Our Timber frame workshop: Masonry Heater

in an effort to heat our workshop more efficiently, we build this russian masonry heater following free plans found online by Alex chernov. As we will be living for a time in our workshop this heater conveniently provides both a cook top and bake oven. It is technically a double bell single skin russian heater. This style heater works very differently than a stander wood stove or fire place, instead of a constant fire control by a damper to maintain heat the russian masonry heater is only burn one or two times per day whilst permitting a large volume of bricks mass to be warm and then slowly radiating its heat through out the day.
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