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@RosterTheCog That pic is of a 8" RMH in a greenhouse. He has updated it to a batch box RMH. (check it out at Permies) A more convent system for feeding it but it tends to overheat the area you're trying to heat.
The one I'm building is a 6" J tube type. It needs to be fed more often when heating up the mass but It's easer to regulate the heat. When we lived in NM we used a 6" RMH. It did a great job heating up the place. Firewood was very expensive there (logs) So we used free pallets. During one of the coldest winters we only used a 100 pallets. Which come out to be about a cord of wood. The wood stove we used before ate 3+ cords to get through a winter. A big difference in the amount of wood used.
A cool thing about a RMH you can build one on the cheap. Just by scrounging around for the materials. Most can be built for under $200.00. Way cheaper than buying a standard wood stove.
A pic of the dragon we used during the build.
A pic of this new build
The one I'm building is a 6" J tube type. It needs to be fed more often when heating up the mass but It's easer to regulate the heat. When we lived in NM we used a 6" RMH. It did a great job heating up the place. Firewood was very expensive there (logs) So we used free pallets. During one of the coldest winters we only used a 100 pallets. Which come out to be about a cord of wood. The wood stove we used before ate 3+ cords to get through a winter. A big difference in the amount of wood used.
A cool thing about a RMH you can build one on the cheap. Just by scrounging around for the materials. Most can be built for under $200.00. Way cheaper than buying a standard wood stove.
A pic of the dragon we used during the build.
A pic of this new build