Masport Heating Rubyvale

An excellent heater for a smaller space – We are now into our second season with our Rubyvale heater. We have a smaller space to heat; approximately 90m2, and the heater fills this area with even, warm comfort. We are completely satisfied with its performance. I’d like to share a few things I’ve learnt. It is super important that the heater is installed professionally. After seeing how it was installed (Link Heating Hornsby, Sydney), I was very glad that I didn’t attempt it myself. There’s a lot to it and the job was really good. My first few fires were not very good but after watching many, many YouTube clips I now have a successful and easy to light fire every time. We burn quality wood - Ironbark at the moment which results in high heat and low ash. Kindling; we use fallen sticks and branches from gum trees. The irregular shape and size of sticks(as opposed to uniform commercial kindling), allows really good airflow. Our kindling burns hard and hot which lights up the Ironbark easily. We burn at a low setting which maintains a 22degree temperature inside regardless of the outside temperature. It would be very easy to overheat the house so we are careful with this. The longer it is used continuously, the more efficient it becomes. We use as much wood in the first 90 minutes as we would use for the rest of the evening. The lesson here is to start hot then temper things down a bit. The Masport appears to be well made and we’ve had no issues with it so far. A relative had problems with the finish on his Masport which was a similar age. One phone call resulted in a service person repairing the fault and repainting the fireplace. He was very impressed with Masport after-sales service which is good to know. I have no hesitation in recommending this product.