Good video! Just a little constructive criticism coming from a certified GC here's a couple of tweaks to perfect your project. First, instead of plywood and sheet metal, opt for cement board. Second, don't cut your hole for the chimney so tight. (Leave at least a half in circumference) this will give you the ventilation you're seeking without opening another window. Third install your ventilation chimney pipe out the center of the window. YOU'RE ENTIRELY TOO CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE WINDOW. This can be a fire hazard. Also, your 45 degree bend should be reduced to a 22.5 this will allow smoke to vent more freely. I hope this helps. Thanks for the helpful advice!👊
I've spent a bunch of time homeless in the winter. I'd make nests of blankets and bundle up like the Michelin Man and I've woken up way too warm in about -20C a couple times. I slept in about -17C just bundled up wrapped in a tarp and that was bearable.
I had relatives real hillbillies in Arkansas when it got really cold and was snowing they just gave us kids extra quilts. Two quilts, feather pillows and a feather bed, I never felt cold. They had lived that way in America for 100 years. They had electricity but no plumbing, just a well and outhouse. Blankets and sleeping bags are underrated.
Great video ideas. One point for fire safety: The horizontal run of pipe through the window opening should be placed so its obvert (top) is at least 300 to 600 mm below the window trim especially if the window is plastic, or protective fire-proofing is placed between the trim and the horizontal chimney pipe. Also, remove all window dressings, blinds, loose extraneous materials, etc nearby so they don't catch fire. Check your local codes to confirm minimum clearances to be sure you're safe.
Thanks for commenting but I'll have to challenge you here. The only part where fire (sparks) will actually escape the pipe is out the chimney and that has a spark arrestor and is (should be) far from flammable material (especially in winter i.e snow). Consider that in a woodstove tent (made of flammable material) the pipe is literally inches from the tent, and only protected by a couple inches of silicon stovejack. So no, there is little to no risk of the plastic window trim catching fire! Not even a 1mm tent will catch fire... In all honesty this is for emergency (temporary) use only and is definitely not up to any code! Its like hunting a deer out of season for survival, its not optimal, its not entirely legal its for survival.
@@CanadianPrepper I think he's saying that the *heat* might rise and melt the mini-blinds or window frame if they are plastic. Fire won't escape the metal tube as you indicated. Heat will (and that's why you're doing it to begin with - so it will heat your room).
@@CanadianPrepper old army vet here you are spot on about the tent … we used old Yukon stoves in our very old heavy duty army tents … we used small 3 man tents because we went out in small teams ..
Thank you, Christopher! That's valuable comment! I live in an area where blackouts are happening several times a season.... and it's in the middle of the forest. Solution is obvious. But, diablo is in details !
Cut a small piece of metal with a hole in the center - like you did - but leave greater clearance around the stove pipe than you did. Once wood gets scorched it's much easier to later catch on fire. I have done this previously and cut a square in the plywood just smaller than the metal square, then screwed the metal square onto the plywood, giving a lot more clearance between the wood and the hot chimney pipe. It's a small thing, but could be a life saver.
Yeah duh dummy just use a piece of sheet metal that's what I did stop being so dramatic damn...to HELL with all the fake laws you sound dumb as hell trying to explain this crap explain this crap it's not rocket science man
Hi Nate. If it is getting cold, one dog. If it is super cold, it is a Two Dog Night. (That is where the music group got its name!) Yes. I have the Cube Grizzly and the Russian Bear Tent Stove. Living in rural Oregon USA, what you have demonstrated about piping of a Wood Burning Stove is exactly what my Grandfather and his friends did in many older homes. It is not rocket science to keep basic warm. Yes, my parents put in a wood cook stove in their modern home. We cooked and warmed with the stove until we sold the place in 2012. Lot of electricity outages but we were warm and fed!
It’s going down to -50 C (-58 F ) up here in Canada where I live. I guess that would be a 32 dog night or something! I wish that I had a cast iron stove
When I was little we lived in an old farm house that had no heat upstairs where I was sent to sleep. A few wool blankets, a couple dogs, some cats and I would smuggle in my pet rabbit because he would burrow under the covers and sleep by my feet and I was toasty as long as I didn't move off my warm spot and onto the cold sheets. So if I was to start a rock band I guess I'd call it dogs, cats and rabbit night. :)
Little piece of advice from an old Oregon country boy. Make sure your chimmeny sections are tight as possible. Many people have lost their homes because a stray spark finds its way out of the chimmeny in a joint section, great vid Nate. Keep up the amazing work.
If you dont give more space for the flu and do it like this you will burn your house down especially with plastic blinds right above it the shit he is showing you will put you in a bad spot
Just pointing out that CP is not political, and geopolitical is completely different. One is a fake system of left hand/right hand, and the other is observing the strategy of what’s NOT being said. Nate talks about decisions of global leaders and their potential outcomes. It may sound political, but it’s not. Be sure to look thru his library. Pre-Ukraine it’s all educational. I’ve learned alot here :)
@@mimiseeyou I beg your pardon. Nate is quite anti-russian in his judgements. It's difficult to keep impartial being Canadian and being part of the larger scheme+native anglophone. He at least tries to see the truth beyond the disinformation blanket. And, hell, Great job he does in that. But... he still is captured in some sense inside the brainwashing matrix. But by all means, I respect the man !
I've stored a woodstove in my outbuilding, along with all the vent pipes, etc needed to install it. It's 5th on the list of backup heat sources. 1. Backup battery bank to run normal boiler 2. Gas fireplace 3. Wood burning fireplace 4. Big Buddy Heaters and propane 5. Woodstove
@Timothy Mckee my heater will last maybe 8 hours on a gallon of kerosene not very practical at all when 5 gallons of kerosene runs you $45 dollars or more but i do have two for emergencies and kerosene will store for ever.
Great video! We've built redundancy into our prepping plan on all fronts. On this one we have solar battery banks for short term usage (to charge phones, radios, flashlights, etc). Then we have a generator that we can use to power some appliances and electric heat. Finally we have a wood stove just in case the other two fail. My point is for anyone who reads this please don't rely on just one thing. Build redundancy into your plans.
Thank you!! This was an excellent video. Not trying to sound sarcastic, but I'm pretty confident that I could do it. I do have a permanent cast iron wood burning stove inside that warms the house, and cook on when needed, but this would be perfect for my large workshop. Plus, I have 4 acres of mixed woods that keep me supplied. Your videos really help with thinking beyond the basics! Elizabeth
Great video.I Brought the Nomad medium because your video about Texas. Alot of preppers have these stoves, but will not show you how to set it up because of safety.
A technique that we use at the FD on combatting chimney fires is to pop the abc extinguisher at the bottom and let the dry chem updraft. Regularly cleaning the chimney helps prevent the possibility of a chimney fire. Also, in the event that you employ this technique, call 911 to get the resources started, then take a quick second and close the doors to any adjacent rooms. The dry chem powder makes a huge mess and simply closing doors limits both the dust and potential fire from spreading.
I’ve got a Box Wood stove that’s solid cast iron. It’s similar to the one you’re showing here in the video only it’s bigger. Got it about 16 years ago. I made my own grates for it so the wood wasn’t laying on the bottom. I’ve cooked on it and stayed warm through the winters for 9 years straight.
3-ft x 5-ft x 1/2-in Cement Water Resistant Backer Board for $15 at Lowes, Home Depot, etc., is more fireproof than plywood and cheaper.. You can lay one under under the woodstove to protect flooring too... A lot of heat comes off thoses pipes, so either use double or triple pipe out the window or allow 2 foot side to side, top to bottom. Just a slight warp the window will never close again.... I went 2 years without using my electric furnace just to see if I could, no electric - no problem !
I grew up with a wood stove. Now my husbands family didn’t not so I’m pushing for us to have one . They are so important in a power outage situation especially having small children. Cooking and keeping warm couldn’t be more important!
Something I forgot to say previously. Pack your carbon monoxide and smoke detectors or other electronics in a Faraday can and hope they survive the EMP. Good luck everyone. Thanks for your videos Nate. Happy Hunnakah.
