Mass Heater For Greenhouse - An American Homestead
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- čas přidán 16. 02. 2015
- We have been going back and forth trying to figure out an effective and efficient heating method for our aquaponics system in our greenhouse. I think we finally have a solution that works. We decided on a barrel stove kit and 55 gallon drum barrel. It's a great way to recycle an old drum and heat our greenhouse at the same time. The whole thing was put together for less than $90. The kit was purchased off ebay.
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I can't believe this video is 6 years old already. I remember watching this when it first came out.
Great work ,love the green house and simplicity of the mass heater
LOVE the videos and all you share with us. I'm a big fan!
A truly amazing system. We live in Central Texas so we don't drop below freezing very often & when we do, it's usually only a few days at a time. I do like the fish tanks & will watch your videos on that set up.
I am amazed at how far ahead you are on this. You have really done your homework. The way you and your Father in law have set that up one would think you guys have been at it for twenty years.
Great news! Good to see you are getting some good heat and sustained burn time so you can sleep a whole night.
Love all your videos
Awesome, I had been curious about rocket mass heaters for a greenhouse and now I know. Thanks
The wood burning set up is good but still leaves a couple of unanswered questions. I did something like this in a CMU (concrete) house in Alabama in 2003. Slab on grade, first floor 8" blocks (filled) and 2nd floor 6" blocks (filled) with the suspended wood floor sitting on the ledge created at 8' off the slab. The whole thing enveloped in Polyiso foam panel insulation to make it airtight. Windows and doors installed with foam system and a brick veneer. Two Velux skylights at the highest point of the roof (inside) over the stairs let out hot air when required.
Those old tymers weren't stupid, all that stone for the fireplace was for a reason. Just like your barrel stove with rocks and drums of water, that massive fireplace was for the thermal battery of stones. I am just finishing up my rocket mass heater, a core of fire bricks, about a pallet of bricks and mortar, along with 3-55 gallon drums of water that the exhaust flows under before heading out the chimney. Also a coil of 1/2" black iron pipe in the riser of the rocket burner, piped into the barrels, for helping heat the water. Hopefully percolate like a coffee pot, if not, a low flow pump should suffice. Kinda strange seeing you without the grey highlights in the beard😛😁
Good info. and video. Thanks! Here is a simple, inexpensive suggestion.
I saw an Amish set up where they dug a trench on both sides and ran vent work from the wood burner to the plants that way. We live in Iowa, so it gets way below zero during the winter months.
great video , glad you found something that works
That's totally the way to go.. amazing
Very sorry to hear you had to take out your rocket mass. I have both a double barrel and a rocket mass im putting some of my aquaponics water bolding tanks on it and a large seed starter the bench gets up to about 140 but you are right its just a drop in the bucket when its 15 or below. I can just imagine the temps y'all deal with. I'm working on useing it for other jobs instead of just heat Great video Thanks
great video man!
Very informative. Thanks
Something I learned as a kid from an old man neighbor and that was he told me why he ran his stove pipe why he did. We and everybody else put the stove in and run the pipe out of the house asap to make sure that we all waste 75% of the heat generated by the stove. When I put a stove in the garage I ran the pipe on an angle a foot and half from the wall on wire sloping up tp keep the air flow moving and even 180 it back along the wall until the smoke going out the pipe was just warm. You will be amazed how much more heat you will get. Also hot air going up means cold air coming in creating a natural circle of air in you building. 15 feet of stove pipe will give you more heat than two stoves if you have no draft flap in the pipe. Won't take you long to find out. You can thank me later. A 3" pipe from outside just under the stove will get heated and will take care of your oxygen problem you might have on a tightly sealed building. Piece of cake and great heat for little material. 1/3 choke on the stove.
Thats a awsome idea im gonna build a green house this year thats how im gonna heat it great idea
I like what you done here.