Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Masonry Heater is up and running

>>Or, would you have to walk around in your boxers for three days because the place is too hot?

Well, it happened. I'm running a series of ever-larger "curing fires" to dry out the heater core and stonework. I'm at the point where the curing protocal calls for 4 small fires a day with some cooling off time in between. The cooling off is for the inner surface of the flame channels, but the masonry mass keeps storing up the heat and getting a bit hotter with each fire -- the result is like running a fairly large fire each day.

As a result, it's too damn hot in the house. I have a bunch of windows open (it's high 40s outside) trying to get down to a liveable temperature inside.