With the price of oil hovering around $90 a barrel, heating a home in the frigid months can daunt even the hardiest of Vermonters. Enter William Davenport, a 33-year-old mason who builds ...

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— Most homes contain only one heating system. Richard Fenner has four. Fenner, a builder and mason since he was a teenager and now a general contractor specializing in fireplaces, is building a ...

Visitors to an all glass greenhouse behind the UAA Engineering Building can't help but cozy up to a chunky white brick heater capable of radiating warmth for many hours after its fire goes out. With ...

A café in upstate New York has an innovative means of keeping its customers cozy. It features a masonry heater with a flue that runs horizontally and doubles as a bench. The building can apparently be ...

Maine Wood Heat, makers of artisanal wood-fired ovens, mobile wood-fired ovens, pizza ovens and masonry heaters was founded in 1976 and is owned by Albie & Cheryl Barden and their son Scott. For more ...

Although forced air is the most common form of home heat in North America, masonry heat benefits make it far superior. Oh baby its cold outside! Time for sweethearts to head indoors. Soft music, a ...