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Interesting Footprints back to index

Q52-HEAG: HK22 corner unit, front oven. Val des Monts, Quebec. Deliver and install, October/05
Client's floorplan, section, elevation
proposed footprint (July 18/05)
proposed corner footprint (Aug 1/05), revised Sept 1/05
Architect's rendering
Q42-WALT: HK22 w. oven, heated bench. Slab on grade. New strawbale house. Norwood, ON. Architects: Dwell Design (905-376-3902). Deliver and install core, summer 2005
architects footprint and elevations, floorplan
C-KING: HK-22 with oven and domestic hot water coil. Strawbale house, Wakefield, Quebec.
Core delivered and installed, Oct 1/02
Finish mason: Udo Kohrmann.
Building the core. Udo Kohrmann is on the left and Norbert Senf on the right.
Client's slide show of building the core
Client's slide show of finishing the heater
Finished heater, rear view
Client's slide show of semi-finished house Jan 5/05
Client feedback
C-KELL: HK-22 core with oven, corner unit, installed, western New York state, June 21, 1999
Client's preliminary layout sketch
Dimensioned heater footprint
Assembled core, before heated bench rough-in
Completed heater, stonework done by the owners
Client feedback
C-WARF: Corner heater, rear oven, heated bench, 2 extra flues
heater layout
C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, bake oven, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
Layout and bench connection diagram
Rendering of heater finish.
Finished heater, Jan/05
C-BLOM: HK22 core components, hot water coil, 2000 sq. ft. strawbale house, to be shipped to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
client floorplan, proposed heater footprint
C-HELD: HK-22, oven, heated bench, domestic hot water, woodwaiter. Installed core, southern Vermont, July 23, 2001. Mason is William Davenport
plan, elevation, perspective 1, perspective 2
Finished heater
drawing set (150 Kb. Word doc)
C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
Layout and bench connection diagram
Rendering of heater finish.
C-ISOB: HK-22 with oven, woodbox,. Metal chimney. Danford Lake, Quebec. Mason: Norbert Senf
perspective rendering, revised plan and elevation
face brick layout, chimney connection detail, detail, John Price "Jefferson" brick with "struck" style mortar joint.
anchor plate location, anchor plate transition detail, finished anchor plate, sliding damper detail
finished heater - stainless chimney will sit on top of woodbox
C-ZABE: HK-22 core, modified for curved heater. Ohio.
Plan
Photo of similar heater, built in Dunrobin, Ontario
C-KETC: complete custom heater with compact cooktop. Angled sidewalls, channel reconfigured for top chimney exit. Domestic hot water coil tied in to solar panels, bakeoven on kitchen side. Off grid, engineered low energy house designed by Allen-Kani Associates, Toronto. Unoccupied and with only solar gain, the lowest winter temperature recorded inside was 12C. Mason: Norbert Senf
3-D Schematic of house

View of house from front
Second view of house
View of 600 W. photovoltaic array and Caledon hills
View of masonry heater
View from kitchen side showing masonry heater with brick bakeoven and woodfired Wamsler cooktop and oven
Floorplan, sketch of heater footprint and layout
C-RAMU: HK-22 w. oven and heated hearth, Gambier Island, British Columbia, fall 2000. Henry Yorke Mann, architect. Shipped Sept. 2/00
architect's sketch
Photos of completed house
C-ROY: Custom round heater, using Heat Kit core
Client's sections, elevations
C-POTE: HK-22 core, custom facing. Sustainable house, designed by Ecostruct, Pueblo, Colorado. Shipped Oct 4/02.
client's floor plan, elevation, preliminary footprint
heated bench section
master layout drawing for custom curved bench and facing
firebox door detail, bakeoven door detail
house construction photos
C-KIMM: 2 HK-22 cores,one oven, heated bench, water coil, seismic specs, Idaho. 5000 sq. ft. strawbale house. Supply components and consult on structural design. Mason is Kim Wilde. Shipped May 10/99.
Section
Foundation reinforcing plan
Cantilevered slab and first floor heated bench layout
Finished heater

