You sir are truly a craftsman from another time! it is a pleasure to watch and learn from you! keep em coming!

These videos are absolutely inspiring, love the silence of human voices and nothing but the sounds of tools doing their work!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

I can't believe I haven't found all these videos earlier. This is the life I want to live. Cheers!

That's got to be hugely satisfying when you first started getting heat off that. You're living the dream.

We use a similar method to heat our place, instead of wood it uses electricity to heat bricks made out of the same stuff the shuttle tiles were made of. The bricks are only heated during off peak hours when the cost of electricity is cheaper, then a fan circulates the air over the bricks. I was skeptical at first, but it is a lot cheaper than an electric furnace! Glad you have introduced a kitten into the mix! Charlie

Wow, the whole series is inspirational. You should be truly proud of what you've created.

After watching a dozen or so of these videos, I wonder if Mr and Mrs Chickadee have taken a vow of silence. Some of the best videos on KZfaq, period.

You are the best of the best. I've not seen a craftsman with your skills in a very long time. Thanks for sharing.

Cant believe you did'nt make your own bricks 😊

this series has been nothing short of inspiring.... I was doubting my abilities and resources to build an old school timber frame. After watching these videos, I've resolved to do it. Without adding words (in your style), I'm just going to do it. Actually, I'm going to do it twice... once a bit smaller than your homestead, and once very close to the same size. Chick-a-dee-dee-dee!

Fantastic seeing one of these being built. We have two in our farm house here in Latvia. One is more the Swedish round style, plated with tin, the other the more typical Russian behemoth which you can cook on.

I know you started doing a few talking episodes. I would love if you would go over one of your masonry heaters. Like how you designed it, how the exhaust flows in yours, what type of mortars you used, what would you do different, and how well the work. I think that would be a great video......at least for me.

Building something like that without formal training in the art of masonry is not an easy thing to do. I'm a journeyman bricklayer and I am very impressed with the end result of your labor. Thank you very much for sharing this and the other videos.

Mr. Chickadee, I got sucked into the these videos right off the get go! Great job! Love the area you chose. Such dedication to details, & doing things to make that place to last for generations. I was disappointed when I ran out of videos to watch! Looking forward to seeing more! I will be sharing your channel with people I know. Best of luck. What a GREAT place you are going to have!

Well we all know who would be living in a house after an earthquake .Well done .A building to be proud of .

I have watched your videos with great pleasure . What a beautifull place it has become. Great job.

I've done a lot of masonry, mainly block work. I might be strange but the two things I love are the digging part (don't ask me why, I don't know) and the block lay up. It's so satisfying to drop the mortar on the block below and then place 35 lbs of precast concrete on what is essentially the consistency of mayonnaise and it actually holds up all that weight. I heard rain there at one point. The perfect weather to be doing masonry too. The slower that mortar cures the stronger the bond.

Hello from Germany, first og all letme say your work absolutly great i like your vids really . i noticed that you have some issues with the heating let me tell you my thougts (sorry my english is not the best) some Major Heating issues result in thin Walls. Here in Europe (Germany) we have a long History with wooden Houses like yours and The Outside Walls are Minimum 6 inches plus the layer of lime outside and inside. some have insulations on the outside made of 8 inches of reed with a layer of lime on top. but first of all its necesary to insulate the ceiling and the roof, most of the heat leave the house this way! another thing is, in Bavaria they also store the firewood right in front of the outside walls wich gave another layer of insulation. Greetings and keep on posting please its a pleasure to watch :-)

I like that. Need to put one in up at camp. I am going to repurpose my 1975 chimney off my house. Great work!

Who knew? A kitty bonus at the end! Nice masonry piece. One I'll hold in the bag. Thanks.

Looks great! Those who can build, build. Those who can’t, criticize. To all the critics, show us your work.

Super impressed with your craftsmanship and then I see that kitten in a sweater and I'm like "Dawwww this guy is the best"

Honestly who gives unlike at something so skilled like this man

these are skills i learned from my dad as a kid, sad most kids now a days cant do this. great work sir!!!

it was great how you showed your cat and dog at the end, home nice and warm.

