Wood stove heat

[CurSedVoyce]

That is easily remedied, Sean. Take off all your clothes and run around in the yard.

Trust me, it'll work .

Works every time with Katy....

 

[Burnham]

If it doesn't, then a little spray from the garden hose before returning indoors will make it so.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

All I need to do is open the damper, add wood and her clothes fall off.

 

[Burnham]

Winner, winner...chicken dinner!!!

 

[Steve Mack]

Where's the emoji with the hand on the forehead?

I was talking to the check out lady at the fruit & veg shop once and she was saying how cold she was.

Lady behind me said "Time to break out the fur underwear"

She's nice enough but..

 

[cory]

This is money after the cold tub

 

[gf beranek]

We haven't even had a frost yet.

Only fire going is the brush pile.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

We'll get frost tonight here. Fire going feels good.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Forgot to mention the snow higher up. Nice tosee it up there again.

 

[gf beranek]

We may have a real winter this year.

Off to a good start anyway.

 

[cory]

Your firewood storage area looks sweet.

The white tank off to the right, just wondering, is that for gas?

 

[gf beranek]

Kerosene for the Monitor, Cory.

Got both.

Nice in the mornings... flip a switch.

 

[cory]

Nice!

 

[treebilly]

We are currently in the temps at night where the fire is nice. Daytime is to warm still. My wife let it get way too warm today. I came home and had to open windows. I was sweating as I ate my ice cream🥵

 

[Nutball]

I have a far room I leave shut, so it stays cold. I can go there to cool off. It also makes a good "root cellar" for squash.

 

[SeanKroll]

A joy of a wood stove is the ability to have fresh air from a slightly open window(s).

 

[davidwyby]

I’m thinking about a 55 gallon drum stove to take the chill off the machine shop in the morning. Burn all my junk unsellable wood in it.

 

[Tree09]

Do the double one to maximize the heat output, you can also run pipes thru the top one as a heat exchanger with a blower and it'll damn near run you out. I had one we built that used a horizontal one and then a vertical one saddled on in the back that worked great, we even had a waste oil drip feeder on it once you got it going good. We had a tank above that led to a small valve, and a coil of tubing inside the stove at the top that heated the oil a bunch before it dripped onto the coals/ burning logs, that really cranked the heat out

 

[gf beranek]

First frost of the year. We fired up the stove! Warm and fuzzy.

 

[Nutball]

I’m thinking about a 55 gallon drum stove to take the chill off the machine shop in the morning. Burn all my junk unsellable wood in it.

It's best to clean the barrels well and give them a good fireproof paint job, or they will rust apart from the heat quite fast.

 

[lxskllr]

This is the best time of year for a fire. Yea, when it's super cold out(I almost remember those days), a fire feels awesome, but when it's only chilly, I can run a fire without the blower. Having the blower on is like having a P51 in the family room with me. Almost have to wear my helmet and muffs in the house :^D

 

[gf beranek]

What / how is a "Fireproof" paint job? How do you do that?

But you are right about 55 gallon drums rusting out fast.

 

[Nutball]

Exhaust header paint, chainsaw muffler paint. Wood stove paint can't tolerate the really high temps, it falls right off chainsaw mufflers often times.

 

[gf beranek]

Ah yes, exhaust header paint. I forgot all about it.

I once knew a fellow who fashioned a wood stove from a "galvanized" 55 gallon drum.

It didn't work. It was terrible.

 

[stikine]

Not to mention the dangerous fumes that could put off...