I'm NEW! I'm curious about variations on the riser. I'm thinking I'd like to cast one out of 2 PVC forms from refractory cement. I don't like the idea of a metal in there because of the temperature and chemical reactions degrading it. 55gallon steel drum would be my choice of barrel I think.
I don't see many people casting their own cement riser, is that because it's not suitable or because it's more difficult?
Also, I have another maybe 'weird' question. Is anyone ducting the intake? I have a mother that smokes up the whole house with cigarettes, I'd LOVE to pull air from right above her favorite sitting position to feed the RMH! I was thinking a 120mm fan pulling air into a round flexi-duct and outputting right at the mouth of the stove. Maybe a quirky question, but it would make the dad's life much nicer!
and...one last thing. Anyone using the heat mass to support in-floor heat -or- to pipe water to heat exchangers to move the heat away from the RMH to other rooms? Circulating air is another black-art when the floorplan is set and no forced air ducts are installed or can be reasonably installed.
