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Category Archives: Planning
RMH, calculating exhaust length
In planning my rocket mass heater installation, I’ve got some challenges. The firebox is outside, the radiating tank is inside, half the thermal mass is inside, half is outside (sun porch). And according to what I’ve been reading, every 90 … Continue reading
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Deconstructing foam
Wadly and I have been thinking through different methods for breaking EPS foam scraps down into the beads the blocks were made of. I’ve seen and heard of all sorts of different methods being employed. One guy used his weed … Continue reading
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RMH Calculating
Since the RMH workshop I’ve been tossing around ideas for my installation. With rocket mass heaters, the devil really is in the details. They’re super inexpensive to build if you can scrounge the parts and innovation is rampant and lauded … Continue reading
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RMH Workshop
Last weekend I attended a rocket mass heater workshop put on by Ernie Wisner and Erica Ritter. I learned SO much! You cannot imagine! I’m going to try and cover a very small portion of what I learned. I learned … Continue reading
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Sun Porch Roof
Terry and I got the sun porch roof finished. It’s AWESOME. We’ve got one glass panel in the south wall and one to go. We’ll keep pecking away as weather permits. I still have to figure out what I’m going … Continue reading
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Plummer Girl
I’ve spent the last 4 days playing Plummer Girl, the plumbing wonder working to replace the kitchen sink drain line in the Airstream. You might ask why I’m Plummer Girl and not Plumber Girl. If I’m going to be the … Continue reading
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Sun porch progress
The frame of our sun porch is a combo of post and beam and pole building construction. The rafters are locally milled full dimension 2×6’s and all the posts, beams and stringer lumber are commercial pressure treated standard dimension lumber … Continue reading
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And the weather has its say
It’s still raining. I’ve got blossoms on my tomatoes and the sky is providing hail. Ah, spring. We’re still pecking away at the sun porch. We have two rafters up and I’m ready to put up the first course of … Continue reading
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EPS-crete
The north wall of the sun porch needs to be EPS-crete. It’s the barrier wall between the new bedroom (not built yet) and the sun porch, so it needs to be okay with being splashed, non-wicking, insulating and have thermal … Continue reading
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New coup
I am a member of our local freecycle list and picked up a hinged mirror that will work awesomely well as the bathroom mirror with the wings acting as corner cupboard doors in our proposed guest cottage bathroom. I’ll have … Continue reading
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