Right ... so I stripped the form work off of the footing for the rocket mass heater. The footing looks good; the perlite gives the footing a rough look, almost like having rice krispies in it. We did not do much to smooth the surface of the … [Read more...]
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...]