www.permies.com Greenhouse construction with a rocket mas heater, including an excellent demonstration of the rocket mass heater sideways burn. The greenhouse construction class is taught by Ernie and Erica Wisner, featuring the rocket mass heater techniques of Ianto Evans (of cob cottage company fame). I cannot think of a better approach to greenhouse heating. This is the first phase of building this greenhouse. The focus is on the steps of building the rocket mass heater. This video has an excellent demonstration of the sideways burn – or fire burning sideways. Since this will be an oehler style solar greenhouse, then it probably won’t need much heat. But it will be a bonus. And the heated air could also be piped into the house. A rockey mass heater is typically 10 times more efficient than a regular wood stove. And 20 times cleaner. A mike oehler style greenhouse construction is probably the most efficient greenhouse known.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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What is the 1″ 1/2 you are talking about? You don’t show the end of the stove pipe. How does it end? Whatw draws the heatw into the chamber?
I wish you would have overdubbed the whole soundtrack like you did at 2:45 it would be much easier to follow along. YouTube has some new edit tools which will allow you to replace the soundtrack. You could get AUDACITY (free) and record a new soundtrack… then overwrite the existing one. It would make for a better overall video. Excellent project!
too bad the u.n. thinks co2 is bad for you…lol
this could help alot of people and i’ve forwarded it on to many who could help others with it. Thanks so much Paul. Love your videos : )
who keeps feeding the stove every 10 minutes to keep it burning??
Thank you for everything: Reply, video, forums… all. Moving to Norway and will be needing all your good advice at some point. Want to grow some food and get a rocket stove in the house when I finally buy a house. Have to find an alternative or cosmetics for the cob and barrel though. Want to keep it all looking Ikea. Forgive me.
I suspect that a one inch gap would melt something.
That was one of the best videos yet. Shame about the sound quality. Wish the speech bubbles had started earlier.
What would happen if the top gap was reduced to 1 inch? Way too hot on top or just wouldn’t work?
sexy legs! ;>
Tomatoes in December, Thermal mass, knocking down trees because they’re in the way or south? and :54 apparently rocket mass…Sir, This is sexual and reckless.
“Five times less wood?” What does that mean? You must mean 1/5 the wood, or 20% of the wood.
Oops correction to my last comment @aetherfax not antherfax p.s. stfuomfg p.p.s. being an ass to you would feed my need to be an ass much better, prepare for a whole week of me being asinine to you under 30ish different accounts.
@Antherfax because the quality was So bad I didn’t hear him say it, more over because of the lack of DOING it. Moreover being an ass is makes me feel good I was neglected and unloved my whole life and revel in making absolute strangers annoyed by my petty And meaningless comments.
– The guy addressed that during the video, and evidently they /do/ have the ability to dub over the audio as the guy was speaking in the end. Why do you feel like you have to be ass over the internet? =
Im sure at least ONE of you hippies has access to some kind of post production audio…. I can’t understand shit being said for almost half of this video….
Good how to vid I subscribed… Sub back and check out my how to construction vids when you get a chance. Thanks!
Has anyone seen Cartman?… I’ve got a job for him.
Like this. You must have been way ahead of your time having colour back in the days of black and white film.
Smoke also contains bits of ash. If only CO2 and steam are exiting, the particulates are being deposited inside the pipe.
you build it out of brick isteard
Funny thing is you can do this virtually with all clay, the design of the “rocket stove/heater” is a rather Olllllllld design used by the mexo-americans
@bryncomeaux
Hydrogen. Right right.
But how do you build the quality steel roll and duct without industrial process and mass production?
YOU COULD RUN A GENERATOR OFF THE WOOD SMOKE
THE SUPER GREENHOUSE SOLAR
STRAW BALE
THERNAL MASS
ROCKET STOOVE
AQUA CULTUR
DRIP HYDOPONICS
WELL WATER
BIO DIGESTER/HEATER/ COMPOST WATER HEATER FOR FISH AND PLANT ROOTS
ANYTHING ELSE?