CP. ❤ 😍 💖!!!! This video for me is the most pertinent video I have seen on your channel. Thank you so much!!!! I have been struggling with the worry of making a decision of emergency heating in my home. I have many preps and abilities in my mind etc. The one thing I have not yet purchased due to cost yet is a wood stove even though I know it's a must. So, this video knocks it out of the park for me as a temporary solution until I am able to get the primary done. I am forever grateful to you. It is simple, concise and to the point. Many blessings to you and your family.
Thanks, Canadian prepper. I've been doing architectural drafting that turned into engineering drafting. I never in my life thought I'd engineer my own heat generating device. But, your video here has enhanced the concept considerably.I always take safety first as an exercise, a necessity. Part of that problem was answered at, 5:37. Again, thanks!
I have a wood stove that heats my entire house every winter. My house is 6k square feet and one stove is perfect and super efficient. I learned about sand batteries to retain heat and built them into the design. A sand battery is a steel drum filled with sand. I use double walled pipe for the exhaust but single walled as it goes through the drum of sand. The sand absorbs the heat and likes to retain it. It slow bleeds off the heat over 6 hours or so. Downstairs is the stove with 1 sand battery directly above it. The pipe splits into 3 directions and goes upstairs through the floor. About 6 feet above the floor i have the upstairs ones placed. One on each side, and one in the middle. They get hot so i had to build a steel screen around them. At night i put in 4 logs and they burn for about 5 hours. Normally you would have to get up super early and stoke the fire if you want more heat. My sand batteries are still super hot for about 6 hours after the coals go out. Most of the time i don't refire up the stove until bedtime. If you have a wood burning store i would highly recommend using sand batteries. Otherwise your just pumping a ton of heat outside your home through the exhaust.
@@paulmelnyk7851 I just designed it myself. Use double walled pipe up to the drum. Cut the drum to to fit a single walled pipe but make sure your double walled pipe can insert into it from the bottom and exhaust out the top. Inside the drum is single walled for good heat transfer to the sand. Then double walled pipe out the top and out the chimney. You have to make it all yourself. Sand is one of the best materials for retaining heat and slowly dissipating it off. So when it gets hot, it stays hot for a long time. Fill the steel drums with sand and just run the pipe through it. You can get everything you need at home depot, lowes or menards. Except for the steel drums. You will have to look online for a distributer near you.
Nice. A redneck chimney jack! These are the quick simple solutions we need. I use these all the time on my greenhouses and outbuildings. I also have one installed in a tarp garage so I can work on vehicles and weld in winter. 2 suggestions - give more clearance between the stove pipe and the edge of the plywood on the sheet metal jack. That chimney pipe gets crazy hot and I like to have at least 3 inches clearance, more if it’s practical. Second suggestion - to get good smoke draw, instead of having a hard 90 degree angle in the pipe, have a slight uphill angle as the pipe emerges from the building. It makes a huge difference to draw, particularly if you have a tightly sealed building with slightly negative pressure.
Great topic! I put this concept together last year. Cheap stove from Princess Auto, cheap single blade heat powered fan from Uncle Weiners. Low cost investment, essential survival tool. My advice; do it right and do it now. Also do a long burn out in the yard first.
Great video! I have the same Winnerwal Stove . May have to try this if things go badly this winter here in SW Missouri. I could do this myself and I'm a little old lady!!! ☃️
I would cut up a sheet of cement board for temporary fireproofing the floor and wall, even 1/4 inch would work and it's fairly cheap...there are specs for distance to flammable surfaces...safety first
Good video. Many RUclips videos tend to be boring and repetitive and drag things out. This didn't. It covered the important points and left the rest up to commonsense and diy skills.
Nate , this video was spot on * My backups are ;1: Unplug the natural gas furnace and power it by Generator, 2: Use the generator to power the permanently installed pellet stove and some fans , 3: Use a portable wood stove hooked up to a Pre- Installed through the wall thimble, and 4 : Use a tank top Propane heater( with appropriate ventilation ) . One is none , Too is One , bester to have more than one . Ontario Canada .
sometimes its all about keeping your eye on it to stay safe. I saw the old timers do this in camps with no problems in Maine winters. Life or death in extreme cold temps, -20 below F. Stay safe , watch it like a hawk.
Thank you for the video 😊. I made one a few months back for shtf that uses the window screen kit, but replaced with screen with sheet metal & a square opening that I can attach my stove jack to & good to go. It just pops in perfect & it gives me the piece of mind that I have something to use & have wood stored up to do if needed in a dire situation!
Not telling anyone what to do & whatever anyone chooses to do is on them. The stove jack is to do the same job as when in a tent, the metal instead minimizes any close combustible to the jack, a 45 degree rounded angle going out, a rounded 90 or 45 to tweak at temp installation on the updraft, a spark arrestor & also a metal independent pipe support on the outside for ground level situations. Battery powered carbon & fire monoxide detectors with a large extinguisher, bricks for the setting base to also give way to any sparks jumping when the door is opened, a heat powered stove fan & additional metal with spacers for wall protection after ensuring proper spacing from any angle & shielding the walls in close proximity. Window treatments have to go/modified as nothing to be close to the heat source. Have your applicable pipe cleaner to do after so many burns in the unit. Ensure unit with piping is burned outside once to clear the burn off smells before using in any situation. Would never leave unattended when in use. Be safe or Micro Climate indoors for no combustible options 😊
@@sunnywisconsin2048 I grew up with a wood burning stove for heat in the house, we didn't have any sensors or any extra crap ,just plain old common sense
@@brettjohnson8009 I agree, I did as well, but Common sense isn’t so common & I have seen some catch their structures on fire hence the kinda by the book info 😉. Have a great evening 😊
@@sunnywisconsin2048 Ah , yeah common sense kinda went out the window , we have a couple days of -10 to -8 for daytime highs coming up and I can guarantee you there will be kids running around in shorts and sneakers , upbringing is right there with common sense
We live in SE AK, and heat solely with our Kitchen Queen 480. In order to increase the efficiency I did the following: removed the the flap/handle for recirculating the hot air around the oven box. Where the flap was I put an appropriately sized catalytic combustor, and filled the small remaining gap with mineral wool. The increased heat is significant, and the oven still works just fine for our needs.
This is perfect for people like me who have a rental house in a very cold environment. The main thing is trying to control any embers coming out of the wood stove onto whatever flooring you have. I would def have multiple ways to prevent & combat fire 🔥
Yes, even sand or dirt could work and a fresh air inlet would also be a good idea. Below the exhaust port and with a 3ft down pipe on the outside would work and prevent a draft, rain/snow/smoke infiltration. The benefit being any draft produced would point at the heat source instead of through the whole building.
There's a problem with the passive design, I'm not sure how to overcome the buildings static pressure unless the fireplace is situated at the lowest point in the building.. 😕
Boy is this perfect timing!!!! I just bought a camp stove simular to yours. Went to home depot and they were ZERO help. You are doin what i was thinkin along the lines of. Hav big fireplace in living room n was thinkin sm camp one in my kitchen!!!!!but as temp stove. The first way was what i was thinkin. Now armed with 2 ways i got a clue on what to do!!!!yay!!!! Also did buy some winterwell pipes.
This is so clever and so simple. A prepared person would have that plywood and metal all cut in advance. Set up in minutes. One of my friends in Maine is now 26 hours without power. She's fine. They were prepared.
I'm an old farmer so to help all preppers you should have 1 full cord stacked for each month of winter and 1/2 cord for the other months to boil water, etc.
They have heat powered stove fans that work really well. They even have an attachment for the big buddy heaters. No batteries or electric. Definitely worth checking out!
A great Vid Nate, and something people can get the parts and pieces for and do 'before you need it' and like you did, get some family to help out if need be. Turn it into a fun day with the kids. Test run it, and pack it away until needed. if needed. Insulated Garage is a good idea, since it will be insulated on all four walls, and a good place for a cord of wood to be stored nice and dry. I think it would also work well, for many people in Apt units to have a tent, yes a tent. If the Apt heat is off, many people would be surprised how well a tent set up in a small interior room, filled with all the bedding from an Apt and put the family inside to stay warm. Just the body heat from everyone in the enclosed space, and then that space is inside the enclosed space of the Apt, not out in the direct cold & wind of outside. Great channel. Keep em coming.
