What They Don't Tell You About Owning A Tiny Wood Stove
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- I feel that I didn't have a good grasp of how living with a tiny wood stove would be from watching RUclips. Not a lot of folks were talking about what things were different and any challenges they had.
We only have 2 or 3 more months to talk about wood stoves and then we'll be moving onto talking about other ways that we can be self-sufficient.
Wood stove is from tinywoodstove.com. Mine is the Dwarf 4kw.
00:00 - Intro & Vlog
09:45 - Some Stoves Not Meant for Daily Use
11:48 - Shorter Burn Times
14:21 - Smaller Flue Pipe
16:03 - Summary
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Looks incredible! Heres an unwanted tip from a carpenter, check local (if you have any) workshops/cabinet shops for cutoffs or scrap wood. It works out because they wont have to pay for disposal, and sometimes you can get some good pieces for small projects as well! Keep it up!
Hey, listen, we're always looking for handy advice in here. Feel free to come give advice anytime! That's actually good because I do need a bunch of wood for random projects like hanging shelves ☺️
There was a factory close to me ,they made picture frames, lots of left over material, perfect for kindling....and free.
@@homesteadingmillennial5875 Plus you might get lucky and the cutoffs from the workshops/cabinet shops are hardwood which would also extend your burn time. I bought a Dwarf 5KW almost 2 years ago and it's been waiting patiently for me to finish building my cabin. Will need to check out the rest of your channel!
I literally just saw an ad on Craigslist for a local woodshed that literally had dozens of massive bundles of scrap. Lots of hardwood. All of it is .5-1.5in strips and I'm really considering getting truckloads full of them for firewood. I know it will make great kindling and that hardwood will burn hot and long. I live in WA state and we have all softwood when it comes to firewood(pine,tamarack,fir,cedar) I would love to burn a cord or 2 of some hardwood.
All great suggestions. I have a shop i go by every Sunday on the way to visit my daughter and they have a dumpster full of cut offs , all hardwood. I need a wood stove lol.
Grew up with wood-stoves and never thought it was too much work to have a fire going. loved it always.
I'm very much enjoying my wood stove. It is some work for sure, but I've never heated with wood before until this year. It's way warmer, which I love and even though it's a pain sometimes, what else would I be doing with my time? Seriously, if I had electric heat or whatever, then all I'd use that time for is...what? Playing video games? Watching tv? It helps to keep things into perspective for me and for that I'm grateful.
Watching this shaking my head. I learned back when I was a kid that heating with wood is not for the faint of heart. The fire always goes out in the middle of the night. One batch of cousins had the luxury of an electric blanket under a layer of quilts to keep warm at night. The other batch had to make due with a couple of extra heavy quilts. We always wore extra clothes when visiting because, unless you were backed up against the stove, you were cold. The boys spent all summer and most of the fall, when not busy with other chores, splitting wood and stacking it in the woodshed. Every trip to the outhouse included bringing in an armload of wood to be stacked behind the stove. Being "off-grid" is a lot of work.
It is so much work! Maybe that should be a video idea, the 'lies' we tell ourselves to live offgrid haha!
My nana had a ton of stories for me about her experiences with the wood stove when she was a kid. She said 'we had this big old potbelly stove and when I woke up one night, my room was red. Everything was red. I went downstairs and my mom was in the kitchen in front of the wood stove in her bathrobe and bare feet and she was shoveling the coals outside into the snow. The pipe had caught fire!'
I second the whole off gridding is a lot of work comment. I’ve never worked so hard in my life! And we don’t even have the wood stove yet lol. That’s actually on the project list as next in line so we have it for the winter. Our RV furnace went out during the colder part of the winter last year and it was rough. We used out propane stove and those tiny propane buddy heaters to keep us from freezing! I am thinking the wood stove will be better and certainly less expensive then that (outside of the initial cost outlay of course). 😊
❤ I get the large 3hr fire logs and cut them into 4 chunks.They last when lit and I hardly have to do the kindling bit.
Its less expensive and starts the larger logs and keeps them going. Im 73 female off gridder for 15 yrs now. It keeps me healthy, so far so good .
There is a good reason for the old term, "Three Dog Night".
The stove "goes out in the middle of the night". Does that mean the wood stopped burning because it was not good, dry seasoned wood? Or maybe because it was a 'soft' wood like pine that burns too fast so needs to be replenished more often?(and puts a lot more creosote in the stovepipe) Or is the stove too small to hold enough to last all night? Ours will go all night in dead of winter no problem but there was a learning curve before we really learned our stove and knew what we were doing.
I lived for awhile with an Uncle who heated his 2 story cabin with a wood stove. He would have 10-12 cord of wood delivered each Summer, with a ratio of about 1 to 4 softwood to hardwood. His stove was average size but his stovepipe went straight up the center of the house and it had air drafting through the brick floors. I lived their for about a year and loved the morning routine of cleaning the stove and bringing it to life again with very little effort. Once there was a bed of coals he could put big chunky pieces of hardwood in there and close the door and Ta-Da..! The effort that goes into moving, stacking and hauling wood helped him stay in shape.
Much like castles did it, with tunnels weaving all about for the heat to travel and get new air from other rooms.
