By Parry on Dec 13, 2009 in Fire safety, heating, Oven maintenance | 0 Comments
How much is too much? For a large heater, one that heats an entire apartment or 3 or more rooms in a house, no more that about 45 kilos of wood should be burned in a 24 hour period. This amount of wood is usually burned in two cycles, one in the morning, one at [...]
By Parry on Dec 13, 2009 in heating, Ovens | 0 Comments
The wood used in a masonry heater should be dry and seasoned for a number of different reasons. The first one is for concern of the environment. A masonry heater, if built correctly, should burn very efficiently, but this efficiency is only diminished when wet wood is used. When the improper wood is burned, it [...]
By Parry on Dec 13, 2009 in Fire safety, Oven maintenance, Ovens | 0 Comments
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 [...]