Gaius Marius

Thank you for your reply. I live in a river bottom area and the land is a clay type. I am trying to find a construction material to use that will provide good insulation. If you haveany suggestions please let me know.

I am going to do a one thousand square foot strawbale addition to my house. I am trying to find out what type of foundation I should use. I am thinking of building a stem wall with a crawl space and then backfilling the stem wall. Please let me know if this makes sense?

I just saw a picture of a RMH stove that had the barrel completely covered with cobb. Is this possible or will it mess with functioning of the heater?

I am building my first RMH. I would like to know how long can the pipe be? I would like to build a ten foot long bench, but not sure if that would create to much heat loss.