Two of the authors of the book on the subject of rocket stoves and rocket mass heaters, erica and ernie wisner, facilitate the wood burning forum at and are featured in videos in this excellent article at. Thats the physical rocket mass heater builders guide, the physical dvd how to build rocket mass heaters with ernie and erica, and digital versions of the art of fire, shelter, mini stove plans, truffle recipe, fire science and care and feeding videos online, and 6 complete plan sets with asbuilt drawings of our annex 6, bonny 8, cabin 8. Homemade rocket stove i think commercially these are. Plus, ernie and i have a dinner date with a new friend in town. In their eighth year of rocketry together, they have built, supervised, or fixed installations in a wide variety of buildings.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Ernie and erica wisner offer handson training in creative, ecological, and. They teach workshops all over north america, and sell plans as well as their books the builders guide and art of fire. Rocket mass heaters eliminate the hot and cold cycles that are typical with woodstoves. The experts on all things rocket mass heaters, ernie and erica wisner, are back with their latest book on rocket mass heaters the rocket mass heater builders guide will show you from start to finish how to build a rocket mass heater. Paul wheaton permaculture articles and forum, diy solutions on rocket heaters, videos, and more. They are passionate about spreading the word to teach people a more efficient way to burn. Winiarskys principles on cook stoves to household heating using cobb as a thermal mass, in effect creating a unique masonry heater. The rocket mass heater builders guide by erica wisner. The rocket mass heater takes this useful, cleanburning heat, adds a self feeding wood box, and channels the exhaust through a masonry block to store.
Erica and ernie wisner have been designing and building rocket mass heaters since 2003. Build the perfect thermal mass heater or cook surface for any survival scenario. Wisner and her husband, ernie, teach workshops throughout the country, and focus their efforts researching the behavior of fire and improving the design features of rocket mass heaters. Oct 7, 2012 announcing a rocket stove prototype workshop with ernie and erica wisner.
The dvds will cover cob style rocket mass heaters, pebble style rocket mass heaters, shippable cores, and even the rocket mass heater innovators event paul hosted out at his land. See more ideas about rocket stoves, rocket mass heater and rocket heater. Ernie and erica wisners rocket mass heater everything combo. Watch rocket mass heaters with ernie and erica online. They are often referred to as the worldwide leaders and trainers in rocket stove technology. Heres the link for the bonny convection bench rocket mass heater professional build plans. Ernie and erica wisner have created over 700 rocket mass heaters, or super stoves as i like to call them, and in this video youll get to check out their latest design. Watch rocket mass heaters with ernie and erica online vimeo. Mar 12, 2015 this is why paul wheaton and ernie and erica wisner are creating a new dvd set that shows the ins and outs of building a bunch of different types.
Complete stepbystep construction, maintenance and troubleshooting ebook written by erica wisner, ernie wisner. Jun 01, 2016 the rocket mass heater builders guide. One of the biggest drivers of rocket stove development is the reality that many households still have open hearths for cooking today in the industrialized world, for the last several centuries, we have used chimneys to solve this problem. Ernie and erica wisner, expert rocket stove builders, share the fire science behind rocket stoves at an event sponsored by vets cafe in olympia wa. This book details all of the ins and outs of the rocket mass heater design that ernie and erica have perfected, and shows how the most. This book is written by erica wisner and ernie wisner. The rocket mass heater or heating rocket stove superefficient wood heater, using earthen masonry. Blog archive build a rocket stove for home heating authors note, 20150214.
A superefficient, woodburning, rocket mass heater can help you dramatically reduce your energy costs while enhancing the beauty, value, and comfort of your home. The rest of the time they are researching and fine tuning designs. While most people who heat their own homes are accustomed to wood heat, either with a woodstove or pellet stove, erica wisner says, what were doing is no longer considered a woodstove. A rocket mass heater is a woodburning stove that uses rocket stove technology to burn wood very efficiently and clean, and to then store the heat it produces in thermally massive furniturethe bed or couch you sit or lie down on. It is an idea everybody comes up with after thinking about the way rocket stoves work.
