The Basics of How A Masonry Heater Works

How A Masonry Heater Works from the inside out.

[@doctrinedoomsday6953]

I first learned about this when I was watching a a old grandma in Ukraine with one of these in her house. This is a must for any self sufficient home.

[@bidyutchatterjee7195]

Very well explained !!

[@ozziegreen4850]

How do you clean / have accessories to clean long term soot ?!

[@jenbear8652]

I watched someone else talking about these & they said there is a soot cleanout and you should periodically have a chimney sweep come clean it all out

[@akaredcrossbow]

Terrible to clean if there was an issue. I love how they say it doesn’t creat creosote 🤣😂. I have cleaned many masonry heaters and 95% of them have creosote all throughout the chambers. The creosote accumulates only when the owner is not educated on how to use the heater, and for me it’s 95% of the owners. Some of these masonry heaters don’t even have access to the chimney(like a clean out door) so you can properly clean the chimney. The companies that install these heaters need to make sure there is access to the chimney and that the customer know how to properly operate the masonry heater before they leave the customers home.

[@bikiniluvnguy1]

would one of the chimney sweep logs that you buy and burn do any good?

[@akaredcrossbow]

@@bikiniluvnguy1 it might work if you used a couple of them, but there are much better products out there to use. CRE-AWAY or Anti-Creo-Soot spray. The problem is you have to clean all the chambers first as good as you can, use the products for a 2-3 weeks and then clean it again. It’s always good to continue using the products even after it been cleaned to help with future creosote build up. These types of heaters work amazing, but they create a lot of soot in the chambers, so they need to be cleaned often.

[@HaraldSjellose]

it is the opposite. they burn really really hot because they have constant strong draft inside and no metal surface to release the heat to outside of burning chamber, thats why they are the most efficient wood heaters and thus create least amount of soot. actually also for this reason in finland government gives tax discount to homes using masonry heater. theyre the cleanest heating solution. if yours is creating more soot than normal stoves there should be something wrong. @@akaredcrossbow

[@akaredcrossbow]

@@HaraldSjellose the problem is nobody here is educated on how to properly use them. Even after they have been educated about it they still don’t do the correct thing. One of the major issues with these heaters is they get too hot for the owners and that’s when they run them on very low temperatures creating massive amounts of creosote. The other problem is wood that is not properly dried before burning. So the combination of low heat and wet wood make a nightmare mess to clean in all the ports. Another problem is people almost closing the damper all the way down at the chimney. When doing this it will cause a slower draft and that builds up large amounts of soot in the heater. Everywhere else in the world can operate them perfectly, but here they should be against the law.

[@HaraldSjellose]

i see. but i dont understand why it should be against the law.@@akaredcrossbow

[@kevinjake1691]

How do you clean the soot from the baffles?

[@brandonfoley7519]

You want to have trap doors built into it I think, I hear that they do need to be clean often

[@OhioCoastie94]

Can your organization point me to builders in my area that will design a heater for my home?

[@davidzeltwanger3700]

There is a directory of all MHA members on the website under the tab members.

[@jgjg3848]

Keeping it Dutch channel here on youtube had one built at his home. It was great to watch it being built. Great craftsmanship.

[@DimaBereozkin]

Where to get good high density clay bricks to build a masonry heater? Please give me an idea.

[@markhedger6378]

Look for refectory bricks (used for kilns)

[@JaneVanDusen]

Hello there! I'm trying to find out who manages this channel. Please reply?

[@timisaac8121]

(Pause at .37 seconds in) hey, at the points of the red arrows, could the gases, be returned to the firebox? for greater efficiency? More heat, less wood?

[@hadnick1]

That’s what rocket mass heaters do.

[@moranarevel]

So it is similar to a Franklin stove?

[@stupidusedrnames]

They are wonderful and I want one so bad. I bought Kens book and Rocket mass heater how to books. They are either to expensive or to difficult for me. I found a Weso on craiglist that is a German ceramic heater. Iys as close as I can get to a masonry heater.

[@doctrinedoomsday6953]

Build it yourself.

[@DimaBereozkin]

Which bricks? Where to buy good clay bricks to build one?

[@HushE2AskolE]

Where smoke goes? Plz can alaborate where smoke goes and how heat do warm home?

[@joemapula1]

Need plans or set up

[@ivan868]

Good idea, but there is one huge error: The chimney hole must be at the DOWN side, because hot gases are the lightest and they rise from the top. And if the chimney is on top, they go OUT through it FIRST.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

That Kang bed stove heater? Didn't look like anything the Chinese actually use. haha

[@panama-canada]

Of course masonry heater doesn’t create creosote and tar. The fires that you build create those byproducts.

[@jacobkomnath7961]

Why did we stop using these

[@alexhamon9261]

They're much more complicated to build and very heavy, adds up to being initially more expensive to build. If you're using it for a primary source of heat, it's hard to beat the efficiency, safety, and cleanliness of the burn and just living with 1 or 2 arm loads of wood a day.

[@olda0402]

Thank your government!

[@rotti-rondi]

Піч з такою конструкцією буде обов'язково диміти, беріть приклад з білих Українських традиційних печей, вони ніколи не пропустять дим у Ваш будинок.

[@DeHirvilammi]

IS THERE ANYONE IN CANADA THAT DOES THIS

[@gbennett1773]

marcus flynn montreal

[@gbennett1773]

jessica steinhauser guelph

[@DeHirvilammi]

HE BUILDS THEM!!

[@teixeiraneves8027]

yes temp cast. also in qwebec

[@wdsracer]

John c. Holmes California

[@peterl.1574]

And cost? Don’t look cheap. Any masonry work these days is expensive.

[@thebri2000]

Where does the smoke go ???

[@MasonryHeaterAssoc]

Masonry heaters use a normal chimney you'd use for a woodstove. The firebox will get around 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit but will be about 350 degrees when it exits and enters the chimney. At those temperatures, using good dried firewood, the hydrocarbons are all burned. This eliminates a creosote problem. However, properly built heaters all have clean-outs.

[@ivan868]

Russian Kuznetsov stove is better than this and its open source.

[@panama-canada]

It’s a lie about créosols.

[@HaraldSjellose]

its not. theyre cleanest burning wood stove.

[@JaneVanDusen]

Almost every single creosote problem is due to operator error. Masonry heaters must burn DRY wood, 18% or less, which takes about two years to properly season. Masonry heaters are also designed to burn very hot - some folks choke it down to have a slower fire. This is nothing but misinformation or poor education.

[@56independent]

Stolen from Siberia.