Turned out beautifully. Looks like your kitten was enjoying it 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

"Hey Mr.Chick" A fine display of patience and perseverance ! Well done Sir!

Don't know how I didn't come around to you sooner. Very skillful and well made build, good job and a shout out from a local KY boy for ya!

So glad I came across your channel! I am really enjoying watching your videos. I have had my daughters watch too. They are enjoying them as well. We are all looking forward to your next video. Thank you!

Great work. It's an Eastern European design, I remember seeing such stoves as a kid when visiting my grandparents distant relatives. I think there was also supposed to be a door for the ash sweep chamber underneath, a sliding cast iron door that would regulate the amount of air coming in. But on a more serious note: no more sweaters on cats!

Glad to have found your channel, I think via Mathias Wendel, then Matias Burger and his 600 year old frame house in Bavaria and then I finish up with you two in Kentucky. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? Definite subscription to your channel and I love what I've seen of your constuction so far. Well done!!!

👍 Dear Mr.Chickadee! I have to watch your videos again and again, after a certain time I have withdrawal symptoms after your videos and I am already looking forward to your next new video! Thank you!

Nice job. That is a piece of art. The dog and cat are priceless.

My dad was a bricklayer and I'm still yet to build a wall at 35 will have to get on with it, great effort for your first time, love your videos

I dream about doing this one day!!! great job !!!! thank you for sharing with us !! You've got some real skill

I like the Russian stoves that have a place to sleep built into them so you stay warm all night.

From Lumber Jack to master carpenter to brick layer you have skills my friend. It is nice to see that there is truly people like yourself still willing to learn and become masters of the old ways. I have to ask who taught you? Thanks for passing these traditions along on youtube. Tis .. hart warming ... dog warming ... cat warming .. and human warming .. Mr Chickadee . . WOW and I can say that backwards .. WOW .. and now for upside down MOM :)

Therapeutic and awesome videos they always calm me. One of my favorite channels on youtube. Thanks for uploading your vids I appreciate your content.

I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your project come together. I have been watching since your start and I just want to say that you guys are doing an excellent job in both the work being done on the building and the video work. Your lack of dialogue is refreshing and I believe that, at least in my case, it enables the watcher to really take it all in. Keep up the great videos you two!

Kudos! These old skool designs are so beautiful. Thanks a ton!

Just when I thought your doggie was incredibly cute, you add a kitten in a sweater

Audere est facere | To dare is to do -- these videos continue to be very stunning in their simplicity, allowing the work to speak for itself. Again, stunning work.

I'm just as amazed as the kitten.

I love your videos. I wish there were more!

Ik geniet van de rust waarmee deze man werkt👍🏻

Very nice. The dog and the cat are like” hurry up man ,we’re freezing “ .

Great Job, the sock sweater on the kitten was great too.,...

Well.... for someone who is not a brick layer, you did pretty good, you also must have heard my dad across the miles say “if you dont clean it up, you might as well not do it”. You made those brick shine. Looks very nice, good job, most dont realize how difficult of a task you under took was, it is not an easy thing to accomplish what you just did.

I’ve been watching your videos all day. Now I’m hooked and totally motivated in doing things myself now.

That's beautiful work. Love the Kitten and Dog.

Excellent. Very nice to find the technique and culture of their native nation so far. And also a very cool cat. :)

I'm glade you put that masonry heater together for the dog and cat; they look very happy in front of the door to the furnace.

Well done mr chickerdee.

Excellent....LOVE the masonry heaters. Very nice and neat brickwork, too.

Aaaaaaannnnd this is why I hire talented men like this to build it for me. Well done sir.

That little kitty! So cute!

This kind of stove is magnificent. I've read about them, but never saw one built before. They were very common in Russia but also the scadinavian countries, not to mention Latvia, so common that Mark Twain ("A Tramp Abroad") remarked upon them; he wondered why Americans were wasting so much wood when they could have used masonry heating, which as he put it could be fed by "a basket of twigs." I thought of putting one in when I was in the Alaska bush, but it would have gone right through the floor. They are complicated because the heat path has to be as long as possible.They must also be massive. Really enjoyed the video.

