I've been lucky and blessed to put a cabin on my 160  acres down around Steelville, Mo. I plan to use a propane heater some but def thinking about a wood stove. It's an insulated cabin and the inside is 12 ft x 20 ft. Max it is 240 sq feet. I'm having trouble finding a small enough wood stove. Would like a pot belly type stove to take up less space and cook on but they the smallest heats 2 or 3 x the space I need it to heat.



Anyone have any great ideas? Thanks

Oh yeh, 100 yds from the cabin.    

 

I don't know about stoves, but it looks like you got your own little slice of heaven there.

Looking good John.
I think the best heat source would be a ventless wall mounted propane heater.

I know the wood stove is nostalgic but it does take room, not counting the wood storage etc.

Maybe a lean too and a,nice wood cooker outside could fill this void.

try a drolet woodsman (rocket or hunter), they are small and very efficient.

Def going to do that Ron but having a cabin in the woods off the grid with no wood stove is a sin, ain't it?  

There is a company near me that makes those cabins.  Been looking at one myself.  Wood stove is what I am thinking of.  Maybe just not build a big fire inside.  Shows us what you do to the inside.  Looks like a great camp.

A little Waterford wood stove would be just the right size, IMO...looks like the lil Jotul but less expensive...

I've been pondering the same thing. I've recently been thinking some sort of external fire place with a radiant heat system should work.  I must also point out that I have exactly zero experience with such systems or anything to do with them.

I would prefer the smell of woodsmoke over propane in my camp. The ventless propane wall mount stoves smell like propane.

I am the worst fix it up guy in the world. It is raw plywood on the inside.



I have put 2 coats of paint on the walls. It looks pretty rough (still can see nail holes and some raised grain) but I can live with it I think. Still thinking about the ceiling. Gonna go with the snap together wood laminate flooring. Need to skirt it also. Any ideas for the ceiling? Paint it too? Just seal it?

Take a look at Cylinder Stoves or 3 Dog stoves.  They are made for wall tents - would think they would work great in a little cabin like that.

Jotul Black Bear woodstove.  Nice looking and campact.  Nothing like a woodstove in the winter!

That looks awesome. I've been through Troy a few times, it's a pretty area. Should be a lot of great stories coming out of there in the future it seems.

I can speak to this a little bit.  I have had a 1950's rollo-home (8X30) on my place for about 10-15 years.

I tried a little box stove, guessing it is about 12 X 12 X 18".  I just about froze one year. I could not keep a fire going more than about 2-3 hours. I finally moved my sleeping bag down to the floor, right next to the stove. I would get toasty warm and about two hours later I would wake up freezing.

I found a used propane stove (with chimney) and that worked much better.
But really, my problem was a lack of insulation in an old trailer.

I personally would get a vented propane stove, one that gives you some control over heat settings.

Also in a small air-tight cabin like you have oxygen depletion, or carbon monoxide poisoning could be a real danger.

My friend has a cabin that is just about identical to your cabin's size and he eventually ran electricity to it and put in a baseboard heater in it. Much safer.

Be safe and enjoy your new hideaway. It was one of the best things I ever did!

Not to disagree with you Fireman,but if you put a Black Bear in there you would have to damp it down terribly to be able to stand it. I was considering getting a Black Bear to heat my whole house.

Jotul use to make a very small wood stove,always looked like a novelty,but was really known for it's heating abilities.

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whatever you chose make sure it is installed properly and doesn't leak. As a young man I was almost killed along with 3 friends by a leaky wood stove. I was on the top bunk and a severe headache woke me up. I stumbled out the door and vomited all over. When I open the door the stove roared to life It had sucked up all the oxygen out of the small one room cabin while leaking carbon monoxide through a crack in a seam.

In my opinion for a cabin that small, it would be easiest to heat it with a gas heater. in you want to smell woodsmoke and watch flames, you could put a fire pit and benches out in front of it.

How may hunters are using your camp at one time? the cabin I spoke of had 8 men sleeping in it during hunting season, it was in the middle of 160 acres of private land that backed up to the national forest. When all 8 guys were in there it did not take much to heat it.

Elvis liked that shag carpeting on the ceiling (and walls).

ChuckC

QuoteOriginally posted by Whip:
Take a look at Cylinder Stoves or 3 Dog stoves.  They are made for wall tents - would think they would work great in a little cabin like that.

I'm with Whip...I use a 4 Dog stove in my 14x16  (224 SF) wall tent and love it.  Since your cabin is insulated it should have no problems keeping you toasty warm.  I might even consider stepping up to the 5 Dog since it will be a permanent fixture and weight isn't really an issue.  You can always build a smaller fire in a larger stove but you can only go so big in a smaller stove.

Very nice, enjoy it.  Joe

John

I had the Amish build a similar but smaller (12X16) cabin for my place in Putnam Co. Mo.  I insulated and panelled the inside and heat it with a cylinder type stove like Joe and a couple others mentioned.  Mine is about the 3 dogs size and works great - will run you out if not dampered correctly.  Another thing to think about (unless your locals are different than mine in Putnam Co) is that anything interesting will be investigated and stolen, unless you live there.  Hunting cabins are the #1 target for every meth-head and loser in the area.  I take EVERYTHING in and out with me except a metal bed frame, including the stove.  The first 6 months my cabin was there it was broken into twice.  Nothing inside to steal and I think the word has gotten around the local bars and I've been left alone since.  The stove and pipe only takes a little while to setup and my stove is around 75lbs so easy to handle.  Post oak burns like charcoal and a nice post log put in at bedtime keeps the cabin warm all night.

I also bought a battery operated carbon monoxide detector that I put on the inside wall.

I'm not good at documenting with pictures, but its a nice little place, and I've already had some good times there in the past year.  My goal was to invest as little as possible into permanent fixtures (panelling, flooring, etc) knowing the locals would likely break in eventually.

Ryan