We love our RMH. Really love it.
But, as we burn and heat up the mass how does everyone think it should be done?
Do you think: a) Burning hot, like 600-700˚, and really pouring heat into the bench or b) Do lower burns, like 400˚, and allow it to charge more slowly? I ask because if I burn it really hot then the thought of too much excess heat going out the stack makes me crazy, but, with the amount of mass we're charging it takes hours to hit about 130˚.
And that brings me to my next question: What is a decent bench temp. for all day radiating heat? My cathedral ceilings aside, my heater is also in an open room with dimensions of about 20 x30. When the bench is at 130˚ the radiant heat isn't really noticeable after the fire burns down unless you're inside 10 feet.
How hot can a bench get and still be usable to sit on, but, generate the 12-14 hour heating effect we hear about?
Next question: has anyone tried to burn newspaper logs? Would they generate too much ash or would the rockets intense heat diminish that? Newspaper is pretty cheap/free and newspaper logs burn fairly well.
Observation: we're noticing that we get alot more ash in the burn chamber than I thought we would. Certainly more than that woman that has a paper lunch bag that she hasn't even filled after one years burning! It's less than the wood stove used to put out and I'm not complaining, just observing.