Rc Henderson

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I would be interested in attending with my wife and 4yo child while adhering to the parent-child conduct but curious about a few things:

1. Can we consent not to be filmed (i.e. those in gray shirt don't get filmed)? The incentive to film makes me think everyone's going to be filming us and we aren't putting daughter "out there"/on social media.

2. Understanding if I opt for online courses instead, that gets me last year's content. Considering ideas and concepts have been refined better between then and now, how would we purchase this year's content and when would you expect it to be digitally available? Early bird for that content?

3. I'm finding single concepts very interesting but not too many developments from it (e g. Modular 8 inch rocket stove with kiln, forge, crucible) - how do I go about learning how to obtain/purchase that content? Or are these open thread unfinished concepts still being refined/developed?

Thank you so much in advance!
10 months ago
Are mice/rats still a problem if I use hardware cloth and treated wood as the enclosure on the concrete?
1 year ago
Hi I only have an area next to my garage under a metal awning that I'd like to convert to a chicken coop this season and as I think through it the nesting boxes will be fine but the area outside the nesting pooping and roosting is a concrete slab where their walk down ramp would be and I have concerns it'll be wet and how to manage that ground-space.

A few ideas I had was to give them layers of straw to make them comfy but this would be bad when it rains with all that moisture. Another idea I had was maybe to build an elevated floor using pallets or something similar but then I thought this would be a haven for rats/mice.

Anyone have any recommendations for this? Do I just leave their ground walking space as concrete or what other ideas may you have?

Lastly I intend to build out a chicken tunnel/run area to a small part of the yard but I have to take care of other drainage issues there and that'll be a later project.

I appreciate your help and wisdom. Thank you!
1 year ago
I'm not sure I understand how it would not be possible to combine the several concepts that I will list below.

I'm no hvac nor energy conservation guru but the concepts seem like they should be possible to combine for maximum harvest.

1. Rocket Mass Heater design with stove top.
2. Sand Battery for stove top and energy preservation https://youtu.be/ejTsdtZHRPw
3. TEG (thermal energy based) fan to distribute heating while being on top of the stove top sand battery. Best materials for sand storage and insulation of sand storage TBD. May also be able to create leads to store in a different battery if/as desired. Portable sand batteries possible.
4. Extraction of creosote and more refined fuel in iterations for later biodiesel usage. https://youtu.be/5dbvJ3oXYoc

Am I overthinking or not thinking clearly about this? Appreciate your input.
1 year ago
Hi friends, first post here and I imagine I'll be around for a longer time since all of these topics hit on in permies are hard to come by in social media platforms.

I had a question as it relates to Rocket Mass Heaters after coming across it and another concept called Sand Batteries while thinking of the RMH build.

I saw RMH builds that have a sofa-like structure that comes off the RMH. Does heat radiate from this and does this whole structure intend to serve as the heat distribution center? Is there ever a "too hot" moment that needs to be considered?

Another thought is could this RMH sofa be filled with Sand and operate dual purpose to radiate heat from the cob structured lining of sofa while having electrodes to pull heat away from it to a real battery? Is it now less efficient to use this heat stored into a battery back through electrical heating gadgets? How to ensure heat distributes an entire barndominium from an RMH starting point?

Is this a good idea, bad idea, or just not feasible? I'm new to both concepts but the potentials are intriguing. I'd someone could point me to a more modern fundamental design of RMH that I should learn from I would appreciate it and any thoughts to this idea or how to heat the house. Thank you!
1 year ago