The "Wilkening Fireplace" was invented in the fall of 1972 by Albert Wilkening of Walker. Al was frustrated with the inefficiency of the "Heatilator" fireplace recently installed in his retirement home. Being a steel fabricator all his life, he set out to build a better model. A steel heat exchanger that used outside air to feed the fire with a masonry
Matthew Jost —
They did awesome job, showing us all the options for a wood burning fireplace. No pressure. And the installing crew did a