Want to visit Taos, NM?

[mustangrider1969]

I live outside of Taos, NM and am lookin for someone to build me a rocket stove in our greenhouse. I am totally new to this site and love it but am not capable of building a stove myself. The greenhouse is almost 1000 square feet. Would be a great winter vacation for someone! Lots of skiing in the area, great tourist town and perhaps even do a workshop for locals?? Interested, lets talk!!

[mustangrider1969]

please note that I am willing to pay for a workshop you put on or for your air fare and possible lodging as well. Like I said, I am new to the rocket stove heaters but LOVE the idea and really want one in our 1000 foot greenhouse (to be set up as an aqua ponics greenhouse).

[stovol]

Mustang, I would be willing between late April and may. I am attending two masonry heater workshops on either side of that window. How large is the greenhouse?1000 sq ft I know, but how tall is it? Is it quonset hut style? Are you wanting a cob or brick structure? I am interested in building masonry heaters. I started with rocket stoves but have gravitated towards masonry heaters. I don't like the fire burning out every fifteen minutes with rmh's but Peter is addressing that with the batch box design. It is a masonry heater to me, the difference being a throat of firebrick or refractory, as opposed to an insulated heat riser in rmh's. I learned how to efficiently make fire with rocket stoves. The masonry heater is a quest to burn efficiently and retain/ utilize that generated heat. I love the idea of only burning one, maybe two fires per day and having that heat slowly radiated over the next 12 to 24 hours. In NM I highly suspect one good fire per day in the evening would keep your structure ultra cozy at night. You should check out the ideas of kuznetzov, Alex chernov, Norbert senf, and possibly the gymse made by lars hellbro, a compact masonry heater, single skin with a very advanced firebox design. A gymse with a bench would be nice. However, the humidity levels in a greenhouse will be a challenge to overcome as they will saturate any stove not fired regularly. I'd say plumbing in a connection for outside air will be a must, otherwise using indoor humid air will cool the fire, which is already located in a damp environment. Start building a shed for completely dry wood if u don't have one. Good luck!