Kevin McCune

Pete,
I see that you are drawing the from the end of the bench. This is interesting as it is not in the plans. Does this help keep the bench at even temps along its length?
Kevin

Ok a bench.. that explains it. I couldn't figure out what it was. That and the oven are good ideas. As for the flew pipe, my idea was to do just like you did on the new 4 inch pic, but build it higher and exit out the side. So it would be exiting the bell at the bottom, but then going up for 4 or so feet and then going sideways through the wall. The wall it will be going through is into the "furnace room" where the chimney is located. I just didn't want to run it along the floor in there. Like I said I'm not doing anything until after tax day so it has time to evolve!




Thanks for the info!


Kevin

Cindy,
I was just at your website again, it looks like I you have been building! Can you give me a short explanation of the 8" castle build system, I envisioned it looking like the 6" set up.
I like the plenum to connect the flue pipe in the new 4" pics. Would it cause any problems to build it a little higher and run the pipe straight out the wall? To a 3 story chimney?

TIA

Kevin

3000 lbs works out to ~ 250 lbs per sqr ft. The corner that I want to put it in is over the office (daughters claimed bedroom area). That corner of the office has a diagonal wall. About 40-50% of the weight would be on the unheated side. This I can brace at will. The rest of it will be over the heated side where bracing would be undooable. But the diagonal wall with a hearth pad may do the trick. Lots of time to figure it out.

Kevin

Don't worry I am checking into the floor. Problem is its a w truss and the calculations are not as straight forward as a beam floor.
I most likley will not do anything till spring after I see what tax season will do to me. Kids moving in and out, college, adding and subtracting dependence...

Kevin

To which system are you referring, in regards to the hearth pad?


Kevin

The 6 inch system is listed at approximately 1800 lbs. and has usable heat that should heat my house in the late spring, early fall and help out a bit in the dead of winter. The 4 inch one is just too small for my location. I would like the 8" one but thats 3000lbs. I don't know maybe I should just bit the bullet and build the 8" one in the basement. That would force me to evict my daughter back up to her room, but I would get my office back!


Kevin

Thanks Guys, I missed that there was a blog, the drafting info is what I was concerned about. Now for the floor loading.. I could put it in the basement, but I think its a very attractive design and people should see it.
Kevin

I was at the Dragon Heaters website today and was looking at the Castle Build model. I like it a lot but I am confused about the exhaust flow. They show is rising and settling in each bell and as I understand the drawing, the bell or cover over the main heat riser does not have falling exhaust gasses around it?. Has anyone looked at this? I really like the rocketmass stove idea but do not have room for the bench, but something like this would work, I just am a bit confused with the exhaust flow.

Thanks

Kevin

So how many lbs of wood can you burn per hour in a 6 and 8 inch system? This would tell you the BTU output. But since these rocket stoves reburn the flue gases I have to assume that they put out more heat per lb of wood that a regular stove does, even not taking the mass heat recovery part into account?


Kevin