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Rocket stoves are superefficient wood-fired stoves that can easily be built using readily available and recycled materials. They are a common sight in cob, straw bale, and other natural building designs.
In this video, Nathan and Tony describe two different rocket stove systems, detailing the inner workings of the stoves and their unique ability to store heat much more effectively than traditional wood stoves. Unlike other stoves, rocket stove flues can run horizontoally through cob benches or other cob furniture, effectively storing much more heat that would otherwise be lost.
For more information about rocket stoves, visit rocketstoves.com, or check out Ianto Evans’s and Leslie Jackson’s book Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You Can Build (And Snuggle Up To).
This video is also available on Revver.
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Brian,
Awesome piece. I want to make one now. Actually I really want to make a nice hobbit home like you are making. You should figure out a way to make the door appear round…
Joe
thank you for sharing this. It is truly inspiring. I hope to come visit you all soon. I heard about you of all places, but through the 30 days series from the Spurlock guy.
Thanks again,
Monica
Those look awesome. My only concern would be cleaning the chimney pipe. Unless its 100% combustion wouldn’t there be creosote build-up?
These “Rocket stoves” are actualy variations on An older concept called masonary Heaters.
They have been around for hundreds of years. The wood is more completely burned. That is your goal, minimial creosote is ever formed.
-Michael
Wikipedia is always a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heater
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