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Indoor heating
Hi,
I hope this is the correct place to ask some rocket minded guys how we can solve our fridged home problem.
Our 30yr old cottage built with 2 layer perimeter brick and covered with heavy clay tiled roof becomes a freezer in winter.
With restricted use of power as a result of our Govt's poor planning it gets cut at anytime and gas heaters not being safe, is there a simple way to get natural heat other than installing a fireplace at great cost that could heat all rooms?
B'lieve me guys it's ccold here even with a winter's sun outside, so solar panels or similar would need to absorb heat to distribute it all round and be very costly - Sunny South Africa not so warm.
Muscpro
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7 years ago
How about a rocket stove ? Can you get stick like fuel for one ?
Steve
Reply 7 years ago
Hey Bud, Thanks for the suggestion and 'scuse my ignorance, but never heard of such a stove. Do you have a pic or sketch of one?
Could be a marketable item here among our black folk out in the rural areas, like Soweto outskirts.
Reply 7 years ago
I was thinking of this idea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_mass_heater for you
There's a link there to Ianto Evan's book on how to make one.
A LOT of the research into them has gone on in SA and other parts of Africa.
Steve
7 years ago
Look on this site or even Google for DIY Popcan Solar Heater. Easy to make out of easy to find materials.