Thank you. I have been searching for somewhere to put a wood stove. This is a possibility in an emergency. I can move furniture. This makes me feel a bit less stressed.
I added a stove to an upstairs washroom. Had a unused dryer vent for a defunct stackable washer/dryer. Wrapped the stove pipe as it went through the dryer vent with a douple layer of welding blanket good for 1000 degrees. Ceramic tiled the walls so as to have a non-combustable surface all around. Got a cord of wood. Praying we won't need to use it.
Oh man you made me so happy to see that you did this!! I have been setting up my house for wood stove. Absolutely informative!! Please do one on properly using radio system for emergency
Hi Nate Another good one and thank you 😀 In Bulgaria they route Thier stove pipes from the stove around the internal internal sides of the house and then up to the next floor ,again around the sides of the house finally going to the exhaust /chimney outside . This way all of the spent waste heat is utilised before going out of the chimney 😀👍🇬🇧
You might want to put a layer of sand in the bottom in your barrel under your grate to help prevent the bottom of the barrel burning out and as a heat sink.
Winter Cocoon makes a great fan that is powered by the heat of the stove itself. I bought one as a gift last year and had to get one myself after seeing how well it worked. It would save having to use your precious solar power that may be needed elsewhere. Just a quick FYI for you and your viewers.
Maybe i missed it but having a ready supply of firewood is super important. I have a freestanding cast iron fireplace/stove and we use it almost exclusively during the winter. I usually cut up about 2 cords of wood each year and dry it down below 14% (hardwoods) and below 12% for soft woods like Pine. And the dryer soft wood is especially important. It will burn hot and fast so it's a good base to start a hot fire! It takes about a year of drying for the soft wood but I've been lucky to get most hard wood to under 14% in less than 6 months. Fireplace of any kind won't do you any good unless you have a supply of burnable wood!
Yep at 1:45 after mentioning the essential Silkey hand saw, a really good tip too because a quality hand saw is quick, reliable, silent and lightweight with no fuel or engine hassles. That point alone deserves it's own episode! Edit: I see you have good knowledge so I have a question for you. If you were in a survival situation how long would it take to dry saplings and branches if they were stored near the heater? And the same q for logs if they were split into thinner chunks. Or would it be better to set up an improvised outdoor kiln? Because wet fuel means much less efficient burn and less output means more work and fuel consumption. I think it would be worth the extra work especially if you started with less ideal wood to start with.
Love the Video, you can get extra heat from the cast iron stove by adding a wood stove fan (does not need a power supply), and adding fireproof pipe wrap or anti-scalding Chimney ribbon will also help around the wood section for the window, can you tell me where you get the clip of the ruined city at the 11:00 mark please... I love these sorts of scenery, thanks again for a great vid 😉
Hi Nate. Alberta here, right now it’s -25c I I closed my deck 2 years ago I insulated but my metal sheet ceiling is not cause the upper deck has planks, even with that my 15000btu old Sears Kerosene burner heats at 1/2 throttle to 15c I use a total wireless fan, it spins like crazy powered only by the heat that comes off the top of the burner. I love it. Hey thanks for all that you do, keep it up 👍
If this is widely practiced there may be a lot of accidental fires. Would be wise to always have fire extinguisher(s) close at hand. Maybe get some cement board to temporarily attach to nearby walls and combination of cement board and patio stone as a base.
Very true, there would be lots of fires and definitely no firefighters around, many people would be far less careful due to lack of education on this and desperation, better talk to all neighboors to warn about the dangers
This is a great video. But you did something that was very dangerous when building this. Inside you used a right angle bend with the point on the up side of the pipe. This is dangerous because it will cause a sharp change in the flow of the air. This will cause that point to heat up more than the other parts of the pipe around it. This can cause the seam to fail early. You never see exhaust pipes without a round bend to them for this very reason. Even on cars. So it’s important to use rounded corner bends so the air flows more smoothly. And I should mention that the pipe should be at a upward slope. There’s is no forced air pump or fan pushing it up and out. So the sloped angle is needed to ensure there won’t be a back flow. Just a heads up.
@@davenelson859 I do agree that this is quite dangerous. But it’s not without reason either. I think of this like, what if I was in Ukrainian right now. No power. No water. It’s been like this for weeks now. And winter is just getting started. So if it came down to it and my fam and I haven’t fled, for what ever reason, then this would be better than freezing to death. But with that being said, there are things that can be done so that it’s less dangerous. Someone always keeping watch for-instance. Keeping the fire stoked and checking for a back-flow from the wind outside. That always happens to some extent. Other things that can be done also is have the correct kinds of pipe bends, like I mentioned before. Making sure you vent the smoke as far up as you possibly can, to prevent it from being drawn back inside the building. Having adequate fresh air coming in for the fire. Having multiple fire extinguishers. An escape plan. Ect. This, even though it’s dangerous, can be done in a way that makes it less dangerous. We as the prepares, just have to be smart about it.
Great video Nate! Minnesota here and I’ve been thinking a lot about this very thing. Think of all the large homes with no way to heat if the shizzy hits the fizzy or if the power goes out for an extended period. Woodstoves and pipe will be better than gold.
Nate, turn your board over, eschusion outside so you can seal it with caulk and watch for scorch marks on the plywood. Don't seal around the actual penitration just the outside of the metal. Also radius elbows would be better imo.
We have had a few power outages in Nevada this winter. This is very interesting information. Thank you. Having Ptsd power outages can flair up my anxiety.
I was just thinking about this and I like your solution; simple and effective to the point I could simply adapt my portable AC patio door panel and flip it upside down. In my case, since I'd have to do that in a patio door, I would go with 2 panels and put fiber glass insulation between them.
thank you so much for this video brother, this allows me to use my tent stove in my bedroom im renting atm. us younger guys are in smaller living situations that leave options limited but this puts one more on that list. i also appreciate the comments on this from the tradesmen who install this sorta thing. good to be as safe as possible. cheers and thx again!
Thank you for your video. That's a perfect rig for emergency use. I did the same "out the window" with a small propane furnace I used to heat a well insulated 20' X 20' cabin that wasn't finished but I liked to play in there in the winter anyway. I have a small two hole wood burning cast iron stove that I got for free because it's missing a leg. Two or three bricks will fix that eh? It's not easily portable, I'll say that much. I know this is a demo, but those blinds above the pipe will melt, ... AND! I'd have the hole in the wood that the pipe goes through facing inside so I could monitor the "scorch". I'd also have a sacrifice floor (plywood) for the front of the stove to catch the sparks and coals that jump out no matter how careful you are. Don't ask me how I know. Good luck.
Love this!!! I bought 2 90degree pieces from you last winter in case I had to do this. FYI at the time you were the only person that sold those piece for winnerwell. Cherrs
Great video Nate. No to be honest I never thought about it but I'm glad you made this video and I've now got a way to heat a space in a temporary manner. Thanks
Your videos are so good I'm excited to watch these ones even though I live in a part of the world where my house has no insulation and in the middle of winter I just put some socks and a jacket on and I'm all good lol. I wish you all well this winter and I hope myself and everyone else down here doesn't get heat stroke this summer haha.
You can't install your ventilation pipe like that. During head-on winds, back pressure can cause co2 to draft back into the room. Pipe must extend above roof line. Ventilation should be vertical and plumb so that the pipe will naturally draft.
Another insulation material is called header wrap. Available on Amazon it is used to wrap automotive headers or sensitive parts that are close to where the headers run. I have held a propane torch flame directly to it for 30 seconds and it hardly showed any damage.
Fairly good suggestion and I realize it’s for emergency purposes only but you really should have that chimney pipe, carrying above the roofline a minimum of 3 feet and 2 feet above anything within 10 feet for adequate natural draw otherwise you run the risk of excessive creosote buildup and possibly a chimney fire
I really like the stovepipe oven. You can have emergency heat AND cook a loaf of cornbread, unbeatable. A couple of thoughts I had: The big deal about firewood in WWIII is that you should really gather it before there is any nuclear fallout and get it under cover. Like that one lady in "The Day After" said, burning contaminated wood will put radiation back in the atmosphere. This could lead to conflicts whether your wood is clean or not. The risk of other people burning bad wood would be cause for filtering the air you breathe. If you have an underground shelter and are filtering a limited amount of air, non-combustion electric heat is a huge plus. An incandescent bulb is practically nothing but a heater, and it's not bad. Especially an incandescent floodlight bulb in a small space. I think the way the stovepipe was secured into the plywood window hole will not likely transfer too much heat normally. But what tends to happen with a pipe configured that way is for carbon buildup and embers to start burning in the horizontal portion. NY state made it a rule that stovepipes have to be completely vertical. Anything is better than freezing to death of course, but people should be aware of what can go wrong.
