Independent custom build · Not a Tulikivi product

Custom Heaters

A masonry heater can be designed as part of the house rather than selected as a finished factory model. Its thermal mass, fire view, cooking functions, seating and finish can all respond to the room and to the materials that belong there.

Designed and quoted by projectNo factory MSRP · scope follows design and site review

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Lola’s custom masonry heater built with local soapstone by Humboldt Hearthstones

Example shownLola’s heater

Recognition2 MHA design awards

DesignSite-specific

MakerHumboldt Hearthstones

Built by Humboldt Hearthstones

One heating idea. Many material languages.

Custom heaters can be quiet or exuberant, familiar or sculptural. These real projects show how the same underlying principles can become local soapstone, lime or stucco, brick, natural stone, or a cooking-centered hearth.

Rounded custom stucco masonry heater with a brick oven arch and an active fire — **Rounded stucco and brick**A soft plastered form with brick details, a large fire view and retained-heat cooking.

White tiled masonry stove with an embossed ceramic surface — **Tiled stove**A quiet white ceramic surface with molded relief and a traditional vertical proportion.

Custom brick and natural-stone heater integrated with a kitchen — **Brick and local stone**A cooking-centered hearth using reclaimed-looking brick and irregular stone masonry.

Custom natural-stone masonry heater with a heated bench — **Natural stone and heated bench**The heater extends into a place to sit, bringing direct warmth into daily life.

Hand-built reclaimed-brick masonry heater under construction — **Reclaimed-brick heater**Irregular old brick gives the heater the weight, texture and quiet variation of traditional masonry.

Award-winning plastered corner masonry heater with copper trim integrated into a kitchen — **Plaster and copper**A corner heater integrated into the kitchen architecture—and one of two Humboldt Hearthstones heaters recognized with an MHA Best Heater Design award.

One page · many directions

Choose what the heater should become.

These are the custom directions represented in Humboldt Hearthstones’ existing work and heater information. They are composed together rather than ordered as isolated accessories; the structure, chimney path and heat demand set the boundaries.

Brick, stucco and plaster

A traditional brick heater can remain exposed, take on a softer stucco finish, or combine the two for a quiet, durable architectural surface.

Fire view and placement

A single principal fire view, a see-through arrangement between rooms, or a heater composed as a freestanding room divider.

Cooktop and bakeoven

Add a cookstove top, a wood-fired bakeoven, or both. The cooking face can be placed toward the kitchen while the principal fire view faces the living space.

Warm seating

A heated bench can extend the thermal mass and turn the heater into a place to sit, gather and inhabit.

Soapstone, natural stone and tile

Local soapstone, other natural stone or tile can face the heater, define the hearth, or become shelves, mantels and adjoining masonry.

Architectural integration

Hearths, niches, mantels and adjoining stonework can make the heater feel grown from the room rather than placed into it.

Open-fireplace experience

Where the system and code permit, the design conversation can include a more open relationship to the fire alongside retained-heat performance.

Water-heating possibilities

Domestic-water coils or hydronic integration are specialized options that require early mechanical design, code review and coordination with the project team.

Expression

The result can be restrained and modern, rooted in traditional masonry, or sculptural—without losing the practical clarity of the heating system.

Useful starting conversations

Several options, one custom process.

A custom heater is not priced from a model MSRP. Ryan develops the scope from the house, desired functions, materials, access and level of masonry detail.

Direction	Possible ingredients	Pricing basis
Local-soapstone heater	Local soapstone facing · custom proportions · single fire view	Project quote
Brick or stucco heater	Exposed brick, stucco or plaster finish · tailored proportions	Project quote
Natural-stone or tile heater	Site-responsive masonry · hearth · shelves or mantel	Project quote
Heater + cooking	Cooktop, front/rear/side bakeoven or larger cooking center	Project quote
Heater + heated bench	Integrated seating · extended mass · stone or tile finish	Project quote
Room-divider heater	See-through fire view · two-room composition · chimney coordination	Project quote

Lola’s heater is a custom Humboldt Hearthstones masonry heater built with local soapstone. It is shown as an example of custom work and is not a Tulikivi product.

Start with the house

Bring the room, not a model number.

The first conversation is most useful with:

town and approximate square footage
photographs of the room and exterior
a rough floor plan and chimney possibilities
foundation or floor-structure information
materials and forms that feel right to you
whether cooking, seating or two-room fire views matter

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