 2005
• C-MBAG: Consult on design and construction of commercial wood fired bagel oven, Windsor ON.
• C-KARM: Commercial wood fired bread oven, 4ft by 6ft hearth area. Vineland, Ontario. January 2001. Design consulting. Masonry done in collaboration with Ron Karson, Muskoka.
  Plan (preliminary), Elevation (preliminary)
  Alternate concept

Domestic Ovens back to index

• C-VANH06: design consulting - custom domestic bake oven. Saltspring Island, BC. Mason: Richard Dakin
  preliminary from architect
  3-D schematic and section
  finished oven - photo by Gillean Proctor
• C-VANH04: Consult on domestic oven design for architect Phillip Van Horn. Saltspring Island, British Columbia.
  preliminary oven construction sheme
  revised elevation (Jan 20/06)
  revised plan (jan 20/06)
  March 8/06 revised plan, side section, front section
  Finished oven
• MHA3: French bake oven workshop, MHA annual meeting, North Carolina, April 16/03
• C-BECK: Outdoor bakeoven workshop, Little Stream Bakery, Perth, ON, May 27-28/00.Photo report
• C-DUNK: Consult on 32 x 36 bake oven design and construction, Wellesley Island, NY. July 7/02.
  front section, side section, pivoting door detail
• pivoting oven door rendering
• C-VANH: design consulting and manufacturing of components. Custom system for 5000 sq. ft. rammed earth house, British Columbia. Heater firebox is used to fire large kitchen bakeoven. Bakeoven and fireplace can operate separately.
  Details
• C-JOHN: Design consulting on custom fireplace/grill/bakeoven for kitchen addition, San Francisco. Mason is Ben Sotero, who is MHA certified.
  preliminary concept
  alternate concept
  revised
  overlay of Biofire footprint
  final concept, right section, front elevation, front section through oven, fireplace connection detail
• C-SENF: Domestic brick bakeoven, electrically fired

Cookstoves back to index

• The Guatemala Cookstove Project
  Update by Pat Manley, March 14/06

Update by Pat Manley, March 6/01Cookstove building instruction

• C-SEN2: Brick cookstove from recycled components, Shawville, Quebec
  photo
• C-HOOD: Cookstove with right side exit
  Plans
• C-DERR: Custom system with Kachelofen, Rosin fireplace, cookstove. For MHA member Bill Derrick, Alternate Energy Systems, Peru, NY.
  Drawings, client feedback about bakeoven
  Completed system
• C-KETC: complete custom heater with compact cooktop. Angled sidewalls, channel reconfigured for top chimney exit. Domestic hot water coil tied in to solar panels, bakeoven on kitchen side. Off grid, engineered low energy house designed by Allen-Kani Associates, Toronto. Unoccupied and with only solar gain, the lowest winter temperature recorded inside was 12C.
  View of house from front
  Second view of house
  View of 600 W. photovoltaic array and Caledon hills
  View of heater
  View from kitchen side showing brick bakeoven and woodfired Wamsler cooktop and oven
  Floorplan, sketch of heater footprint and layout
• C-MARC: Heater with Wamsler cookstove, Ottawa, ON.
  View of cookstove on kitchen side
• C-GUNT: Heater with heated bench and cookstove. Client supplied CAD floorplan. Ship to Saint John, New Brunswick, September 21/98.
  Isometric model
  Plan
  Perspective
  Elevations

Rosin Fireplaces back to index

Rumford Fireplaces back to index

• C-HOBI02: Consult on masonry fireplace design for new residence, Barry Hobin & Associates Architects, Ottawa. Aug 18/03
  structural scheme for open corner Rumford fireplace
  detail 1, detail 2, detail 3, detail 4, detail 5, detail 6, detail 7
• C-HENR02: Design custom Rumford fireplace with "Old World French" facing.
  Custom house, Ottawa. Builder: Terra Nova Bldg. Corp.
  Concept
• C-LIMM03: Construct custom 32" Rumford fireplace firebox. Supply custom throat casting. Rockcliffe, ON.Richard Limmert, architect March 26/99
  photo 1, photo 2, photo3, photo4,photo5
• C-LIMM04: Custom Rumford fireplace rough-in, Manotick, ON. Feb. 28/01. Richard Limmert, architect
  preliminary layout
• C-HOBI01: Design consulting, fabricate custom components, 55" wide Rumford fireplace, Ottawa.Barry Hobin & Associates Architect.Aug 2/99
  Roughed in fireplace to fit antique marble surround
• C-BARL: Construct custom 36" Rumford fireplace firebox. Supply custom throat casting. Dunrobin, ON. March 19/99
  photo 1, photo 2, photo3, photo4
• C-GARN: Design consulting on high efficiency minimum clearance Rumford fireplace. Masonry firebox on supported wood floor with metal chimney. Supply custom throat casting. Meech Lake, PQ. March 10/99
  Throat casting detail
  Throat casting mold, detail 1, detail2
• C-JOHN: Design consulting on custom fireplace/grill/bakeoven for kitchen addition, San Francisco. Mason is Ben Sotero, who is MHA certified.
  preliminary concept - Rumford fireplace with upper level bake oven.

Custom Components back to index

• C-KLEI02: Custom hydronic coil for Heat-Kit system. Gimme Shelter Construction, Wisconsin. Mark Klein, certified heater mason
  Schematic, generic coil layout
• C-BURK: HK-22 core with custom hydronic setup. 4,000 sq. ft. strawbale house, Nova Scotia. Architect: Phillip Van Horn, mechanical engineers: Allen-Kani Associates. Shipped October 12, 1999.
  heat exchanger detail
  coil
  heater front section with coil location
  photo of custom coil (shown with snifter valve in place for pressure test)
• C-DENN: Design work, custom components for see-through high efficiency masonry fireplace. Components for Rosin fireplace.
  preliminary schematic
  Finished fireplace (no doors yet), built by mason Colin Coveny, Carlton Place, ON (613-257 4783)
• C-PAT01:Custom hydronic coil for heater mason Pat Manley, Washington, Maine.
• Outdoor Fireplace
• Custom DHW coil

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