These are good points, in the event of nuclear war you could not count on electricity though as the grid may be gone, and neither on woodstove as you would have to be 100.00% insulated from outside air for at least a week the more the better, the best bet would be a gas heater I think. Just tons of blankets would likely not be enough here in Canada but better than radiation.
Building a Rocket Mass heater with the mass being basically a sand battery in a frame with a stone top (with cushions of course ) . Saved up last year for the Large Winnerwell, this year I added the water reservoir and oven. Getting the Stove pipe where it needed to be was a task!! on the second floor where I live. Worth every moment of frustration. Have fire blankets, extinguishers in entry, kitchen, car, and now adding your fire bombs. Yes, my insurance agent and company and underwriter know allllll about everything. Love to all, get mittens, alpaca socks and dress in LAYERS, the COLD is coming.
Nate, long time listener, first time caller. Love the channel, love the passion. Tell your listeners they can use concrete fiber board in lieu of plywood. Make sure to wear a full pro mask when cutting it though. The dust is no Bueno. Concrete fiber board at home depot is called Hardi Backer or other brand names. If you insist on plywood, use fire rated board. Also, suggest everyone to get a cheap bellow. IT IS A GAME CHANGER for wood fires. I'm a 12 year Army vet and now own a construction company
Great video! We have this setup in our basement except we run 20 feet of piping before it exhasts into the chimney. So 90% of heat is released into our warm insulated basement. We have 3" of foam in our house walls which traps the generated heat for 12 hours. We burn one pallet every two days and if you feed one board every 20 min...no smoke, no steam is visible from outside. It worked great during -36C when the grid was already stressed. We were cooking fries, pancakes, deer + barley soup, tea and coffee the whole time. Good times:) Please get highly insulated and grow backyard potatoes!
Man I made a stove out of a five gallon metal bucket and used a small metal bottom inside, so it wouldn’t burn the bottom of the bucket, and it works pretty dang well. I have galvanized pipe fit right in the side towards the bottom of the bucket, and the lid is where I made the door. It’s made just like that, except a metal bucket is my stove.🤣👍
Bond ceramic tiles to plywood for under the stove and behind the stove and pipe. You could also buy a couple of small woodstove fans that generate a small electrical current to move the fan blades. I have two and they work very well.
For me-I've found that if the heated room is located in the room that is exposed to the wind the most is helpful. The heat will drift into the downwind portions of the building easily with the assistance of air leakage. Don't place the chimney directly into the wind but rather let the wind blow across the chimney. That way it will assist in drafting the burn chamber.
Very good , I have an old wood cook stove ready to go , with a similar plan for window. Made a sandwich of plywood and cement board, with Roxol insulation, and a sheet of cement board to be tacked on the wall
I used this trick during the power outage following the ice storm in 1998. My home is situated near Montreal. 9 days without electricity. In some places it lasted over 3 weeks in january.
Great video Nate! One little pro tip to help out is to try to make 45 degree connections on the exhaust, this will help to flow sooo much and less smoke inside of your area indoors. Be safe folks stay warm.
Measure twice, cut once. 😉 Thanks for the very informative DIY video, Nate. This could be a life-saver, when SHTF with no alternative, if done properly. Most high-rise apartment windows only open about 4" so apartment dwellers who do this would either (a) ruin a window with aluminum frame or (b) risk setting a window with vinyl frame on fire. Use at your own discretion. B-vent or asbestos-insulated stovepipe sleeve may be safer options for the window panel connection. But please note, if you sleeve thru the existing gas vent that you showed for the unit heater, TURN OFF THE GAS VALVE first & lock it out! Also, fireplaces draw-in combustion air for the fire to burn. In most (leaky) buildings, this outdoor air is easily drawn-in through windows and door gaps or cracks in the roof/wall construction. So they can actually induce a lot of cold outdoor air which defeats the purpose for heating with them. A better way to do it would be to either pipe-in a separate, dedicated combustion air duct to the fireplace; or, if you want to get fancy, have a concentric vent/combustion air duct that would pre-heat the outdoor combustion air to the fireplace. All of the high-end, high-performance fireplaces feature this design. Lots of condos & apartments feature 'curtan-walls' of full-height windows that suck the heat right out in the winter. These can be temporarily infilled with batt insulation & heavy-mil plastic sheeting. Maybe some sections can be converted into a 'trombe wall' to absorb solar heat during the day and radiate it into the apartment at night. This basically consists of masonry bricks painted black, set inside a box-frame against the window. Hope this helps!
We are in northern MI (UP) and are installing a soar farm with a geothermal heating and cooking system. Solar will run entire house including AC in the summer with geothermal . It’s was the only way we could heat and cool with solar power. Plan to be 100 percent off grid and self sustaining. Will have wood furnace and stove backup as well.
I've got a smart meter and a generator so I'm good but I plan on installing a wood stove hopefully this summer. I live on 17 heavily treed acres so I have all the wood I need.
Thanks for the insight, but I'm still confused why Bitcoin and crypto prices keep dropping? This drop follows a number of other significant drops in recent weeks. I still hold enormous value of cryptos and it scares me. Whats your take on this?
There are many reasons for this drop in value. One of the main reasons is that there is an ongoing debate about whether or not Bitcoin should be regulated as a security or as a currency.
@@thomasrichard3166 If you are not conversant with the markets, I'd advise you to get some kind of advise or assistance from a financial/investing coach. It might sound basic or generic, but getting in touch with an investment broker was how I was able to outperform the market and raise a profit of $2.5M For me, its the most ideal way to jump into the market these days
I think this is a fantastic way to keep warm. In my case, living in a townhome, this would not be realistic, unless as you say, most of my neighbors have already left. That option of a gas fireplace I passed on looks better all the time. My Mr. Buddy would have to do the job along with more layers on long underwear & wool socks.
Good video! Just a little constructive criticism coming from a certified GC here's a couple of tweaks to perfect your project. First, instead of plywood and sheet metal, opt for cement board. Second, don't cut your hole for the chimney so tight. (Leave at least a half in circumference) this will give you the ventilation you're seeking without opening another window. Third install your ventilation chimney pipe out the center of the window. YOU'RE ENTIRELY TOO CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE WINDOW. This can be a fire hazard. Also, your 45 degree bend should be reduced to a 22.5 this will allow smoke to vent more freely. I hope this helps. Thanks for the helpful advice!👊
Agreed!!!!
Great points! Thank you!
@@Blurb777 NP.👊
Where can you get 22.5 elbows?
@@sherrymacaroni5916 Your local Home Depot should have them in the Hvac section. They are adjustable.
place the stove on a layer of bricks or patio blocks instead of ply, maybe even up the wall
behind same, protection, absorb heat, radiate...
I've spent a bunch of time homeless in the winter. I'd make nests of blankets and bundle up like the Michelin Man and I've woken up way too warm in about -20C a couple times. I slept in about -17C just bundled up wrapped in a tarp and that was bearable.
I had relatives real hillbillies in Arkansas when it got really cold and was snowing they just gave us kids extra quilts. Two quilts, feather pillows and a feather bed, I never felt cold. They had lived that way in America for 100 years. They had electricity but no plumbing, just a well and outhouse. Blankets and sleeping bags are underrated.
@@Blurb777 Wadded up plastic shopping bags work as well as newspapers too. They won't absorb sweat though, so address overheating sooner than later.
Great video ideas. One point for fire safety: The horizontal run of pipe through the window opening should be placed so its obvert (top) is at least 300 to 600 mm below the window trim especially if the window is plastic, or protective fire-proofing is placed between the trim and the horizontal chimney pipe. Also, remove all window dressings, blinds, loose extraneous materials, etc nearby so they don't catch fire. Check your local codes to confirm minimum clearances to be sure you're safe.
