Antonio Luciani

I am having a lot of trouble getting my hands on local clay in my area, however, I have found a source for Refractory Clay and have heard other talk about using it, but not in any detail. Can I use this to make my cob? If so, what are the ratios I need to use?

Thank you all so much for all the help you've already given me!

I live in NH and don't have the time or inclination to try to find ckay on my very small property and almost all of our land is granite slabs or gravel.

Can someone please help me with a source for clay. I am looking to build a RMH bench style and would like to get started ASAP.

Thank you all in advance,
Tony

I have been contemplating a rather large concept RMH. I was thinking of putting the stove itself in the basement and plumbing the pipes through the floor and into the first floor and then exhaust through a woodstove thimble in the livingroom. I was thinking of a large cob bench along the wall around the piping. I was also thinking about the feasibility of also putting coiled water piping circulating water around the stove itself to try to get maximum recovery of heat available.

I have googled and researched the heck out of these topics with nearly no success. Obviously I have TONS of questions and would appreciate any help I might get out there.

Any thoughts??