Awesome! That cat really likes it, and so do i ;-)

Mr. C didn't explain the design. Air is brought in under where the wood is loaded via a grate the wood sits on. Where the wood sits is a "box inside a box" of firebrick inside regular clay brick with a gap (the cardboard, around 1/4 inch) to allow for firebrick expansion. The fire rises to hit the iron cooktop, then "flows" over a brick wall into the back channel where it rises up several feet, then, via a channel, is brought back down, and then up and out of the chimney in the last channel. Only the firebox needs the firebrick. The mortar is 1 part fireclay to 3 parts sand. I would add one part lime or 1/2 part Type N. The firebox should be refractory mortar with very, very thin joints and soaking the firebrick in water before applying mortar.

You sir are non stop amazing as a craftsman ! God Bless and thanks again for the videos.

I really enjoy your channel. So much hope for the rest of us.

Show, don't tell. Fantastic editing. Wonderful demonstration of the temperament you need to develop for such undertakings.

i have to say thqt you are an inspuration to us all, finally someone that steps up and does it the good old fashion way,ive been dreaming of buikding something like this for years but my back does not let me sadly but i do love collecting the old tools qnd crsfting with them, congrats on the shop mate you really are a true craftsman and are way advanced to todays average craftsman and there for should be proud :) keep up the good work sir new sub here

Always impressed by your work. I appreciate this video and the work you put into it. I built a brick and mortar fire pit by hand, broke the bricks by hand, mixed the mortar and refractory by hand, kudos and the project turned out really nice.

Love your teaching style.

The kitten is pleased with its human for this offering of warmth and fluff!

Welcome back. Timber framer, blacksmith, mason: the list of your accomplishments and trades experiences with your every project. I expect to see foundryman and tanner soon, followed by lutanist, vetenarian, and for all we know ballroom dancer and brain surgeon. You dazzle me.

You never cease to amaze me!

I never seen anything like it! It's awesome! Thank you.

Well, once again this was such a pleasure to watch this wonderful video. Thanks for sharing these with us out here in MT......Gary

Love watching the way you work ,great skills

Patience and more patience and sooo much creativity and clever and so much more!

Dude I’m a grown ass man. That kitten was so god damn cute! Holy shit!

Love the color of the dirt!

Wow! I have been watching your videos about building your workshop and all I can say is wow! Nice work! You have very valuable skills.

That heater is massive!

I've never been a huge fan of cats thats because of the litter box thing!. I however love dogs. I have a Charlie as well. Yet I must say, that kitty was about the cutest little fellow I've ever seen.

You do beautiful work! That must be extremely rewarding!👍🤠🙏✝️

You’re the real deal mr chickadee.

Amazing, and wonderfull detail casting your own parts!

Man thats a lot of work. Very nice.

Peaceful. Nice work

Excellent job! Greetings from Brazil!

Fire looks nice and cozy.lay a blanket down and fall asleep

Omg! Kitty is so cute! Great work!

I am going to have to build me one now. Awesome work.

Wow I like this, simple design, thanks for sharing

Amazing. Job well done. Great skills and attention to detail.

I literally found your channel today, and I must say I've been watching your videos all day, will there be more content? If so I'd love to see it! It's amazing just watching you work in near perfect silence!

I can't stop watching your vids, so.. Zen :)

Sit back & enjoy...you have earned it..

I just read your blog. The stove had to be torn down as it didn't work as planned based on the lack of insulation in the building. That's sad. But, you acquired a skill in the process.

So cute at the end, love it

Excellent design, well done! ....13

Great Patience! Very Nice Work!

Excellent! It turned out beautiful!

wonderful !!! very inspiring. thanks for sharing.

You have some of the best work ethic when compared to a lot of the DIY KZfaqrs. Not a bad job fella ! Cheers.

Рукастый мужик!!!+ Отличное видео! Прекрасная работа! Спасибо, удачи!!!

Excellent... Thank you for sharing.