Masonry Heater in Ripton

It's been a while since I've updated with new photos of masonry projects. I've been working on a few: a fieldstone fireplace in Stowe with Peter Hansbury, with a chimney top faced in cultured stone (a first for me). I don't have any photos of that one yet...Also completing the second floor chimney's stone facing in Chester, VT for the masonry heater that has been featured previously here on my blog. One more visit there and that should be done.

Currently, I'm building a masonry heater in Ripton, Vermont. It is a hand built heater core, with a few refractory castings I did on site. The facing is using scraps from a local quarry, called Verde Antique, which is mostly quarried for countertops and expensive slabs. It is a dark green serpentine stone very similar to soapstone, with veins of various minerals running through it. Here's some pictures of the project...