Masonry Heater Portfolio

Rauk Amherst Junction-2009 The masonry heater has an exterior veneer skin of American Clay Plaster laid over solid four inch block substrate. Bench top is porcelain floor tile with travertine accents around the door and bottom edge. The wood trim completes the detailing that ties the heater to trim details in the house.

Fenlon Almond - 2008 Core installed by Gimme Shelter. Veneer installed by Mark Check Masonry, Stevens Point, WI. Veneer is Wisconsin Sandstone.

Wenberg Almond - 2007 Veneer by Berrens Contracting.

Janssen Stevens Point - 2006 Naturally tinted earth plaster veneer.

Gimme Shelter headquarters - 2006 American Clay Finished with Slate

Gimme Shelter - close up

Smith Marengo - 2006 Veneer by Owners.

Mead Wildlife Center Milladore-2005 Veneer by McGivern Masonry of Hatley, WI.

Fajfer Wild Rose - 2005 Veneer by Gimme Shetler

Anderson Custer - 2004 Veneer by Gimme Shelter 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 - 2005Local limestone veneer by Russ Cockburn

Apfelbaum Brodhead -2006 Veneer by Stan Purdue Masonry.

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, Wild Rose - 2004 Fieldstone veneer gathered by owners and laid by Dan Bauman & Keith Searl.

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 Shelter. 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

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 Tupper Amherst Jct - 2001 Native fieldstone veneer with central Wisconsin sandstone benchtop.

Heaters and Bake Ovens