Wood Stove Project
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:04 pm
A friend of mine owns a cabin in northern Michigan that his family built in 1931. I have visited there maybe 8 times in the spring or fall. It has been pretty chilly on several visits and he tries to heat it with two small space heaters.
There is a propane insert in the fireplace but there are no longer any companies that will service his upright tanks and he can't afford a new horizontal tank so I decided to help him out and gave him a small wood burner that I had intended to use in my shop but decided he needed it more. While visiting this week, I purchased all the piping needed to make it operational and the Stumpjumper and myself installed all the parts and it is making a big difference. The space heaters at max brought the temps up to 51 degrees yesterday and once we fired up the wood burner, the temperature climbed to 70 degrees at sack time. I think my friend will be a happy camper on his next trip up here




There is a propane insert in the fireplace but there are no longer any companies that will service his upright tanks and he can't afford a new horizontal tank so I decided to help him out and gave him a small wood burner that I had intended to use in my shop but decided he needed it more. While visiting this week, I purchased all the piping needed to make it operational and the Stumpjumper and myself installed all the parts and it is making a big difference. The space heaters at max brought the temps up to 51 degrees yesterday and once we fired up the wood burner, the temperature climbed to 70 degrees at sack time. I think my friend will be a happy camper on his next trip up here



