383 – Uncle Mud – part 1

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:42 — 16.6MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS

Paul talks to Chris McClellan aka Uncle Mud about Rocket Mass heaters. Chris was one of the innovators at the Innovators Event and will also run the appropriate technology course Jul. 9th – Jul. 20th (tickets available on website from Jan. 1st). They talk about the Cottage Rocket, The Butt warmer, The Ring of Fire and a Season extender to put into a green house which can withstand wet conditions. They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using pebble vs. cob as the mass in the Rocket Mass Heater, and touch upon the use of a glass casserole lid as the door in a batch box. The discuss the “Minny Mouse” heater used in “The Love Shack and the modifications they made to it and how it improved the heat retention in the leaky shack.

Credit: Dawn Hoff

Support the podcast on Patreon

Relevant Threads

2018 Permaculture Design Course (PDC) for Homesteaders
all of the rocket mass heaters and rocket stoves at wheaton labs (with pics!)
Rocket mass heater forum
pebble style rmh – in the fisher price house
Better Wood Heat: DIY Rocket Mass Heater Videos
Podcast 315 – More on Rocket Mass Heaters with Ernie and Erica Wisner Part 1
all of the rocket mass heaters and rocket stoves at wheaton labs (with pics!)

Discussion

You can discuss this podcast on this thread at Permies.

This podcast was made possible thanks to:

Lisa Goodspeed
Keith Kuhnsman
thomas adams
Jocelyn Campbell
Julia Mason
Dominic Crolius
Josh Phillips
wade L
Suleiman ALAQEL
Ash Jackson is The Scrollbard
Jason Hower
Bill Crim
Full Name
Doug Barth
Miroslav Ultrama
James Tutor
David Ingraham

Get all of the podcasts in convenient, giant zip files