I live in a place where winters are harsh, and I heat with wood. My woodstove is small, but not tiny. Its burn time is short: maybe two hours. In really cold weather, I keep a fire going from early morning to late evening by adding wood to the fire every hour or so. This works out okay for me because I work at home.
I usually don't attempt to keep a fire burning all night. When I wake up, the house is quite cool, but it's not a big deal for me. I just put on a layer or two over my pajamas, tweak around with the fire, and in an hour or so the temp in the house is comfortable.
If you can divorce yourself from the idea that you are supposed to feel cozy warm 24x7 and that anything short of that is unacceptable, heating your home with a small woodstove can be quite enjoyable.
That's fair! Honestly, I think the biggest trick for me has been to put hot water into my water bottle and go to sleep with that. It warms my bed right up! And now I'm not sure I can live without it haha
I light my fire with gel hand sanitizer, it only takes a couple of pumps of gel directly onto the sticks and I can buy a big pump bottle of it at dollar stores, for me its much more cost effective then packs of fire starters. I love the cabin, great work.
You realize those chemicals don’t just go up and out they seep into your house and outside on your property and it’s very dangerous to breathe them in
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@@AnnaleeOversby-ud5txActually its better for you than the kerosene, urea/formaldehyde resin, water, emulsifier they use in traditional fire lighters.
The sulphur from a match or gas from a ligher is much more likely to be inhaled.
The small amount of alcohol fumes being released in your room once your fire is lit, the flu is open and your fire door is closed is miniscule 🙄.
To be honest burning pine, as many do in the northern part of the world, is particularly bad for lungs in general due to creosote so yeah you better watch out 😂😂
@@alyssaoconnor Oh here we go…
Well you have learned the number one rule about using a wood stove for heat, never fall asleep without enough wood for the morning.
Yaaas!!! I HATE waking up in the morning like "aw man, I need to go cut firewood" 😂 worst feeling ever.
I like what you do. No religion, no racism, no criticism, nothing bad here. Just thousands of people to bless each other and share.I can't believe there is such a beautiful place, the scenery is so romantic I really like this scene
I'm glad that you've been enjoying my content so much ☺️ I've been working really hard to make the topic of being self-sufficient accessible for everyone and the only way to do that is to create an accepting community. So, I'm glad that what I'm trying to build is coming across correctly.
I'm not religious at all but I'm not critical of ppl who are. I actually like hearing about people's religions.
@@susansmith493 I agree. I think that it's important that we learn from one another but also that we are respecting one another's boundaries.
Wood stoves need lots of attention and you must plan ahead. Lots of kindling, lots of DRY fuel, and be prepared for a cold start in the mornings. I get up 1 hour before I need to and start up the stove and return to bed for a bit. That works for me in my tiny house here in the highlands of 🏴 Scotland. Take care. Keep cosy!
That's what I do too! I often get up, light the wood stove and go back to bed for an hour or so before I have to leave for work. I love it when people tell me where they're from! I peeped your channel and noticed that you didn't have any videos up. If you do decide to post, I look forward to watching your channel! 😊
Planning ahead means getting a whole season's worth of wood cut, split, up on pallets, stacked, and well covered before the winter arrives.
Planning ahead is a prudent way of life. If you don't, you are a volunteer for troubles. Satisfaction comes from thinking, planning and execution of that plan. We enjoy the freedom and lower stress this pace of life offers.
As for splitting, try the edge closest to you. put the "to be split piece" as far away from your feet and on the other side of the splitting base. This is just because if you do miss, the base will catch your maul and not your feet. By hitting on the edge the of the wood to be split, it will have a place to start to split, by hitting anywhere in the middle, the wood to be split absorbs the power, and your energy. Keep going, your doing great.
if you are splitting rounds that large you need a splitting maul....but she may also find 8lbs to be to much.....
What the heck is a splitting maul?
@@homesteadingmillennial5875 a splitting maul is a fat axe. They even make them with spring wedges that assist in the splitting process
@@mikehelms2557 easier to tap a wedge through it with a hammer. Less work. Or tap the blunt end of the ax with a hammer.
Its easier not to lower the axe right behind you, you expend a lot of energy getting the axe back to vertical then you use the power and accuracy to attack then log.
Hi there young Lady, Thank you for sharing and posting!! I think you're doing great! If I may, two tips I learned living in No. Michigan - really helped me (64 ol' gal). 1. Go find a scrap tire, lay it down, fill center hole snug tightly with upright logs. Now maul away at 'em all at once till they're the size you want and they won't go flying; 2. Get a woodstove thermometer, if you don't already. A few dollars and best purchase I made for safety and peace of mind - stove's not hot enough (soot) or just right or way too hot - control at a glance! Be safe and happy.
cool tip.
I myself heat with wood. Larger pieces should be split from the outer edges inwards. Don't split in half. Walk around the chunk splitting it. Picture making a square. *larger Solid pieces in the firebox once hot. Turn damper almost closed. Slow Cooking them. Make sure you hot fire 15-20 minutes twice a day. Helps keep creosote from building. High moisture wood is a main cause. Hardwood burns longer. Doesn't pop n crackle. jump sparks like evergreens.
