From the Book List: Rocket Mass Heaters John Jeavons says: This book is very practical, with useful detailed instructions and illustrations. Exciting! You will wonder why you never had this holistic education accessible before!
Rocket Mass Heaters are in a family of efficient wood-burning stoves called Rocket Stoves. What these various types of Rocket Stoves all have in common is that they burn small-diameter wood fuel in a high-temperature combustion chamber with an insulated internal chimney. With clear, delightful illustrations and practical, accessible instructions, the 3rd Edition contains Case Studies (in full color) by ten stove builders who have been living with these stoves for several years, and have been teaching the craft. Even if you don't plan to build one of these stoves, you will learn practical skills about human comfort, self-reliance, and heating with wood. The casual reader comes away with an ability to build fires—from campfires to highly specific rocket stoves—and will understand how wood burns, and which wood burning stove is best for a given situation. The passionate stover comes away with all you need to build your own Rocket Mass Heater in your home, taking charge of your family's comfort. There is an updated Safety chapter by Art Ludwig and improved construction instruction based on builder feedback, and thanks to the viral popularity of this technology on the internet forums all over the world among passionate do-it-yourselfers, masonry stove builders, homesteaders, and Permaculture practitioners. In this book, you'll find a basic recipe for building a Rocket Mass Heater. Why basic? Because your stove will be made to your local climate specifications, in your unique house, and with materials you source according to luck/whim/ opportunity/dumpster-diving law, or if nothing else, money. Good luck with your stove! ♥ top | Newsletter Home |Table of Contents| Archive
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From the publisher: THE
manual on how to build an efficient
masonry-type wood burning
stove from inexpensive parts
and practical skills gained from
reading this book and experimentation.
It was written by the
developer of the Rocket Mass
Heater, Ianto Evans, who is also
co-creator of the Rocket Stove.
