I've posted here before about a small rock cabin and our heating issues...With winter coming, I would like to get a stove or insert soon. Here's the old thread:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...l-cabin-need-advice.91005/page-2#post-1193579
And here's my new idea: I can buy a 4x8 sheet of 3/16" steel (last as long as I want it to) for $120 from a local scrap yard that orders in metal on request. I have shops in the area that I work with that are willing to cut the sheets as needed. I'm handy (sort of lol) with a welder and can do most of the labor myself at home. What's to keep me from building this thing myself? Attached is a picture of my hand drawn plans. I know it's HUGE, but I want it to fit in the existing fireplace, yet still draw properly w/ the doors open to give the "open fireplace" feel.
Does the 1:10 ratio still apply for the stove pipe needed? I'll be limited to 8" in order to fit around the existing smoke shelf. I can scale down the stove if needed to accommodate the 8" pipe. It will be set off the concrete floor w/ casters or blocks, then lined w/ fire bricks. I'm not worried about being up to residential code since it will be in a rock/concrete cabin that just gets used a few weekends each year. Thoughts? Am I crazy? Will it work?
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...l-cabin-need-advice.91005/page-2#post-1193579
And here's my new idea: I can buy a 4x8 sheet of 3/16" steel (last as long as I want it to) for $120 from a local scrap yard that orders in metal on request. I have shops in the area that I work with that are willing to cut the sheets as needed. I'm handy (sort of lol) with a welder and can do most of the labor myself at home. What's to keep me from building this thing myself? Attached is a picture of my hand drawn plans. I know it's HUGE, but I want it to fit in the existing fireplace, yet still draw properly w/ the doors open to give the "open fireplace" feel.
Does the 1:10 ratio still apply for the stove pipe needed? I'll be limited to 8" in order to fit around the existing smoke shelf. I can scale down the stove if needed to accommodate the 8" pipe. It will be set off the concrete floor w/ casters or blocks, then lined w/ fire bricks. I'm not worried about being up to residential code since it will be in a rock/concrete cabin that just gets used a few weekends each year. Thoughts? Am I crazy? Will it work?