Need ideas for small (10x10) cabin heat

Once during an extended power outage I borrowed a kerosene heater that was very toasty. Didn't like the smell too much though!

Lol A two bear night :baby04:
Yes.... a nice little stove. My aunt was a hunting guide in Wyoming and we would use them in the big tents in the hunting camps.You could cook on them too. I have a big cast iron type barrel type stove now and a small Schrader {sp?} stove in the kitchen ...but I have a big log cabin. Cold here in the winters.
monwild

You can get a small boxwood stove from Harbor Freight catalog for under 200$(at least a few years ago). Sometimes they have free shipping(ours was free shipping ). IT isn't airtight tho, it has a top with the removable round plates like on a cookstove, so keep a window open. I also thought of those small stoves they put in the canvas hunting tents.

If there is electric, then get a $10 1500w heater. Safe, no fumes or smoke to choke that tiny space. Also, you will need the space you can get, dont take up anymore than you have to. All the gas stuff would still use up air and be unhealthy in a small space, yes even the 99.9% efficcent ones.

I would think that with good insulation that it would take very little to heat a 10x10 cabin. If you are sleeping in there, even a single bed which is 42 x 80, is going to eat up about 1/4 of the space. Even a small stove will probably need a 3x3 space to be safe and not set the place ablaze and unless you are in a very cold place, drive you out of the house with the heat. If you have electricity, a 4-6 foot length of electric baseboard with a thermostat would more than do it.
You can get a zero clearance metal fireplace unit that takes up about 2x4 feet of floor space plus a bit if you frame it in. New ones with the necessary triple wall pipe will probably cost you about 250-300, but I have bought them used for next to nothing. Last used one I bought which was the largest model made cost me 75 bucks with the triple wall pipe. Check out places like Homeworks stores associated with Habitat for Humanity or other salvage type places.

Moonwild: Thanks for that post for the 2-5 dog stoves. Ive never seen them but they are cute as bugs ears and might be a great solution for my rather chilly kitchen. Ive been looking for a small stove that would heat the kitchen and the adjoining tiny bedroom in the dead of winter when we tend to hunker down in that end of the house when we visit. And for a few pennies more it heats water with a tap faucet and has room to do some basic cooking. And the price isnt bad either. Gonna have to check this out.

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FolioMark

Mus uni non fidit antro. ~ A mouse does not rely on just one hole.----Plautus

Not sure if this would work or if its close to you but this might do the trick. The price is right.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hang-fireplace_W...ayphotohosting

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FolioMark

Mus uni non fidit antro. ~ A mouse does not rely on just one hole.----Plautus

If you have electricity get a cermic cube heater. We have a 10'x12' well insulated room in the barn where I wait for the babies to arrive, start chicks etc. We got a good one with a thermostat @$60. Works GREAT and does not run much after the room is heated up. We figure it costs @$1.50 a day to run (we are on commercial rate at the barn)...Joan

I checked into the two dog stoves a couple of years ago.

The sellers discouraged me from one by informing me that they are not designed to be used on a continual basis, but rather for a few weeks a year. They weren't sure how they would hold up with continual usage. Want to buy one each year? I recommend that check with them before purchase.

One must remember that the smaller the stove the more often it will have to be fed in all probability. That is to say not a lot of room to bank a fire, room for a lot of ashes, etc.

those oil filled radiators are the best no noise just heat if there is electric of course

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Don't complain, just do it

I lived in a converted Chevy van for a while. The oil filled heater i had worked great. It did suck some juice though...

I remember reading in an old popular mechanics about a hyper efficient trailer built by some university. It had a wood stove in it made out of an old naval mine.(minus the explosives, I assume) It looked to be a shade bigger than a basketball.

I think they are fine for small places that don't have to have fires all the time.My friend lived in a yurt in the newmexico mountain and used the 3 dog version the whole time duringthe winter and used it for cooking and hot water.
They hold a fire surprising well. Their add says it all:

"Will hold a fire all night.
Excellent for heating or cooking,Welded steel construction,airtight door,baffled fire box,burns wood or charcoal."
No I don't work for them ...lol.
moonwild

Here's the wood version

They also sell propane ones.

I use a small Franklin..

Also the potbelly's are here

stoves

Parlor goes for around $100 on E-Bay


Here is yet another option
E-Bay pickup