Thanks for commenting but I'll have to challenge you here. The only part where fire (sparks) will actually escape the pipe is out the chimney and that has a spark arrestor and is (should be) far from flammable material (especially in winter i.e snow). Consider that in a woodstove tent (made of flammable material) the pipe is literally inches from the tent, and only protected by a couple inches of silicon stovejack. So no, there is little to no risk of the plastic window trim catching fire! Not even a 1mm tent will catch fire... In all honesty this is for emergency (temporary) use only and is definitely not up to any code! Its like hunting a deer out of season for survival, its not optimal, its not entirely legal its for survival.
@@CanadianPrepper I think he's saying that the *heat* might rise and melt the mini-blinds or window frame if they are plastic. Fire won't escape the metal tube as you indicated. Heat will (and that's why you're doing it to begin with - so it will heat your room).
@@CanadianPrepper old army vet here you are spot on about the tent … we used old Yukon stoves in our very old heavy duty army tents … we used small 3 man tents because we went out in small teams ..
@@CanadianPrepper this is an amazing idea, good for Ukraine and Europe.
Thank you, Christopher! That's valuable comment! I live in an area where blackouts are happening several times a season.... and it's in the middle of the forest. Solution is obvious. But, diablo is in details !
Cut a small piece of metal with a hole in the center - like you did - but leave greater clearance around the stove pipe than you did. Once wood gets scorched it's much easier to later catch on fire. I have done this previously and cut a square in the plywood just smaller than the metal square, then screwed the metal square onto the plywood, giving a lot more clearance between the wood and the hot chimney pipe. It's a small thing, but could be a life saver.
Yeah duh dummy just use a piece of sheet metal that's what I did stop being so dramatic damn...to HELL with all the fake laws you sound dumb as hell trying to explain this crap explain this crap it's not rocket science man
Have had a 5inch flue go through a tin sheet in a shed window for 5 yrs. Works a charm.
Hi Nate.
If it is getting cold, one dog. If it is super cold, it is a Two Dog Night. (That is where the music group got its name!)
Yes. I have the Cube Grizzly and the Russian Bear Tent Stove.
Living in rural Oregon USA, what you have demonstrated about piping of a Wood Burning Stove is exactly what my Grandfather and his friends did in many older homes.
It is not rocket science to keep basic warm. Yes, my parents put in a wood cook stove in their modern home. We cooked and warmed with the stove until we sold the place in 2012. Lot of electricity outages but we were warm and fed!
It was really cold therefore the group was named 3 dog night. I recently got that stove you are using and it is very nicely built.
do you mean three dog night
Unless it meant unattractive girls or guys that night!!!!
It’s going down to -50 C (-58 F ) up here in Canada where I live. I guess that would be a 32 dog night or something! I wish that I had a cast iron stove
When I was little we lived in an old farm house that had no heat upstairs where I was sent to sleep. A few wool blankets, a couple dogs, some cats and I would smuggle in my pet rabbit because he would burrow under the covers and sleep by my feet and I was toasty as long as I didn't move off my warm spot and onto the cold sheets. So if I was to start a rock band I guess I'd call it dogs, cats and rabbit night. :)
Little piece of advice from an old Oregon country boy. Make sure your chimmeny sections are tight as possible. Many people have lost their homes because a stray spark finds its way out of the chimmeny in a joint section, great vid Nate. Keep up the amazing work.
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For once, no politics - just pure prepping ...and it ROCKS ! Mega useful !!!!! So much thank you, Nate !
If you dont give more space for the flu and do it like this you will burn your house down especially with plastic blinds right above it the shit he is showing you will put you in a bad spot
I like the best of both worlds - prepping and news updates few others give.
Just pointing out that CP is not political, and geopolitical is completely different. One is a fake system of left hand/right hand, and the other is observing the strategy of what’s NOT being said. Nate talks about decisions of global leaders and their potential outcomes. It may sound political, but it’s not. Be sure to look thru his library. Pre-Ukraine it’s all educational. I’ve learned alot here :)
@@mimiseeyou I beg your pardon. Nate is quite anti-russian in his judgements. It's difficult to keep impartial being Canadian and being part of the larger scheme+native anglophone. He at least tries to see the truth beyond the disinformation blanket. And, hell, Great job he does in that. But... he still is captured in some sense inside the brainwashing matrix. But by all means, I respect the man !
@@mimiseeyou please do not abbreviate his name like that....
Large baking sheets make good heat shields. Also placed on the floor below the door to catch ash and embers.
I've stored a woodstove in my outbuilding, along with all the vent pipes, etc needed to install it. It's 5th on the list of backup heat sources. 1. Backup battery bank to run normal boiler 2. Gas fireplace 3. Wood burning fireplace 4. Big Buddy Heaters and propane 5. Woodstove
Very nice.
@Timothy Mckee Nope. There isn't a fire chief in America that will have one in his house. That's good enough for me.
@Timothy Mckee Where can I buy one?
@Timothy Mckee one gallon lasts three months?? How often do you run out on those three months and what size space does it heat?
@Timothy Mckee my heater will last maybe 8 hours on a gallon of kerosene not very practical at all when 5 gallons of kerosene runs you $45 dollars or more but i do have two for emergencies and kerosene will store for ever.
Great video! We've built redundancy into our prepping plan on all fronts. On this one we have solar battery banks for short term usage (to charge phones, radios, flashlights, etc). Then we have a generator that we can use to power some appliances and electric heat. Finally we have a wood stove just in case the other two fail. My point is for anyone who reads this please don't rely on just one thing. Build redundancy into your plans.
Thank you!! This was an excellent video. Not trying to sound sarcastic, but I'm pretty confident that I could do it. I do have a permanent cast iron wood burning stove inside that warms the house, and cook on when needed, but this would be perfect for my large workshop. Plus, I have 4 acres of mixed woods that keep me supplied. Your videos really help with thinking beyond the basics! Elizabeth
Great video.I Brought the Nomad medium because your video about Texas. Alot of preppers have these stoves, but will not show you how to set it up because of safety.
A technique that we use at the FD on combatting chimney fires is to pop the abc extinguisher at the bottom and let the dry chem updraft. Regularly cleaning the chimney helps prevent the possibility of a chimney fire.
Also, in the event that you employ this technique, call 911 to get the resources started, then take a quick second and close the doors to any adjacent rooms. The dry chem powder makes a huge mess and simply closing doors limits both the dust and potential fire from spreading.
I’ve got a Box Wood stove that’s solid cast iron. It’s similar to the one you’re showing here in the video only it’s bigger. Got it about 16 years ago. I made my own grates for it so the wood wasn’t laying on the bottom. I’ve cooked on it and stayed warm through the winters for 9 years straight.
3-ft x 5-ft x 1/2-in Cement Water Resistant Backer Board for $15 at Lowes, Home Depot, etc., is more fireproof than plywood and cheaper..
You can lay one under under the woodstove to protect flooring too...
A lot of heat comes off thoses pipes, so either use double or triple pipe out the window or allow 2 foot side to side, top to bottom. Just a slight warp the window will never close again....
I went 2 years without using my electric furnace just to see if I could,
no electric - no problem !
I grew up with a wood stove. Now my husbands family didn’t not so I’m pushing for us to have one . They are so important in a power outage situation especially having small children. Cooking and keeping warm couldn’t be more important!
I'm a chimney sweep mate and this is honestly impressive you did a great job Nate.
Something I forgot to say previously. Pack your carbon monoxide and smoke detectors or other electronics in a Faraday can and hope they survive the EMP. Good luck everyone. Thanks for your videos Nate. Happy Hunnakah.
Never thought of that but spot on
I love woodstove heat, that's what we used growing up
CP. ❤ 😍 💖!!!! This video for me is the most pertinent video I have seen on your channel. Thank you so much!!!! I have been struggling with the worry of making a decision of emergency heating in my home. I have many preps and abilities in my mind etc. The one thing I have not yet purchased due to cost yet is a wood stove even though I know it's a must. So, this video knocks it out of the park for me as a temporary solution until I am able to get the primary done. I am forever grateful to you. It is simple, concise and to the point. Many blessings to you and your family.
