Wood Burning Stoves

[canesisters]

Yall are seriously giving @Nyboy advice on putting in a wood burning stove????
The same Nyboy that nearly burned down the kitchen after installing an electric oven???

I say, have a reputable company install a propane heater with a thermostat.

 

[digitS']

@canesisters Hot Water Bottle ..?

If it's done in a workmanlike manner, which it should be what's the problem?

Within view of the South Window is a garage with a metal chimney set perpendicular to the slope of a gabled roof .

How large of a stove to burn all night ?

I would bet that any firebox of about 2 cubic feet with good quality wood should hold some fire over about 10 hours. It will not put out much heat, however. With a large interior space and little insulation, a small stove in a work area would just be for stand-beside, prop-feet-against comfort.

It has been nearly 25 years since I had any daily wood heat experiences.

Steve

 

[valley ranch]

Installed properly~ with a good hearth~ would be wonderful~ everything done craftsman like~ yah~ the chimney will need cleaning at times```` a propane heater can be installed as well~ it can be set to 40 or 50 degrees~ there are times when sitting in front of a nice warm hearth~ stove~ with a glass door ~mug of milk or a large brandy~ would be the bees knees```

 

[valley ranch]

You need Oak or some hard wood to burn all night~ with other woods you might have coals left to start your fire in the morning~ but```


You can insulate the place well~ build a nice fire with good wood~ stoke the fire~ damp it down~ but not too much and see her in the morning```

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I cut some rounds today~ God willing~ I'll get them to the splitter and split em~ little thicker than stove wood and get it stacked sometime this week~ then I'll be smiling```

 

[catjac1975]

I am building a garage that I want to be able to heat. Not sure if heat will be propane or electric yet. Since I own hundreds of trees I would like to supplement heat with wood. I know a member here said they loved their wood stove but wished it held more wood. How large of a stove to burn all night ? Any stove I should stay away from ? What is a blower ?

Are you planning to cut the wood yourself? I imagine buying wood near you costs an arm and a leg. Cutting and splitting your own wood requires time and kind of a love for doing the job. After close to 40 years it seems my husband has lost the desire to cut any more firewood. We have bought it the last 2 seasons and it still is cheaper than paying for natural gas for the furnace. There is another like the dry heat from a wood stove. It may end up a clothes rack like your tiller that you used once.

 

[valley ranch]

Don't know about love for cutting wood~ but it is nice to have it~just the right size~ just dry enough~ and just out side the door```

 

[seedcorn]

@thistlebloom excuse my limited imagination, as here I see it run through spot where window belongs and up the side of building. What you described, is obviously much different.

I burned wood for 35 years. It has to be a life style or it won’t work.

What I loved:
Instant warmth when I came in from cold.
We cooked on top-Love good soup on top.
Saved us $2000/year on LP.
During winter storms, we had heat/warm food.
Great bonding with kids while we gathered wood-enjoyed listening to them complain......

Hated:
Mess of hauling in wood, ashes, etc..
Dried out house so needed to keep water by to replace humidity.
Wife is a pyro, she couldn’t walk by without opening door to “throw something away-sometimes just a piece of lint.....”
Going on roof to clean chimney.

Suggest, want a fire, buy a fire ring outside.

 

[Nyboy]

Yall are seriously giving @Nyboy advice on putting in a wood burning stove????
The same Nyboy that nearly burned down the kitchen after installing an electric oven???

I say, have a reputable company install a propane heater with a thermostat.

true

 

[catjac1975]

@thistlebloom excuse my limited imagination, as here I see it run through spot where window belongs and up the side of building. What you described, is obviously much different.

I burned wood for 35 years. It has to be a life style or it won’t work.

What I loved:
Instant warmth when I came in from cold.
We cooked on top-Love good soup on top.
Saved us $2000/year on LP.
During winter storms, we had heat/warm food.
Great bonding with kids while we gathered wood-enjoyed listening to them complain......

Hated:
Mess of hauling in wood, ashes, etc..
Dried out house so needed to keep water by to replace humidity.
Wife is a pyro, she couldn’t walk by without opening door to “throw something away-sometimes just a piece of lint.....”
Going on roof to clean chimney.

Suggest, want a fire, buy a fire ring outside.

I don't hate anything about it. I do like the lack of the bits carried into the house come spring time. But wood warms your through to your bones. It is the only fuel that warms you twice.

 

[seedcorn]

@Nyboy let’s figure costs.

Decent wood burner-$1500?
Good chain saw plus safety equipment (don’t even attempt with $150 special-it will work you to death). $550
Labor/parts to install chimney-$1000?
Extra insurance-$200/year?
Truck to haul with-you are up to what I with that fixer upper????? Sorry, low blow.

Nothing cheap about wood until you burn it for a few decades.