Front Bakeoven back to index

C-MUZY: HK-22 core with heated bench, oven, domestic hot water, extra water coil in upper chamber. Allegheny mountains, PA - Picked up June 28/99
footprint, revised footprint
C-JENK: HK-22 with bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Shipped to Lookout Mtn, Georgia, October 19, 1999.
Original design (before flipping), footprint, foundation plan,
heated bench construction plan
C-MART: Installed HK-22 core with bakeoven, heated bench, 10" extra height. Ladysmith, Quebec. April 15/99
Heater location - octogonal room
Far rear right chimney connection detail for minimum height
Unusual front bench detail, slab on grade, no insulating base pad
Finished core
C-BELI: HK-22, domestic bakeoven
Plan view
Rendering
C-HARR: Heater with plastered facing, bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Elizabeth White, architect. Saltpring Island, B.C. Shipped May 26, 1999.
Preliminary design
C-SMIT: 2 stacked heaters, complete system, Shawville, PQ. Starting date, November 15, 1999
Schematic (elevation), footprint (plan), downstairs view from rec room, upstairs view from kitchen,
Watch this heater being built.
C-SCHE: HK-22 with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil. To be built by mason Jim Mahon, Wakefield, Quebec. April 2000.
Client's layout sketch
C-MAIS: HK-22, complete system for off-grid house,
5 loaf bakeoven, DHW coil
custom chimney, stone and plaster facing
Plan view
Rendered view
Finished heater

Rear Bakeoven back to index

Q30-JOHN: HK 22 w, rear oven. Builder: Kim Aaboe. Head of Jeddore, Nova Scotia. Shipped Sept 12/05.
preliminary footprint
completed heater (Dec/05). Mason: John Wallace, Chezzetcook, NS
Client feedback
finished house, finished heater front 1, front 2, rear 1, rear 2
Additional client feedback on the bake oven (Feb 28/06)
C-KELL: HK-22 core with oven, corner unit, installed, western New York state, June 21, 1999
Client's preliminary layout sketch
Foundation plan, revised plan
Dimensioned heater footprint
Assembled core, before heated bench rough-in
C-BROD: HK-18 heater core with rear bakeoven, Colorado (Four Corners area)
Photo of finished heater and client feedback
C-ERNS: Corner heater with bakeoven, domestic hot water, heated benches. Eco-tourism lodge, Alberta. To be shipped January 15/99
preliminary footprint, footprint 2, footprint 3, footprint 4, final footprint
C-KETC: complete custom heater with compact cooktop. Angled sidewalls, channel reconfigured for top chimney exit. Domestic hot water coil tied in to solar panels, bakeoven on kitchen side. Off grid, engineered low energy house designed by Allen-Kani Associates, Toronto. Unoccupied and with only solar gain, the lowest winter temperature recorded inside was 12C.
View of house from front
Second view of house
View of 600 W. photovoltaic array and Caledon hills
View of masonry heater
View from kitchen side showing masonry heater with brick bakeoven and woodfired Wamsler cooktop and oven
Floorplan, sketch of heater footprint and layout
3-D Schematic of house
C-ROSA:HK-22 with rear bakeoven, core delivered and installed, Pocono mountains, PA. Trained local mason.
Completed core

Heated Benches back to index

Q27-INTS: HK 22 w. bake oven. Custom heated bench. Slab on grade.
Large strawbale house/studio - steel frame with strawbale infill.
Architect: Laura Lee Intscher. Vestal, NY. Delivered and install core. Nov 23/05
proposed footprint and elevation
details for custom heated bench
heated bench detail 1, detail 2, detail 3, detail 4, detail 5,
Completed core, with mason Dale Demary and architect and owner Laura Lee Intscher
View from house entry side
Q44-GAUT: HK 22, details to follow. Strawbale house, Val-des-Monts, Québec. Delivered and instaledl, September 27/05. Architect: Linda Chapman
architect's foundation plan, heater footprint
revised footprint, revised June 10/05
completed core with roughed-in wraparound heated bench
chamfered corner detail 1, detail 2, detail 3, detail4
detail of recycled timeberframe
light clay (leichtlehm) wall detail
C-KING: HK-22 with oven and domestic hot water coil. Strawbale house, Wakefield, Quebec.
Core delivered and installed, Oct 1/02
Finish mason: Udo Kohrmann.
Building the core. Udo Kohrmann is on the left and Norbert Senf on the right.
Client's slide show of building the core
Client's slide show of finishing the heater
Finished heater, rear view
Client's slide show of semi-finished house Jan 5/05
Client feedback

