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Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves YOU Can Build Paperback – April 1, 2006

by Ianto Evans (Author), Leslie Jackson (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 131 ratings
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Here is a superefficient wood fired heater you can build for yourself in a weekend for less than a hundred dollars. This book explains in detail exactly how to build one, then how to use it in a range of applications. We discuss materials: where to find them, what to pay and how to make use of found and recycled parts. The section on fire and fuels is thorough but simple; we tried to keep away from numbers wherever possible. There are success stories, case studies, references and where to find further information, all heavily illustrated. Home heating can be expensive both in capital equipment and in running costs. If we heat by gas, oil or electricity we are supporting a big corporation and impoverishing ourselves. By building an extra efficient heating system you will be one more big step off the treadmill and your move to self-sufficiency and true wealth. Good luck with your stove! From the Introduction by Ianto Evans
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  1. Print length
    100 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Cob Cottage Company
  4. Publication date
    April 1, 2006
  5. ISBN-10
    0966373839
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0966373837
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Customers find the book informative and helpful. They appreciate the clear diagrams and step-by-step process for building the stove. The book is considered a worthwhile investment that provides cost-effective heating options. Readers appreciate the practical application and building strategies explained in the book. The pictures and illustrations are described as inspiring, and the cover is described as inviting.

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54 customers mention "Information quality"47 positive7 negative

Customers find the book informative and helpful. They appreciate the detailed information about the Rocket Heater concept, theories, plans, and drawings. The book is a valuable resource and inspiration for learning about this useful technology.

"...It is full of helpful information. It provides a good argument for living a little greener and more efficiently...." Read more

"The Rocket heater is an interesting concept, fairly well presented in the book...." Read more

"...Excellent information and illustrations." Read more

"...Ianto Evans is a genius and wonderful inspiration as well as the father of the renaissance of cob building...." Read more

30 customers mention "Ease of reading"30 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and understand. It has detailed diagrams and explanations of the step-by-step process for building a stove. The authors lay out the concept, theories, plans, and drawings so that anyone can follow them. They describe it as well-written and informative, providing all the basics needed to build a stove.

"...I was impressed with the detailed instruction and helpful drawings. The pictures were inspirational too...." Read more

"...The illustrations and pictures adequately present the concepts-- one illustration that would be helpful to add is a 3D projection drawing, which..." Read more

"...Well written and easy to understand. Easily built from "junk" scrap and minimal purchase from hardware store...." Read more

"...These stoves/mass heaters are cheap affordable and easy to construct with a little time and know how. Get this wonderful book!!!" Read more

13 customers mention "Value for money"13 positive0 negative

Customers find the book offers good value for money. They say it's a wonderful investment, cost-saving home heating, and provides excellent ideas about cheap, easy, and highly efficient wood burning. The book uses less fuel and heats more environmentally friendly.

"Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You can build is awesome. It is full of helpful information...." Read more

"...Easily built from "junk" scrap and minimal purchase from hardware store. Excellent information and illustrations." Read more

"...These stoves/mass heaters are cheap affordable and easy to construct with a little time and know how. Get this wonderful book!!!" Read more

"...If you are looking for the right price, your in luck...." Read more

12 customers mention "Buildability"12 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's buildability. They find it provides detailed instructions and materials needed to build a Rocket Mass Heater. The book covers both theory and practical applications, including interesting ideas for cob building.

"Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You can build is awesome. It is full of helpful information...." Read more

"...a heater option that may work for those who are willing and able to build their own...." Read more

"...Well written and easy to understand. Easily built from "junk" scrap and minimal purchase from hardware store...." Read more

"...Some real interesting ideas for the cob building as well - thinking of buying some of the building with cob books to go along with it." Read more

10 customers mention "Pictures"10 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's pictures and illustrations. They find the designs interesting and inspiring, with good descriptions that help understand them. The cover is appealing, and the scale design drawings are helpful.

"...The pictures were inspirational too. The company behind the book is top-notch, very customer oriented, going beyond the necessity of the situation...." Read more

"...The book is very informative, has some good photos and easily explains the step-by-step process to build the stove...." Read more

"...This system is so elegant, I wish everyone could read this book and get excited about building one. I know I am!" Read more

"...Would love to try this out. Nice book! Like the pictures/illustrations! Very informative and inspiring." Read more

8 customers mention "Heat source"8 positive0 negative

Customers like the heat source. It uses less fuel and heats more environmentally friendly. They mention it exhausts through thermal mass, providing an even, comfortable heat. The philosophy of low impact building/heating got them rethinking their remodel.

