Annual Meetings, News, and Documents
Archive of past annual meetings, news, and dated documents which were available on the MHA and/or HeatKit websites. Paper archives which were never available previously, and may be difficult to date, are in a separate book.
This book is incomplete and development is ongoing. Anything that was previously available online of MHA interest, and especially any photos of MHA activities, belong here. Please contact Patrick Sieben or Gabriel Sieben about any unique finds.
1984
1985
1992
Draft Summary report of the In-Home Emissions and Efficiency Performance of Five Commercially Available Masonry Heaters
Original Download the PDF Prepared for: The Masonry Heater Association Prepared by: Stockton G...
Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark June 1992
Original Download the PDF Appears to be a state regulation changing emission rules, which also ...
Residential wood stoves - 1.10
Original A strange document on the MHA website dating to 1992, containing very early masonry hea...
1995
1996
1997
1998
Building Masonry Cookstoves
Original Download the PDF 1998 is an estimate, actual date unknown. Preview
Masonry Heater Stabilization by TR Engineering - Supplemental to report dated 7/20/98
Original Download the PDF Partial transcription Dear Jerry [Frisch], I have revised the ...
Masonry heaters good, but demand skill by Steven Maxwell
"...there are some things I'd like to warn you about." Masonry heaters good, but demand skill b...
Occupational Analysis Manual for Masonry Heater Designers and Builders
Original Version 1.0 March 31st, 1998 Download Preview
Openfire stoves for solid fuel, Amendment A2 - German document
Original Untranslated German document from 1998. Download the PDF Preview
Photo and written report
1998 MHA Annual Meeting June 4 - 11 at Wildacres Retreat,Little Switzerland, N.C. Summary The...
1999
"Is it masonry?" A conversation with Henry Lee Hodsman
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"Masonry heaters are clean and reliable, but heed these warnings" by Steve Maxwell
Original Download the PDF Transcription Saturday, November 27, 1999 One of the favourite i...
Building Code Dispute over Masonry Heaters Moves Closer to Resolution by Norbert Senf
Original Download the PDF Partial transcription HPA Masonry Heater Meeting - 10/15/99 Su...
Formation of The Wood Heat Organization Inc.
Formation of The Wood Heat Organization Inc. Ottawa, October 27, 1999 - The formation of The Woo...
IRC Section R1007 Masonry Heaters Proposed Addition to IRC Code
Original Download the PDF Preview
Manufacturer's Report on Heater Dispute - Dispute from Walter Moberg, Thomas Stroud about MHA Direction
Original Hart01.pd Partial transcription What I saw happening to the MHA was an increasin...
Photo report by Norbert Senf
I drove down from Shawville, Quebec. On day two, I stopped for a couple of hours and checked ou...
Recent Safety Testing of Masonry Heaters and Masonry Fireplaces by Norbert Senf
ASTM E-1602-94 "Standard Guide for Construction of Solid Fuel Burning Masonry Heaters" has recent...
Written report by Jay Hensle
Pompey’s Knob revisited A week in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with the stove masons of MHA By Jay ...
2000
4x6 Oven Repair
This British Columbia oven also had a falling arch. Here is the owner's description: We disco...
Fundamentals of Stove Construction
Original Download the PDF Preview
Jay Hensley Recollection
A brief review of last year's meeting will give you a pretty good idea of what goes on at one of ...
Outdoor Wood Fired Oven Building Workshop
May 27 - 28, 2000 Little Stream Bakery, Perth ON A concrete pad was poured 3 days prior to ...
Oven at Little Stream Bakery
Glen Tay, Ontario This oven is based on Allan Scott's 6' x 8' design. Main modifications were ...
Oven at Little Stream Bakery - Repair August 7, 2000
This oven was built in December 1997. It has been in continuous use since then, baking around 1...
Pat Manley's stovebuilding trip to Guatemala
I recently returned from a few weeks in the highlands of Guatemala building cement block and bric...
