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RE: Peter VanDen Berg Double Shoe Box RMH Fire Box...
Very interesting! We have been considering going to a pellet stove, we are getting tired of splitting wood for our heat. Then we started seeing Wheaton's new videos about the improvements to the RMH. I don't really mind the barrel, I just want to be warm and last year we burned almost 8 cord of wood in this drafty old barn. It is much last drafty after our summer project, but still... the idea of cutting that down by 3/4 is very, very appealing. And to have a prettier option is good, I do LIKE pretty things... lol!
Remember you have to buy pellets....lol. Yeah I see an RMH in your future...
We were not throwing the old woodstove away, just putting it in the barn!
Well I would suggest an RMH. You guys are capable. Get Iantos book if you dont have it and just go for it in the spring. They actually use a tenth the wood of a wood stove. Plant some willows and after 4 or five years cut them down and they will regrow good coppice wood every year for fire wood no splitting required. You could probably do it in a couple days for cheap if you use cob and a 55 gallon drum etc.
We are looking at doing this IN the house, so we are probably going to spend a little more than bare minimum this time. The old RMH is still set up waiting for us to decide what to build around it. The hoop collapsed last year, so we have a couple fairly major projects on the books come spring!