Q39-ANDR: HK22, rear oven, DHW coil, slab on grade. Custom heated bench on opposite side from chimney.
400 sq. ft. addition to 1200 sq. ft. farmhouse, Prince Edward County, ON
Delivered and installed core, Nov 2, 2005.
room layout, proposed footprint, client's conceptual sketch
Client's concept adapted to HeatKit dimensions (July 18/05)
Completed core, view from kitchen side
Instructions for custom heated bench on the opposite side from chimney (150 KB PDF file)
Q27-INTS: HK 22 w. bake oven. Custom heated bench. Slab on grade. Delivered and install core.Vestal, NY. Nov 23/05
proposed footprint and elevation
details for custom heated bench
heated bench detail 1, detail 2, detail 3, detail 4, detail 5,
Completed core, with mason Dale Demary and architect and owner Laura Lee Inscher
View from house entry side
C-NOLA: HK-22, oven, heated bench; Sustainable housing co-op, Ithaca, NY. Installed core, June 17, 2003.
Project details
heater plan,
foundation plan
John Zamkotowicz works on core
Dry layout of heated bench
Clay-lime plaster sprayed onto strawbale walls and trowelled
Ithaca Ecovillage
C-BRAC: HK 22 w. rear oven. Slab on grade. Warkworth, ON. Delivered and installed, Oct 13/04.
rear view of core
rear bench and rear chimney detail
C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
Layout and bench connection diagram
Rendering of heater finish.
C-FAIR: HK22 with rear oven, hot water coil, front heated bench. Indian River, Michigan. Delivered and installed, June 26/03. Finish mason: Bob Goode.
Foundation plan
Completed core with dry heated bench layout.
C-POTT: HK-22 core, custom facing, curved heated bench.. Sustainable house, designed by Ecostruct, Pueblo, Colorado.
client's floor plan, elevation, preliminary footprint
heated bench section
C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
Layout and bench connection diagram
C-GLAD: HK-22 core components with bakeoven, heated bench, Val-des-Monts, Quebec, Sept 10/98. For pickup, to be installed by mason Jim Mahon, Low, PQ.
Client's sketch
Elevation, plan, perspective
Client feedback, photo of heater
C-JENK: HK-22 with bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Shipped to Lookout Mtn, Georgia, October 19, 1999.
Original design (before flipping), footprint, foundation plan,
heated bench construction plan
C-OLDH: HK 22 with rear oven, heated bench. Shipped to Kenosha, WI, Oct 03/03.
Client's floor plan, foundation plan
dimensioned footprint
heated bench connection diagram
Finished concept
C-HAYM: HK-22, oven, heated bench, domestic hot water coil, soapstone facing.
Kanata, ON. Installed Jan 14/03
client's elevation sketch
completed core
heated bench rough-in, detail 1, detail 2
C-MUZY: HK-22 core with heated bench, oven, domestic hot water, extra water coil in upper chamber. Allegheny mountains, PA - Picked up June 28/99
footprint, revised footprint
C-KIMM: 2 HK-22 cores,one oven, heated bench, water coil, seismic specs, Idaho. 5000 sq. ft. strawbale house. Supply components and consult on structural design. Mason is Kim Wilde. Shipped May 10/99.
Section
Foundation reinforcing plan
Cantilevered slab and first floor heated bench layout
Finished heater
C-ERDM: HK-22, core kit to be shipped to British Columbia. Domestic hot water coil, bakeoven, heated bench.
Heated bench detail
C-GUNT: Heater with heated bench and cookstove. Client supplied CAD floorplan. Ship to Saint John, New Brunswick, September 21/98.
Isometric model
Plan
Perspective
Elevations
C-LIMO: HK-22 core w. oven. Remote chimney w. bypass, heated bench and wood storage. Shipped Nov. 3 1999
Heater dimensions, layout
C-HARR: Heater with plastered facing, bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Elizabeth White, architect. Saltpring Island, B.C. Shipped May 26, 1999.
Preliminary design
C-PECK: core kit, extra height, DHW, wraparound heated bench
Plan view
C-DEPE: Buckingham, Quebec. HK-22, installed core. Heated bench, domestic hot water. September 2/98.Foundation plan
Revised footprint
C-MAST: HK 22 w. heated bench. Plattsburgh, NY. Mason: Dan Pike.
finished heater
C-MART: Installed HK-22 core with bakeoven, heated bench, 10" extra height. Ladysmith, Quebec. April 15/99
Heater location - octogonal room
Far rear right chimney connection detail for minimum height
Unusual front bench detail, slab on grade, no insulating base pad
Finished core
C-SIBE: HK-22 core with custom hydronic loop, wraparound bench. Deliver and install in southern PA, December 8/99.
plan
perspective view
C-DERR: Custom system with Kachelofen, Rosin fireplace, cookstove. For MHA member Bill Derrick, Alternate Energy Systems, Peru, NY.
Drawings, client feedback about bakeoven
Completed system

