We poured the footing for the rocket mass heater!. We dug the footing down so that its top is level with the unfinished floor of our building. The finished floor will be 4-6 inches higher than the top of this footing. This should mean that the … [Read more...]
Too Cool! We test fired the unmortared core of a rocket mass stove today ... and it worked! If you look closely at the above picture you will notice that the flames are being pulled sideways into the fire tube. We have lift off! I suppose I … [Read more...]
Winter is finally here! The last four days have been below zero with the last few days much colder (it is -11 celcius this morning). The earthship seems to be holding up well. The inside temperature is hovering around 5 degrees celcius, and I … [Read more...]