If the heat is not removed the heat increases.
Rocket mass heater insulate concrete floor.
I ve recently been thinking of building a new house and using a rocket stove to heat it.
Every four feet has two 8x8x16 concrete blocks to allow flow of cool floor air through the mass.
The floor will warm up to the upper 70 s at most and it s just wonderful to walk around on barefoot in the winter.
The whole point of a rocket mass heater is to keep that hot mass inside the building so putting it outside is counter intuitive.
Rocket mass heater runs along the 40 back wall.
A rocket stove mass heater is definitely appropriate for this type of thing.
This is why walls floors etc may reach unsafe temperatures even with a layer of insulation between them and the heat source.
The principle of the rocket stove itself is logical.
35 gal drum containing pearlite insulation.
People generally insulate their chimney to avoid a deposit a creosote non combusted waste that can create chimney fire.
The change with rmh is that the fireplace itself is insulated so the fire reach higher temperatures 1000 c than a standard fireplace or stove.
Most installations i ve seen discussed use the exhaust pipe to heat the thermal mass.
The stove body an insulated surround for the elbow.
Insulation laid against the floor has no where for the heat to go so it saturates the insulation.
8 system with fire brick for j channel.
55 gal drum for outer containment.
Concrete mass is 15 deep and 20 high.
You can build a rocket stove from concrete blocks.
To be extremely resilient to the uncertainties of life you should invest in a small portable rocket stove and a large rocket mass heater as well.
I should add that you should have at least one or more other ways to heat the space preferably automatic like when the temp hits 60 a propane heater comes on.
Insulation does not stop the transfer of heat it only slows it down.
A 6 rocket mass heater system can do most of what you want however the rmh will have a keyhole shaped foot print of nearly 4 x 6.
2 they are insanely efficient maximizing your fuel.