thermalmass Tag Posts Index

Will Warming The Thermal Mass Make A Difference

A viewer had suggested that, the thermal mass might work better if it had been collecting heat all summer long. I was curious what would happen if I warmed the water

Maybe This Thermal Mass Has Potential After All

So I have been keeping an eye on the thermal mass for a little while and I noticed that the temp never really seems to drop below 29ish degrees. Pretty interesting

Urban Farm Office Greenhouse

I finally got the end walls of my greenhouse insulated! I'm hoping having both walls insulated and having all the gaps closed up will really help improve how well

Down With The Sickness

This weak everyone has been down with the sickness at some point or another. It probably hit my wife and E the hardest. There wasn't a ton happening while trying

Thermal Mass Free Heat Update

I have been testing how a thermal mass might help to keep the greenhouse warm at night. So far I have found very little success with it collecting heat and holding

Rain Barrel Thermal Mass Proving INEFFECTIVE

I was kind of thinking this is what would happen. I'm seeing a little bit of icing in the rain barrels. If this thermal mass is going to help, I'm going to have

I Filled 165 Gallon Thermal Mass For FREE

Filling up 165 gallon thermal mass with water could become expensive. Luckily we had a thaw on our rain barrel and was able to use it to fill them most of the way,

After Listening To Lots Of Your Input

After lots of debate and listening to all of your input, I have decided where to set up the thermal mass. Thank you to everyone who helped me out with your feedback

Rain Barrel Thermal Mass

After posting a video about setting up a thermal mass for the greenhouse, I had a few people with differing views as to whether or not the rain barrel thermal would

Setting Up A Greenhouse Heat Sink

I'm getting ready to get the barrels in position for the greenhouse heat sink but I'm not 100% sure of a couple things. Are they more effective if they are all touching?

Renegade's Home Build vlog #27 - Thermal Mass Works

The temperatures have continued to be unusually cold and I haven't been able to do a whole lot of work outside. Instead, I have been concentrating on hauling material

Thermal Mass Update - 2.5 Gallons Of Water Per Square Foot - Amazing Results - Zone 8 in Zone 5

I finally finished the thermal Mass Water Feature in the gethermal greenhouse. The results were AMAZING. The temperature outside last night was 16 degrees and inside

Some ideas for off-grid thermal mass tiny homes

One of the big mistakes we made was building a shelter that was too big.  It consumed a tremendous amount of our time, energy and resources and if I had to