posted 10 years ago
Dave M. : It totally depends where you measure from, The Book is the final authority go with what it says !
While you did not give a depth for your Feed Tube, your RMH works best with several pieces of very dry fine split wood,Again several sticks WILL simply
by their close proximity to each other form air channels what effectively increases the Height of your Feed Tube, this will make it a competing chimney
Stack Effect !
As a minimum every piece of wood you are planning on feeding your RMH with should be split so that there is more wood surface exposed than bark
surface remaining. Starting your fires with wood split thinner than that -without bark! With 30'' long pieces, splitting that fine is a lot of work, with splitting
maul and wedges
Opening a window anywhere up stairs ,but especially a 2nd floor window, and even sometimes just having a well ventilated attic will compete with the
RMH chimney
An open window 24'' by 30'' can make a better Chimney than your 6'' or8'' chimney, The more vertical distance between the RMH that you hope to put
in Your basement and that window the better the open window can act as a Chimney outlet ! Whole House Stack Effect
Stack Effect and Whole House Stack Effect are not just intellectual concepts, you have to understand them so well you could explain them clearly to your
Grandmother !
A rocket stove in the basement should heat that space very well, and your upstairs floors will be warmer, but in effect what you are doing is adding to
your total living space and increasing the heat load, As you have it planned now- next spring you will be saying Damn, I surely didn't see the fuel savings
everyone told me I would see with a new RMH !
One of Three things will happen, ether your finished basement will become the new heart of the house with everyone gathered there! You will become a
basement dwelling Troglodyte, " Where's Dave…?'' , Downstairs tending his damn wood stove, or trying to continue to live life like before, with every trip
to the basement an interruption in your day Quickly growing into a drudges task, you will find reasons to ignore !
Your RMH can only serve you as well as you serve it ! For the Crafts ! Big AL
Success has a Thousand Fathers , Failure is an Orphan
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