Hi guys! I desperately need help!
I'm building a greenhouse just outside of Boston. I want to run it year-round. I was planning to heat it using a thermal siphon from a rocket stove connected to a water tank connected to copper pipes in the floor.
I planned on encasing the pipes in cob so that the floor would heat up but I'm not sure it will work.
The greenhouse is 12x32. My current design is to have 5 stoves, each running copper pipes up the length of the greenhouse and back into the water tank, and eventually the stove.
My questions:
1) does cob give off heat well or does it retain heat I'd want in the greenhouse?
2) how hot will cob get and how warm is the air above the floor
3) would another material be better to lay on top of the pipes to radiate heat?
4) would 5 stoves heat 384 square feet (up to 75 degrees) through this method?
Thanks for the responses!
