Hunting cabin wood stove ?

[RAU]

maybe something like this?

http://www.ammocanstove.com/

[Gooserbat]

If your handy with a welder you can build a good little stove for $100 or so bucks.  I used to build smokers and a stove is a piece of cake.  

If your cabin is insulated it won't take much to heat it, I now work for a portable building company and we build the same type of cabins.  Another option that a lot of my customers use is the 3 burner propane inferred heaters that mount on the wall, and they won't take up any floor space either.

[Bear Heart]

3 dog stove.

[John Krause]

Great progress on this cabin this weekend. Two coats of white paint on the ceiling (I changed my mind and glad I did).



Shed is done after 4 guys cranked on it while putting in 1 million screws. The outhouse was also put over the hole. With 2 inches of rain the hole just about filled up with water. The soil is rocky and clay down here. This is concerning me some. Hope it drys and seeps out. If not might have to try something else, not sure what yet. Click on first picture for video.




Here is the set up

[ALwoodsman]

Looking good!  I have a 12x16 cabin that I have heated for years with a boxwood stove.  I do crack a window and just recently bought a carbon monoxide detector but I have not had any problems.  I am like you I tried a wall mounted propane heater a couple of years ago but it just wasn't the same. It is a little more work I usually have to get up once or twice during the night to add wood but there is something about burning wood in a cabin.

[John Krause]

I would like to see apic of your stove or the brand, model size etc ALWoodsman

Thanks

[ALwoodsman]

It is a Vogelzang boxwood stove.  I do not know the model or size.



This gives an idea of my cabin size.


 

[John Krause]

Thank you. I am thinking about the Vogelzang lil sweetie. It's the next step smaller than yours.

[Mr.Vic]

Nice thread and good comments. My wife and I been living in a 10x20 cabin fully insulated for two an a half years now. And last year we installed a small cast iron pot belly wood/coal stove. Unless you want to feed it every twenty to 30 minutes in freezing winter weather to stay warm, small stoves like those work. But half way through last winter we swapped it out for a new boxwood, since it was free. It was the larger one and we thought we wouldn't have to feed it as much. It Cooked us out unless we had one big window fully opened at all times. For which we did the last three months of winter. It still kept the cabin around 80 degrees. We found out quick we couldn't load the stove up with too much wood as it isn't very air tight and the fire temps seemed to get out of hand at times. Even dampering it down. Small fires seemed to be the ticket for us. We were still up every hour an a half loading it. So we had to learn how to sleep in shifts.

[DarkTimber]

John...real nice place you have there!  One good thing about having a cabin, you never have to worry about being bored....always another project to do.   It does look like you could use some help thinning those turkeys out though    

One thing you might consider since you are trying to maximize space is to go with a double wall stove pipe.  It's more expensive but you can get it much closer to the wall as opposed to single wall.  I used it in my cabin and was able to get the stove very close and save some space.

[rockkiller]

Originally posted by DarkTimber:
 

One thing you might consider since you are trying to maximize space is to go with a double wall stove pipe.  It's more expensive but you can get it much closer to the wall as opposed to single wall.  I used it in my cabin and was able to get the stove very close and save some space.

The double wall pipe may be code.You might want to check on that if you are going to insure your cabin.

[Floxter]

I've got a 13X28 fully insulated cabin in Michigan's U.P. It is heated with a direct vent propane stove by Heritage. The direct vent is the way to go. It won't create condensation inside your cabin and no propane fumes. Also no risk of draining the oxygen in the cabin. My stove is the 28,000 btu medium size, but they make a smaller 20,000 btu model. Mine has a remote control to turn it on or off; so I just lay in my bunk and if it gets too hot I just turn it down from my bed. I was there in February when the temps were in the teens and it kept me warm on the low setting. I'll email you pictures or you can look it up at  www.empirecomfort.com

[SteveB]

Most of the stoves, manufactured or homebuilt, require a 36" clearance to combustibles. Building proper wall protections can only reduce these by 1/2. They also all require a hearth pad with a minimum 12" on sides and 16 in front of any door. Big footprint in a small space. These codes have been set for a reason and you and loved ones are going to sleep there.

35 years in the woodstove/fireplace business and I would go with a small direct vent LP heater.

[awbowman]

What SteveB said

[John Krause]

Thanks for the great input! Makes a lot of sense

[John Krause]

More progress on the cabin this weekend. Wanted to skirt it but a mix up left me with no material to skirt it.

Did get a loft ladder built. It went together great.





We put up a hummingbird feeder and we got visitors!



I used the bright red flu flu fletch to lure them in.    I sat about 6 feet away several times today and watched them come in. They are neat birds! Just need the floor in and skirted and I am good to go. It's just getting all the right guys together

[dnovo]

Awesome place John. You're gonna have some good times there.  Those turkeys will keep you entertained.
Good luck with it.

[John Krause]

Well more progress on the cabin last weekend and this weekend. Last weekend we skirted it. Two of my good friends helped tremendously.



It was hot work. I almost passed out two or three times. We had to rake away the gravel at the base then toe in some boards to screw to besides the lip. I used the same siding for skirting. Looks pretty good I think.

[John Krause]

This weekend we cut some vents in the skirting and laid a laminate floor. Again good friends and neighbors pitched in. I felt guilty just watching, gofering, water boy and doing the lunch thing.



Friday night we laid the water barrier and this morning started on the floor. It turned out great.


Here is the finished product. The cabin is now livable. Have some finish work that can be done over time but no rush. The wife will join me this nest holiday weekend and we will move some stuff in.

[RLA]

Very Nice! Enjoy it