Hot Water back to index

Hydronic systems on the Gimme Shelter website
location of domestic hot water coil in firebox
Q49-DUNC2: HK 22, bake oven, domestic hot water coil. Michigan. Deliver and install, September/05
Client's floorplan, photo of location
proposed heater footprint, DHW coil location plan, elevation
C-HELD: HK-22, oven, heated bench, domestic hot water, woodwaiter. Installed core, southern Vermont, July 23, 2001. Mason is William Davenport
plan, elevation, perspective 1, perspective 2
Finished heater
Hot water connection photo
drawing set (150 Kb. Word doc)
C-WEBS: HK-22 w custom water coil. Haliburton, ON. Low energy house..
Architect: Nathan Webster. Installed Sept 25/02
House Systems Overview (Allen-Kani), 250Kb PDF file
heater plan
offset water coil photo 1, photo 2, photo 3,
slab on grade outside air, photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
C-CLAR: HK 22 w. oven, domestic hot water coil, heated bench. Installed core. Natural Bridge, NY. Oct 2, 2001
coil detail
C-DEPE: Buckingham, Quebec. HK-22, installed core. Heated bench, domestic hot water. September 2/98.
Revised footprint
coil installed in firebox
C-KLEI02: Custom hydronic coil for Heat-Kit system. Gimme Shelter Construction, Wisconsin. Mark Klein, certified heater mason.
Schematic, generic coil layout
C-PAJO: Installed HK22 core with custom hydronic loop
coil rendering, core rendering, heater footprint, heater isometric
C-BURK: HK-22 core with custom hydronic setup. 4,000 sq. ft. strawbale house, Nova Scotia. Architect: Phillip Van Horn, mechanical engineers: Allen-Kani Associates. Shipped October 12, 1999.
footprint,
proposed new footprint,
footer outline,
heat exchanger detail
coil
heater front section with coil location
photo of custom coil(shown with snifter valve in place for pressure test)
C-MUZY: HK-22 core with heated bench, oven, domestic hot water, extra water coil in upper chamber. Allegheny mountains, PA - Picked up June 28/99
footprint, revised footprint
C-HARR: Heater with plastered facing, bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Elizabeth White, architect. Saltpring Island, B.C. Shipped May 26, 1999.
Preliminary design
C-JENK: HK-22 with bakeoven, heated bench, domestic hot water. Shipped to Lookout Mtn, Georgia, October 19, 1999.
Original design (before flipping), footprint, foundation plan,
heated bench construction plan
C-PECK: core kit, extra height, DHW, wraparound heated bench
Plan view
C-MINK: HK-22, installed core, domestic bake oven, hydronic coil integrated into hydronic heating system in a low energy off-grid house.
Client feedback.
C-KETC: complete custom heater with compact cooktop. Angled sidewalls, channel reconfigured for top chimney exit. Domestic hot water coil tied in to solar panels, bakeoven on kitchen side. Off grid, engineered low energy house designed by Allen-Kani Associates, Toronto. Unoccupied and with only solar gain, the lowest winter temperature recorded inside was 12C.
View of house from front
Second view of house
View of 600 W. photovoltaic array and Caledon hills
View of heater
View from kitchen side showing brick bakeoven and woodfired Wamsler cooktop and oven
Floorplan, sketch of heater footprint and layout
C-SUTH: Masonry heater for energy retrofit of existing house, Toronto. Basement heater with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil. Heater extends through first floor to provide an upstairs cooking surface. Allen-Kani Associates, architects/engineers. Spring 2000.
originalconcept
rendered core model
Jan 7/00 revision, upstairs footprint
C-ERNS: Corner heater with bakeoven, domestic hot water, heated benches. Eco-tourism lodge, Alberta. To be shipped January 15/99
footprint
Finished heater
C-MAIS: HK-22, complete system for off-grid house,
5 loaf bakeoven, DHW coil
custom chimney, stone and plaster facing
Plan view
Rendered view
Finished heater

Corner Heater back to index

632-WAGN: HK22, corner option, oven, DHW coil. Deliver and install core. Round Lake Centre, ON. Dec 13/06
core in progress, finished core without wrap.
Q52-HEAG: HK22 corner unit, front oven. Val des Monts, Quebec. Deliver and install, October/05
Client's floorplan, section, elevation
proposed footprint (July 18/05)
proposed corner footprint (Aug 1/05), revised Sept 1/05
Architect's rendering
C-BERG: HK 22 corner unit, bake oven, heated bench. Shipped to Massachussetts, May 4/04.
Layout and bench connection diagram
Rendering of heater finish.
Finished heater, Jan/05
C-CAST: HK 22 w. corner option. Ship to Fort Bragg, CA, Sept 17/04
Location in floor plan
Layout dimensions
C-MEYE: Custom corner HeatKit with firebox widened to 32".
Design, supply modified castings and custom instructions.
Client to provide his own firebox door. Winnipeg MB. Mason: Carl Oehme
CAD model
custom assembly instructions
C-BUSH06: HK-22 corner unit with oven. Shipped to MHA certified heater mason Steve Bushway, MA. August 20/03
photo of finished heater
C-KELL: HK-22 core with oven, corner unit, installed, western New York state, June 21, 1999
Client's preliminary layout sketch
Foundation plan, revised plan
Dimensioned heater footprint
Assembled masonry heater core, before heated bench rough-in
Completed masonry heater, stonework done by the owners
Client feedback
C-ERNS: Corner masonry heater with bakeoven, domestic hot water, heated benches. Eco-tourism lodge, Alberta. Shipped January 15/00
preliminary footprint, footprint 2, footprint 3, footprint 4, final footprint
Finished heater
C-MILE: HK-22, corner unit components with bakeoven
footprint, assembly instructions
C-WARF: Corner heater, rear oven, heated bench, 2 extra flues
clients' 1st floor plan, loft plan, heater layout

