by David Lyle
Softcover:  192 pages
ISBN:  1890132098
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The Book of Masonry Stoves
Rediscovering an Old Way of Warming

Within the past decade, millions of Americans have discovered the economic benefits and personal pleasures of heating with wood.  At the same time, many have discovered that there are serious problems associated with wood heat and iron stoves:  chimney fires from creosote, air pollution from poor combustions, and structural fires caused by faulty stove installation.  The masonry stove, widely used in Europe and Asia for centuries, surmounts these problems.

Masonry stoves offer good solutions to many of the problems associated with wood burning.  They provide clean combustion at a high temperature, good efficiency, a high degree of safety, and little or not pollution.  Masonry stoves require little care, needing to be fed only once or twice a day.  They combine in a wide variety of shapes and sizes from simple to elegant and from austere to gothic.  And they are easily adapted to a variety of structures including solar designs.

The Book of Masonry Stoves represents the first comprehensive survey ever published of all the major types of masonry heating systems, ancient and modern.  Detailed plans and building information are included in the book.  As a complete introduction to masonry stoves, it will help many people rediscover an old way of warming, using masonry stoves.

"More than a mere manual, The Book of Masonry Stoves is a fascinating study of the history of fire through the ages.  It's also a convincing argument for the efficiency, safety and comfort of masonry." -- Susan Renner-Smith, Popular Science Magazine