Long after your fire has died down the soapstone masonry heater keeps on radiating heat. Instead of heating the air directly, the radiation warms the solid surfaces in the room and will even pass through walls and warm adjacent rooms. The heat from the fire is transferred to soapstone itself where it is gradually released into the surrounding area, a steady radiant heat. In it, a brisk, hot fire is burned once or twice a day. A soap stone masonry heater weighs thousands of pounds, generally more than less. An iron wood stove weighs a couple hundred pounds, more or less. Soapstone holds twice as much heat per pound as iron or steel. I have plenty of time, a low budget, and like to tinker & experiment. My wife will not have a wood burning appliance in the house. A masonry heater (also called a masonry stove) is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature for a long period.
I have a detached 900sq garage I would like to heat, and an abundant wood supply. The answer is in the soapstone masonry heater’s mass, or weight. Masonry heaters are proven, clean burning, efficient, safe systems. Many of our customers ask what makes a Greenstoneheat soapstone masonry heater so special and so different from traditional wood stoves, even those wood stoves wrapped in soapstone. Now, Greenstoneheat combines this long-known practice with state of the art engineering, technology and design to bring you the finest heating source in the world… a soapstone masonry heater. Stretching back to ancient times, man used heated stones to keep warm and to cook food. The practice of heating stone for its warmth retention qualities has been known for thousands of years. Simply put, it stores and transfers heat better.Although soapstone is a soft rock, it is not porous and has a solid structure that has amazing heat-retention properties. Unlike other natural stones such as granite and marble, which can also store and radiate heat, soapstone has such an unusually stable composition that it can withstand direct flames indefinitely and be subjected to great fluctuation in temperature with little expansion or contraction. There is nothing quite like soapstone as it possesses extraordinary heat retention and transfer properties. The insulating plates in the burn chamber contribute to a high combustion temperature, which leads to cleaner combustion of the wood and a higher rate of efficiency.Soapstone (steatite) is a magnesium silicate that was formed under great pressure and intense heat millions of years ago. Conventional fireplaces give off strong heat during the burning period but with a very limited cool-down period. Heat accumulating fireplaces differ from other fireplaces in that they are intended to provide a moderate heat for prolonged periods with a limited time of burning. The modular design allows for easy and convenient installation. Our exclusive core elements are created from Memory Mass Power Stones that will continue to provide warmth for many hours, after the fire has been reduced to embers.
Allow the Salzburg XL masonry heater to continue to provide stored radiant heat for many hours keeping your home and your loved ones warm. Search all products and retailers of Masonry and mixed construction calculations S.T.A. Heat your space quickly as you sit by your cozy, crackling wood fire. DATA Masonry and mixed construction calculations. Archgard's masonry heater is the perfect marriage of modern and traditional, offering a more efficient and alternative way to have that traditional look and feel of a wood burning fireplace that you have been seeking.