Stacked Heaters back to index

Q16-SCHE: Custom heater design for new senior's residence, Wakefield, Quebec.
Basement fireox with upstairs heat battery. Components picked up at shop, May 18/05
Heat battery scheme 1 , scheme 2 , scheme 3 schematic, upstairs heat battery plan
clients sketch of floor cutout and layout, Apr 14/05
layout, May 2/05, cleanout locations
isometric lower core plus slab, cutaway of upper core, upper core
right section, isometric, May 14/05
Draft assembly manual for mason (24 pages)
construction photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4

C-SCHE: HK-22 with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil., additional heat exchanger in basement, Sept. 20, 2002
Client's layout sketch
Basement heating scheme: front section, plan
Basement heating scheme: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6, photo 7, photo 8
C-PALM: 2 stacked Heat-Kit heaters. Upper level with bakeoven, heated bench and wood waiter from basement. Shipped to Pinedale, Wyoming, May 14/02.
preliminary footprint , client sketch, revised footprint, rendering 1, rendering 2

C-KIMM: 2 HK-22 cores,one oven, heated bench, water coil, seismic specs, Idaho. 5000 sq. ft. strawbale house. Supply components and consult on structural design. Mason is Kim Wilde. Shipped May 10/99.
Section
Foundation reinforcing plan
Cantilevered slab and first floor heated bench layout
Finished heater
C-FIND: 2 stacked HK-22 cores, one with oven, Ohio. Picked up on June 21/99
Photo of fnished upper level heater
client feedback
C-SMIT: 2 stacked heaters, complete system, Shawville, PQ. Starting date, November 15, 1999
Schematic (elevation), footprint (plan), downstairs view from rec room, upstairs view from kitchen,
Watch this heater being built.
C-LEVE: 2 stacked HK-22 cores, one with bakeoven, Thurso, Quebec, 2000
floorplan

Stucco Heaters back to index

C-SMIT: 2 stacked heaters, complete system, Shawville, PQ. Starting date, November 15, 1999
Schematic (elevation), footprint (plan), downstairs view from rec room, upstairs view from kitchen,
Watch this heater being built.
C-BROD: HK-18 heater core with rear bakeoven, Colorado (Four Corners area)
Photo of finished heater and client feedback

Special Configurations back to index

Q17-MITC: HK22, hot water coil right side exit, extra heat exchange. Basement retrofit.
Deliver and install core, Willowdale, ON. Deliver and install, October 18/05
Client's schematic
heat battery plan
Q28-KEND: HK22.Woodwaiter. Similar to Held Heater, except firebox widened to 32", no oven
All masonry chimney with structural support for roof beam. Client to supply his own firebox doors.
Shipped to Connecticut. July 20, 2005.
lower lever floor plan, upper level floor plan
proposed footprint
rendering, July 8/05
heater firebox widened 9", July 15/05, CAD model of stretched core
Custom assembly instructions

