The Rocket Mass Heater Builder's Guide: Complete Step-by-Step Construction, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

by Erica Wisner, Ernie Wisner

Home heating that's safe, clean, efficient, and uses 70 to 90 percent less fuel than a typical woodstove A rocket mass heater is an earthen masonry heating system which provides clean, safe and efficient warmth for your home, all while using 70-90% less fuel than a traditional woodstove. These unique and beautiful installations provide luxurious comfort year-round. In cold weather a few hours of clean, hot burning can provide 20 or more hours of steady warmth, while the unit's large thermal mass acts as a heat sink, cooling your home on sizzling summer days. Packed with hard-to-find information, The Rocket Mass Heater Builder's Guide Earthen masonry heating systems are well-suited for natural and conventional builders alike. A super-efficient, wood-burning, rocket mass heater can help you dramatically reduce your energy costs while enhancing the beauty, value and comfort of your home.

Genres: Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2016

Reviews

[Felicity Fields · Rating 5 out of 5]

Technical, detailed manual on how to build a rocket mass heater. Plans, drawings, specs, equations - it's all here.

To be honest, I wanted to know the theory and not the step by step, so I read the first couple of chapters and skimmed the technical building chapters.

I learned quite a bit about rocket mass heaters, and when they're a good idea abs when they're not. That's what I wanted, and that's what this book delivered.

[Alan Bresette · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for off a grid living

This read includes Eve aspect off rocket stove construction for home heating. Lots of design calculations and considerations that require proper rocket stove construction. My only criticism is to add one complete set of readable plans and specs along with the proper code and legal boiler-plating. Overall, San excellent resource.

[Rae · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend if you are planning on building a rocket mass heater, although they're are plenty of similar books this is my favorite so far, I'll come back and update after we actually build one 😅

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the information in here could easily have fit into a hundred page book. Environmentally themed books that are overly repetitive, and that therefore use 3 or 4 times more paper than necessary, are a serious pet peeve of mine. Other than that though, this does a great job explaining everything you need to know about the subject. This is definitely an important topic that more people should look into.

[Blaise Pascal]

To me, a rocket mass heater is more theoretical than practical; I do not live in the sort of residence suitable for such a device. This book is more practical than theoretical, and did not hold my interest.

It seems like a good book for what it is, but what it isn't is for me.