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- Container House
- Improving the design
- The Compromise
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- Shell House
- Half House
- Two Octagons
- Three Octagons
- Clover House
- Four Pods Mushed
- Changing the dent
- Starter Pods, the real deal
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Category Archives: House2 Construction
To slant or not to slant
I’ve been reading stuff passive solar. I have to do something heartening. It’s cold and wet out and we’ve got family members on the way to add to our pet cemetary. Katie will go to rest next to Koa, Stacy, … Continue reading
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Spring? Nope, still the planning season
I think we’re getting closer to spring. I’ve got daffs up and my elephant garlic is poking through the dirt. I’ve got quite a bit of pre-spring gardening to get done as weather permits. Dan (brother) is still working on … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Planning, Rocket Stove Construction
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Sawdust stove update
Just a quickie to show Lorr all set to start welding the sleeve into the bottom of the sawdust stove barrel.
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Test fire
The day before yesterday Wadly and I test fired the sawdust stove out in the yard. It really does work exactly as acclaimed. We used fairly damp cedar sawdust (it’s what we had). I had a little trouble getting it … Continue reading
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Sawdust stove parts
I took my concept for the bottom workings of the sawdust stove to our local sheet metal shop and they did a brilliant job of turning my concept into solid objects. All this perfection (not the vent adapter which I … Continue reading
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Substitutes – Sawdust Stove
Wadly brought home a lovely 55 gallon barrel from a vendor on Craigslist. We haven’t been as successful in finding a 30 gallon drum to use as the inner barrel. Desiring to forge ahead, I’ve decided to try and use … Continue reading
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Plans for staying warm
It’s going to be a while before I get the sun porch done and we can get our rocket mass heater built. In the interim, I must have a less expensive (and quieter) way to stay warm. Toward that end, … Continue reading
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Please Support RMH Research
One of the points of discussion at the rocket mass heater workshop was how to get RMHs permitted by local government. RMHs aren’t a wood stove, they aren’t a masonry stove and unless you’re a RMH aficionado, which city and … Continue reading
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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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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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