Does anyone burn bamboo for heating? I've got a water stove, and tried burning some bamboo scraps in it from my workshop. It burns pretty fast and hot. I don't need to burn all night, cause the water stores the heat. I've been throwing bamboo scraps away, but it might be worthwhile to save them for heating. I haven't tried it with a firebox full of bamboo yet. I was wondering if anyone else has tried this. Certainly it is a more renewable resouce than wood.
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Re: bamboo for fuel
Sat, May 12, 2007 - 7:30 PMsome woods are great as charcoal and some fibrous products, such as papers are great when saturated with wax, or so i have been told. because bamboo burns fast and hot, it may not be the best fuel to warm the house, but might suffice for boiling water, etc.
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Re: a waterstove
Mon, June 25, 2007 - 2:38 PMA waterstove is a water boiler that is wood fired - basically a big tank surrounding a fire box. Water retains heat very well, and after heated can be pumped to an air exchanger in a central heat system, or circulate through tubes below the floor for a radiant heat system. So a fast burning fuel would heat up the water quickly, say in the evening before going to bed, then the heat is stored in the water for use during the night. -
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Re: a waterstove
Sun, July 1, 2007 - 4:17 AMA masonary stove uses a hot quick fire to heat the surrounding surfaces too. I think bamboo would work well for this.
Is a water stove a common commerical product or a DIY project? -
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Re: a waterstove
Sun, July 1, 2007 - 6:08 AMThis is a commercial prduct, you can find them on the net:
www.waterstovedirectory.com/
Our's is locally made and about 20 years old. It also has a solar collector attached, so that even on a sunny winter day, it the water gets up to 120. In early fall/late winter, that's all that's needed to keep the house warm at night. It also has a second water tank that feeds into the hot water heater, so we have almost unlimited hot water. There are solar collectors that just use a hot water heater for the tank, and I'd go with that alone if I lived in a very sunny area.
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