Thank you sooo much !!! Great wood chopping and very informative video 💖💖
You can try using a metal wedge and metal mallet after the first wack of the axe. It will save you a lot of swinging energy.
The most important thing is knowing how to read the wood that your splitting, every peace of wood has what is called a natural split line. So one can hit the natural split line with accuracy then the wood will split more easily. I've been splitting wood all my life and at a very young age my grandpa thought me how to read the wood by looking for the natural line sometimes it's just right in the middle at the heart of the wood. And if the wood has a knot then you have to read how the knot runs inside the wood to know how to split it so you have to look at both ends and then put the knot end facing down then look for the natural split line. Then hit it once untill you hear a pop then you will need to place your wedge then pound the wedge in to split the wood. There's more to splitting wood then what one thinks.
Something else to consider is the incorporation of heat batteries into your living space, so that if the fire goes out, those batteries will still emit heat into your space. For example, I notice you have wood walls. These are poor heat batteries. Sheetrock would be better, as it holds heat much better than wood. Another is the addition of a stone or landscaping brick hearth, as they also get quite warm and will emit heat after the fire wanes. There are other ways, but I noticed these about your space and thought I’d mention them.
You're looking for longer burn time. From what I've seen in the video, you need to have larger chunks of wood in the firebox. Not all of them, but maybe a couple in the load you put in. I would try about a 4+" diameter.
I have to be careful about adding larger pieces of wood because they don't always burn down completely. If I get a good bed of coals, then I can add 1 larger piece, but I still get around maybe 2 hours at most.
Get a splitting block half again as high for making kindling and do three or four fires worth every time, it doesn’t take that much longer, your back will thank you, and you can get ahead. Use a slightly larger splitting axe for big rounds and don’t extend so far behind your head. Same idea as the kindling for your wood. Next year get two years worth put up. Do that a few times and you start to get ahead on some nice seasoned firewood. Small stoves are completely different beasties compared to ones meant to heat 1000+sq feet, those you can keep going overnight easy, but the smaller the stove the shorter the burn. Love the video! Many good points.
Right?? One day I will have a regular-sized wood stove (and hopefully a regular-sized house), but for now, this smaller beastie is serving me well. Here's hoping it lasts 5+ years 🙏
Looks like you're burning soft, conifer wood. You might get a longer burn time with a good hardwood. Also, girthier logs burn longer
Yes! We do have soft wood here. It's just what's around here. I have to be careful with larger logs as sometimes they don't burn completely, but if I can get a good bed of coals, it's usually fine.
Just started watching your videos. Absolutely love it. Very informative
Thank you! I'm glad that you think so 😊
Wow lill experience,,,,GREAT review!!
I'm glad that you enjoyed my insights! Owning a tiny wood stove has been really great but different from what I thought it would be.
Great job. Thx for sharing
Great video. Look into a top down fire, it burns longer without tending.
That's what some locals have been telling me! I'll have to try that.
Tip from long time, small space wood burner. Once you get it going load it up, not just partial like in your video. Then get that going, then damp it down as far as you can without smoking it. The coals will roll double, maybe triple, and if you get it dialed, about quadrouple of what your getting. I can usually load mine like that at night, and still have enough coals left to get it going in the morning. The thick plate on that stove will allow you do that without damaging it. That's what you're paying for. And if you want to ditch the fire starters, make a separate small kindling set up with a steel bucket. Save the starters for when your wood is moist and hard to start.
I have that same splitting axe, they are great! So at least you have that going for you!
Seriously, first think about a dual fuel stove that you can use anthracite Secondly, you can try to angle the chimney so that wasted heat can be better captured. And to do further accomplish that, Install a FINNED collar around the chimney pipe with like 6" FINS. It's a heat sink which distributes heat inside your small home.
AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN GOOD VENTILATION.....
you mean the finned collars inside along the chimney pipe, right? Not outside as a wind shield or so. That's a nice idea!
I love watching newbies split wood...
See that wood pile? That's only about a cord 1/2...I have to drop 3 40-60' trees a season, starting next week...Why? Because if you wait till spring, the sap runs, and sucks up moisture for leaves, so the logs are heavier. So drop in February. Also, you can see dead standing better...3rd, snow is still on the ground, so you can sled out 4 foot long logs...stack them till April, and split April to June. Suggestions. 😉
And don't "pause" when you're splitting...I don't use a splitting axe...they're a waste, too heavy...a regular axe is just fine.
I've heard adding a dampner can help extend burn times plus control how much heat comes out at a given time.
That's what I've heard too! My flu is super tall (over 15 ft), but I still wonder whether I'd get a good draw if I add a dampener. The stove itself have dampener features, but if I'm burning larger logs, I can't dampen it down all the way, otherwise the logs don't burn fully.
Mineral coal has a higher energy density than wood and could last all night in a smaller firebox.
If it doesn't burn thru the stove. You need firebrick to line the stove.
thank you for the real info... no hype... what it takes!
Never had a wood stove, but loved the coal fires. Going to the outside bunker in the middle of the winters to haul coal out in a bucket was the only downside when I was a little kid. I think wood would have been easier.
