Arched stone masonry hearth pictures from Williamstown, Vermont

Pictures of Masonry heater, Rumford fireplace, and chimney: Stone and American Clay. Cabot, VT

 Stone Chimney top 

Masonry Heater with second coat of American Clay

Rumford Fireplace after second coat of American Clay

Masonry stove (pre-clay plastering)

From the side: masonry stove, Rumford fireplace, and chimney

Rumford fireplace stonework

Stone masonry Rumford Fireplace with chimney in Johnson, Vermont

Finally some photos of the fireplace and chimney I built in Johnson, Vermont this summer/fall...

all the stone was handpicked from the locality.

yes, that's a blurry glass of champagne and the first fire

soon it will be complete with siding

the structure, facing the road

Rumford 42", with slate stone hearth in front of firebox





and, to give you a sense of the work process, four sets of 6' high scaffolding to reach the top.

Masonry heater in Brookfield, Vermont, with the wood fire in basement and radiant bench/heater upstairs.

first fire!

The heater has it's firebox in the basement...

...part of the process...

...and the primary heater and heated bench upstairs in the living space.

Have a seat.

Functional storage and structure.

Masonry Heater with Clay and Stone facing, Worcester, Vermont

Hi folks and friends! This is my most recent masonry stove, built in Worcester, Vermont. It is a retrofit, and is heating a partially earth-covered home that is being renovated. The fieldstone is from a local source, and the finish is in American Clay, skip troweled, with two shades of the color Moab. Hope you like it!
Also this year, and not yet pictured on my blog, I have done clay plastering of walls and ceilings in two rooms and a stairwell in a home here in north-central Vermont. I enjoyed that project very much, and hope to do more clay plaster work. It is a wonderful substitute for paint. I hope to get some pictures to show you! Other projects have included renovating an old brick fireplace with a new stone face and integrating some wood cabinetry and mantle, and a soapstone hearth and lintel stone. Another renovation was re-finishing some cinder-block chimney-tops with a new stone face and stone rain caps.
Happy Thanksgiving!
~Michael

Custom brick hearth space, Middlesex, Vermont

Here's a sampling of pictures from my most recent work, a custom hearth space between living room and kitchen, built around an already-built cinder-block chimney. On the kitchen side, the big soapstone stove is set up on a raised hearth at a nice angle, with a green-granite counter just above it. On the living room side there is a gas fireplace/heater, adding to the warmth of the space with heat and fire-light. The kitchen, living room, and dining room were all transformed by this project, creating a much warmer feeling for the house, figuratively and literally.

How do you attach a wood post to brick and stone?

Nice firewood storage.

Inspired by Gaudi

The kitchen stove on it's new pad

Bring the wood

Living room side

The brick mantle with arch