Mogi Mann

Thank you for the response!

So something like this; https://www.homehardware.ca/en/hi-temp-stove-furnace-cement-946-ml-grey/p/2045129

I was hoping to work around this issue with the added fireclay & perlite into the mortar mix, but I don't see why I couldn't do both your suggestion and that. At least with the Ferrocement mortar, I would be using only 1 part of the mix ratios for the furnace cement additive. Which could cut down on the costs of it. And it is doable as it would be a smaller build rocket stove. But is it feasible? I wonder how much mortar I would need per rocket stove. But it would only be the rocket stove that would need this special treatment, the ferrocement water cistern would never reach that heat range. I should price it out a bit I think.

Any suggestions on the ratio's on the schematics of the rocket stove itself? I am very new to Rocket stoves, so don't know the general guidelines yet. I ordered the book "The Rocket Mass Heater Builder's Guide", So hopefully I can glean some useful info from there too once it comes in the mail. All the best from your friends up North, and thank you again for your suggestion, I hadn't thought of that.

Hey All! I am relatively new to rocket stoves, but have been getting more and more curious about them for our needs and future builds here in coastal B.C. Canada. And I had an idea for a ferrocement version of this rocket stove here that was made in Quebec;     As we are lacking in natural clay deposits on our island for cob works.

I was thinking of using single walled large diameter chimney pipes for the mold for the wire work, which I would bend around the chimney and j-clip to itself, and then fit, trim & J-clip the wire-work together to make the rocket stove similar to the one in the video above. And I am just wondering, feel free to chime in, what dimensions/heights I should shoot for? The single walled chimney comes in 5", 6", 7",and 8" diameters and various heights, and I am wondering what ratios I should use for the ferrocement feed chamber, and exhaust chimney, keeping in mind this build is very simple (in theory).. My main thoughts are I need to be able to fit my hand into the feed chamber, and exhaust so that I can ferrocement the inside of the rocket stove. I also had the idea of leaving the single walled chimney parts inside the rocket stove to better protect the concrete..

And speaking of protecting the concrete, I was thinking of doing a ferrocement mortar mix of 2 parts sand, 1 part fireclay, and 1 part portland concrete. With added perlite as I heard that helps? (Why does it?) And my usual added Admix, and rice hulls for strength. Any thoughts on this increasing it's heat tolerance levels?

As well my long term plan is to plumb it into our bush bath, and to build a raised ferrocement cistern with shower head attachment, and the copper hose intakes/plumbing on both bath and raised cistern. My plan is to make a wire-work mold of one of our plastic water barrels that has holes in it, and make wire-wrapped rebar stilts/framework to lift it up (plus a ladder), attached to the cistern mold, then ferrocement that bad boy and set her up. So that the cistern is raised up high for gravity fed hot showers. The rocket stove in theory would have two copper coils, with cold water shut off valves, so it could heat the bath or shower, or both interchangeably. Just fill and heat!

So what do you all think? Is it feasible? Do you have any advice?

Thank you,

Mogi of the isles.

P.s I am using the book "Fantastical Ferrocement" as a guide for all my ferrocement works. And have a book on ferrocement cisterns coming in the mail to help with that aspect of the build.

Reviving this chat from it's dormant state. I am in Western Canada and ordered 5 or so Russian Almonds (Prunus tenella) from Treetime.ca (Spring 2024), for their use as a cold hardy nut, and well I've been doing some research, and in their native ranges Bitter almonds are consumed, I think they are just boiled and/or roasted before consumption as that breaks down the harmful compounds in bitter almonds by cooking them. As mentioned in this article here; https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-are-bitter-almonds-1806996, as well as this article here; https://www.organicfacts.net/bitter-almonds.html. Just don't eat any that are bitter is the rule of thumb!

I also found this interesting video of a family in Persia cooking bitter almonds for eating, which you can use to reverse engineer the process here; https://youtu.be/x-hs38DkBNc?si=xyg-fOT0K9gC2Tjr

Hopefully this helps those of us in regions too cold to grow Sweet Almonds enjoy a surplus of goodness as well!

-Mogi-