A word to those wishing to build this summer »

It has been a slow spring here in Estonia (2010). This said, I think we can all agree that spring is actually here. Masonry work always slows down during the cold winter months for a variety of different reasons. I would like to talk about these different reasons. The first is that during the winter, [...]

The Rocket Stove – a clean burning, inexpensive source of heat »

I have so much to say about the Rocket Stove. First of all, it is a relatively new development in the history of stoves. I will focus more on rocket stove mass heaters. Rocket stoves can be built inexpensively, really by anyone. People these days are focusing on making stoves better….and that usually means more [...]

Don’t burn plastics, magazines or other household garbage »

There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is out of concern for the environment. Much of the plastics, magazines or other garbage have been manufactured using toxic chemicals. The burning of these materials releases these toxic chemicals into the environment, sometimes in an even more dangerous form than before. I strictly discourage [...]

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