Nice video. I wished I would have seen it before buying my tiny stove. All the videos I saw were that the stoves were too big. My burn time really was a surprise, no good night of sleep for me. I may need an upgrade and will look into the dwarf size and maybe a dual fuel as someone mentioned in comments above. Thanks.
Oh no! I'm sorry. Yes! I made this video because everything I was seeing was about how great tiny wood stoves are. Don't get me wrong, buying a tiny wood stove was still the best thing for me, but there was so much that I didn't know because no one was talking about it.
I'm glad you liked the video! I enjoy my wood stove a lot, but my burn time is still fairly short. I can extend it to 2 hours now if I use larger logs, but the small firebox also means that there are only so many 'larger' logs that fit.
My parents used to have an old stove that was tall with a narrow footprint (probably about the same as in the one video but taller), it would take 18" pieces of wood and had a great burn time. The stove was very decorative and I think my parents referred to as being a bedroom stove.
That's actually really neat! I've honestly become borderline obsessed with wood stoves because there are so many different kinds out there and different folks use different stoves for different things.
@@homesteadingmillennial5875 Have you considered getting a potbelly stove, the footprint would be about the same but it would allow you to burn longer pieces of wood.
You're not the first person to recommend this to me! I have no considered it, but maybe that's something I gotta start looking into. My biggest fear is roasting myself out of the tiny house tbh. I know that if I have a wood stove running all day that it'll get way too warm, especially when we have such mild weather 😂
@@homesteadingmillennial5875 This might sound obvious but heat rises and if you open a window a little up high and another lower down the heat will naturally draw in cooler air lower down, I know that many old cabins would have adjustable vents in the gable ends. You can also use an extractor fan (if you have one) above the cooker to help extract excess heat from the cabin.
@@homesteadingmillennial5875 I forgot to add that if you know someone who welds then you might be able to get them to make you a car wheel rim stove, if they used old steel trailer wheels then you could end up with something nice and compact with a deep fire box.
I own a 5kw stove. I have a cottage on my property with an old fire place. I instaled the stove inside the fire place and ducted it out the flu, then made a shroud for the pipe to exit. I usually load the fire box up before bed and shut the flues up tight. It burns for about 4 hours and the rock face radiates until morning. But, im burning sweet gum and white oak.
I've heated with wood for 30 years. I had to add my fireplace first in my living room. Then added a wood stove in the kitchen. Fireplace for football on Sunday or just to take the chill off. Woodstove for those cold winter days and nights. I Love it. Gathering, cutting,splitting & stacking I find enjoyable. I always stay a year plus ahead though. I try to stay 2 ahead, just in case.
Brilliant.
Even 3-4hrs is terrible for a burn time. I heat full time with a wood stove and my stove hasn't seen a stick of kindling in 3 months.
Yes! Most folks around here do exactly this. I only have 150sqft so I still think that a tiny wood stove was the right choice for me but if you can get a full-size wood stove, I would absolutely encourage it ☺️
Your choice of wood will significantly increase your burn time. I noticed you were using morel evergreen types of woods. Where I’m at we have more hard woods the oaks, maples, birches, and my favorite locust.
If hardwood is hard to find, just save it for overnight, and burn the softwood crap for the daytime. And to get longer burn times, get the fire going well, and then put in some pieces about 4" x 4" in thickness. That firebox is big enough to get four of them in there, but make sure that they don't have too-straight grain, or at least that the sides are varied enough in their contours to allow some space for the air and flame to circulate between them.
They live up north, less hardwoods the farther north you go. People up there have been burning pine for hundreds of years, it's fine
Nice video. One benefit of the Hobbit Stove is the ability to burn coal which would extend your burn time. PS. Great log splitting!
We love our Hobbit stoves, Pipsqueak and Small cookstove. Not cheap up front but well worth the investment. Solid builds. Look into soapstone cladding as a mod as well as sn antique sad iron for ballast (heat sink effect).
TINY WOODSTOVE You should be able to take coals out and use them in your small Hibachi for fish& shrimp and thin strip of beef depending on how green the wood is your using.
Yum! That's such a good idea 😊
You need an adz or maybe also called a log splitter. It is like a wedge.
Just researching wood stoves now! Thanks so much for this informative video! We're building a 120-130 square foot tiny home, and in an area (BC Canada) where we'd be staying in it with temperatures ranging from 0 to -20 in winter. It gets down to -35. Would the larger version - the 5K be any better or just heat you out? How did you decide between the 3 models? Also looking at the Grizzly Cubic mini, which is deeper, but shorter, I think. Also, how did you insulate your home? Any tips on that?
Hi there!
I decided on the 4kw because I didn't want a stove that would take up too much space, but also was large enough to cook on with my Dutch oven. What I would do when deciding on the right sized stove for you is figure out the dimensions of the wood stove itself and then the clearances. Remember, if you're planning on cooking on the cooktop, like my stove, you'll have to vent out the back, which means that you wood stove will take up even more floorspace, which may or may not be okay for you. You'll also have to decide whether or not to buy heat shields for the sides of your stove (I bought heat shields and I can tell you that it's worth it). I'm not familiar with how large the 5kw is, so I can't really say whether or not it'll roast you out like for 4kw. I would say that it probably would, but if you're getting roasted out of your tiny house, you can always just open a window or two. I spent much of the winter with my window open and it was really nice.
