Up side down DSR 2?

Hi there,

Has anyone ever looked into the possibilities of and up side down DSR2? Or built one? So with the fire box on top of the after burner.

The benefit I see would be: easier loading and everyday use without gaining height. Thus suitable for a kitchen setup. I'm thinking of insulation on top of the burnchamber, to keep the temperatuur high, and Cook on the exhaust gasses after they come out of the  afterburner and are re-direct somehow. Then harvest the remming heat to heat water for the floorheating.

All thoughts are appreciated.

(Well aware of the risks that come with heating water).

Thanks,

You may well be able to develop the concept to your own design as there are already a couple of New Zealand down draft designs available.
The idea has been discussed  on the forum before and we have had an active member who had a commercially available down draft stove in his NZ home.
I seem to remember they were quite complicated to start up because you have to warm the chimney via a by pass to get it going.

thanks for the reply James. I'm aware of some commercially available downdraft systems, but they are top dollar... That is when I started to question myself if someone has ever tried to build one of these things.

I added a picture to my original post to clearify things further.

Well it looks like you will have to do your own experimenting!

I dont know where you live but if you have access  to vermiculite board then that is a perfect material to experiment with.

The chances of getting a new design working well from the off is unlikely but you have to start somewhere.
I am sure you will get support if you decide to give it a go….

I believe this feature is called "Contra-Flow" and will require a means of diverting the flow from a straightforward upwards draft until the chimney is hot enough to assure the draw required to keep the contraflow going.  As a means of lowering the profile of the stove...I think it's pretty clever.