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I was actually telling my dad about doing this and your video popped up. Thank you for confirming that it can be done.
Thanks, Canadian prepper. I've been doing architectural drafting that turned into engineering drafting. I never in my life thought I'd engineer my own heat generating device. But, your video here has enhanced the concept considerably.I always take safety first as an exercise, a necessity. Part of that problem was answered at, 5:37. Again, thanks!
I have a wood stove that heats my entire house every winter. My house is 6k square feet and one stove is perfect and super efficient. I learned about sand batteries to retain heat and built them into the design. A sand battery is a steel drum filled with sand. I use double walled pipe for the exhaust but single walled as it goes through the drum of sand. The sand absorbs the heat and likes to retain it. It slow bleeds off the heat over 6 hours or so. Downstairs is the stove with 1 sand battery directly above it. The pipe splits into 3 directions and goes upstairs through the floor. About 6 feet above the floor i have the upstairs ones placed. One on each side, and one in the middle. They get hot so i had to build a steel screen around them. At night i put in 4 logs and they burn for about 5 hours. Normally you would have to get up super early and stoke the fire if you want more heat. My sand batteries are still super hot for about 6 hours after the coals go out. Most of the time i don't refire up the stove until bedtime. If you have a wood burning store i would highly recommend using sand batteries. Otherwise your just pumping a ton of heat outside your home through the exhaust.
where can i find info on making and installing sand batteries into a wood stove piping, please and thank you
@@paulmelnyk7851 I just designed it myself. Use double walled pipe up to the drum. Cut the drum to to fit a single walled pipe but make sure your double walled pipe can insert into it from the bottom and exhaust out the top. Inside the drum is single walled for good heat transfer to the sand. Then double walled pipe out the top and out the chimney. You have to make it all yourself. Sand is one of the best materials for retaining heat and slowly dissipating it off. So when it gets hot, it stays hot for a long time. Fill the steel drums with sand and just run the pipe through it. You can get everything you need at home depot, lowes or menards. Except for the steel drums. You will have to look online for a distributer near you.
Thank You!
@Darkice77 anyway you could post a picture of your set up?
Nice. A redneck chimney jack! These are the quick simple solutions we need. I use these all the time on my greenhouses and outbuildings. I also have one installed in a tarp garage so I can work on vehicles and weld in winter. 2 suggestions - give more clearance between the stove pipe and the edge of the plywood on the sheet metal jack. That chimney pipe gets crazy hot and I like to have at least 3 inches clearance, more if it’s practical. Second suggestion - to get good smoke draw, instead of having a hard 90 degree angle in the pipe, have a slight uphill angle as the pipe emerges from the building. It makes a huge difference to draw, particularly if you have a tightly sealed building with slightly negative pressure.
Great topic!
I put this concept together last year. Cheap stove from Princess Auto, cheap single blade heat powered fan from Uncle Weiners.
Low cost investment, essential survival tool.
My advice; do it right and do it now. Also do a long burn out in the yard first.
Great video! I have the same Winnerwal Stove . May have to try this if things go badly this winter here in SW Missouri. I could do this myself and I'm a little old lady!!! ☃️
I would cut up a sheet of cement board for temporary fireproofing the floor and wall, even 1/4 inch would work and it's fairly cheap...there are specs for distance to flammable surfaces...safety first
Good video. Many RUclips videos tend to be boring and repetitive and drag things out. This didn't. It covered the important points and left the rest up to commonsense and diy skills.
You couldn't have picked a better topic...hooking up a small wood stove in my motorhome
Nate , this video was spot on * My backups are ;1: Unplug the natural gas furnace and power it by Generator, 2: Use the generator to power the permanently installed pellet stove and some fans , 3: Use a portable wood stove hooked up to a Pre- Installed through the wall thimble, and 4 : Use a tank top Propane heater( with appropriate ventilation ) . One is none , Too is One , bester to have more than one . Ontario Canada .
sometimes its all about keeping your eye on it to stay safe. I saw the old timers do this in camps with no problems in Maine winters. Life or death in extreme cold temps, -20 below F. Stay safe , watch it like a hawk.
Thank you for the video 😊. I made one a few months back for shtf that uses the window screen kit, but replaced with screen with sheet metal & a square opening that I can attach my stove jack to & good to go. It just pops in perfect & it gives me the piece of mind that I have something to use & have wood stored up to do if needed in a dire situation!
Not telling anyone what to do & whatever anyone chooses to do is on them. The stove jack is to do the same job as when in a tent, the metal instead minimizes any close combustible to the jack, a 45 degree rounded angle going out, a rounded 90 or 45 to tweak at temp installation on the updraft, a spark arrestor & also a metal independent pipe support on the outside for ground level situations. Battery powered carbon & fire monoxide detectors with a large extinguisher, bricks for the setting base to also give way to any sparks jumping when the door is opened, a heat powered stove fan & additional metal with spacers for wall protection after ensuring proper spacing from any angle & shielding the walls in close proximity. Window treatments have to go/modified as nothing to be close to the heat source. Have your applicable pipe cleaner to do after so many burns in the unit. Ensure unit with piping is burned outside once to clear the burn off smells before using in any situation. Would never leave unattended when in use. Be safe or Micro Climate indoors for no combustible options 😊
@@sunnywisconsin2048 I grew up with a wood burning stove for heat in the house, we didn't have any sensors or any extra crap ,just plain old common sense
@@brettjohnson8009 I agree, I did as well, but Common sense isn’t so common & I have seen some catch their structures on fire hence the kinda by the book info 😉. Have a great evening 😊
@@sunnywisconsin2048 Ah , yeah common sense kinda went out the window , we have a couple days of -10 to -8 for daytime highs coming up and I can guarantee you there will be kids running around in shorts and sneakers , upbringing is right there with common sense
We live in SE AK, and heat solely with our Kitchen Queen 480. In order to increase the efficiency I did the following: removed the the flap/handle for recirculating the hot air around the oven box. Where the flap was I put an appropriately sized catalytic combustor, and filled the small remaining gap with mineral wool. The increased heat is significant, and the oven still works just fine for our needs.
This is perfect for people like me who have a rental house in a very cold environment.
The main thing is trying to control any embers coming out of the wood stove onto whatever flooring you have. I would def have multiple ways to prevent & combat fire 🔥
Cement walls backing.
You can get special cement board or even spark arresting hearth mats to put in front of your stove.
Yes, even sand or dirt could work and a fresh air inlet would also be a good idea. Below the exhaust port and with a 3ft down pipe on the outside would work and prevent a draft, rain/snow/smoke infiltration. The benefit being any draft produced would point at the heat source instead of through the whole building.
There's a problem with the passive design, I'm not sure how to overcome the buildings static pressure unless the fireplace is situated at the lowest point in the building.. 😕
Boy is this perfect timing!!!! I just bought a camp stove simular to yours. Went to home depot and they were ZERO help. You are doin what i was thinkin along the lines of. Hav big fireplace in living room n was thinkin sm camp one in my kitchen!!!!!but as temp stove. The first way was what i was thinkin. Now armed with 2 ways i got a clue on what to do!!!!yay!!!! Also did buy some winterwell pipes.
This is so clever and so simple. A prepared person would have that plywood and metal all cut in advance. Set up in minutes. One of my friends in Maine is now 26 hours without power. She's fine. They were prepared.
I'm an old farmer so to help all preppers you should have 1 full cord stacked for each month of winter and 1/2 cord for the other months to boil water, etc.
Big respect for all farmers. You guys know how to survive and create solutions for anything with what you already have laying around
They have heat powered stove fans that work really well. They even have an attachment for the big buddy heaters. No batteries or electric. Definitely worth checking out!
A great Vid Nate, and something people can get the parts and pieces for and do 'before you need it' and like you did, get some family to help out if need be. Turn it into a fun day with the kids. Test run it, and pack it away until needed. if needed. Insulated Garage is a good idea, since it will be insulated on all four walls, and a good place for a cord of wood to be stored nice and dry.
I think it would also work well, for many people in Apt units to have a tent, yes a tent. If the Apt heat is off, many people would be surprised how well a tent set up in a small interior room, filled with all the bedding from an Apt and put the family inside to stay warm. Just the body heat from everyone in the enclosed space, and then that space is inside the enclosed space of the Apt, not out in the direct cold & wind of outside. Great channel. Keep em coming.
