I know that, previously, 4"
rocket mass heaters were abandoned because the internal drag on the natural draft was too much to work. However, I was listening to one of Paul's recent podcasts wherein he discussed a
RMH in an apartment. I got to thinking, could an urban & stealth
RMH be developed that could share the exhaust vent normally reserved for a tenant's clothes
dryer. I know that, permies being geared to off-grid, independent lifestyles, developers of the RMH don't like to introduce grid-dependent technology to their research. However, I was wondering if anyone has tried a forced draft method to allow the 4" RMH to work? What I mean is, attach a vent fan; preferably one with a variable speed, to the exhaust end of a 4" RMH in order to force air to move in the correct direction and out the side of the apartment building via an existing dryer vent.