Winners of the 2018 MHA Contest

By Richard Smith, Executive Director, Masonry Heater Association of North America Below are the results from this year's MHA Design Contest. All the entries were great making it very difficult for the judges. However, independent judges without knowing who submitted what have chosen the following winners. Judges: Doug Hren, Masonry Heater Design House; Gene Padgitt, HearthMasters, Inc.; Eric Mosier, Solid Rock Masonry  Winners: The MHA office will be contacting you next week to discuss shipping trophies. A reminder, make sure you promote yourself and contact your local newspaper. You are an award winning mason, use it In a few weeks, winners will be able to be viewed on the MHA website

Masonry Heater Category First Place: Jeff Owens  JTO Masonry Second Place: Jessica Steinhauser  Stonehouse Pottery & Kachelofen  Third Place: Derrick Kowalchuck  Fiddlerock Masonry, LTD

Jeff Owens - First Place Jessica Steinhauser- Second Place Derrick Kowalchuck - Third Place

Bake Oven Category First Place: John Rousseau Red Clay Construction, Inc. Second Place: Max Edleson and Jeremiah Church  Firespeaking and Boreal Heat (one project) Third Place: Albie Barden  Maine Wood Heat Co.  Masonry Category First Place: John Rousseau Red Clay Construction, Inc. Second Place: Albie Barden  Maine Wood Heat Co.  Third Place: Ryan McCutchan Humboldt Hearthstones

John Rousseau - First Place Max Edleson & Jeremiah Church - Second Place Albie Barden - Third Place John Rousseau - First Place Albie Barden - Second Place Ryan McCutchan - Third Place