I did not personally go with the cubic mini because it said right in the manual that it wasn't for daily use. So make sure to read through the manuals thoroughly before you buy. You can also ask the seller and they will usually be able to tell you.
I just used fiberglass insulation because it was cheaper. If you want a higher r value in terms of insulation, spray and wool insulation tend to be better, but I'm broke. So fiberglass for me it was.
Hope this helps and good luck!
If you have birch trees in your area the white peeled bark is a great fire starter.
Thank you for your video.
Wait till you discover the joys of a propane torch and waste Oil for starting your fire. NEVER use gas!
I have a small two hole cast iron cook and heat wood stove in storage for when I have my little hole in the ground built.
I'm designing a heat sink to absorb the heat from the flue and slowly release it into the structure. The heat sink will divide the structure and have a heated sleeping platform for each side.
Sliding vents will direct the heat from the stove to the "sink" or right out the flue when heat isn't required. I'm trying to incorporate a small rocket stove for when cooking isn't required as well.
Good luck eh?
That's super cool! I'm excited to see how it turns out :)
I've been using waste oil since WW2. I start the fire with a few pumps of oil and the propane torch starts it beautifully. you're right about never use gasoline. I love my wood stove.
Hey there, just found your channel and this video was exactly what I’ve been looking for. Maybe you’ve mentioned this previously but what size flue are you using? I want to put a tiny stove in my little cabin but I’m having a hard time finding 4” or 5” stove pipe. Just curious what you found. Thanks 😊
Look into adapters at your local big box store. We go from a 2.25 in to 5 or 6 in with no difficulty. Enjoy!
I dont know if hard woods are an option in your area, but 3-5" rounds (unsplit) of hardwoods like oak, maple, etc will burn a lot longer. They are harder to get started, so you would add them after you already have a bed of coals established. 3-4" rounds of hard wood are what I use while camping with my very small wood stove.
Also, if you do use larger pieces and unsplit pieces, make sure they are bone dry! Since I camp in winter it can sometimes be hard to tell if the wood is bone dry or not, so occasionally I'll pick the wrong tree and just have a heck of a time getting it going.
When you load it full of large, dense pieces for the longer burn, I run it full blast (dampers wide open) for a while to get the outside nicely burning; this helps keep the wood from smoldering (which has happened if I just put the wood on a bed of coals and dont open the dampers to get it going well).
It's mostly softer woods here unfortunately. I have been burning some larch this year and it's been going reasonably well.
You have to know how to regulate it, shut it down it won't burn so fast. Once you get use to it know how to use it will last longer.
I dampen the stove down all the time, but if I dampen it down all the ways, the logs don't burn fully. So I have to leave the primary open a little bit all the time. It's just a tiny stove with a tiny firebox.
@@homesteadingmillennial5875 I understand what you are saying as I have the same problem in the beginning when starting a fire. I have to leave the door on the side of my stove open in order for it to draw, some days I also leave the ash pan door open for awhile until you get a bed of coals then I add more wood shut it down, you have to have your coals. Certain days for what ever reason the air is heavier or something, I find by putting on my ceiling fan it works wonders. You are young dear we have a life time for learning, I am always leading that is what makes life exiting. I admire you young lady for liking a challenge in your life, very impressive, interesting, look forward to following you. I live alone, love everything about it. I live in the country on a lake of by my self, you name it I do it. I am so happy, grateful, no drams !!!.
Instead of locking your knees and bending at the waist at the end of your strike, stay a little more upright and as the axe head is directly infront of you (on your down-stroke) and bend your knees just a little while keeping yourself a little more upright. By bending your knees you're adding your body weight to that last split second of strike.
I need as much of my 130lbs as I can behind that axe!
I love woodstove but as your learning its a lot of work. At 63 it's a little much. If you catch up on your wood thru the year and ready when winter hits it helps
I absolutely agree! It's a ton of work. This year you folks will be able to watch my journey as I struggle to have enough firewood 😂 I know that a lot of folks around here have help from younger friends or family and/or they have electric heat to supplement.
Awww you're just inexperienced. Of course burn time is short in a teeny wood stove. Lol@ "nobody told me." It would benefit you greatly to barter (your property cedar) or purchase some good quality hard wood to burn. It's a cleaner, longer burn. Still ...a teeny tiny fire only lasts so long. You won't actually be self sufficient until you have a year's supply ahead of time. Cutting your kindling and wood for each day in the morning is a scary unprepared situation to be in. Whatever you're cutting today should be for next year's wood pile. If you got hurt (and it's entirely possible living a self sufficient life), and were unable to cut wood, you'd be in trouble. Prepare, prepare, prepare. Try adding mass near and around your stove too. Good luck.
I agree. The reason that I'm cutting more or less to use this year is because I didn't have much time to prepare for the winter last year on account of me building the tiny home. Shelter had to come first last year, but I am hoping to prepare more for next year.
