Thursday, November 13, 2025

Creating that heat-holding mass

 


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  1. Water holds more heat than stone. My (1920ish?) farmhouse had a wood/gas kitchen stove with a boiler. Would really like a boiler for my woodstove or insert- only ones I have seen are for outside or basement installations

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    1. Water is an excellent way to store heat. My solution to a notoriously cold bedroom in the upstairs of my 125 year old farmhouse was to install a 29 gallon aquarium heated to 80°.

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  2. Bucket and ladle nearby. When the stones get hot splash some water on them for steam.

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  3. The intent of that mass of rocks is to ,when heated , to create steam for the sauna w

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  4. Used to have 3 layers of bricks on top of an old wood stove with a black 14 ga. metal shroud to fit the top of the stove so the bricks were invisible. That stove kept the house warm all night. Then I bought a new stove with the reburner in it to burn wood gas. POS is all I can say. Old one is in the shop and would like to get it back in the house.

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