Photo report by Norbert Senf
Driving down - visit to Old Salem, NC Ron Karson and I left from Mississauga, west of Toronto, o...
Pizza Oven Workshop with Pat Manley
Pat Manley starts on a bakeoven while Ben Hurd and Gary Hart mix clay/sand mud. Pat Manley b...
Test Protocol for Determining Zero-Clearance Temperatures Generated by a Standardized Brick Industries Association (BIA) Masonry Fireplace - OMNI-Test
Original Test Protocol for Determining Zero-Clearance Temperatures Generated by a Standardized B...
Masonry Heater Workshop with Albie Barden
Masonry Heater Workshop with Albie BardenConway, NH, October 1 - 7, 2000Report by Gary Hart The ...
SNEWS "Back Page Freebie" on Masonry Heaters
Original SNEWS01.PDF Preview
Masonry Heaters banned in San Jose, California
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000From: CH&H;/Literary DivisionSubject: Re: Do you know there's whey in San J...
Letter from MHA to San Jose city attorney
Original sanjose01.PDF Preview
Northern Sanoma Fueling Protocol
Original sonoma-2.PDF Preview
Rumford Fueling Protocol
The Northern Sonoma fireplace standard fueling protocol rules require that the weight of the fuel...
Letter from Jim Buckley to George Erdman, Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District
1/18/00 George ErdmanNorthern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District150 Matheson St.Healds...
Reply to Jim Buckley's to George Erdman from Barbara Lee
The Northern Sonoma Standard - A New Round of Comparative Fireplace Emissions Testing - 1999-2000
6/12/00 Overview The results of a new round of emissions testing comparing four masonry firepla...
Report summary by Paul Tiegs for Sonoma County dispute
9/6/00 The U.S. EPA's 7.5 grams per hour (g/hr) emission limit for woodstoves is actually a calc...
OMNI Report - Comparative Fireplace Emissions Testing - 1999-2000 - Rumford
With permission from... OMNI Environmental Services, Inc.5465 SW Western Avenue, Suite MBeaver...
2001
Comparison of Test Standards from Various Countries
Original By Edvard Karlsvik Sintef Applied Thermodynamics Download the PDF Preview ...
Custom Small Masonry Heater Workshop
May 2 - 6, 2001 Berea, Kentucky By Norbert Senf First stop on the way to Wildacres was an MH...
Fayol Oven Email
Subject: Fayol ovenDate: Thu, 17 May 01 From: Maine Wood Heat Inc.To: MHA membership Dear Friend...
Heater Mason Training and Certification Program (2001 snapshot)
Heater Mason Training and Certification Program Policies and Procedures 1. Introduction The MH...
Le Panyol Bake Oven Workshop
The hearth bricks are dry laid in a bed of sand. Underneath is a layer of insulation. Finish...
Masons on a Mission 2001 Preliminary Report by Pat Manley
Masons on a Mission - 2001 Preliminary Report by Pat Manley, March 6, 2001 --- El Rincon (mean...
Photo report by Norbert Senf
2001MHA Annual Meeting May 7 - 13, 2001 at Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, North Carolin...
Polish Piec Restoration
March 18/01 The following photos were sent from Poland by R. Roberts Jozef Grazulewicz, local...
Russian stove rebuilt by Carl Oehme-stove mason and Guy Amyot-apprentice “Hamm” heritage housebarn Neubergthal, Mb
Original Unclear where this comes from, or when this was created, but it was organized underneat...
Small Contraflow Heater Workshop
Heater base. Outside finished dimensions are 36" x 24" The downdraft channels are lined with...
Small Contraflow Heater Workshop - 2008 Rebuild by Carl Oehme
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Superior Clay Bake Oven Workshop
Superior Clay Bake Oven Workshop May 9 - 10, 2001 at Wildacres Retreat,Little Switzerland, Nort...
The MHA is in Good Hands - Jay Hensley, 2001
MHA is in good hands A little early history, what happens at an annual meeting, and the challeng...