You are right that if I got hurt and/or sick. I also live on the property with my parents and we have backup plans if one of us goes down for the count, the other two can pick up the slack ☺️ it's one of the reasons I think having community is so essential to being self-sufficient
I agree! A years supply of wood at least..2 years is better..it can also take 2 years to season the wood..
I only cut up no more than 1 or 2 worth. Don't wanna invest to much time and effort on a thieves behalf. Biggest issue with her is where she's striking, good way to loose a foot or whole leg. I try to post vid showing what I mean inside the week
@@lipsticklodge75266 months once it's split here in Kentucky
It’s Alaska. There is no oak, ash, or similar. Cedar for kindling, looks like she has fir to burn. Much of the state is going to have black spruce, with more black spruce as backup.
Omg a house that looks like someone actually lives there.
😂 we aren't very aesthetic here. I often look back on footage and see messy dishes in the background but aw well. I don't often have time to clean the whole house before filming.
@@homesteadingmillennial5875 most of these channels look like they’re in a model home and they have no extra clothing other than what they are currently wearing and no personal possessions and I could never live like that.
I agree, but I think Instagram really helped to fuel this. When I began my channel, I wanted to be as authentic as I could and sometimes that means a messy house. The squeaky clean aesthetic isn't me.
you should consider, making a sand battery arround the chimney OR, lining the whole thing on the outside with brick with several inches of brick, this will stop your place from getting to hot with hot fires, because the heat will go into the sand/ brick BUT also allow that energy to be slowly released thru out the night. . in your situation it would work out great
How many hours you've been burning and how warm the house is has absolutely nothing to do with how long a load of wood in the stove will burn. It does not "know" that the "chairs in the room are warm", nor is it on a thermostat like a furnace and kick on and off as needed because temperature in the room is fluctuating. Once the house is warm though, a load can last longer if you turn the stove way down so that you get a nice slow, steady burn. Before we go to bed and we already have a nice bed of coals, we will load up the stove with wood on top of the coals and almost close it totally down. ALMOST starve it of oxygen and minimize the upward draft. It will then smoulder all night and emit a low steady heat. Every stove is different though and you need to get to know "its personality".
You need to save your biggest pieces of hardwood species to burn at night, not softwood like conifer. Check the internet for hardness comparison for the species in your area. Then when burning night fires you have to get up in the night to refill your stove while there are still enough hot coals to restart itself. When I burned firewood for over 30 years I only had to use kindling when I went away for more than about 8 or 10 hours.
Most folks around here, their wood stoves burn for 8-10 hours as well. Sometimes 12. My tiny wood stove absolutely will not burn for that long. The firebox is just too small, but that's not a bad thing at all. After just a couple hours of burning the wood stove, I'm already roasting myself out of the tiny house lol!
Coal you don’t have to use it all the time, but between lighting your stove in the morning and keeping it lit until the afternoon put a little coal on there. Also charcoal briquettes. Of course, wood is going to be your main source of fuel, but you should look into alternatives to have on hand as well.
Your burn times will double with good hardwood. That's how someone is getting 4 hours. I know space is the issue but a larger stove that you choose to feed at the rate you need would be more convenient since it's your only source. Something like a blazeking 20 gets you all day burnsband really controllable heat. Catalytic is the way to go for smaller heating needs and more burn time.
I did much thinking b4 I decided what stove to buy for my tiny house. I went with a Blaze King Sirocco. It will burn for 12 to 24 hours on low. It is a catalytic and will smolder with no creosote. On a 10° night in Northern Michigan it puts out 8 to 10,000 btu and stays about 70°.
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Nice!....I have a 4KW in my TINY house in Ohio...I love it....
I'm glad! It is a pretty decent wood stove, for sure. It cooks me out of 150sqft. I have to be careful.
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it's better to load your bigger logs on the bottom, medium in the middle and smaller up on top. Our your fire starter up on top. The fire will burn top to bottom. It will be less smokey and your wood will last your longer. Always preheat your chimney to minimize sud built up and improve draw. Cut, Split, Stack, and Burn. Beautiful.
Do you have a dampener, a butterfly valve in the smoke stack? If not it will always burn up too fast. If not, it's not complete or set up right to begin with.
The wood stove itself comes with a dampener. It's not in the flu system, but in the stove itself.
@@homesteadingmillennial5875 if you buy a section of stove pipe with a dampener your problem will be solved. I'm speaking from years of experience. Your wood will last three times longer. You can drill two holes for the pivot points in the existing pipe and put it in yourself. You will enjoy it much, much, more, guaranteed. I promise. They are cheap, just 10 or 12 dollars. The air controls on the front cannot do the entire job, the chimney will still be sucking like a vacuum cleaner without a valve in it. It works like the lid on a tin can, easy and not complicated, and it doesn't have to be a perfect fit, and will not leak smoke. You'll see. If I was your neighbor I'd offer to come do it for free, just to see the smile on your face.
@@gsp49 You are right. Learned this years ago.
I have found these tiny wood stoves to be more of a gimmick for tiny homes because they are such a pain and so inefficient. Originally these stoves were on board sailing craft and smaller boats and burned coal, a few larger versions on trains.....they burned very hot and for a very long time. But it is what it is and it has found its niche in the small cabin ,tiny home environment. Thanks for the video.
