The saga continues Winter 2013- 2014

                                                             WINTER 2013-2014                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I don't know about you, but I thought this past winter was the worse that can remember in terms of consistent cold. To date myself a bit I can well remember the blizzard of 78 and minus 21 in Connecticut.      

 After 2 years of development of my heater in the basement, were it did't belong ,using it as the heat source for the hot air system the decision was made to bring it upstairs to take better advantage of the radiant heat. WIVES!!  The 1st 2 years gave me a lot of experience and new ideas for heating with a masonry heater. Based on that experience, last summer I set about designing my new core heater which I fired up in my driveway to test and develop what I consider a combustion chamber which burns wood in the most efficient manner which is a gasified burn.  My  combustion chamber operates the same, irreguardless of chimney length.

      Skipping ahead to the end of September we tore down a 9 foot wall between the kitchen and the dinning room to create a open area of 937 sq. ft. including the living room. Next came an 800 pound reinforced concrete slab for the new stove to sit on and fabricating a new containment vessel. By Oct 30 the new heater was fired up with the expected and unexpected results.  
       Weighing in at 2100 lbs the new core proved more than capable of satisfying our heating requirements which is high. Unfortunately I had wanted to add more weight to the heater in the form of a beautifying masonry facade. After firing and analyzing the bare core and heat exchanger for a month or so. I mistakenly thought there would be a January thaw when I could add some brick work. Our Jan. thaw lasted one day when it got up to 40. So much for that idea!  I wasn't able to add the masonry until May because I had removed the oil burner the year befor, so the masonry heater is our only source of heat at the moment.                                Coming up on future posts, tales of expected and unexpected resulted.    Greg

Hello my name is Greg Bailey and I fabricate custom masonry heaters. These heaters (aka awesome radiant heaters) have the ability to use the heat stored from a two hour fire to give off that stored heat for the next ten hours pretty cool huh? You can go to my blog or email me if you are interested ,or just have a couple of questions for me. 
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      My furnace is in a class of furnace known as Masonry Heaters. Masonry Heaters are  heavy, thermal storage, radiant heaters weighing from 1500 lbs to 10000 lbs. They operate on a 20 to 50 lb. fast burning fire lasting 1 1/2 to 3 hrs,storing then radiating that heat over the next 10+ hrs. or more depending on your heating requirements with very frugal wood use. Mason built MH cost any where from $15K to $40K and are typically used in a open floor plan. My furnace will retail in $4K to $6K ? range and weighs 3000 lbs. It can hold a lot more heat than a equal size MH due to the unique stress free design. Mason built heaters are limited to a 170 to 200 degree surface temp due to thermal stress factors. I  have run mine up to 275 with no problem. Along with the radiant heat I've incorporated an exhaust stack heat-exchanger that delivers 150 to 200 degree forced hot air heat to remote areas during the firing cycle and until the fire dies out .You may wonder how do you move a 1 1/2 ton furnace? Offered as a kit  It's a very simple yet extremely strong modular design that bolts together with the heaviest piece weighing 100 lbs.  The furnace framework and common fire brick can be moved into place and assembled in 6 to 8 hours ready to fire up. The advanced, 4" thick fire brick lined combustion chamber, enables the wood fire to burn in a naturally aspirated manner ( not forced air fed)  and develop into a ULTRA CLEAN ,full gasification burn state with 98% combustion efficiency with no creosote formation .  Aside from these unique features I'm using this furnace in an unusual manner. I'm using my furnace as the heat source for my modified forced hot air heating system in the basement. I'm able to maintain any temperature I desire in my 3000 sq. foot 9 room  house relatively evenly  with only a 2 to 4 degree fluctuation between fires. The main activity area run a little warmer being supplied by the exhaust heat-exchanger and the 1400 sq. foot basement sees about a 5 degree rise to 60. Independent laboratory testing in North America and Europe shows an overall efficiency approaching 75% for this class heater. Once you experience a home heated by a masonry heater you will be a believer as I did 20 years ago.  

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FIRE IN MY BELLY

MY LIFE AS ART

Biography

Hi. My name is Gregory W. Bailey, one of my ancestors Johanna Bartlette was a signer of the US Constitution, my great grandfather John F. Wentworth, M.I.T 1901, was on Edison's Board of Inventors and held the first patent on the diesel fuel injector. My father Charles G. Bailey was a design engineer and cartoonist for United Technology Corp. He was the package designer for the space suit's life support system that the first astronauts ventured into space with.  Tough acts to follow!
I started my career subconsciously when I was 6. I loved to draw, especially cars. By the time I was 10 I could draw a very accurate picture of any car. At 12 I started to build and design U-control model airplanes. At 14 I was racing them in competition with adults. At 18 my dad bought me my first car, a 61 Triumph Spitfire.  I successfully tuned up the engine by following the instructions in the manual, after a local shop had done a poor job. My interest in cars was rekindled!  Sports cars!
While fumbling around in college I took a job at an infamous  sports car shop in Farmington CT. Race & Rally Engineering. 2yrs later I found myself at the doorstep of International Automobile Enterprises, a new body shop owned by Phil Gaudette ,who I met at Race & Rally, with a sideswiped TR4A asking him to help me fix it before my parents found out. An unwitting start of a carrier in sports car restoration. After 2 yrs experience with Phil and 6 inches of good butt welding under my belt I struck out on my own at the site of a 200 yr. old abandoned axe factory to make my fortune restoring rusty Porsches for about 2 bucks an hour.
That was the beginning of what would become Roadster Design
Through many trials and tribulations I've become a jack of all trades and a Master of Many. From pioneering and mastering the art of uni-body restorations to designing and producing the first stainless steel heat-exchanger heaters for Porsche 911's, to today's  Clean Wood Furnaces it's been my mission to give my clients the best product for the money. Follow along with me as I develop, what I believe will be one of the best wood furnaces on the market.