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Heat your home with 80% less wood while eliminating smoke, ash, and constant fire-tending. Complete construction manual for building ultra-efficient rocket mass heaters that provide superior comfort, slash heating costs, and burn so cleanly they're legal in smoke-restricted areas.
Why Rocket Mass Heaters Outperform Traditional Wood Stoves:
Conventional wood stoves waste 60-80% of fuel energy up the chimney. Rocket mass heaters capture and store that energy in thermal mass, providing 6-12 hours of radiant heat from a single 1-2 hour burn.
What You'll Build:
- Complete construction plans - step-by-step guide and heater design
- Troubleshooting systems - prevent and fix common installation problems
- Safety protocols - building code compliance and insurance considerations
- Fuel efficiency calculations - reduce heating costs by 50-80% immediately
- Maintenance schedules - ensure decades of reliable, efficient operation
Proven Performance:
Builders report heating 1,500-3,000 sq ft homes with just 1-2 cords of wood annually (vs 6-8 cords for conventional stoves), eliminating daily fire maintenance, and achieving payback within 2-3 heating seasons.
Transform heating from daily chore to set-and-forget comfort. Build the last heating system you'll ever need.
Heat your home with 80% less wood while eliminating smoke, ash, and constant fire-tending. Complete construction manual for building ultra-efficient rocket mass heaters that provide superior comfort, slash heating costs, and burn so cleanly they're legal in smoke-restricted areas.
Why Rocket Mass Heaters Outperform Traditional Wood Stoves:
Conventional wood stoves waste 60-80% of fuel energy up the chimney. Rocket mass heaters capture and store that energy in thermal mass, providing 6-12 hours of radiant heat from a single 1-2 hour burn.
What You'll Build:
- Complete construction plans - step-by-step guide and heater design
- Troubleshooting systems - prevent and fix common installation problems
- Safety protocols - building code compliance and insurance considerations
- Fuel efficiency calculations - reduce heating costs by 50-80% immediately
- Maintenance schedules - ensure decades of reliable, efficient operation
Proven Performance:
Builders report heating 1,500-3,000 sq ft homes with just 1-2 cords of wood annually (vs 6-8 cords for conventional stoves), eliminating daily fire maintenance, and achieving payback within 2-3 heating seasons.
Transform heating from daily chore to set-and-forget comfort. Build the last heating system you'll ever need.
Erica Wisner is a skilled educator and project coordinator, with over 25 years' experience building teamwork and facilitating hands-on learning. She loves making things from scratch: anything from blueberry scones to the oven they were baked in. Erica is the author of The Ultimate Girls' Guide to Science and The Art of Fire. Together with her husband Ernie, she has built over 700 super-efficient, clean-burning masonry stoves and led over 50 workshops across North America.
Acknowledgments and Background
Chapter 1: Rocket Mass Heater Overview and Terms
Chapter 2: General Design Considerations
Chapter 3: Design Examples
Chapter 4: Step-by-Step Construction Example
Chapter 5: Operation and Maintenance
Chapter 6: Rules and Codes
FAQs
Appendix 1: Earthen Building
Appendix 2: Rocket Mass Heater Building Code (Portland, Oregon)
Appendix 3: Special Cases
Appendix 4: Home Heating Design Considerations
Appendix 5: Wood Heat Considerations
Appendix 6: Supplemental Practice Activities
Index
About the Authors
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
| Thema: | Heimwerken & Do it yourself |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780865718234 |
| ISBN-10: | 0865718237 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Wisner, Erica
Wisner, Ernie |
| Hersteller: | New Society Publishers |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 254 x 208 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Erica Wisner (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.06.2016 |
| Gewicht: | 0,687 kg |
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