A rocket mass heater consists of an insulated combustion chamber where fuel is burned with high efficiency at high temperature, and a large thermal mass in contact with the exhaust gases which absorbs most of the generated heat before the gases are released to the atmosphere.
We have built rocket mass heater to heat water and provide a warm area to bath. We are working with various recipes for plaster, for example:
- 3x sand
- 1x soaked, aged lime
- 1x clay from our lake
- 1x cow manure
More details about our chulha mass heaters:
https://vedicecovillage.ca/report/innovations-vedic-living
Videos
Rocket Mass Heater
https://permies.com/t/42871/Rocket-Mass-Heaters
ONE YEAR with a ROCKET MASS HEATER -- FULL demonstration and family review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoOcsq12UkE
Rocket Mass Heater -- Is it Working? — Mountain Dream Home #32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkE75GunWxo
Rocket Mass Heater Full Build
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbokXd1x3OQ
... 3 years later https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG9-hyg7r4k
Rocket Stove Mass Heater with Homemade Mortar & Cob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYJyxptclos
Rocket Mass Heater Full Build (time lapse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbokXd1x3OQ&t=6s
Rebuilding and Improving a ROCKET MASS HEATER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41iMaMoD-rI
Dragon Rocket Stove Mass Heater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQH2vIsMoU
How To Make A Cob Bread Oven [Full Build]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ypOvHkLIY
cob bench
https://youtu.be/luAv2i75u5c?t=228
building with cob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InJrWLK-wHc
cob floor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIsEF3nybA
YOU CAN BUILD A COB HOUSE IN COLD CLIMATES - INSULATION AND THERMAL MASS
https://youtu.be/M_2hwrjME0o?t=121