Q16-SCHE: Custom heater design for new senior's residence, Wakefield, Quebec.
Basement fireox with upstairs heat battery. Components picked up at shop, May 18/05
Heat battery scheme 1
scheme 2
scheme 3 schematic, upstairs heat battery plan
clients sketch of floor cutout and layout, Apr 14/05
layout, May 2/05, cleanout locations
isometric lower core plus slab, cutaway of upper core, upper core
right section
isometric, May 14/05
Draft assembly manual for mason (24 pages)
C-MEYE: Custom corner HeatKit with firebox widened to 32".
Design, supply modified castings and custom instructions.
Client to provide his own firebox door. Winnipeg MB. Mason: Carl Oehme
CAD model
Custom assembly instructions
C-SCHE: HK-22 with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil., additional heat exchanger in basement, September 20, 2002
Client's layout sketch
Basement heating scheme: front section, plan
Basement heating scheme: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6, photo 7, photo 8
C-BURK: HK-22 core with custom hydronic setup. 4,000 sq. ft. strawbale house, Nova Scotia. Architect: Phillip Van Horn, mechanical engineers: Allen-Kani Associates. Shipped October 12, 1999.
footprint,
proposed new footprint,
footer outline,
heat exchanger detail
coil
heater front section with coil location
photo of heat exchanger (shown with snifter valve in place for pressure test)
C-LIMO: HK-22 core w. oven. Remote chimney w. bypass, heated bench and wood storage. Shipped Nov. 3 1999
Heater dimensions, layout
C-JENM: HK-22 core with custom top exit configuration and bakeoven. Delivered and installed to Brockville, ON. Dec 15, 1999.
Photo of heater location
Top exit detail1, detail 2
C-DUNC: Lower level masonry heater, using existing flue in upper level fireplace. Passive hot water convection coil. Low energy addition/retrofit. Terracotta, ON. Mechanical consultants: Allen-Kani Associates - sustainable building designers and engineers. Shipped Sept 7/00.
modifications for top exit, and to clear existing beam
front section showing coil, isometric schematic
revised plan(Sept 5/00)
custom assembly instructions (400 kb PDF file)
photo of custom stainless coil
C-KETC: complete custom heater with compact cooktop. Angled sidewalls, channel reconfigured for top chimney exit. Domestic hot water coil tied in to solar panels, bakeoven on kitchen side. Off grid, engineered low energy house designed by Allen-Kani Associates, Toronto. Unoccupied and with only solar gain, the lowest winter temperature recorded inside was 12C.
View of house from front
Second view of house
View of 600 W. photovoltaic array and Caledon hills
View of heater
View from kitchen side showing brick bakeoven and woodfired Wamsler cooktop and oven
Floorplan, sketch of heater footprint and layout
3-D Schematic of house
C-DERR: Custom system with Kachelofen, Rosin fireplace, cookstove. For MHA member Bill Derrick, Alternate Energy Systems, Peru, NY.
Drawings, client feedback about bakeoven
Completed system
C-REED: HK-22, 5 loaf domestic bakeoven, DHW coil, installed core.
Passive closed air convection heat transfer loop (click on gif1, gif2). West Virginia.
C-RUZB: complete custom heater.
Corner fireplace window in living space with separate fuel loading door in hallway. Downtown Ottawa infill house.
Watch this heater being built
C-SIRO: Custom system, complete, retrofit, Aylmer, Quebec.
Preliminary rendering
Preliminary drawings
New footprint
Framing dimensions
Finished heater
Client feedback:
C-GRAB: HK-22 core components, bakeoven, domestic hot water coil. Custom design with 4 ft of extra heat exchange channels extending into lower level of house. Michigan. Picked up Nov. 14/98.
Isometric
C-RIZE: HK-22 core components, see-through, bakeoven, hot water coil. Rhode Island. Owner will assemble. Sept. 19/98
Sketch of footprint.
C-JOHN: Consulting and design services for heater with enlarged firebox, hydronic coils, separate precast bakeoven. Off grid house to be built near Alpine, NM, 2001.
rendered model supplied by client
plan and elevation
preliminary system design: front section, plan
C-WEBS: Custom designed heater with corner glass door. Design and construct heater core, design and fabricate custom hardware. Domestic hot water coil, supplemental hydronic heating coil. Haliburton, ON, March, 2000. Autonomous house with renewable energy supply. Architect: Nathan Webster, mechanical engineers: Allen-Kani Associates.
House Systems Overview (Allen-Kani), 250Kb PDF file
preliminary footprint
corner glass door scheme
C-HORR: HK-22, see-through, with bakeoven on kitchen side. Custom design utilizing Heat-Kit components and standard firebricks. Working drawings for owner, components. Shipped to Idaho, Sept. 98
preliminary design
final design
customized heater core design, isometric
Download custom assembly instructions (1.6 MB)
C-JOHN: Design consulting on custom fireplace/grill/bakeoven for kitchen addition, San Francisco. Mason is Ben Sotero, who is MHA certified.
preliminary concept
alternate concept
revised
overlay of Biofire footprint
final concept, right section, front elevation, front section through oven, fireplace connection detail
C-AABO: Curved HK-22 for owner-built timberframe house.
Heater footprint
View of house from South
Interior view of house
C-SUTH: Masonry heater for energy retrofit of existing house, Toronto. Basement heater with bakeoven and domestic hot water coil. Heater extends through first floor to provide an upstairs cooking surface. Allen-Kani Associates, architects/engineers. Spring 2000.
originalconcept
rendered core model
Jan 7/00 revision, upstairs footprint
C-ERNS: Corner heater with bakeoven, domestic hot water, heated benches. Eco-tourism lodge, Alberta. Shipped January 15/99
footprint
Finished heater
C-KIMM: 2 HK-22 cores,one oven, heated bench, water coil, seismic specs, Idaho. 5000 sq. ft. strawbale house. Supply components and consult on structural design. Mason is Kim Wilde. Shipped May 10/99.
Section
Foundation reinforcing plan
Cantilevered slab and first floor heated bench layout
Finished heater
C-PILL: Design drawings, 2 HK- core kits, one Rosin fireplaces to be shipped to Missouri. Owner-built brick and stone fireplace, 2 levels, new construction.
First floor section, 2 floor section, Fireplace section, Fireplace isometric
Revised first floor plan
Lower level plan
Chimney plan
Lower level sectio n, Overlay
Rendered Kitchen view. Masonry heater w. bakoven, heated bench, 48" Rumford fireplace. Reclaimed brick facing.
Rendered Great room view. 36" x 29" Rosin fireplace. Stone facing.
C-MCNE: HK-22 with bake oven, heated bench and domestic hot water. Heater has extra height to raise oven on kitchen side (sunken floor on loading door side)
Preliminary footprint
Client feedback
C-FRAN: Heater core, components only. HK-22, see-through (two loading doors), bakeoven. New Jersey.
Sketch of footprint.
Permit drawing
C-CROS: Custom designed heater with bakeoven, stone face, for large log house. Working drawings. Consult with mason on construction. Wakefield, Quebec. Mason: Jim Mahon.
Perspective sketch
C-VANH: design consulting and manufacturing of components. Custom system for 5000 sq. ft. rammed earth house, British Columbia. Heater firebox is used to fire large kitchen bakeoven. Bakeoven and fireplace can operate separately.
Details
C-KINN: design consulting for custom residential system - Rumford fireplace in living room and heated wall in bedroom
Plan view
Proposed revised plan
Revised plan
C-PIKE: Custom firebox design for heater mason Dan Pike, Peru, N.Y. To fit existing masonry heat exchanger and chimney connection.
Preliminary working drawings

