The building of our masonry heater core. The core is from Masonry Stove Builders. Norbert Senf built the core, with help from Udo and Vidas.

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1 Base of the heater. It is important to get it in the correct spot!	2 Base side channels are in place and Udo (on the left) is working on the connecting rear channel.	3 Connecting channel is complete. Notice the chimney connection hole.	4 Vidas, Udo and Norbert install the fire box floor.	5 The firebox is being started. Also, the water loop is in place.
6 The firebox is coming along. Notice the firebox is composed of an inner and outer part. In this picture only one layer of the inner firebox is complete.	7 The firebox lintel is in place. Also the right middle side channel is installed.	8 The heater gets higher.	9 The base of the bake oven is in place.	10 The bake oven is complete.
11 All the side channels are set.	12 View of the top and back of the bake oven.	13 The fiberglass matt is attached. This acts as a slip joint so that the core can move up and down (due to the high temperatures) without cracking the facing.	14 The finished front face of the heater core.	15 The finished rear side of the heater core.
16 The finished side of the heater core. Notice the bypass - used to help the draft during startup.