Now he and his wife erica are helping make rocket mass heater a household term. Followed by the rocket mass heater that was created from that design. Ernie and erica wisners rocket mass heater everything. A hot chimney pulls room air through the stove and out. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The exception is portland, oregon, which has a building code for rocket mass heaters, thanks to ernie and erica wisner, who share some hints on how to acquire a permit on their site. See the rocket stove plans section at the end of the article and let me know if youd be interested. Complete stepbystep construction, maintenance and troubleshooting paperback june 1, 2016. Permaculture, paul wheaton, rocket mass heater, rocket stove, greenhouse, ernie and erica wisner, wood heat, wood burner, composting toilet, outhouse paul, ernie and erica continue their conversation on the rocket mass heaters workshop that started in part 1.
Nov 25, 2011 in between seeing family and helping with the trackers thanksgiving break camps, we got excited about making a tea stove for a local preschool teacher. Rocket mass heater experts erica and ernie wisner, with paul wheaton, present a series of workshops, events and practical examples of whats involved in building your own rocket mass heater using super efficient rocket stove technology to heat thermal mass and create a comfortable living space in the first dvd, which is available separately, the team demonstrate. These are both the products of the leaders in rocket mass heater innovation, ernie and erica wisner, who have built more than 700 rocket mass heaters. Ernie and erica wisner offer handson training in creative, ecological, and practical skills. Complete stepbystep construction, maintenance and troubleshooting wisner, erica, wisner, ernie on. Announcing a rocket stove prototype workshop with ernie and. Oct 7, 2012 announcing a rocket stove prototype workshop with ernie and erica wisner stay safe and healthy. Many communities do have building codes and give permits for masonry heaters, so you might need to treat your rocket heater as a masonry heater. Page 14 rocket mass heater in a shamen center in france. Join facebook to connect with ernie wisner and others you may know. Ernie and erica talk about how they travelled across the country to give.
Erica wisner and ernie wisner have built over seven hundred superefficient, cleanburning masonry stoves. Keep an eye on our schedule for workshops i firmly believe well have firm dates soon. This is why paul wheaton and ernie and erica wisner are creating a new dvd set that shows the ins and outs of building a bunch of different types. Rocket stove mass heaters have been around for over 30 years, and their growing in popularity. Ernie and erica wisner, expert rocket stove builders, share the fire science behind rocket stoves at an event sponsored by vets cafe in olympia. Couple stays warm 247 with just one small fire each day. Erica is the public face of our business and as ernie says, the brains. These plans are proven designs that ernie and erica wisner, the leading rocket stove innovators, have developed and tested. Some commentary and animation have been added to c. Ernie and erica wisner ernie and erica wisner are a couple from tonasket, washington, united states, best known for their innovative rocket mass heater designs. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the rocket mass heater builders guide.
If these rocket stoves are of interest of you, the smartest next step is probably to get a set of plans that closely resembles what you are thinking of designing. Undoubtedly people will continue to experiment, but it will be hard to improve upon the wisdom of this book what works, what doesnt and why. Show your stoves off, show finished work, and talk about finishing, plastering etc. Ernie was on the research team for the second edition. The rocket mass heater builders guide by ernie and erica wisner. They talk about the rocket mass heater workshop held at caleb and kristas in missoula at the end of october 2012. Home rocket stoves experimenters corner answers questioned. Does not include the village video dvd, how to build rocket mass heaters with ernie and erica.
They are dedicated to the search for sustainable solutions and the handson teaching of creative, ecological, and practical skills. But, if you use a rocket stove to heat up a lot of thermal mass, such as a cob bench, you hav e a rocket mass heater. Rocket mass heaters the book, by ianto evans and leslie. Because of the way it uses mass for heat storage it could be a fairly. The experts on all things rocket mass heaters, ernie and erica wisner, are back with their latest book on rocket mass heaters. Thats the physical rocket mass heater builders guide, the physical dvd how to build rocket mass heaters with ernie and erica, and digital versions of the art of fire, shelter, mini stove plans, truffle recipe, fire science and care and feeding. Ernie and erica wisner s rocket mass heater everything combo digitalmarket forum at permies in september, i had the opportunity to learn about rocket mass heaters with ashley lubyk and heather noakes of dirt craft. They are the recognized experts at designing these heaters for a wide range of conventional and offgrid buildings, and authors of the art of fire and the rocket mass heater builders guide. Rocket mass heaters usually have a combination of the qualities of a masonry heater mass that stores and conducts heat and a woodstove metal boxes that radiate heat. My first rocket mass heater is based on the plans i bought from ernie and erica wisner, experienced wood stove builders. Termeszetes epitkezes a lenyeg agyaghazak lakas atalakitas. Its fundamental characteristics are an insulated combustion chamber where fuel generally wood is burned with high efficiency at extremely high temperatures, and a large thermal mass.