Consulting and Design Work back to index

C-HSU01: Consult on design and construction of new restaurant cooking concept. Kensington Market, Toronto.
Work on-site with MHA heater mason Alex Chernov to construct oven vaults, Sept 13 - 17 /04.
isometric of model
progress photo, Aug 30/04
progress photo 1, photo 2, Oct 23/04
oven testing, Nov 5/04
Restaurant in operation, April/05
Restaurant review, May 4, 2005
C-COUT2: Consult on design and construction of 4x6 commercial oven. Build vault. South Durham, Quebec. Oct 3/06
vault under construction, foamglas thermal break around door.
C-VANH04: Consult on domestic oven design for architect Phillip Van Horn. Saltspring Island, British Columbia.
preliminary oven construction sheme
revised elevation (Jan 20/06)
revised plan (jan 20/06)
March 8/06 revised plan, side section, front section
C-CROS: Custom designed heater with bakeoven, stone face, for large log house. Working drawings. Consult with mason on construction. Wakefield, Quebec. Mason: Jim Mahon.
Perspective sketch
C-HORR: HK-22, seethrough, with bakeoven on kitchen side. Custom design utilizing Heat-Kit components and standard firebricks. Working drawings for owner, components. Shipped to Idaho, Sept. 98
preliminary design
final design
customized heater core design, isometric
C-HOBI02: Consult on masonry fireplace design for new residence, Barry Hobin & Associates Architects, Ottawa. Aug 15/03
structural scheme for open corner Rumford fireplace
C-RIME: Consult on makeup air design for large house w. 14 fireplaces, Ohio
consulting report on fireplace makeup air
C-VANH: design consulting and manufacturing of components. Custom system for 5000 sq. ft. rammed earth house, British Columbia. Heater firebox is used to fire large kitchen bakeoven. Bakeoven and fireplace can operate separately.
Details
C-ALT2: Consult on fireplace design, new cottage, Muskoka ON
preliminary 3-d model
NCC1: Consult on rehabilitation of 3 fireplaces, Rideau Hall (Governor General's Residence), Ottawa.
NCC2: Consult on rehabilitation of 1 fireplace, Rideau Hall, Ottawa.
NCC3: Consult on fireplace rehabilitation, Government Guest House, Ottawa
NCC4: Consult on woodheating systems for ski shelters, Gatineau Park, Quebec
NCC5: Consult on chimney inspections, Maison Charron, Hull
C-DURA: custom designed core, Indiana
footprint, view of modified firebox
C-JOHN: Design consulting on custom fireplace/grill/bakeoven for kitchen addition, San Francisco. Mason is Ben Sotero, who is MHA certified.
preliminary concept
alternate concept
revised
overlay of Biofire footprint
final concept, right section, front elevation, front section through oven, fireplace connection detail
drawings for mason, Ben Sotero
C-HORR: HK-22, see-through, with bakeoven on kitchen side. Custom design utilizing Heat-Kit components and standard firebricks. Working drawings for owner, components. Shipped to Idaho, Sept. 98
preliminary design
final design
customized heater core design, isometric
Download custom assembly instructions (1.6 MB)
C-GARN: Design consulting on high efficiency minimum clearance Rumford fireplace. Masonry firebox on supported wood floor with metal chimney. Supply custom throat casting. Meech Lake, PQ. March 10/99
Throat casting detail
Throat casting mold, detail 1, detail2
C-KINN: design consulting for custom residential system - Rumford fireplace in living room and heated wall in bedroom
Plan view
Proposed revised plan
Revised plan
C-DENN: Design work, custom components for see-through high efficiency masonry fireplace. Components for Rosin fireplace.
preliminary schematic
Finished fireplace (no doors yet), built by mason Colin Coveny, Carleton Place, ON (613-257 4783)
C-PILL: Design drawings, 2 HK- core kits, one Rosin fireplaces to be shipped to Missouri. Owner-built brick and stone fireplace, 2 levels, new construction.
First floor section, 2 floor section, Fireplace section, Fireplace isometric
Revised first floor plan
Lower level plan
Chimney plan
Lower level sectio n, Overlay
. Masonry heater w. bakoven, heated bench, 48" Rumford fireplace. Reclaimed brick facing.
Rendered Great room view. 36" x 29" Rosin fireplace. Stone facing.
C-PIKE: Custom firebox design for heater mason Dan Pike, 196 Quaker Highland Road, Peru, N.Y, 12972. To fit existing masonry heat exchanger and chimney connection.
C-HOOD: Cookstove with right side exit
Plans

