Need a SMALL Coal Stove to Heat 300 Sq. Ft. Cabin
- buffalo bob
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got me a small 12 x24 foot wood cabin with a 12 pitch roof need some recommendations on a SMALL coal stove, can any one come up with some good ideas.
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Franco like Richard said. Chubby Jr, Crane 44, Petit Godin.
Are you day tripping to the cabin or spending days on end there? Burn time between tending important?
Are you day tripping to the cabin or spending days on end there? Burn time between tending important?
- freetown fred
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Yep, bb, how you plan to use the cabin has a lot to do with your choice--might be that coal would not even be the best choice--Soooo, Momma finally booted your ass out where you belong?
- Hambden Bob
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Is the Cabin Insulated ? Decent Doors and Windows that seal? If it was me,especially on something that small,I'd be using outside air piped in for my combustion,no matter what I installed. You should be able to find a little stinker of a used stove. If the design allows,you could minimize the burn or coalbed area down with some firebrick. I think you can create a nice little set-up fer yerself'.
- buffalo bob
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lolfreetown fred wrote:Yep, bb, how you plan to use the cabin has a lot to do with your choice--might be that coal would not even be the best choice--Soooo, Momma finally booted your ass out where you belong?
- buffalo bob
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cabin not insulated yet..good windows,double pane.. cant afford chubby jr.. weekend use, for visiting relatives/friends I live just up the mtn. and can fire up pre-arrival
rather have coal stove due to ease of feeding.also f.f. just incase I do get put out i'll have a warm place to go..have a well with hand pump, and an outstanding out house..what more do u need.oh no electric except gas gen.but most important no phone..
rather have coal stove due to ease of feeding.also f.f. just incase I do get put out i'll have a warm place to go..have a well with hand pump, and an outstanding out house..what more do u need.oh no electric except gas gen.but most important no phone..
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If you are heating from dead cold it takes quite a few hours to get up to heat so a little larger stove might be better. A full size Chubby for instance. Crane 44, Penn,
- freetown fred
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NICE bb--my kind of place
buffalo bob wrote:cabin not insulated yet..good windows,double pane.. cant afford chubby jr.. weekend use, for visiting relatives/friends I live just up the mtn. and can fire up pre-arrival
rather have coal stove due to ease of feeding.also f.f. just incase I do get put out i'll have a warm place to go..have a well with hand pump, and an outstanding out house..what more do u need.oh no electric except gas gen.but most important no phone..
- Hambden Bob
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Your set up gives me the Trots just thinkin' about it! FF could be your Interior Decorator. I'm likin' the Mr.Happy Outhouse Concept. I see jpete providing the Technical,Conceptual Advice along with Advanced Bottle-Cap Twisting And Un-Capping Technique Information Sharing. No Cell Phones or Land Lines,just Smoke Signals,Carrier Pidgeons or Pony Express Accepted. Am I Nuts?...? Sure ! I just don't know it,yet !! In all seriousness,you may not believe what you may encounter in a used stove price.....Patience,Determination,Vigilance,and a few Broken Marriages later,that cabin's gonna be a Hot Spot !
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Sounds nice and simple.
What Gramma would have called, "One room and path."
Paul
What Gramma would have called, "One room and path."
Paul
- Hambden Bob
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Bingo ! Grandma Knows !
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There are a LOT of small 'Oak' round stoves around for little money. I see them often on craigslist. They are too small to be mis-used as a wood stove, or at least to Lol much more than a handful of wood.aA warm morning is a good small stone as well.
How about some photos of this rustic paradise ?
How about some photos of this rustic paradise ?