[Stoves] Maasai stove and Chimney

[rbtvl at aol.com]

Our fire box is metal, (parts we manufacture from 2mm sheet steel)brick, and fire resistant mortar. 
The internal chimney is up the wall.  (Maasai women installation teams make the chimney and install everything.) The chimney is brick made in the village, and mud mortar as long as inside.  26 cm square. 
We use cement and sand mortar where it penetrates the thatch and becomes exposed to weather.  Above the thatch we can safely use a metal tube we make ourselves out of thin sheet that would be inappropiate inside.  The chimney inside is at most pleasantly warm. Kids can sit right next to mom while she cooks. The women usually cover the chimney with mud to match the walls.  They love the cleanliness and the added floor space, having removed the three stones. 
------Original Message------
From: Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
To: Bob
To: Stoves list
Subject: RE: [Stoves] advice for chimney wood stove for rural Burkina Faso
Sent: 5 Feb 2012 19:46

Dear Bob

Are people there willing to build a chimney out of mud brick against the
wall? 
Must the chimney necessarily be made of metal?
Is there any need for portability, occasionally?

Regards
Crispin


I have tried some stoves that were claimed to be smoke free and were not.
Wood is never completely consumed in burning. Especially with real cooks
working to get their family fed.  We use a chimney in our Maasai project.
And I think it is essential in their windowless homes.  Have you messured
particulates and CO levels during long term cooking?
Bob Lange. 



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