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Masonry Heaters Designing Building Living With Piece of Sun Matesz Paperback
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- Seller Notes
- Ex Libris
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- ISBN
- 9781603582131
- Book Title
- Masonry Heaters : Designing, Building, and Living with a Piece of the Sun
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, House & Home
- Topic
- Design & Construction, Sustainable Living, General, Construction / Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
- Item Width
- 8 in
- Item Weight
- 28.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Masonry Heaters is a complete guide to designing and living with one of the oldest, and yet one of the newest, heating devices. A masonry heater's design, placement in the home, and luxurious radiant heat redefine the hearth for the modern era, turning it into a piece of the sun right inside the home. Like the feeling one gets from the sun on a spring day, the environment around a masonry heater feels fresh. The radiant heat feels better on the skin. It warms the home both gently and efficiently. In fact, the value of a masonry heater lies in its durability, quality, serviceability, dependability, and health-supporting features. And it is an investment in self-sufficiency and freedom from fossil fuels. The book discusses different masonry heater designs, including variations extant in Europe, and explains the growth of their popularity in the United States beginning in the late 1970s. For the reader who may be familiar only with open fireplaces and metal woodstoves, Masonry Heaters will bring a new understanding and appreciation of massive heat storage and gentle-but-persistent radiant heat. Masonry heaters offer a unique comfort that is superior to that from convection heat from forced-air systems, and more personal than that offered by "radiant" floors. As Matesz demonstrates, the heat from the sun or from a masonry heater is genuine heat instead of just insulation against the loss of heat. Those who are looking to build, add onto, or remodel a house will find comprehensive and practical advice for designing and installing a masonry heater, including detailed discussion of materials, code considerations, and many photos and illustrations. While this is not a do-it-yourself guide for building a masonry heater, it provides facts every heater builder should know. Professional contractors will find this a useful tool to consult, and homeowners considering a new method of home heating will find all they need to know about masonry heaters within these pages.
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Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN-10
1603582134
ISBN-13
9781603582131
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109284720
Product Key Features
Book Title
Masonry Heaters : Designing, Building, and Living with a Piece of the Sun
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Design & Construction, Sustainable Living, General, Construction / Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
Publication Year
2010
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, House & Home
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
8 in
Item Weight
28.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Th7436.M37
Reviews
"Masonry Heaters is informational across the board, and shares common, advantageous characteristics to passive solar design. Both methods of heating rely on heat transfer by radiation rather than convection, which gives a more natural feeling while reducing drafts and noise; both utilize thermal mass, which gives greater thermal stability; and both can allow independence from energy shocks and price fluctuations. I highly recommend this book for people-in any field-who are interested in learning about the design, construction, and use of this superior system of heating."--Ken Haggard, Author of Passive Solar Architecture, "This book should be on the required reading list for anyone wanting to become a heater mason, or for those who are planning to install and heat with a masonry heater. Matesz has captured the true beauty and user-friendliness of these exquisite heaters, and, with ease, helps guide readers through the process of designing a beautiful, and functional "bit of sun" for their homes. I highly recommend the book, as well as masonry heaters."--Tom Stroud, Founding Member and Former President of The Masonry Heater Association, "This book is a joy! Ken Matesz guides us on a clear path through the woods to getting an heirloom masonry heater, and offers invaluable information on why we should want to traverse it. Readers will learn about many more things than just masonry heaters along the journey, however, including how their house works (or should work), and how to have their own radiating energy source at its center-including exactly what it takes to get their masonry heater designed, built, and burning. Not to mention some wonderful stories of the people who have made masonry heaters a part of their lives! May the sun shine on this book."--Timothy Seaton, President, The Alliance of Masonry Heater and Oven Professionals, "In Masonry Heaters, a rich and wonderful book, Ken Matesz sweeps away the ashes of our ignorance about the right relationship to fire. He argues-with quiet and crystal-clear clarity-that masonry heaters are the most intelligent, gentle, efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable, beautiful, and healthy form of heating humans have ever known. There is more knowledge and truth about masonry heaters between these two covers than has ever been published before in English."--Albie Barden, Maine Wood Heat Company, "Masonry heaters provide a quiet comfort that must be experienced to be believed. In this book, Ken Matesz shares his love of masonry heaters and artfully explains how they work, how to use them to provide efficient and comfortable heat throughout the day, and what it takes to install one in your home. This is a truly delightful book."--David Bainbridge, Author of The Straw Bale House, and Passive Solar Architecture, "When I travel in the Northern states of the U.S.--particularly New England, where most people depend on heating with oil--I fear for these millions of folks for whom depleting, climate-changing fossil fuels are all that stand between winter comfort on one hand, and death by freezing on the other. Masonry Heaters explores one of the most promising alternatives, and its message needs to get out far and wide, and fast."--Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute and Author of The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
Table of Content
Foreword / Albie Barden Introduction : What is a masonry heater? Part 1. Redefining the Hearth The hearth is the resaon for the house A brief history of fire and hot rocks in North America Thermal comfort : The vertical radiant advantage Benefits of masonry heaters Part 2. Designing a Piece of the Sun Location Design options Heating requirements of the house Part 3. Building a Piece of the Sun The inner life : Cores and flues Codes, clearances, footers, and foundations Part 4. Living with a Piece of the Sun Fuel to burn Using a masonry heater, bakeoven, and cookstove Masonry heater maintenance Appendices A. Resources B. R-values of common building materials C. Elevation and outside design temperatures for various cities D. Heating degree days of various cities
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2010-019837
Dewey Decimal
697/.22
Dewey Edition
22
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