Anne Miller wrote:Kris, welcome to the forum!
Have you seen these threads that you or others might find interesting:
https://permies.com/t/60923/Wet-Tolerant-Rocket-Mass-Heater
https://permies.com/t/151152/Suggestions-sustainable-inexpensive-Greenhouse-heating
https://permies.com/t/94457/Starting-greenhouse-RMH
Jeff Bosch wrote:Uncle Mud's Webinar on Heating a Greenhouse with an RMH is schedule for Jan 14.
Hans Quistorff wrote:I spent 9 years across the ST. John river in Maine so I know how those arctic blasts feel. I was thinking about how the wells would fill with snow which would protect from the arctic blast but harbor rodents to chew on the bark.
Anne Miller wrote:Kris, welcome to the forum!
Have you seen these threads that you or others might find interesting:
https://permies.com/t/60923/Wet-Tolerant-Rocket-Mass-Heater
https://permies.com/t/151152/Suggestions-sustainable-inexpensive-Greenhouse-heating
https://permies.com/t/94457/Starting-greenhouse-RMH
William Bronson wrote: That sounds like plenty of room.
A heat exchange coil immersed in an open top boiler of water is considered a safe option for hydronic heating.
I'm preoccupied with using hydronic heating to move heat from outside into a building, because a homebuilt stove inside my house isn't an option.
I like the idea of using tanks from waterheaters as the boiler vessel.
They come with threaded outlets and they are fire tested.