Rocket Mass Heater

[retire09]

I have someone wanting to get a permit to install a rocket mass heater in a house.

Here is a web site with some information. http://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp

How can I apply code to something like this?

 

[fatboy]

I would have a problem........from Wikipedia;

"No rocket mass stove or stove design has ever been safety certified by the UL."

 

[cda]

I was going to say the same old tired plan reivew answer " per manufacture" put there is not one.

Treat it like someone wanting to build a fireplace??????? does the code require plans/ other on a indoor site built chimmny??

in a little hurry to look at IMC

 

[pwood]

epa approved,ul listed? wouldn't fly here.

 

[Keystone]

To many questions and not enough answers for this product, intake to be exterior except when makeup air provided, tempered cover, blowback/drafting, ash dump, etc...

UL listing na, I would consider it to be an innovative product so an RDP and or testing by a third party required

 

[Msradell]

Can you imagine the creosote buildup in that thing!

 

[fatboy]

"UL listing na, I would consider it to be an innovative product so an RDP and or testing by a third party required"

I would look at it under either of those circumstances also.

 

[TheCommish]

looks like it would go good in the ramed earth or straw bail house out in the middle of nowhere

 

[DRP]

Generally cob builders, the stoves I've seen on the net were cob and have a few years on them. A mass stove is sure an improvement on a fireplace. I like the soapstone or site built brick ones myself. I'm glad I don't have to find the approval point.

 

[Francis Vineyard]

It does not appear to address the thermal envelope requirements; is that needed for seasonal use structures?

Reminds me of a Roman hypocaust; a smaller re-invented version.

Might be more efficient and economical with a solar radiant floor heating system IMO, but I guess that wouldn't be "Green".

Francis

 

[cda]

chapter 8 of the IMC would not let you build this??? 806??? nfpa 211???

 

[jwilly3879]

It may be classified as a masonry heater and covered under R1002, ASTM publication E 1602 ( Standard Guide for Construction of Solid Fuel Burning Masonry Heaters) is referenced in R1002.

 

[GBrackins]

I would think it would be classified as a masonry heater