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 the winter, [...]

It would be good, at first, to have an idea of what a masonry heater actually is and what it is not. A masonry heater is the combination of a firebox (built from firebrick-šamott), a series of pathways for the smoke from an intensely hot fire to travel to the chimney (with at least one [...]

This is more of a safety issue really. Substituting a flammable liquid for proper fire lighting techniques is never acceptable. Instead of this unsafe practice, why not instead take pride in a well built fire using properly dried wood?