Adventures in eco living #01 ... Brick rocket stove version 1

My first attempt at building a very basic brick rocket stove. I used bricks because they were quick and cheap ... also easy to salvage or buy.

I didn't have to cut any bricks ... and used a total of 22 (@30p each). It is possible to use fewer bricks ... but they act as a good heat store.

Rocket stoves are a good efficient way to burn small pieces of wood, they also burn 'cleanly' and produce useful heat quickly.

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• stove
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• heat

[ericlovv]

Have you thought about making a J tube style, so you can load it up and not have to push the wood in?

[jonnyacapulco]

@ericlovv hey thanks for the comment ... have tried several variations since this first attempt, some more successful than others. planning a new video update soon.

[CairnsFoodGarden]

Instead of the bricks on top, perhaps you could use an old bbq plate? You might be able to seat it in there all snug, and you'd get better cooking power from the fire.

[jonnyacapulco]

@CairnsFoodGarden interesting idea cairnsFoodGarden ... the bricks do take a while to heat up but then they hold the heat longer.

[vention4wh]

As times get tough a lot of people are going to need a backup heating method using their low quality apartment style fireplaces. Some kind of rocket stove might be exactly what's needed.

[Oregun89]

That is hardly a rocket stove. Most heat is lost. All you've done is create more thermal mass for you fireplace, but most heat will still travel up and out.

[corax2012]

Nice Russian stove .... rocket stoves have a recirculating exhaust system.

[serendipidus]

@Oregun89 thats what i was thinking its probably even less efficient as theres a massive "draw" on the fire so your burning at full volume the whole time...like when you light the fire with a peice of card held up against th efront to create a draught....how might this idea {which i love as its so simple} be changed to make it more like a real rocket stove could the bricks be placed further out from the chimeny and a longer chamber be built for the smoke to escape over a longer distance?

[ebertmadwoman]

@Oregun89 , thats what I was thinking too. I think its more appropriate for cooking.

[sirianfreeman]

Great Job, plenty of pallets around for fuel :)

[themarkfellows2]

So, have you cooked on this? How long to boil two cups of water, how much fuel does it use? Are those just standard bricks? Thanks, Mark

[themarkfellows2]

@Oregun89 I believe you are confusing a rocket stove, with a rocket mass heater. I think it might be absolutely a rocket stove. The way to see, is to build it outside, and see if it burns hot, without that added draft of the chimney. If you could retain most of heat, and vent just the left over exhaust up the chimney, you might be well on the way to heating your home

[slocar1]

Would smaller openings on the brickwork at base and top opening slow down the burning process giving more heat output in return for less fuel consumption,

what do you think?