Chapter Seven
HOW TO BUILD AN UPESI STOVE
You will need:
• an Upesi liner
• three wheelbarrows of soil (this should ideally be good building soil which is
• sticky but strong when compacted, such as murram)
• two wheelbarrows of stones (about fist size)
• a large bowl and a bucket of water
• a hoe or shovel
• a flat piece of wood or a panga
• a handful of small flat stones
• half a bucket of the best mixture you know for smearing walls. Ash, cow dung and clay is a good
mixture.
Three wheelbarrows of soil
Handful of small flat stones
Two wheelbarrows of stone
Fig 7.1 Some of the materials required
Bucket of water
Upesi liner
Fig. 7.2 Mixing murram with water