Welcome back.In such a small space you don't want the stove competing for air with you. An outside air connection for the stove will deal with this.
Hello, and cords of wood for 100 sq ft.
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Sprinter
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I'd even say it's mandatory in such a small and tight space. Even a very small stove will gobble up the O2 very quickly unless well ventilated.
Will you be also cooking on the stove?
Oh, and to address your question, sorry, I have no idea.
What stove are you using, and how are you venting it? How are your floors and wall protected? Just want to be certain you have a safe install. You don't have mush room to dissipate heat.
akbear
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Well, as I have said, living in a small space means you need things to do double or triple duty as much as possible. Now if one is going to be living full time in a space, it's pretty much a given that one is going to install a sink (and my suggestion is not to get caught up in that idea that a small lavatory basin is going to do the trick. Sure, it may be cute and saves lots of space, but it's worthless when it comes to washing something bigger than a cup and saucer). Regardless if one is hooked up to a water source (in my case I have an RV tank, pump and small water heater under the sink) or just using out of a tote or gravity tank, you do have to do something with the water after (and it's a real hassle to deal with a bucket under the sink and takes up valuable space that could be used otherwise), so the next option, beyond sinking a couple of barrels underground as a dry well is to simply run the drain out the side of the building (yes at that point you could do the bucket thing, or better yet use a very large diameter removable way to get the water away from the house (large to eliminate most of the issues of freezing up, removable in case it does, a galvanised heating duct works well for this and mind you, in freezing weather it's letting too little water down the drain, not too much that can cause a problem, but even if the drain itself does freeze up where it exits the house, one can simply take a long drill bit and reopen it since you can unhook what comes after) directed as something like a flower garden (and let's not raise a ruckus here, it's grey water, and even if someone was to do dishes in a dish pan, it would get taken out and flung over the lawn anyhow). But here is the double duty that can do, it also works as a fresh air intake (obviously you would not include a trap as there is no sewer gas to be dealing with) that in itself, due to the sink, forms a an air trap that isn't constantly spilling out cold air onto the floor and in times that the fresh air is not needed or desired, simply can be closed off by inserting the strainer/plug into the drain.
Sprinter
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Good link. The other issue for the OP would be draft problems in a tight space. If the space is not well ventilated, the stove may have trouble breathing without OAK.
How about one of those mini stoves you can cook on and charge your iphone. That should heat a 10 x10 insulated space. Along with body heat.
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YOU can also charge LED lights . He did say theres no electric supply. After all it IS a wood stove.
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YOU can also charge LED lights . He did say theres no electric supply. After all it IS a wood stove.
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Ashful
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Well, I made it through last winter. It as hot, but an adventure. Onto this next year. One more year in the shack with the woodstove far too big for the square footage. I ended up going through more than a chord of wood, probably a chord and a half. This year I was ready, I cut all my own wood and have more than two chord ready and about two more chord that just has to be bucked to the correct size, split and stacked. It will be another hot winter, but it is better than a cold one. I ended up putting in an outside air kit this fall. Seems to be giving the stove a little bit more air. It's quite the balance of keeping it warm enough in the shack but not too warm, and have the fire going enough to keep it going while I'm sleeping. I started almost two fires every day this last winter. That is a lot of kindling. Will make things so much easier when I have a stove the correct size and I can just load the stove for a six hour burn time and leave it. Until then, it still works for me. After next year, I should have enough saved to build a small cabin that the stove can fit in. Thanks for the help!
Welcome back. Tell us a bit more about how it went last season.
Also, can you add your stove make/model to your signature line and your location to your advatar? That makes it easier for the next person that may have similar needs and location as your stove and house.
Also, can you add your stove make/model to your signature line and your location to your advatar? That makes it easier for the next person that may have similar needs and location as your stove and house.
Right, the next person who wants to live in a 10x10 shack a stones throw from Canada...
I guess so, but I couldn't help the jab. Actually something like that, but not as extreme, would be paradise for my son and I. We always talk about selling our ranch in our little residential neighborhood, and having a little cabin on some land. I've sketched out 20x25' designs. We're guys, all we need would be a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. So much less to clean. Now, the attached garage...that would be a different matter.
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Charles1981
Minister of Fire
So you lived in a smaller space last year with electricity but a pellet stove didn't work very well? I'd be curious to know what pellet stove you were using.
1 Cord sounds dangerously low especially if you run out.
2 Cord might do you through the whole winter
3 Cord would be a safe bet.
Regardless a wood stove in a 10x10 space isn't a superb idea.
1 Cord sounds dangerously low especially if you run out.
2 Cord might do you through the whole winter
3 Cord would be a safe bet.
Regardless a wood stove in a 10x10 space isn't a superb idea.
My stove is a Century Heating stove bought from Northern Tool. They are out of Canada. It's made for 250-1000 square feet, which is where it will be used once it's put into its permanent location. Right now it's in the shack just for now, until I build bigger. I realize this isn't the smartest idea, but the ends justify the means at this point.
The pellet stove I don't know the brand and I don't care to look. It is in an uninsulated tool shed we use in the backyard that I stayed in one winter, and it didn't work properly. Oh well, I'm still alive. Many extremely cold nights out there taught me a good lesson and has made me know what it feels like to deal with the cold. Hence the woodstove. A pellet won't work in this shack, as I don't have electric and don't want or need it right now. Plus I'm not into all the buying of pellets. My wood is already done and ready for this year. I just like a woodstove so much more. Simple. Minimal parts. No electrical. Throws real, solid heat. Love it.
The winter was fun. Lot of nights waking up to open the door because it was way too hot, and many mornings waking up freezing because the fire had gone out over night. I got pretty good at getting a fire going from the smallest amount of coals and was good enough at it by the end of the winter to do it while still half asleep. Not too shabby. All this work will make it so worth it when I can load that sucker up to full capacity, sit back, damper it down, and enjoy the heat for a 6+ hour burn time. The one thing that was rough was having to cut so much kindling. It was okay though. I'd have fire going inside during the winter, step outside into the snow, and cut kindling for the week. Better than paying the gas or oil company.
The pellet stove I don't know the brand and I don't care to look. It is in an uninsulated tool shed we use in the backyard that I stayed in one winter, and it didn't work properly. Oh well, I'm still alive. Many extremely cold nights out there taught me a good lesson and has made me know what it feels like to deal with the cold. Hence the woodstove. A pellet won't work in this shack, as I don't have electric and don't want or need it right now. Plus I'm not into all the buying of pellets. My wood is already done and ready for this year. I just like a woodstove so much more. Simple. Minimal parts. No electrical. Throws real, solid heat. Love it.
The winter was fun. Lot of nights waking up to open the door because it was way too hot, and many mornings waking up freezing because the fire had gone out over night. I got pretty good at getting a fire going from the smallest amount of coals and was good enough at it by the end of the winter to do it while still half asleep. Not too shabby. All this work will make it so worth it when I can load that sucker up to full capacity, sit back, damper it down, and enjoy the heat for a 6+ hour burn time. The one thing that was rough was having to cut so much kindling. It was okay though. I'd have fire going inside during the winter, step outside into the snow, and cut kindling for the week. Better than paying the gas or oil company.
Simonkenton
Minister of Fire
I did this one year in New England when I was young, stayed in a small ~200 sq ft cabin in the woods with no plumbing or electricity. My heat was an Ashley Columbian stove. Serious overkill for 200 sq ft, but the place was a summer cabin, not tightly sealed and with no insulation. On cold winter days the sides would be glowing on the Ashley and yet the bedroom temp was not too warm.
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