Rocket Stove, Cob, and Natural Building Workshops SPECIAL NOTES: Calen is working on a great how-to video based on our Bonny 8" project. Kickstarter-RMH www.VillageVideo.org Nick is doing some Rocket stoves in Ecuador. He could use some help if you're interested. http://www.indiegogo.com/nickdemus Paul Wheaton's podcasts and YouTube videos are a great way to hear ongoing discussion. Link to all from the wood burning stoves page. | Rocket stoves are a type of fuel-efficient device, named in the 70's, but dating back millenia in concept. A super-hot chimney above the fire draws the flames sideways and up, blending hot fuel and air into a quick, hot, clean-burning fire that takes little wood, leaves little residue, and has lots of uses. Variations on the same concepts include Fox-stoves or Badger-stoves, cooking Rocket Stoves, Dakota firepits, traditional furnaces, kilns, modern incinerators, smokestacks, bell-stoves, and millions of humble tea-stoves and household hearths developed by resourceful people all around the world. The Rocket Mass Heater takes this useful, clean-burning heat, adds a self-feeding wood box, and channels the exhaust through a masonry block to store touchable warmth for hours or days. (Masonry heat storage is also seen in Roman hypocausts, Chinese 'kang' stoves, European masonry heaters, and ancient masonry dwellings and hearths). The heart of our personal research is the Rocket Mass Heater.Rocket Mass Heaters are a specialized adaptation of incredibly powerful Fire Science concepts that are worth knowing in their own right.
LEARNING MORE ABOUT ROCKET MASS HEATERS: If this sounds wonderful and you're thinking of building one yourself, we encourage you to get detailed plans, books, and/or take a workshop. The full efficiency, safety, comfort, and other amazingly effects are only achieved with specific design proportions and good detailing on key parts of these heaters. Our latest and most comprehensive book is entitled the Rocket Mass Heater Builders' Guide, which gives full details on the methods we consider most reliable for conventional and off-grid homes. It costs about $30 to $40 depending where you buy it. Our book is available from NewSociety.com, Amazon, local bookstores, and many local libraries. You can also order this book, or individual plan sets for the example heaters shown in the book, directly from us at www.ErnieAndErica.info/shop. A good (free) introduction is at Paul Wheaton's rocket stove article on Richsoil.com (all about rocket mass heaters, with several videos and some animation). The original resource is the book Rocket Mass Heaters, by Ianto Evans and Leslie Jackson, costs $15 to $20: www.rocketstoves.com ![]() Owner reports: A lot of owner-builders post project notes on the rocket stove forums at www.permies.com, or donkey32.proboards.com (see below for current links). A few older reports are here: Rocketeer Reports Video: Rocket Stove Article by Paul Wheaton, with pictures, animation & videos: (Other video is available too - like this interesting all-masonry bell stove variation: Rocket Stoves.. Experimenters corner. Answers questioned!
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