Adam Halley

Thanks Max.

My stove pipes are tin and are really inexpensively made locally. I can have them made in any diameter but I figured that since I only have 35cm (17.7 inches) between my tile floors and the top of the step and only 4 meters long, I thought I would split the pipe into 2 and run them parallel the full length recouple them and go up 2 meters then turn 90 degrees and out the exterior wall (no roof overhang on that side of the house).

The total size of the "bench" will be 35 cm high, 1 meter wide and 4 meters long which is 3,5 cubic meters. Will that work?

Can I build a retaining wall from cinder blocks and fill it with crushed gravel or tuff (lava pebbles) instead of sand - burying my 6 inch tin stove pipe?

The tiles are synthetic ceramic and are on a bed of sand with a 1 inch layer of concrete. Do I need to insulate my tile floors from the heat of the bench?

I have created a rough draft (attached) of how I think the stove will fit best into my sunken floor living room.

The step down into my living room is 40cm and is 4M long. If I make the heat battery (bench) 1 meter wide this will provide me with 4 Cubic Meters of mass.

Will this work? Can I use 2 runs of 6 inch stove pipe?

Is it possible to build a cinder block retaining wall to enclose the thermal battery? Can I use building sand for the thermal battery and put floor tiles on top to match my existing floors?
How long 6 inch stove pipe should I use for the feed tube? Heat riser? Burn Chamber? Can I insulate heat riser tube with Rock Wool packed in between the 6 inch heat riser tube and a larger 10 inch stove pipe?

Thanks in advance for helping me with this project.