Terracotta Candle Heater

Radiant terracotta pot heat.

Terracotta candle heater.

So the idea is to use stacked terracotta pots and a couple of candles to generate enough heat to warm a room. Diy candle powered. Especially seeing as this may be something you do during a power cut when light might be an issue. Kimberley mok is a former architect who covered architecture and the arts for treehugger since 2007.

With an engineering background it s hard to see how the math can work out on a project like this. Terracotta retains heat for a good while longer. Use this easy diy design to create radiant heat from a pillar candle and terracotta pot. Natural candle powered terracotta heater will warm you for cheap.

Heating with candles is a feasible eco friendly way to keep warm when you know how to radiate the heat across the room. Metal cans heat very quickly but once the candles have burnt out the cans cool very quickly. A couple of flower pots and candles can easily be transformed into a heating source. Remember how easy it is to cut yourself on a sharp tin edge.

It is also much easier to construct than using cans.