MHA-Net Traffic Continues to Grow
MHA-Net Traffic Report Web Page VisitorsOctober 2000 VisitorsOctober 2001 Change M...
Messages to MHA from around the world (day after 9/11)
Original Masonry Heater Association News - The Heater Mason's E-Zine.pdf Messages From Eur...
Lime Kiln Report, May 28/01, by Dave Nielsen
(Dave is a first year student in the Heritage Masonry Program at Algonquin College in Perth, Onta...
2002
Kachelofen Workshop in Nova Scotia with Ernest Kiesling, written by John Rousseau
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Masonry Heaters and the Law by Norbert Senf
Original Download the PDF Transcription Masonry Heaters and the Lawby Norbert Senf Masonry...
The Mortar Board (MHA News) - Summer/Fall 2022
Original Download the PDF Transcription Well, everyone seems to be busy. Several people ask...
San Joachim Valley to Ban Masonry Heaters and Fireplaces
From: "Jerry Frisch" To: MHA Members and other members of the masonry heater industry Subject: Sa...
2003
2004
2005
2006
New York Times Article: Wood Boilers Lower Expenses, but Raise Concerns on Smoke
Original Download the PDF Transcription By Anahad O’Connor - December 18, 2006 Their owner...
Passive House Solutions by Intelligent Energy Europe
Original Download the PDF Partial transcription Foreword It is generally recognized that, ...
2007
2008
Glenn Overk is MHA's new Vice President
April 25, 2008 After the Annual General Meeting at Wildacres, William Davenport tendered his res...
Information Brochure and Directory
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Strategies for preventing hairline cracking in the heater face
A round table discussion The following email conversation got started with a report and some que...
2009
Commercial Oven by John Fisher
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009From: Alex Chernov <alex_stovemaster(at)yahoo.ca>Subject: pictures of John'...
Draft Bake Oven Definition, May 1st, 2009
Original MHABakeOvenDefinition5-1-2009.pdf Transcription 1 bake oven, n — wood-burning devi...
Draft Masonry Heater Definition, May 1st, 2009
Original MHA Masonry Heater Definition.pdf Transcription 1 masonry heater, n — wood-burning...
Draft Method For Measuring The Thermal Performance of Residential Wood-Fired Masonry Heaters
Original ThermalPerformanceOfMasonryHeaters5-1-2009.pdf Preview ...
Draft Method For Test-Fueling Residential Wood-Fired Masonry Heaters and Bake Ovens
Original TestFuelingMasonryHeaters5-1-2009.pdf Preview ...
Draft Non-Tested Masonry Heater Acceptance Worksheet
Original NONTestedMasonryHeaterAcceptance.pdf Preview
Draft: Proposed: Partnership Agreement Between The Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and (name of masonry heater builder or manufacturer)
Original EPAMasonryHeaterPA.pdf Partial transcript Objectives of Circular A119 Including F...
Email about Condar dilution tunnel accuracy
From: "Lars Helbro" <lars(at)stenovne.dk>To: "Norbert Senf" <mheat(at)heatkit.com>Cc: "Alex Chern...
Membership Application for 2009 and Annual Meeting Reservation Form
Original 2009 MembershipApplicationForm.pdf Preview
Policies and Procedures - Board Structure & Mandates
Adopted 1/18/09 Originals 2009.01.18 MHA Board Structure and Mandates.pdf 2009.01.18 MHA Boa...
Wood Water Heating Experiments from William Davenport to Norbert Senf
From: William Davenport <info(at)turtlerockheat.com>To: Norbert Senf <mheat(at)mha-net.org>Subjec...
2010
2011
Contest Winners
Originals 2011contestwinners.pdf 2011heaterwinners.pdf 2011bakeovenwinners.pdf 2011masonrywin...
Heater Plan Portfolio
Original Portfolio.pdf Partial transcription The Masonry Heater Association of North Americ...
Riding a "Russian Rocket" by Alex Chernov
Original Contains references and plans for what will occur at the 2011 MHA Meeting. Download th...