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<channel><title><![CDATA[Keystone Ceramics - European trained Stonemason - Specializing in fireplaces, Masonry Heaters, stone walls and chimney repair in OttawaGatineauOutaouais - Blog]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://keystoneceramics.ca/blog]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blog]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:24:18 +0000</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[What a masonry heater is, and how it heats a house]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://keystoneceramics.ca/blog/what-is-a-masonry-heater]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://keystoneceramics.ca/blog/what-is-a-masonry-heater</guid><description><![CDATA[A masonry heater is not a fireplace and not a wood stove. It burns one short, very hot fire, stores the heat in a large mass of firebrick and stone, and gives that heat back gently for the next twelve to twenty-four hours.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:24:18 +0000</pubDate></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[From the Roman hypocaust to the Kachelofen: a short history of masonry heating]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://keystoneceramics.ca/blog/history-of-masonry-heaters]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://keystoneceramics.ca/blog/history-of-masonry-heaters</guid><description><![CDATA[People have been storing the heat of a fire in masonry for at least two thousand years. The Romans did it under their floors, the stove-setters of central Europe turned it into an art, and a Swedish fuel crisis in the 1760s produced the design most modern heaters still follow.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:24:18 +0000</pubDate></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[Why heat with a masonry heater]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://keystoneceramics.ca/blog/benefits-of-a-masonry-heater]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://keystoneceramics.ca/blog/benefits-of-a-masonry-heater</guid><description><![CDATA[Very high efficiency, almost no smoke, one or two fires a day, surfaces that are safe to touch, and heat that keeps coming with the power off. Here is what a masonry heater gives a house.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:24:18 +0000</pubDate></item>
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