"...This 20x40 foot garage stays nice and warm during the winter on just two loads of scrap in my pickup truck. Well written and easy to understand...." Read more

"...one in the house, but we sure learned a lot about combustion, and heating options. I would highly recomend it, even just as a interesting read!" Read more

"...Well, the heater is actually heating the seat and is giving some heat for the house...." Read more

"...Hopefully people who want a great heat source will get on the wagon and start making their own and not just read about it. Great job!..." Read more

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  • Arwythur
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good advice, great reference!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2014
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    If... and I mean if... you were as scared by this year's storms as I was, then you need this book... we use propane, which went to $4.19 a gallon this week. But seriously, what good is a full tank of Propane when the damn furnace runs on electricity? And several people were without that for a while, all over this country, and in places that usually don't lose power? Also, the cold damn near crippled us across the US. Walmarts were stripped bare several times in the last 3 months, and we have Tornado season, (Spring and Fall), always just around the corner... I have built several rocket mass heaters for backups, and this Spring will be retro-fitting my home, (house, garage, and barn each), with the house unit being installed in the basement for when the storms get worse, and they will. I highly recommend the YouTube videos by "Erica and Ernie Wisner" about "Fire" and "Rocket Mass Heaters" as well, if only to complete the necessary information and working details that are necessary to update the information in this book, but you CAN use the book to make a working unit, even if it's you first time! Trust your feelings Luke, but do the extra research! Have fun, be safe! Make sure to check out the vids for Rocket Mass Heater fails as well, it ALWAYS comes back to someone trying to make one out of all metel, and they never work. Firebrick for the inside is the way to go... just saying.
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  • Kayla P
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Great Company
    Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2012
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    Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves You can build is awesome. It is full of helpful information. It provides a good argument for living a little greener and more efficiently. I was impressed with the detailed instruction and helpful drawings. The pictures were inspirational too. The company behind the book is top-notch, very customer oriented, going beyond the necessity of the situation. I would not hesitate to buy any other product from this company/publisher.
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  • M. Hocker
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book for Do It Yourself Types
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2011
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    The Rocket heater is an interesting concept, fairly well presented in the book.

    This type of heater is not for everyone, and the authors describe the pros and cons of this type of heater well enough that one should be able to decide if this type heater is useful for their application.

    This is very much a handbook for a work in progress-- a do it yourselfer can typically build one of these heaters, but don't try to hand off construction to the typical hired mason, it is not that type of book.

    The illustrations and pictures adequately present the concepts-- one illustration that would be helpful to add is a 3D projection drawing, which would work better than parsing several 2D drawings to get the feel of the in-the-round barrel contra flow of the exhaust smoke traveling up from the inner stack and down the sides.

    I'd like to build a Rocket mass heater... but the people I live with don't seem to like a work in progress 55 gallon drum rocket stove for heating a house (the heater installed instead will be a conventional Finnish mass masonry heater, at considerably more expense).

    Overall the book is a worthwhile text on a heater option that may work for those who are willing and able to build their own. Even if you don't build one, you learn something new-- always a good thing.
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  • Edmond Rivera
    5.0 out of 5 stars Rocket Mass Heaters
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2014
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    I now heat my 800 square foot, three car garage on scrap tree limbs I pick up from the wood line behind my home. This 20x40 foot garage stays nice and warm during the winter on just two loads of scrap in my pickup truck. Well written and easy to understand. Easily built from "junk" scrap and minimal purchase from hardware store. Excellent information and illustrations.
    6 people found this helpful
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  • natalie weaver
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is essential for off gridder like my family and self!!!!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2013
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    My husband and I are putting together our first one and this book is a step by step. We search long and hard to get the actual logistics of this contraption and we are currently building our cob house so we need a stove and heat. Ianto Evans is a genius and wonderful inspiration as well as the father of the renaissance of cob building. These stoves/mass heaters are cheap affordable and easy to construct with a little time and know how. Get this wonderful book!!!
    6 people found this helpful
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  • MR. FISH
    5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful book!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2008
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    most fun book I have ever bought! ordered the book, had it two days later with a handwritten note from the author. read it 5 or 6 times in 2 days, then built a test stove in the front yard in about an hour. My kids and I were shouting and dancing as it started roaring and shooting clean hot air out the top! COMPLETE COMBUSTION! its was great! We may never build one in the house, but we sure learned a lot about combustion, and heating options. I would highly recomend it, even just as a interesting read!
    23 people found this helpful
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  • louiemiro
    4.0 out of 5 stars Clear enough for something which is basically an experimental technology for the masses.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2012
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    There was enough in here, that, alongside videos and experimentation and common sense, one is able to embark on the trip! I've now made part of my prototype in the garage, and am gathering the items I need to go on to the fully fledged dude in the house. The design is one of many, and I have seen all sorts online, but the drawbacks are clearly laid out, and the book fairly systematically takes you through as much of what is effectively an organic and personal process for each individual person & house (you learn as you go along, and your design is unique to you, and to the materials you gather, and the way you pet 'em together.) Hence the book is not perfect technical writing, but enough of a hand-rail to give me the confidence to take a deep breath, start knocking holes through walls in our house, to start finding a way to fit it on top of parque floor, and more problems that are unique to our house. The dangers and pitfalls are also explored, and prevention is better than cure top tips are given to prevent problems down the line. There might be other better books out there, but I've spent enough on this one to not feel I need to buy another one, but to now just go for it, and make some mistakes.
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  • jason
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must have rocket mass makers
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2015
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    This book is great plans to build the lot well presented must have the tube tells you stuff just buy this book well worth it
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  • E M Wheatley
    5.0 out of 5 stars All you need to know
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2013
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    This book has every thing in it about Rocket mass heaters, it's brilliant. A must get book to make your own in your house or green house.
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  • Miss Jennifer Williams
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, bit deeper than I bargained for but ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2014
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    Good book ,bit deeper than I bargained for but I'm on a learning curve
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  • JVR
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2014
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    Het boek is als nieuw.
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  • Anna121
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2015
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    good book!
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