Cob: Re: Masonry Stoves

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Chandra Glick wrote:

> Darel, I'm not sure you know that a MASONRY stove is. It is a very
> particular structure designed to burn hot and fast and hold the heat from
> the fire for hours after the fire has gone out, slowly dispersing the heat
> to the room. While earthen stoves have been made for ages, few of them are
> actually masonry stoves. A kiva stove is not the same thing.
>    -Chandra

The cob bench stoves that Darrel mentioned are mansonry stoves (based
on your definition of the term).  The do short very hot burns (2000 deg F)
and the bench then radiates heat for many hours afterwards.


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