Post by wynot on Mar 19, 2011 20:55:52 GMT -8
I have been researching RMH and masonry heaters for years. I've read Rob Roy's books, Ianto's book, done countless google searches, viewed Lars' youtube video last year, been through the biomass sites for all manner of stoves, used wood stoves all my life etc. . . .
That being said, I am in the middle of figuring out the sytem to install in our house one POW in SE Alaska. The dock is two hours from the nearest hardware store, or materials are barged up from Seattle. From the dock it is a short boat ride to our house, then anything/everything is carried up to the house, which sits 30' above the beach.
My idea at this point is a typical 8" RMH faced either with cobb or local stone, if I can locate materials near enough at hand by boat or by ordering materials and humping them to the house. The picture I'm trying to create here is I need to avoid as many missteps as possible, since the $$ and physical cost of getting material to the house is high. What I'm getting at is the RMH plan and material list needs to be as accurate as possible. It is a long way to the hardware store, never mind Seattle.
The house is on posts since poured concrete is out of the question. It is ruggedly built.
As an aside, I mentioned that I read Ianto's book last summer, and honestly, it put me off a little bit. It seemed as if there was a distinct possibility of building the RMH and then not having it work well, plus maintenance seemed high.
We have great gravity-fed water. An experiment I'm going to try this summer is to use a propane hot water tank and a Stove-Tec rocket stove unit to heat water. If the experiment goes at all well, I will put it in the house, vent it through a small bench, and run a water pre-heat line either in or along the RMH bench.
Thoughts, ideas, trouble-shooting etc. . . would be most appreciated.
All the info. on this site is very much appreciated.
From a guy trying to break the wood stove habit.
That being said, I am in the middle of figuring out the sytem to install in our house one POW in SE Alaska. The dock is two hours from the nearest hardware store, or materials are barged up from Seattle. From the dock it is a short boat ride to our house, then anything/everything is carried up to the house, which sits 30' above the beach.
My idea at this point is a typical 8" RMH faced either with cobb or local stone, if I can locate materials near enough at hand by boat or by ordering materials and humping them to the house. The picture I'm trying to create here is I need to avoid as many missteps as possible, since the $$ and physical cost of getting material to the house is high. What I'm getting at is the RMH plan and material list needs to be as accurate as possible. It is a long way to the hardware store, never mind Seattle.
The house is on posts since poured concrete is out of the question. It is ruggedly built.
As an aside, I mentioned that I read Ianto's book last summer, and honestly, it put me off a little bit. It seemed as if there was a distinct possibility of building the RMH and then not having it work well, plus maintenance seemed high.
We have great gravity-fed water. An experiment I'm going to try this summer is to use a propane hot water tank and a Stove-Tec rocket stove unit to heat water. If the experiment goes at all well, I will put it in the house, vent it through a small bench, and run a water pre-heat line either in or along the RMH bench.
Thoughts, ideas, trouble-shooting etc. . . would be most appreciated.
All the info. on this site is very much appreciated.
From a guy trying to break the wood stove habit.
