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Hi, I would like to build a rocket in my new house but I don't know what model/size to build. Briefly describe the house:
Room to be heated of 160 square feet feetby approximately 86' in height
An old house with 20' thick stone walls without insulation
Uninsulated wooden ceiling and floor
An old door and window
During this period the outside temperatures even drop to 14 F and for two months there isn't sun.
I would like to cook and heat
What type of stove do you recommend? Rmh?bbr? Minnie Mouse?
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Hi Cedric;
So, 160 square ft is a very small building.
20" thick stone walls with no insulation.
Uninsulated wood floor and roof.
One old window and door.
Temps of +14 F and no sun for two months!
You are going to be chilly all winter no matter what stove you build.

With that small, an area trying to build a Walker cookstove would take up all your room. https://walkerstoves.com/index.html
A 6" batch box with a bell will fit in that space. https://batchrocket.eu/en/
You will be burning nonstop with heat-sucking stone walls and no roof insulation.
Cooking will be possible but difficult.    

I would shrink your room size even more and build an insulated 2x4 room inside your stone house.
You need insulation to keep the stones from drawing all the heat outdoors and sucking the cold indoors.
Your roof needs to be insulated as well.
The floor can have rugs put down.


 
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