Wood stove outside

[twd000]

So the idea is to put the heat source at seated eye-level? What's the reason for not wanting flames? Where is the wood stove going to sit? You're going to shovel hot coals from the stove to the.masonry chamber?


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[mass_burner]

So the idea is to put the heat source at seated eye-level? What's the reason for not wanting flames? Where is the wood stove going to sit? You're going to shovel hot coals from the stove to the.masonry chamber?


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More at knee level. I've been to folks houses with pits, lots of flames, smoke, little heat. I was thinking of putting a few of those old horizontal stoves in the opening. If I make the basic structure, I use it with or without the stove.

 

[twd000]

yes, I've been trying in vain to solve the problems with outdoor pits myself

still have not found the solution

you need radiant heat, as convective heat blows away in the slightest breeze . I'm skeptical of the ability of electric fans to push any significant amount of heat towards the attendees.

Anything made with metal will rust out over the course of several years,in our climate

a rocket mass heater has a lot of desirable properties, but the mass is a detriment when you want quick heat for a party, and you don't need the long heat storage of several hundred pounds of masonry mass. Also cob degrades in the elements without a roof.

I'm currently leaning some sort of self-contained rocket heater in a steel drum. If I can pack a couple hundred pounds of firebrick in the barrel it may capture a lot of the exhaust heat. And I would be able to roll it into covered storage with a hand truck when not in use

 

[mass_burner]

Radiant heat, agreed. One of my original ideas was having a single wood stove producing the red hot coals, a horizontal stove placed in the long way, so coals can be shoveled out.