You're not necessarily wrong. I still think that choosing a tiny wood stove was the best for me, in my tiny space, but living with it is different than I thought for sure!
Absolutely disagree. We have four Salamander stoves (Pipsqueak, two Hobbits and a Cookstove). Life is Work. We have trees, we want heat/cook/bake/hot water then we put in the effort. Nicest part is when occasional outages of electricity and/or natural gas occur. We just bring another stove to action status while the rest of Texas is moaning and freezing.
There is a tiny wood stove called a Kimberly that, supposedly, get up to eight hours of burn time. There are RUclips videos about the stove.
Looking it up, Karen! 🙌
I have an old school wood burning stove. Only way to go.
Propane and diesel, the less thought about alternatives for off grid heating.
How do you clean the flue?
I hire a local professional chimney sweep, but you can do it yourself. Some people get up on the roof and go from there. My sweep uses a big extendable rod with an attachment on his drill. You can buy it in stores.
Do you not have access to fuel oil or propane for heat?
Not at this time. I will have electricity before next winter though, so I will have a backup electric system because I will be hooked up to the grid. I'm looking forward to having electricity a lot!
Anyone know the brand name of the wood stove
Oh I thought I included it in the description but I guess not. It's the Dwarf Stove 4kw from tinywoodstoves.com
I realize this is an older video, but hope you can still share with me the type and brand of hatchet and axe you were using in this video? Thanks in advance!
The hatchet is just some generic brand from my local hardware store. It's not great. I don't even use it this year since I'm strong enough now to cut kindling with my big axe. But the axe is a Fiskars. I'd recommend. It's lightweight and stays sharp. I haven't had to sharpen it once and I'm using it for the second year.
@@homesteadingmillennial5875 Thats great. Thank you for such swift reply. Much appreciated, as Im a female who’s evaluating options.
@@roadtriplover. Good luck! I've enjoyed my axe a lot. My family often borrows my axe to get through tough logs. It's a bit pricey but worth it imo
@@homesteadingmillennial5875we were poor folk
And had to make do with antique axes from the old logging camps In northern Wisconsin we could find at yard sales for a few bucks or even a whole dollar😂
New handel regrind edge if really needed
Relatively blunt edge is better for splitting
Too sharp makes it stick
There IS a difference in splitting and limbing axes
Bigger is better,always experience too.
what brand stove is this?
It's from Tiny Wood Stove.com
I have same stove. I noticed both of your bottom air controls are full open. The left is bottom air and the right allows secondary burn air on back mid plate. Once stove is going good, close left to 1/4 open and right to 1/2 open. This will slow the burn instead of allowing full bottom air and a fast and super hot burn
Continued......I can put just 1 manufactured duraflame log in and easily burn it for 3 1/2 to 4 hours with the proper air control and that is not a full load for the stove. Just practice with the air you allow into chamber and your burn times will increase....good luck
Where is that hot spring?? Want to go there! ❤
The hot spring we went to was Nakusp Hotsprings near Nakusp, BC. If you go, you're supporting the town of Nakusp because it's owned by the town and not a corporation. I'd recommend, 10/10
You should use the strap method when splitting. Work smarter not harder.
Don't you have a wedge for splitting?
Think the super quick burn is a function of poor design of the particular model. Think using cob to surround your stove would even out the heating...
hard wood and cut the flow might extend your burn time. *I am not an expert just grew up with fireplaces
How far from the wall is your stove?
It's around 2ft from the wall. If I didn't have the cooktop, my stove could be much closer to the wall, but due to the cooktop, my stove needs to vent out the back, so it takes up more floorspace 😊
Let us know if you want any tips or tricks on increasing burn time! We have a great video on overnight burns here: ruclips.net/video/Uwgg_lX443Y/видео.htmlsi=Zev8W8AON-00Jddt
Maybe unwanted info but by placing 2 drawer metal file cabinet under the stove, shortening or pushing Xtra up. You'll hav a lot of standby fuel
That's a good idea! 😊
Get plumbing torch from Home Depot. No paper ever! Fastest, cheapest way ever. I use 1 gas bottle per year. Flame is 8” long.
Hardwood burns much longer and better heat less to use in quanity
Can you give us your stove manufacturer and specs?
I just added it to the description as well. Mine is from tinywoodstove.com it's the 4kw, which is the second largest model.
You should be burning down tree 3 to 5 inches in diameter cut length about 6 inches burns easily . Buy you a battery chain saw
Not the same as wood heat exactly but a medium size pellet stove that doesn't require electricity, yes they exist, might serve u better. Less maintenance and filling plus feed can be regulated to last all day at lower heat levels
Oh yeah. You can put pellets into my stove as well. You can actually use all kinds of fuels from pellets, wood, coal, etc
Always use a stick to hold log it will save accidents
The scars on my hands prove that you are correct 😂 I have a heat glove, but sometimes I forget
Why did you decide against the Hobbit stove? I thought they were perfect for tiny houses. I am seriously considering buying their Little Range, which is the cooking version. It is basically the same as the Hobbit but with an oven attached on one side.