Commercial Ovens back to index

C-COUT2: Consult on design and construction of 4x6 commercial oven. Build vault. South Durham, Quebec. Oct 3/06
vault under construction, foamglas thermal break around door.
C-BECK: Custom commercial wood fired bakeoven design and construction. 7ft X 9ft hearth. Little Stream Bakery, Perth, Ontario.
More Information
C-CALL: Design 9' x 8' wood fired commercial bake oven. New Hampshire.
preliminary plan, front elevation, right section
C-HSU01: Consult on design and construction of new restaurant cooking concept. Kensington Market, Toronto.
Work on-site with MHA heater mason Alex Chernov to construct oven vaults, Sept 13 - 17 /04.
isometric of model
progress photo, Aug 30/04
progress photo 1, photo 2, Oct 23/04
oven testing, Nov 5/04
Restaurant in operation, April/05
Restaurant review, May 4, 2005
C-MBAG: Consult on design and construction of commercial wood fired bagel oven, Windsor ON.
C-KARM: Commercial wood fired bread oven, 4ft by 6ft hearth area. Vineland, Ontario. January 2001. Design consulting. Masonry done in collaboration with Ron Karson, Muskoka.
Plan (preliminary), Elevation (preliminary)
Alternate concept

Domestic Ovens back to index

C-VANH04: Consult on domestic oven design for architect Phillip Van Horn. Saltspring Island, British Columbia.
preliminary oven construction sheme
revised elevation (Jan 20/06)
revised plan (jan 20/06)
March 8/06 revised plan, side section, front section
MHA3: French bake oven workshop, MHA annual meeting, North Carolina, April 16/03
C-BECK: Outdoor bakeoven workshop, Little Stream Bakery, Perth, ON, May 27-28/00.
Photo report
C-DUNK: Consult on 32 x 36 bake oven design and construction, Wellesley Island, NY. July 7/02.
front section, side section, pivoting door detail
pivoting oven door rendering
C-VANH: design consulting and manufacturing of components. Custom system for 5000 sq. ft. rammed earth house, British Columbia. Heater firebox is used to fire large kitchen bakeoven. Bakeoven and fireplace can operate separately.
Details
C-JOHN: Design consulting on custom fireplace/grill/bakeoven for kitchen addition, San Francisco. Mason is Ben Sotero, who is MHA certified.
preliminary concept
alternate concept
revised
overlay of Biofire footprint
final concept, right section, front elevation, front section through oven, fireplace connection detail
C-SENF: Domestic brick bakeoven, electrically fired

Cookstoves back to index

The Guatemala Cookstove Project

Update by Pat Manley, March 14/06