ahjud, kaminad, pliidid, korstnad

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 [...]

At the beginning of the heating season, sometime in the fall, another good thing to think about is the gentle break-in (warming) of your stove (heater).  The whole summer has gone by and the heater has not been used at all.  It has gone completely cold and now needs to be gently brought back into [...]