Learn how to construct a rocket mass heater made out of recycled materials, fire bricks and cob. This mass heater will also heat water and be given an up-to-date design and finish worthy a 21st century home. The Rocket stove is an affordable and democratic technology that everyone can build, empowering us to be in control of our own heating bills.

DATES	LOCATION	FEE
October 22nd – 23rd , 2016	Red Pig Farm	Fee covers tuition, materials, food & lodging £250 – Sponsored/organisation rate £200 – Individual £150 – Concessions

Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone interested in fire, combustion, mass heaters, DIY and natural building materials as well as for anyone who need a way to heat their home affordably and sensibly.

What will the Rocket Mass Heater course cover?

• Combustion and thermal mass theory
• The essential materials
• laying out of the mass heater
• Building the burn chamber and the thermal battery
• Heating water
• Wood and how to light and use it.

Learning methods and outcomes

We will work as a group and construct this fine mass heater which will heat our straw bale building. We will be able to light it and experience it in action. The course will give you an introduction to the world of mass heaters, and perhaps be a jumpstart to explore mass heaters in more depth.

Course Instructor

Sara Tommerup is a trained natural builder and has built many rocket stoves along the way. Although there are many ways of heating your home, the rocket stove has a special place in her heart. Sara learned to build the rocket stove from its inventor, Ianto Evans.

Venue/Accommodation

Red Pig Farm is a 70 acre woodland on the western edge of the Brecon Beacons. Nestled below the iron age hill fort of Garn Goch in the foothills of the Black Mountain it offers a secluded and peaceful location for our course participants to learn and explore the potential of applying agroecology within a co-sufficient community settlement.

Accommodation is available for camping around our guest lodge, an A-frame wooden cabin with kitchen and dining/living space. We have running filtered spring water throughout the site, compost toilets and wash facilities.

We will email directions when you sign up to a course.

Fees

We endeavour to make our courses and events affordable to all. Unfortunately, we do not receive any external funding and rely on large amounts of voluntary input. Concessions are available for pensioners, unemployed and full-time students only.

See the cancellations and refunds policy.

Booking and Paying for your place

To book a place on the course contact us for a booking form. Please note that we ask for a 25% non refundable deposit to secure your place on the course.