A superior heating alternative to the standard wood burning stove conventional wood stove, fireplace, electric heaters, furnaces, and with a much more creative and personalized design. She already introduced me to her local art club, and might know someone who can help with reception as we get busier and travel more. This is a system based on such a good idea, but not one without its hazards. A woodstove heats up, and cools off within hours, requiring more fuel. It will offer a specific instruction and recipe for a specific stove, with measurements and materials lists, to help the reader build a triedandtrue stove that has been working for several years. They point out that it was a great success that brought together many interesting people with varied skills. Wisner and her husband, ernie, teach workshops throughout the country, and focus their efforts researching the behavior of fire and improving the design features of rocket mass. A rocket mass heater also termed rocket stove mass heater is a space heating system developed from the rocket stove, a type of efficient woodburning stove, and the masonry heater. She loves making things from scratch anything from blueberry scones to the oven itself. The foremost builders and educators of this stove, ernie and erica are getting ready to publish the rocket mass heater builders guide.
Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Jan 06, 2014 some great resources for more information on rocket stove mass heaters, and constructions check out the following sites. Rocket stoves are a type of fuelefficient device, named in the 70s, but dating back millenia in concept. In fact, the primary example in the book is the cob style rocket mass heater built in the log structure in dvd1. Ernie and erica wisner s rocket mass heater everything combo digitalmarket forum at permies. Announcing a rocket stove prototype workshop with ernie. It also may not include certain draft plans still in progress, for reasons. A superhot chimney above the fire draws the flames sideways and up, blending hot fuel and air into a quick, hot, cleanburning fire that takes little wood, leaves little residue, and has lots of uses.
Ernie and erica wisner promote sustainable, ecological, and practical skills. Constructed by ernie and erica wisner, this is a roadmap that has been carefully put together by two engineering veterans who reassuringly have over 700 rocket mass heater builds under their belt. The rocket mass heater builders guide by ernie and erica. Rocket heaters earliest known relative, the rocket stove, was originally conceived in 1982 by dr. The plans featured a stove with a tall bench and 8 ducts which i built in just two days and since then i never stopped to tweak it and trying to improve it. Rocket stove instructional dvd by calen kennett kickstarter. Based on the interest ive received in this project, im considering selling plans for a stove similar to the one described in this article. In the rocket mass heater guide, erica and ernie wisner have distilled the best, most triedandtrue design for efficient, lowcost, loweffort, carbonneutral, regenerative home heating.
From the dont try this at home department comes ernie wisner s photos of his experience building a rocket stove charged water heater. The rocket mass heater builders guide shows you from start to finish how to build a rocket mass heater, the most cost effective and efficient wood burning stove design, using the diyfriendly rocket mass heater design that ernie and erica have perfected. Turns out the preschool and kindergarten is located in the basement of the same church where the campbells went as kids talk about a small world, or at least a small beaverton. The basics on rocket mass heaters farm and garden grit. Rocket mass heaters are essentially a woodburning stove, but with a few interesting adjustments that make it crazy efficient. Most of these plans are done using standard architectural drafting, oldschool style. At subzero temperatures they have no problem staying warm all day. Ernie and erica wisner are rocket mass heater also called a rocket stove authorities who spend part of their time away from their oregon home conducting workshops throughout the country. They have made over 700 rocket stoves all over the world. Ernie and erica wisner are a couple from tonasket, washington, united states, best known for their innovative rocket mass heater designs.
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