I have a few questions that are related to RMH in an RV...we own a 14x70 single wide mobile home in the country.....definitely stationary. We are in the process of replacing the walls with sheet rock. It currently has no heat source and we live at approx. 2500 feet in Oregon. We get snow here. Ok so my question is other than reinforcing the support beams in the floor in the living room where we want to build our RMH....how should we prep the wall where the heater is going to be? The walls are 2x3 construction with 2x6 support beams with sheet metal outdoors and sheet rock (drywall) indoors with insulation (R13). Should we use cement board over the sheet rock and if so how thick? How should we prepare the floor...what is the best base to use? Can we plumb the exhaust pipe out the side rather than up through the roof?? That is what people do for pellet stoves here. I have done lots of research on RMH and RMS and feel like that is the best and least inexpensive heat source for us. I have looked at the ANNEX plans...don't think we need something that extends that far across our living room. Should we keep the "bench" on an exterior wall? This will be our first time doing this and want to get it right...and safely as we have young children. Thoughts.....
