Concrete Rocket Stove Water Heater
Rocket mass heater runs along the 40 back wall.
Concrete rocket stove water heater. If you re not looking for portability you can build a rocket stove from concrete blocks. In this video geoff lawton takes you through the design of the rocket stove mass hot water heater. Survivalist how to with 50 year old farm girl help support our channel on patreon. Concrete mass is 15 deep and 20 high.
Ten points if you can spot the lrs dingo. In this sense the rocket mass heater functions as a traditional masonry heater and can be viewed and designed as a kachenlofen a centuries old type of heater based on a maze of channels that the heat from the fire passes through warming up the stretched surface of the masonry gradually. In this video i re make my diy concrete rocket stove with the addition of perlite. If you want indestructible durability build a gravity fed carbon steel rocket stove.
35 gal drum containing pearlite insulation. Build a rocket stove in one minute with 4 blocks. 55 gal drum for outer containment. Many of the improvements to the stove design were suggested via viewer com.
I thought about running hot water through these using s thermosiphon system ran off a j style poured concrete rocket heater that i saw online. Every four feet has two 8x8x16 concrete blocks to allow flow of cool floor air through the mass. I really go into the details with this build so there will need to be 2 parts to this one. I think the mass of the concrete will hold heat to give me a nice warm fireplace and also heat the tubes enough to get a strong supply of hot water to my radiators.
Or if portability is a requirement you can build one out of a metal coffee can and a regular sized food can.