Good morning Patrick. This is a great video. I really enjoyed visiting with you when you assembled keeping it dutch heater. Great seeing ya at the okie homestead expo. Your masonry heater is the best ever. So pretty and efficient. Hope you and your family have a great day. Be Safe Randy
The core kit is $9000 for the one in the video. If you would like an estimate on installation cost and cost options for different veneer choices I'd recommend taking a look at our website Tempcast.com. The phone number on the website will take you right to Patrick the owner of Tempcast who was in this video!
Hi Patrick. Great new kit. We have used our Temp-Cast all last winter. It really helped us with my propane consumption up here in Maine. Plus we loved the real heat! I will say anything that consumes wood is a full time job. We have made some amazing pizzas! Keep up the good work.
I'm very impressed! I heat my house with a Regency insert and it works well. What you have there is Amazing! I believe you will do well when people really catch on. The efficiency of your system is unmatched. I installed wood and gas units for 15 years and I can appreciate your Temp-Cast system. Like I said, I am very impressed!! Thank you, Jack
That is definitely an option for situations like this one. The options here were to put a clean out door in a room that was carpeted or use a shop vac to suck the ashes out through the firebox. The homeowners liked the idea of the shopvac and not having ash near the carpet. They said it worked well cleaning it out after last winter and they only had to clean it out once after burning the whole season.
I like the idea of this heater system. A couple of observations watching this video though. Near the end the pipe didn’t look straight. I would’ve thought at some point he would use a level on four sides to see if it was even close to being straight? Putting the silicon on was a very sloppy application. Just looks like “let’s just get it done” or “filming was more a priority” than the actual workmanship that went into it.
I first saw TEMPCAST featured on some "Keeping it Dutch" videos, so glad you are running videos like this yourself. It's a good move. As an Architect I had heard the term "Masonry Heaters", but just though it was a fancy name for a sealed fireplace with a lot of mass, and it was years before I knew the difference. No surprise, I live in the South. I now talk-up Masonry Heaters to clients, prospects and friends because I love the efficiency.
How does the thickness of the brick like a thin stone veneer, or tiles, or stucco compared to a thicker 3 1/2" - 4" brick affect how long the heater holds heat or how much faster it radiates heat into the room, or how hot the facing gets. Does one hold heat better or give off heat better than another.
You won't notice too much difference in heat retention if the thickness is the same. Whether that's three and a half inch brick with a half inch of mortar slush behind to get to 4 in or if it's a 3-in wrap with 1 inch thin stone to get to 4 in. The 4 inches of masonry will retain heat about the same. When you get up to five or six inches it's too thick and very difficult for the heat to radiate out. If you only had two inches it would be a warmer surface temperature and not hold heat for very long. Around the 4-in range total thickness is the Sweet spot What you'll notice about tile versus thin stone like the one used in this video is the tile will feel warmer to the touch since the surface is flatter then the rough Stone finish. Great question!
Thank you for the fast reply. If you had a 3 1/2" - 4" thickness to retain the heat longer, and put a flat tile over that, would you get a warmer surface area from the flat tile, and get more heat into the room, possibly faster, and still retain the heat longer, compared to a rough 4" thickness. I noticed the newer European masonry heaters, all having a very smooth flat, somewhat shiny facing.
I’d recommend you call Patrick Sieben our owner who is in all these video’s. Tempcast.com then click contact us at the top to get to his phone number. He has installed masonry heaters of all varieties and veneers for over a decade and can help you maximize the performance of the heater with whatever aesthetic you like. He just built a Tempcast as you have described with Tile and it turned out awesome! It will certainly feel warmer to the touch with a tile or smooth stone facing. Heat retention is about the same regardless of the facing if the thickness is the same. To get a full understanding of the performance benefits of each veneer choice and the other factors that contribute to heat retention/speed of warming a call with Patrick will be the most helpful! He is very responsive, you can expect to hear back within a day. Sorry I’m not answering you questions in full, but Patrick will be able to!
Martijn Doolaard posted a video last week of putting this stove together, so I was interested in learning a bit more about it. It looks like a great product.
A few questions: what’s the space on the right side of the stove that goes about half way up for? Also, I thought there was supposed to be a 2” or 4” gap between the stove and any combustible material (wall). Am I missing something here?
Hi Lee, great questions. The space on the right is just a storage area for fireplace tools. There is a 4" gap on either side of the heater to the wall. What you see touching the wall is a "wing wall" which is permitted by code.
I build my one 4 tons heavy masonry heater all out of fire brick, took me ages to cut them all and glue them in to their exact spot. I'm very happy with the result, but to all those wanting a good, and solid masonry heater I send them to your website! Your work is just exellent! What I admire the most is that you are not greedy when it comes to refractory concrete, that just show when I look at the thickness of your heater core! The I'm from europe and the masonry heater/ firebox/cores kits they sell here are a lot thinnner and weaker then yours and often more expensive to! So keep up the good work man! May God continue to bless you and your sons and family!
Refractory mortar is what we're using to put the pieces together. If you are asking about the adhesive on the insulation. It's a high temperature rated silicone I believe
Can't wait till ours arrives Patrick. We are excited ! Thank you for answering all my questions, I'm Sure I'll have more. Amazing customer service to say the least! Cheers from Canada
Thanks for the video series. I'm not sure when I'll order, but I might just get the foundation in pretty soon. I've been watching and researching all I can.
I was wondering if your home didnt have concrete slab and you have a basement with floor joist and how to support all that weight from Masonry Heater now I know lol . Great video can't wait for next video for this build
What a beautiful job you did at Dutch's. Such hard work but the silent teamwork from the boys and patience you did. I pray your business thrives. The rock you put in the middle,that was amazing. God Bless you
Loved watching you and the boys at Keeping it Dutch. It was very interesting and quite an education! Will definitely tell anyone I run across, who is looking at living off grid here, in the Pacific Northwest, to check out your masonry heaters.
