Metal open cooking hearth?

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Lol, you disassembled an sr71?

The stove clearance above was not for an insert but for that small stove.
 
I lived for a year in a rustic, New England cabin that was uninsulated, heated solely by an Ashley Columbian wood stove, no plumbing, no electricity. And have stayed in my friend's yurt a few times, also wood heat. It's idylic a few times a year, but can be a matter of survival in the middle of a cold CT winter.
 
Why would that matter?

I lived for a year in a rustic, New England cabin that was uninsulated, heated solely by an Ashley Columbian wood stove, no plumbing, no electricity. And have stayed in my friend's yurt a few times, also wood heat. It's idylic a few times a year, but can be a matter of survival in the middle of a cold CT winter.
Lots of blankets and a good sleeping hat make all the difference. And a solid plan for making coffee in the morning. I'm cold camping tonight just for S+G. Its only going down to 27, so I'll wear socks just in case.. Point being, for me at least, I deal with real cold pretty well if I know that I have the ability to warm up when I want to or need to. And got to say, that with small stoves, even if their modern, its kind of hard to still have coals in the morning, so you need to get up and feed the fire in the middle of the night.