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I'm building a 38x30 foot hoop house to house my chickens and grow some crops through the winter.  It's a temporary structure.  It will come down next summer.  Can I build a RMS that can later be moved, that will adequately heat this?  The cover will be 6ml clear plastic.  The height is variable as the land it's on isn't flat, but it averages  may 8-10' high.  I'm is southern Vermont.  We don't have a lot of humidity, so the nights are cold.  I'm growing cold tolerant crops, so I want to keep the hoop house above freezing, but above 40 degrees F would be better.

Will a RMH work for this?  I've read they don't work very well for poorly insulated structures, as hoop houses are.
 
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Hi Diane;
We keep a 12x20 x16' tall greenhouse above  40F all winter in northern Montana with an RMH.
For the first seven years, we used an 8" J tube, and then we switched to a 6" batch box.
Depending on temps you will be burning it all day from 7 am thru  9-10 pm.
I lived in Putney, Vermont many years ago and indeed you will get cold temps.
If you build an 8" J tube you will be adding wood every 45-60 minutes.
With a 6" batch box it will be every 2 hrs or so.
A brick bell is a better choice if you're wanting to remove it in the spring.
As long as you build your RMH with clay/sand mortar it can be disassembled and all the mortar saved.
 
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