Well guys, the rocket stove has too go.
Original thread is here
https://permies.com/t/40107/hot-barrel
I managed to build a nice work shop . . . solar panels on the roof . . . rocket stove for heat. . . then a senior citizen walks up too me one day, and asks " I thought you were going to build a hobbit home ? ".
So, too make a long story short, the workshop is in the way. I am planning on picking it up and moving it back 16 feet. So when I build the Hobbit Home, the dirt mound will not touch the sides of the shed.
Which also means, that the shed is waaayyyy too heavy with a 2 or 3 ton stove in it, not too mention a stack of firewood 3 feet square and 10 feet high . .
The good news, is that I am using the 400 or 500 bricks that are in the stove too build a 4 x 4 square - and all the cob and clay material from inside the stove - is being dumped into that. I then cover it with a plastice sheet, as well as a tarp - to keep it dry. I can reuse the material when I rebuild one of these stoves in my hobbit home, and will be notifying the insurance company before hand - so there are no surprises.
Now, for the demolition....
first set of pics.