Masonry Heater Portfolio

     All heater core layouts are designed by Mark Klein,
          MHA Certified Heater Mason.

     All heater cores were installed by Gimme Shelter and are
          Heat-kit style modules, unless otherwise noted.

              Click on thumbnail images to see larger photo.   

Wenberg
Almond - 2007

Veneer by Berrens Contracting.
   
Janssen
Stevens Point - 2006

Naturally tinted earth plaster veneer.

     
     

Gimme Shelter headquarters - 2006

For more photos of GSC headquarters, click here.

   
Smith
Marengo - 2006

Veneer by Owners.

     
Mead Wildlife Center Milladore-2005
Veneer by McGivern Masonry of Hatley, WI.  Click here for more info on the state-owned Center which incorporates renewable technologies.
   

Fajfer
Wild Rose - 2005

Veneer by GSC.

     
Anderson
Custer - 2004

Veneer by GSC and owners.
  Lutz
Scandinavia - 2005

Veneer by Jeff Berrens of Waupaca.

     
 
Kadow
Oconomowoc-2004
   Heilman
Paoli - 2002
     
Haney
Custer - 2005
 

Veneer by Check Masonry.

  Brandt
Crivitz - 2003
     
Skell/Demers 
Marquette, MI - 2004

Veneer work by Lindsey Demers.
   
Wilson
Wild Rose - 1999

Fieldstone, brick, & slate veneer with sandstone bench by Gimme. Note the cozy reading nook at left.

     
Wilson
Sturgeon Bay - 2005

Local limestone veneer by
Russ Cockburn.

  Apfelbaum
Brodhead -2006

Veneer by
Stan Purdue Masonry.
A heated bench connects an existing chimney (at right) to the new heater.

     
Deltgen
Menasha, WI - 2004

Includes tempering tank for domestic hot water. Brick veneer by Check Masonry.
  Casterline
Oconomowoc - 2004

Limestone veneer by Kempen Masonry.
     
Darner heater and Rumford fireplace Wild Rose - 2004
Fieldstone veneer  gathered by owners and laid by Dan Bauman & Keith Searl.
  Darner: The bakeoven is on the back or kitchen side of the heater. This heater also includes a hydronic heat exchanger to be integrated into the central heating system.
     
 
MREA
Custer  -  2001

Installation was done as part of a workshop for the MREA. Veneer by GSC.
  Hennesey |
Pennsylvania
- 2001

Veneer of local fieldstone by Joe Gottschall. Sandstone bench from Tennessee.
     
Klein
Almond - 1994
  Luebke
Sherwood, WI - 2003

Brick veneer by Sanderfoot Masonry. The heater acts as a room divider between the living and kitchen areas. A bakeoven is accessible on the kitchen side.
     
Shoup heater
Big Falls - 1998

Second floor heater with brick veneer that supports the upper stair landing. Stair to first floor heater wraps around back of heater at left.  Veneer by Check Masonry of Stevens Point.
  Shoup first floor heater.  A four inch block wyth between the brick veneer and the module supports the second floor heater.  Four hydronic coils loop through the heater's combustion chamber to provide heat to a radiant in-floor heating system.
     
 Haasch
Waupaca - 1998
Envirotech core. Fieldstone veneer by Gimme. Note the wood storage alcove at right. The kitchen's gas range is behind the stone half-wall on the left side.
  Schabel
Polonia - 2002
Tile veneer on brick by Gimme and Birnamwood Tile. A nook was made in the veneer above the firebox to hold the shell fossil.
     
Schukar/Lemke
Stevens Point -1999

Sandstone veneer by Check Masonry.
 
Becker
Stevens Point, WI - 1998
Envirotech module with veneer by Check Masonry. Features two-sided fireplace doors with bake oven on kitchen side.
     
Albrecht
Winnetka, IL - 2002

This heater features a Rumford fireplace on the backside.
  Pearson
Stevens Point - 2003

Sandstone veneer by Check Masonry.
     
Washburn
Almond - 1999  Local fieldstone veneer by Gimme and the owner. This is the living room side of the combination      heater/cookstove.
  Kitchen side of Washburn heater/cookstove. Cookstove is to left of the gas range used for summertime cooking. Tile veneer by GSC and the owner.
     
Klein cookstove.  Site-built masonry heater cookstove by Gimme.  Cast iron top and firebox door; tile veneer.  Note the marble border on stove top.   McKnight
Amherst Jct - 2001

Native fieldstone veneer with central Wisconsin sandstone benchtop.
     
Klein LePanyol bakeoven
Almond - 2002

Sandstone, fieldstone & brick veneer by GSC.
  Eco-Building & Forestry LePanyol  bakeoven
Mosinee - 2003
     
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