Kelsang Chitta

yes Erica thanks that does help.
i suppose that's why my wall had cracked around where the stove meets the wall, and the wall had had some serious cracking
also on xmas eve i had a fire in my house the wood stove was old and i think may have rusted out from the bottom or the joints expanded that were not sealed properly, or what ever but the stove was placed on a wood floor not cement and hot coals fell out and burned my floor. luckily i got out in time and the FD put it out in time for only the kitchen to be ruined.
so now i am very up set with that stove! and not interested in incorporating the wood stove in my design,
i am going to focus on using the barrel and making my mass heater the traditional- ist -as - i can get- ish way.. LOL!
and thanks for sharing your pix!

Greetings all,
this is my stove here in Mongolia, i plan on moving this and replacing it with a Rocket stove. but i wonder if there is a way to incorporate it into a cook area with cob maybe some where else in my design.
Is it possible to encase it some how to make it useful? i was thinking about along one wall to incase it some how, run a flu out, have some kind of countertop, work space. brick oven, combo along a side of the wall in my 'kitchen-like area'

Hi Jeremy,
I am in mongolia and i am planning to build a RSMH this year. are you still in Mongolia? where are you? I'm in Nalaikh.
can you spare any time to help me? i'm planning to put together a workshop with some people to help with the work.

what is Slag?
can you find clay here? did you find any anywhere? can i find any perlite that is not garden grade? i read where that is not the best to use for this.
And what about the answer from Paul and Allen on this thread? can i really use wood ash? i can start saving that now! i got plenty!