guide to wood burning stove

 looking for guide on wood burning stove ? brands ? costs ?

  On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:55:02 +0000, Drew Cutter wrote:


Go to the northern hydraulics site.  Buy a kit for converting steel
barrels to a woodburning stove.  About $40 the last time I checked.

Buy two steel barrels.  About $20.

Buy some 8 inch chimney pipe and hardware.  About $100.

Install everyghing.  There you go, with wood heat for less than $200.
That is, if you don't live in one of the socialist areas that require air
pollution inspections and so on.

Good luck.
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Pay attention to the building codes concerning wood stoves. The stove should
be set on a non-flammable surface, such as a slab of granite, or an area
paved with stone. The stove should be at least 2 feet from wooden walls. Put
up barriers if you have small children in the house. These stoves get very
hot when burning wood.

 Blue Cat wrote:

Not all wood stoves require 2' clearance. Ours is 6" for code, due to
integrated heat shields.


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 Joe User wrote:

I just helped a friend build a Vogelzang that we picked up at Lehmans
hardware.

<URL: http://www.vogelzang.com/barrel_stoves.htm  >

Single drum kit was about $50, the two drum, which is more efficient was
another $20.

   Observations:

1) Read the cutout instructions with a grain of salt!
2) These are made in China (what isn't) and the quality of the non cast
parts (door latches, etc) leaves something to be desired. The door seal
was poor and we will probably replace with a thicker seal.
3) Throw some sand in the bottom of the drum to keep heat from radiating
down to the floor, later the ash build up will help. Floor protection is
needed, but the sand works wonders in making this part of the stove much
cooler.

Real experience (not mine, my friends):

During a cold night in Ohio the wind was blowing fiercely and was
drawing a very strong draft; choking down the stove completely did not
help. (see part about poor door seal) The barrel and stove pipe were
glowing red hot and my friend was down to his underwear with the house
door open!

   The 55 gallon drums are more wood stove that you really need,
consider a 30 gallon. These (55 gallon) stoves will heat a drafty barn!
Drums are cheap to free. I've heard that the military oil drums are much
thicker.

   These stoves have no polution ontrols and probably won't withstand
housing codes.

   Cheers,
Jeff