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Rocket Mass Heaters have a lot of advantages over a conventional wood stove. They:
- Let off heat gradually over the day, so you don't need to keep tending a fre
- They burn up the smoke, using that energy for heat, and not releasing nearly as many CO2 emmissions into the air. The exaust is nearly pure steam.
- They burn up the creasote, making the burn not only safter, but also more efficient.
- They generally require about 1/10 of the wood to heat your home.
- You can build a rocket mass heater at home, in a day or two.
- It releases less CO2 than natural gas or electric heat
- Even if you purchase the firewood, it still costs less to operate than natural gas
Here's a nice diagram of the inside of a rocket mass heater (from Paul Wheaton's article on Rocket Mass Heaters):
And here's the windflow in action, and a completed rocket mass heater (also from Paul Wheaton's article on Rocket Mass Heaters, which happens to be a wealth of rocket mass heater knoweldge):
![fire and wind gif in rocket mass heater](https://richsoil.com/images/rocket-mass-heater-animation.gif)
Rocket Mass Heater in action
![Rocket Mass Heater cob and stone](https://permies.com/images/wood-burning-stoves-8.jpg)
Rocket Mass Heater made of cob and stone
Plans:
If you're interested in building a rocket mass heater, you can find Erica and Ernie Wisner's L-shaped plans for free on permies:
![l-shaped 6 inch riser rocket mass heater plans free](https://permies.com/t/21815/a/8189/thumb-RocketHeater6in20000.jpg)
Click for free Rocket Heater Plans through Permies.com
![L-Shaped Rocket Mass Heater by Erica and Ernie Wisner](https://permies.com/t/61077/a/48783/Annex-6-bench.jpg)
L-Shaped Rocket Mass Heater
The Wisner's also have various plans, booklets, and manuals for sale at permies.com
![Ernie and Erica's rocket mass heater plans, fire science book, builder's guide manual](https://permies.com/t/50895/a/45623/ernie-and-erica-rmh-combo.png)
over 10 rocket mass heater plans, plus booklets and extras
Their book, The Rocket Mass Heater Builder's Guide: Complete Step-by-Step Construction, Maintenance and Troubleshooting, is only available through amazon.
DVDs:
Paul Wheaotn has now made 8 DVDs on the subject of efficient wood heat through the power of Rocket Mass Heaters.
Here's a quick summary of what is on each of the DVDs (see this article on wood heat to find out more):
- DVD 1: Fire Science (learn how Rocket Mass Heaters work)
- DVD 2: Sneaky Heat (building an even more efficient Rocket Mass Heater)
- DVD 3: Boom Squish (the dangers of heating water in a pressurized system)
- DVD 4: Hot Rocket (making a rocket stove that cooks quickly and effieicently)
- DVD 5: Cob Style (building a cob-style rocket mass heater)
- DVD 6: Pebble Style (building a pebble style rocket mass heater that uses pebbles, instead of cob or masonry for it's mass)
- DVD 7: Shippable Core (how to make a ligher-wieght core of a rocket mass heater.)
- DVD 8: Innovators Event (rocket oven, rocket, an outdoor rocket mass heater/cooker/smoker; A "batch box style" rocket mass heater with measured output cleaner than anything we have ever encountered)
![Wood burning Stoves 2.0 better wood heat, fire science, pocket rocket](https://permies.com/forums/imageCache/image/733621997c0c0c59c7aa6ae0b4582e14/wood-burning-stoves-dvd-set.jpg)
Better Wood Heat DVDs 1-4
![Better Wood Heat DIY rocket mass heaters, cob, pebble, innovators, rocket oven](https://permies.com/i/1050705/wood-heat-videos-300.png)
Better Wood Heat DVDs 5-8
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