Ken Matesz

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Occupation Heater Mason
Location Holland, Ohio, United States
Introduction I started my construction career in 1987 building timber frame homes. It was an omen that the first timber frame project I did had a masonry heater in it. I have been designing, selling, and building masonry heaters since 1998, though I built my first one in 1994. Like many, I started our building "kit" heaters. Even today our primary business at the Masonry Heater Store, LLC is the Tulikivi line of manufactured soapstone masonry heaters. I caught the bug, however, and now design and build heaters of every shape and size, for those who want something uniquely their own. I hope you will buy my new book: Masonry Heaters: Designing, Building, and Living with a Piece of the Sun.