Learn how rocket mass heaters can save money you money on heating costs, reduce your environmental impact, and keep you warm in the coldest winters.

Over the past two weeks I’ve written about wood stoves and pellet heating. This week I’ll focus on another way to burn wood cleanly and efficiently: using a masonry heater.

Instructor Comments in Red Group Members & Contact Information: Spencer Dineen: sdineen@calpoly.edu Tanner Wingo: t2wingo@comcast.net Problem Statement: This year, Guateca students conducted initial market research as a group to identify challenges shared by San Pablences in their homes, that Pablences agreed were important to their quality of life. We tried to identify challenges that were common to…

One of the most efficient ways to heat up a home, rocket mass heaters are a wortwhile addition to your home. Just take a look at these beautiful designs!

How we converted an existing wood stove into a greenhouse mass heater: warming all that brick and mass extended the gardening season thru the winter.

The heart of a homestead is the hearth. And when our off grid family was making building decisions, the choice to have a masonry heater was the first one they made. Their masonry wood heater was a DIY project built from native limestone and includes a baking oven. It was built in the center of […]

We decided to try using commonly available chimney flue pipe sizes to construct a quick and dirty masonry heater using a dragon burner as the combustion chamber. And the data charts for the build here.

Here is something I find fascinating, and I’m eager to see if it works as well as they say. This is the Rocket Mass Heater. Here is the wikipedia def: A rocket stove mass heater or rocket m…

Pros and cons of masonry heaters, plus the things you need to consider before adding a masonry heater to new construction or remodeling project.

Rocket stove mass heater is one of the cleanest, most sustainable way to heat conventional homes; highly efficient wood-burning with zero carbon footprint.