Confused, excited, i've read too much!!

[makestuff]

Hi guys, My first post here. I have been lurking for months, reading, learning ordering a few books about RMH's. I convinced but confused as well. I understand how to build a Rocket stove and have built several in tha garage, that are awesome but to be honest i dont like the look of most of the RMH i have seen. I understand the whole mass thing and have questions as to if water mass is much inferior to stone or cob mass. My house is very small 850 sqft and fairly well insulated, i need more storage than immediate heat. Im not sure i would like sitting on a heated bench as i over heat very easily, but i also am away from the house 10-12 hours at a time. I feel like i am missing part of the idea. Can i use a high effency wood stove and incorprate vertical heat storage or is heat storage only suited for RMH's ?

I enjoy all the material on this site, i use my rocket stove for boiling water in preperation for canning food, LP is expensive here. I like the masonary heaters and am very capable with tools and such. Actually i do Blacksmithing as a hobby, i get heat and fire, and its destructive properties as well as creative abilitiesin a capable handler. I may be looking for something less reactive as a rocket, i am very framiliar with conventinal wood stoves. I have RMH the 3rd edition, fun book, very informative, but is there something similar but less rockety!! Sorry for the wall of text , so many questions, and no ne around here has heard of RMH's.

[Donkey]

So.. Build a smaller rocket, feed it into a tallish (narrow footprint) adobe and/or masonry bell and either eliminate or cut down the barrel to reduce fast-radiant.

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[DCish]

Disclaimer: written by a multi-year forum lurker with only a crude batch box experiment as actual experience.

Yes, water is inferior. It likes to run away, rust things, explode if confined, and harbor bacteria. Though it holds more heat pound for pound than cob or rock, after 212° you can no longer store more heat, you just get phase change. Rock, brick, cob... They just kind of sit there and keep taking on heat. The dragon heater is an example of a way to get a relatively low mass bell more vertical. You could also regulate heat by putting a blanket over your bell if you don't need heat at a given moment. The big plus of the rocket is how it uses insulated burn areas to achieve high temps and thus complete combustion, then mass to snap up and store the heat before it runs up the chimney.

[satamax]

There is always a solution!

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