Is perfect video brother. I just bought a wood burning Yukon stove. I just got done curing it literally. This is exactly my next step
if you cant do that, for an emergency use an electric blanket and your solar gen set. its lower wattage than a radiant heater setup.
Thank you. I have been searching for somewhere to put a wood stove. This is a possibility in an emergency. I can move furniture. This makes me feel a bit less stressed.
I added a stove to an upstairs washroom. Had a unused dryer vent for a defunct stackable washer/dryer. Wrapped the stove pipe as it went through the dryer vent with a douple layer of welding blanket good for 1000 degrees. Ceramic tiled the walls so as to have a non-combustable surface all around. Got a cord of wood. Praying we won't need to use it.
Great project! Very cool to see your family being involved. 👍🏼
Oh man you made me so happy to see that you did this!! I have been setting up my house for wood stove. Absolutely informative!!
Please do one on properly using radio system for emergency
this is the best show ever. are you teaching kids how to survive if something happens to the adults? makes me feel hopeful.
Hi Nate
Another good one and thank you 😀
In Bulgaria they route Thier stove pipes from the stove around the internal internal sides of the house and then up to the next floor ,again around the sides of the house finally going to the exhaust /chimney outside .
This way all of the spent waste heat is utilised before going out of the chimney 😀👍🇬🇧
Good to see you're doing more than just news again.
Use exhaust paste or fiberglass around where the chimney pipe goes through the wall, to insulate the materials from the direct heat
Great timing video! I bought a kit online for $50 to turn a 50 gallon metal barrel into a wood stove. Now I just need to hook up this part.
You might want to put a layer of sand in the bottom in your barrel under your grate to help prevent the bottom of the barrel burning out and as a heat sink.
Winter Cocoon makes a great fan that is powered by the heat of the stove itself. I bought one as a gift last year and had to get one myself after seeing how well it worked. It would save having to use your precious solar power that may be needed elsewhere. Just a quick FYI for you and your viewers.
Maybe i missed it but having a ready supply of firewood is super important. I have a freestanding cast iron fireplace/stove and we use it almost exclusively during the winter. I usually cut up about 2 cords of wood each year and dry it down below 14% (hardwoods) and below 12% for soft woods like Pine. And the dryer soft wood is especially important. It will burn hot and fast so it's a good base to start a hot fire! It takes about a year of drying for the soft wood but I've been lucky to get most hard wood to under 14% in less than 6 months. Fireplace of any kind won't do you any good unless you have a supply of burnable wood!
Yep at 1:45 after mentioning the essential Silkey hand saw, a really good tip too because a quality hand saw is quick, reliable, silent and lightweight with no fuel or engine hassles. That point alone deserves it's own episode!
Edit: I see you have good knowledge so I have a question for you. If you were in a survival situation how long would it take to dry saplings and branches if they were stored near the heater? And the same q for logs if they were split into thinner chunks. Or would it be better to set up an improvised outdoor kiln? Because wet fuel means much less efficient burn and less output means more work and fuel consumption. I think it would be worth the extra work especially if you started with less ideal wood to start with.
Floor protection required. Patio stones or a sheet on tin something
Love the Video, you can get extra heat from the cast iron stove by adding a wood stove fan (does not need a power supply), and adding fireproof pipe wrap or anti-scalding Chimney ribbon will also help around the wood section for the window, can you tell me where you get the clip of the ruined city at the 11:00 mark please... I love these sorts of scenery, thanks again for a great vid 😉
Hi Nate. Alberta here, right now it’s -25c I I closed my deck 2 years ago I insulated but my metal sheet ceiling is not cause the upper deck has planks, even with that my 15000btu old Sears Kerosene burner heats at 1/2 throttle to 15c I use a total wireless fan, it spins like crazy powered only by the heat that comes off the top of the burner. I love it. Hey thanks for all that you do, keep it up 👍
I’m going to start calling you Uncle CP because you teach us so much and it’s like we family 😊
Wher im from “cp” is a retard😂 so your “uncle CP” is hilarious 🤣
That window blind above stove pipe is likely to melt. Pretty fair video. Best
If this is widely practiced there may be a lot of accidental fires. Would be wise to always have fire extinguisher(s) close at hand. Maybe get some cement board to temporarily attach to nearby walls and combination of cement board and patio stone as a base.
Very true, there would be lots of fires and definitely no firefighters around, many people would be far less careful due to lack of education on this and desperation, better talk to all neighboors to warn about the dangers
Perfect timing for this video brother. The wife and I have been brainstorming this idea. Much Love from Waterloo Nebraska.
This is a great video. But you did something that was very dangerous when building this. Inside you used a right angle bend with the point on the up side of the pipe. This is dangerous because it will cause a sharp change in the flow of the air. This will cause that point to heat up more than the other parts of the pipe around it. This can cause the seam to fail early. You never see exhaust pipes without a round bend to them for this very reason. Even on cars. So it’s important to use rounded corner bends so the air flows more smoothly. And I should mention that the pipe should be at a upward slope. There’s is no forced air pump or fan pushing it up and out. So the sloped angle is needed to ensure there won’t be a back flow. Just a heads up.
@@davenelson859 I do agree that this is quite dangerous. But it’s not without reason either. I think of this like, what if I was in Ukrainian right now. No power. No water. It’s been like this for weeks now. And winter is just getting started. So if it came down to it and my fam and I haven’t fled, for what ever reason, then this would be better than freezing to death. But with that being said, there are things that can be done so that it’s less dangerous. Someone always keeping watch for-instance. Keeping the fire stoked and checking for a back-flow from the wind outside. That always happens to some extent. Other things that can be done also is have the correct kinds of pipe bends, like I mentioned before. Making sure you vent the smoke as far up as you possibly can, to prevent it from being drawn back inside the building. Having adequate fresh air coming in for the fire. Having multiple fire extinguishers. An escape plan. Ect. This, even though it’s dangerous, can be done in a way that makes it less dangerous. We as the prepares, just have to be smart about it.
Great video Nate! Minnesota here and I’ve been thinking a lot about this very thing. Think of all the large homes with no way to heat if the shizzy hits the fizzy or if the power goes out for an extended period. Woodstoves and pipe will be better than gold.
Nate, turn your board over, eschusion outside so you can seal it with caulk and watch for scorch marks on the plywood. Don't seal around the actual penitration just the outside of the metal. Also radius elbows would be better imo.
Would also be smart to use double wall flue pipe through the wall, adapters to single wall are readily available or can be easily made.
We have had a few power outages in Nevada this winter. This is very interesting information. Thank you. Having Ptsd power outages can flair up my anxiety.
I was just thinking about this and I like your solution; simple and effective to the point I could simply adapt my portable AC patio door panel and flip it upside down.
In my case, since I'd have to do that in a patio door, I would go with 2 panels and put fiber glass insulation between them.
thank you so much for this video brother, this allows me to use my tent stove in my bedroom im renting atm. us younger guys are in smaller living situations that leave options limited but this puts one more on that list. i also appreciate the comments on this from the tradesmen who install this sorta thing. good to be as safe as possible. cheers and thx again!
Thank you for your video.
That's a perfect rig for emergency use. I did the same "out the window" with a small propane furnace I used to heat a well insulated 20' X 20' cabin that wasn't finished but I liked to play in there in the winter anyway.
I have a small two hole wood burning cast iron stove that I got for free because it's missing a leg. Two or three bricks will fix that eh?
It's not easily portable, I'll say that much.
I know this is a demo, but those blinds above the pipe will melt, ... AND! I'd have the hole in the wood that the pipe goes through facing inside so I could monitor the "scorch".
I'd also have a sacrifice floor (plywood) for the front of the stove to catch the sparks and coals that jump out no matter how careful you are. Don't ask me how I know.
Good luck.
Love this!!! I bought 2 90degree pieces from you last winter in case I had to do this. FYI at the time you were the only person that sold those piece for winnerwell. Cherrs
Great video Nate. No to be honest I never thought about it but I'm glad you made this video and I've now got a way to heat a space in a temporary manner.