Great stuff guys but I can’t hear half of it. Can you fix the audio please?
do you have any problems with squirrels sneaking under the plastic? by the way, great video
I moved into an area with a lot of blight.
I found out that the local remedy is bleach water: one tablespoon to a gallon of water.
Spray up to once every two weeks, spraying under the leaves will get rid of some insects too.
the problem you had with your tomatoes was either mildew or blite. If it’s mildew reduce the water. If it’s blite your tomato plants will rot to mush there’s no help for them. It’s best to put a handful of powdered lime in the soil around your plants when you plant them to avoid blite. I lost all 5 of my tomato plants to that last year. Good luck 🙂
awesome!! i love the thrift of the thing…
If i could just add…. when you use the wire to secure the center support strut, you could have twisted the wire on the underside, preventing any injuries 😉
also, any staple gun would work, but you might need to persuade them fully home with a small hammer…
i like your work!! 🙂
too weak for my area
I’m happy to hear that. Rachel and I hope this idea works out well for you guys.
I was so ready to buy a “$120.00 4 tier extra wide hot house” from a local hardware store. (The sale ends the 12th). Then I saw your video. Thank you so much for the post. So simple, so inexpensive. We live in Eastern Iowa and I can’t wait to try starting some plants outside in a hoop house. We are planning a rather presumptuous garden this year (5 raised beds 3.5’x8′) and it sure would help to get a step ahead. This was just what we needed, at the time we needed it.Thanks again.
Those are awesome, we have some in our garden.. thx
The plastic was from a hardware store. I don’t remember the size, but it was kind of thick. (If I remember correctly it was on sale for some reason). Otherwise, large home centers should have it in their paint departments. Someone left a comment on this video somewhere that they used plastic bags from mattresses they got from a mattress store. They were free.
@BuddyClubGardening Wow. A whole $15. Where did you get your plastic covering? I already have a 4×12 bed that I want to cover but am not sure what to get or how wide the plastic should be. Thx!
Glad you liked it. I think it cost about $15 to set up.
Thanks for this! Its just what I was looking for. About how much did this cost you?
The only yield difference is related to time of harvest. Our crops grown with aid of the hoop house are ready sooner. We have not however, gotten a -larger- yield that we are aware of.
Great video! Hey, just curious – Have you noticed any yield differences between crops grown under the hoop house versus crops that were not?
Ahhh… like your ‘roll up’ 2 x 2! 🙂 Check out mine in Texas on my channel. 🙂
Thanks folks. We appreciate all the kind words.
a cool guy
nice hoop house
Hey nice job.. thanks for sharing.
you’re very detailed about how to build this greenhouse. I live it.
thank you very much
did it the same as you show,but later wanted it stiffer.the 3 long boards was not good enough,it was still moving to much in the wind and heavy rains.so I went and got joints and glued it altogether.my next one I want higher and with better grade plastic.I have to think of a better way to lift it or open the ends.hoping it last the entire winter here in upstate new york. thx for such a simple and cheap green house.
Wow you have a ton of great videos I can’t wait to see the rest keep em coming
I have a raised bed 2 ft high out of cinder block. I like this idea now I can get earlier start out of garden w/o expense of greenhouse. I have invested a bit to build raised bed 4 x 16 ” but love the results. have never walked on dirt. Will be going to builders supply to get items. Thanks great job and demo.
i think that may be mold on the plant honestly.. at around 85 to 95 degree temps especially when the air is very humid and still, you will see m old on your plants.. it can actually make ya feel kinda sick.. at least thats how it worked with the plants i grew..
In my climate the spinach has always made it through the winter. I usually stop watering in mid-Nov. when hoses freeze up. I don’t water until early spring. I haven’t had problems with die off, but the plants become essentially dormant and stop growing. Not a problem since I can cram a fair amount of spinach in a 4×8 raised bed, and have plenty to munch on throughout the winter. – I’ve tried this with chard without success. I think I’ll try kale since that seems pretty tough.
You put straw all around your plants while in the hoop house and it keeps them warm enough in the winter time? When you open up the hoop house to water the plants in the winter, is there risk for frost or maybe the water freezing?