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- The Progression of Design
- Container House
- Improving the design
- The Compromise
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- Two Octagons
- Three Octagons
- Clover House
- Four Pods Mushed
- Changing the dent
- Starter Pods, the real deal
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
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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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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Sunporch South Wall
We got the second window in the south wall of the sun porch today. It looks awesome! Okay, it looks as awesome as dirty windows can look! <grin> Neither of the windows are permanently fastened in yet and the divider … 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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