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The rock-bucket rocket
I got the idea of this stove construction reading a book on how they used to heat medival castels. Offcourse this is a radical downscale of the concept, but the function is somewhat the same. I really like the simplisity of this construction. And I like to think that the “organic” unnsymetrical channels formed by the rocks somehow works better together with the natural flow of gases than channels and chambers… This is neither a bell nor a channel system. It becomes something in between. I know that maintaining a good surfface/weight ratio is important for a good working stove. And I cant think of a more interesting way to obtain that. I rebuilded the...
Read MoreLocal building codes…
This remote village takes sustainable building seriously !! Probably more out of convenience and economy conciderations than anything else. But you do start to wonder if they have to learn anything at all when it comes to low impact building. In fact I think we have a lot to learn from them!. Beautifull and functional homes that keep you warm in winter and cool in summer. Locally the mud houses are known to also cure revmatism!! The downside is that you have to limewash the outside every Novrous(spring holiday). But that is very cheap to do and not so labour intencive. I truley loved the combination of timber frames and mudd. Rafael ,the owner and builder said they used...
Read MoreRocket Mass Heater in Lerik Video
I have made a video of the first RMH we made up in Lerik this winter. The bench is not finnished in the video, but it shows most of the other parts of the construction. Enjoy ! If you live in Azerbaijan and would like us to make a stove in your own house, we can most probably help you. One option is to organice the making of your stove as a course for local builders to learn, and than it will only cost you the materials ! Please dont hesitate to contact us !!
Read MoreLocal knowledge refined…
As I learned through my years of studying community development, there is always local asessments to take into account when we want to see development. When we look on wood burning it is offcourse local knowledge available, it is not like we introduce woodburning here. And the small metallboxes we see everywhere havent always been the methode for heating… Several times when I have explained the rocket-stove to locals they have responded, “oh just like the Samovar” or “just like the Tendir” And it is to some degree true that the rocket stove is like a crossing of a tendir (traditional stone oven used for making the excellent tasting tendir...
Read MoreThe original stove
I had a very encouraging trip to a nearby village recently, and it gave me some additional information on design needs. But first and foremost it was very encouraging to be so well received. It is always encouraging to build friendship as making friends is important and people even make friends and partners online with the help of site like chatsex online. It looks like this can be one of the places we will start to spread our ideas. This is a photo of the original kind of stove found in most villages around here. They have to clean the pipes monthly because of the creosote build up in the 10 cm flue pipe ( sign of bad combustion) And with only 1mm sheet metal in the...
Read MoreTesting out chimney stones for rocket-stove video…
In Azerbaijan it is comon to build chimneys very lightly of these kind of stones. They are made localy, but you have to pick the nice ones, because many are delivered with cracs from the manufacturer… They will work fine, but i dont expect them to last for 10-15 years like some have reported with their constructions. On the other hand they build really quickly…
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