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Your videos are so good I'm excited to watch these ones even though I live in a part of the world where my house has no insulation and in the middle of winter I just put some socks and a jacket on and I'm all good lol. I wish you all well this winter and I hope myself and everyone else down here doesn't get heat stroke this summer haha.
Yup, two sweaters two sweats 2 socks 2 blankets not cold at all, zero insulation in this 1922 house we've had for 43yrs
You can't install your ventilation pipe like that. During head-on winds, back pressure can cause co2 to draft back into the room. Pipe must extend above roof line. Ventilation should be vertical and plumb so that the pipe will naturally draft.
Great video Nate. Thank you ,we are ready with what you have shown if and when we run out of propane.
Another insulation material is called header wrap. Available on Amazon it is used to wrap automotive headers or sensitive parts that are close to where the headers run. I have held a propane torch flame directly to it for 30 seconds and it hardly showed any damage.
Fairly good suggestion and I realize it’s for emergency purposes only but you really should have that chimney pipe, carrying above the roofline a minimum of 3 feet and 2 feet above anything within 10 feet for adequate natural draw otherwise you run the risk of excessive creosote buildup and possibly a chimney fire
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I really like the stovepipe oven. You can have emergency heat AND cook a loaf of cornbread, unbeatable. A couple of thoughts I had: The big deal about firewood in WWIII is that you should really gather it before there is any nuclear fallout and get it under cover. Like that one lady in "The Day After" said, burning contaminated wood will put radiation back in the atmosphere. This could lead to conflicts whether your wood is clean or not. The risk of other people burning bad wood would be cause for filtering the air you breathe. If you have an underground shelter and are filtering a limited amount of air, non-combustion electric heat is a huge plus. An incandescent bulb is practically nothing but a heater, and it's not bad. Especially an incandescent floodlight bulb in a small space. I think the way the stovepipe was secured into the plywood window hole will not likely transfer too much heat normally. But what tends to happen with a pipe configured that way is for carbon buildup and embers to start burning in the horizontal portion. NY state made it a rule that stovepipes have to be completely vertical. Anything is better than freezing to death of course, but people should be aware of what can go wrong.
These are good points, in the event of nuclear war you could not count on electricity though as the grid may be gone, and neither on woodstove as you would have to be 100.00% insulated from outside air for at least a week the more the better, the best bet would be a gas heater I think. Just tons of blankets would likely not be enough here in Canada but better than radiation.
Love this kind of video! Shtf will always mean improvisation! Something modern people SEVERELY lack!
Building a Rocket Mass heater with the mass being basically a sand battery in a frame with a stone top (with cushions of course ) . Saved up last year for the Large Winnerwell, this year I added the water reservoir and oven. Getting the Stove pipe where it needed to be was a task!! on the second floor where I live. Worth every moment of frustration. Have fire blankets, extinguishers in entry, kitchen, car, and now adding your fire bombs. Yes, my insurance agent and company and underwriter know allllll about everything. Love to all, get mittens, alpaca socks and dress in LAYERS, the COLD is coming.
Nate, long time listener, first time caller. Love the channel, love the passion. Tell your listeners they can use concrete fiber board in lieu of plywood. Make sure to wear a full pro mask when cutting it though. The dust is no Bueno. Concrete fiber board at home depot is called Hardi Backer or other brand names. If you insist on plywood, use fire rated board. Also, suggest everyone to get a cheap bellow. IT IS A GAME CHANGER for wood fires. I'm a 12 year Army vet and now own a construction company
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Great video! We have this setup in our basement except we run 20 feet of piping before it exhasts into the chimney. So 90% of heat is released into our warm insulated basement. We have 3" of foam in our house walls which traps the generated heat for 12 hours. We burn one pallet every two days and if you feed one board every 20 min...no smoke, no steam is visible from outside. It worked great during -36C when the grid was already stressed. We were cooking fries, pancakes, deer + barley soup, tea and coffee the whole time. Good times:) Please get highly insulated and grow backyard potatoes!
Man I made a stove out of a five gallon metal bucket and used a small metal bottom inside, so it wouldn’t burn the bottom of the bucket, and it works pretty dang well. I have galvanized pipe fit right in the side towards the bottom of the bucket, and the lid is where I made the door. It’s made just like that, except a metal bucket is my stove.🤣👍
Galavanzed pipe? Might want to watch those fumes
Bond ceramic tiles to plywood for under the stove and behind the stove and pipe. You could also buy a couple of small woodstove fans that generate a small electrical current to move the fan blades. I have two and they work very well.
Or just buy a piece of cement board or a couple of patio stones
For me-I've found that if the heated room is located in the room that is exposed to the wind the most is helpful. The heat will drift into the downwind portions of the building easily with the assistance of air leakage. Don't place the chimney directly into the wind but rather let the wind blow across the chimney. That way it will assist in drafting the burn chamber.
Very good , I have an old wood cook stove ready to go , with a similar plan for window. Made a sandwich of plywood and cement board, with Roxol insulation, and a sheet of cement board to be tacked on the wall
Best ideas are usually the simplest.
I used this trick during the power outage following the ice storm in 1998. My home is situated near Montreal. 9 days without electricity. In some places it lasted over 3 weeks in january.
Another good video. Keep this kinda content up plz sir 👍🏾
Awesome! I have horizontal not vertical windows, and I am NOT handy, so I think I'll just appreciate your ingenuity.
I'm way a head of you, but am happy for your vid to see if Ill be doing it right :D
Great video Nate! One little pro tip to help out is to try to make 45 degree connections on the exhaust, this will help to flow sooo much and less smoke inside of your area indoors. Be safe folks stay warm.
Measure twice, cut once. 😉
Thanks for the very informative DIY video, Nate. This could be a life-saver, when SHTF with no alternative, if done properly. Most high-rise apartment windows only open about 4" so apartment dwellers who do this would either (a) ruin a window with aluminum frame or (b) risk setting a window with vinyl frame on fire. Use at your own discretion.
B-vent or asbestos-insulated stovepipe sleeve may be safer options for the window panel connection. But please note, if you sleeve thru the existing gas vent that you showed for the unit heater, TURN OFF THE GAS VALVE first & lock it out!
Also, fireplaces draw-in combustion air for the fire to burn. In most (leaky) buildings, this outdoor air is easily drawn-in through windows and door gaps or cracks in the roof/wall construction. So they can actually induce a lot of cold outdoor air which defeats the purpose for heating with them. A better way to do it would be to either pipe-in a separate, dedicated combustion air duct to the fireplace; or, if you want to get fancy, have a concentric vent/combustion air duct that would pre-heat the outdoor combustion air to the fireplace. All of the high-end, high-performance fireplaces feature this design.
Lots of condos & apartments feature 'curtan-walls' of full-height windows that suck the heat right out in the winter. These can be temporarily infilled with batt insulation & heavy-mil plastic sheeting. Maybe some sections can be converted into a 'trombe wall' to absorb solar heat during the day and radiate it into the apartment at night. This basically consists of masonry bricks painted black, set inside a box-frame against the window.
Hope this helps!
We are in northern MI (UP) and are installing a soar farm with a geothermal heating and cooking system. Solar will run entire house including AC in the summer with geothermal . It’s was the only way we could heat and cool with solar power. Plan to be 100 percent off grid and self sustaining. Will have wood furnace and stove backup as well.
Love your content! Thank you for doing what you do 😇
I've got a smart meter and a generator so I'm good but I plan on installing a wood stove hopefully this summer. I live on 17 heavily treed acres so I have all the wood I need.
Thanks for the insight, but I'm still confused why Bitcoin and crypto prices keep dropping? This drop follows a number of other significant drops in recent weeks. I still hold enormous value of cryptos and it scares me. Whats your take on this?
There are many reasons for this drop in value. One of the main reasons is that there is an ongoing debate about whether or not Bitcoin should be regulated as a security or as a currency.
I would advice you to trade your assets rather than hodl for a future you aren't sure about, only predictions.
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I think this is a fantastic way to keep warm. In my case, living in a townhome, this would not be realistic, unless as you say, most of my neighbors have already left. That option of a gas fireplace I passed on looks better all the time. My Mr. Buddy would have to do the job along with more layers on long underwear & wool socks.