What to do with cast iron stove

[sirorigami]

This is our kitchen cooking unit and heater. 

Its giving us some trouble. 

1. Doesn't produce enough heat
2. Huge amounts of ash
3. It's a pain in the A to clean every week. 


Could I do some modification to it to make it more rocket stovey?
or should I replace the unit?

It's connected to one of the 2 brick chimneys in the center of our house. 

[peterberg]

Hi sirorigami, welcome to the boards.

Some kitchen ranges are rebuilt with a rocket inside it.
Satamax did a good job, see donkey32.proboards.com/thread/1216/new-range-candidate-rocket-retrofit

[Donkey]

If nothing else, the cook-top and other bits could be separated from each other and used in different ways.
I mean, just look at that cook-top!! Fantastic!

[sirorigami]

Thanks for the welcome, my stove isn't ass tall as the satamax stove, but I guess it could be done,

[satamax]

Dec 27, 2014 3:06:46 GMT -8 sirorigami said:

Thanks for the welcome, my stove isn't ass tall as the satamax stove, but I guess it could be done,

Mine isn't very tall either, i ended up with something like 60cm heat riser, but you also have this type of solution

www.ecologieforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3624&sid=00ed53d22a9b867f24a6dc9bfb910bf5&start=15

[jkirk3279]

I can’t quite make out much from your picture.

But I was just looking at our “airtight” wood stove the other day and thought, “that’s a perfect batchbox”.

Buy enough firebrick to build a fireproof box.

Move the woodstove out about two feet. Weld the top flue closed.

Cut the rectangular channel in the back, wide enough to line with firebrick and still have the 2” aperture when finished.

Then brick in a Rocket Mass Heater behind the stove connecting to the original flue.

Load with a moderate supply of wood, grab the fire extinguisher and test.

Well, there’s the problem.

I’d HAVE to dry-test this outdoors and I can’t see moving this thing just to put it back.

Besides, how do you make sure your floor can stand the extra weight of bricks?

[Donkey]

A good Rocket Mass Heater weighs in at tons. Like preparing to install a Masonry Heater, you've got to get under the floor and beef it up.

[jkirk3279]

Thanks, Donkey.

It sounds safer to build the thing in the garage, in it’s own insulated room and blow the heat through the air ducts.

The GARN wood furnace is a frequent subject for daydreams...