Hi Judy. This is a great question! As you likely heard in the video, it was a toss-up for me between the Dwarf stove and the Hobbit stove. I had actually originally planned to buy the Hobbit stove.
It came down to lead time and shipping costs. Salamander Stoves (who makes the Hobbit Stove) had a significantly longer lead time than Tiny Wood Stoves.com (who makes the Dwarf stoves). I had ordered around February or March and needed the wood stove for the following fall. Salamander Stoves was not sure whether they could meet my timeline as they were experiencing a huge surge of demand from the pandemic. Salamander Stoves were also going to charge me more shipping since the stove and parts were coming from the UK instead of the US (I'm in Canada, so shipping from the US was cheaper). Those are the reasons I chose the Dwarf stove over the Hobbit stove.
From what I can tell, both stoves are fairly comparable. The standard finishes from the Hobbit stove may be slightly nicer than the Dwarf, but I've found the finishes on the Dwarf to be nice enough for me.
One thing I will say about any kind of oven attachment is this: you need to get the wood stove ripping hot even to be able to use a standard cooktop (like what you see on top of my wood stove). To be able to heat and use a whole oven attachment, you'd need to get the wood stove very very hot. Tiny wood stoves have a difficult time doing this. It's not impossible, but they tend to be finnicky. I almost got a similar oven attachment from TinyWoodStoves.com, but I decided against it. In hindsight, I'm very happy that I opted out of it because I would hardly ever use it because you need to get the stove so hot. This may or may not be an issue for you. My tiny house is very small (150sqft), so having the wood stove be ripping hot for that long cooks me out of my house, even when it's super cold. If you have a larger space, this may not be an issue for you.
I hope that answers your question! Good luck!
@homesteadingmillennial5875 thanks for your reply. Your reasons are quite understandable. I shudder to think what the shipping would cost across the pond. As far as the long lead times, it's probably a good thing for me, as I can't make a rash decision (the range is sooo adorable). Sounds like the cook range would be overkill for my home which is 160sqft with low ceiling. I also live in a very mild climate here in south west Wales, plus, I prefer to put on a few extra layers than be steaming hot from a roaring fire, not to mention having to cut all that firewood to be able to boil a kettle. I did wonder if a lot of fuel would be needed to just heat the mass of the stove before there is enough for cooking. I guess that is not an issue in a very cold climate in a larger house where you would have the stove running all day. I light mine in the evening or late afternoon in cold weather, and often skip a day or two entirely. At least I'll save a big chunk of money. The Hobbit is looking a better option for me now, I think, especially with their new extended cook top add-on. There is always a Dutch oven for baking on top of the stove or a camp fire.
What I have done with my current wood stove to moderate the temperature might be of interest to you. I stacked some bricks all around the sides and back of the stove which allows heat into the room from the front fairly quickly, but the sides absorb a lot of the heat. This prevents the small space from getting too hot when you have a roaring fire, but gradually releases that heat long after the fire has gone out, i.e. a very simple "masonry stove". It also means you can have the stove closer to combustible materials.
@@judyofthewoods I'm glad that I was able to help. I also have a Dutch oven for baking on the stovetop as well and it works great!
I have had multiple people tell me that now! We're coming to the end of the cold season and in a month or so I won't be running my wood stove at all, but I will absolutely find some stones (that won't explode) and plop them down for next winter. I will have electricity here soon and will have a small baseboard heater, but I'd rather not pay for heat at all and continue just using my wood stove. It's much cheaper that way anyway.
is that a fiskars x27?
chop the big rounds on the outside of the log
I had to look that up because I honestly didn't know 😅But yes! It is. I picked it up at my local hardware store. I picked this one over others because it's quite light compared to other axes. Honestly, it works really well. So if you're in the market for one, I'd recommend. I've been super happy with it.
@@onis1969 That's a good idea. I'll have to try that. Thanks!
Interesting video, thanks for posting. You kind of contradict yourself when you say that the stove doesnt burn long enough and then you say that it gets too hot after a few hours and you dont want it to burn, and then you say that you only get about 1.5 to 2 hours burn and then you say that the stove was burning from about 6 to noon which is four hours.... and then you say that it doesnt burn very long and that you know you are burning softwood in it and youd get a longer burn with hard wood. So, Im not really thinking this is as much about the woodstove as it is the way you use it and the unexpected labor it takes to maintain heat control with a woodstove as opposed to a thermostat on the wall which is set and forget. I'm not taking a shot at you Im just going by what you say in the video.
I do believe that heating a very small space is hard with a woodstove, ie. too small a stove has a very short burn time and too big a stove will cook you right out of the place....so making matching stove size with building size is really hard when dealing with homes from 100 to 500 square feet - bigger than that you can usually escape the heat into another room or open windows etc.
Good luck with your homestead! I have the 5kw in a 16x16 cabin, Ill be adding a secondary source of heat, either a martin propane wall mount or a diesel heater. Cheers.
A pot belly coal stove would be 200% better seriously research it
I personally wouldn't heat with coal. I heat with wood bc I harvest it right off our own property. If I were to heat with coal, I would have to buy it. My wood stove can burn coal though according to my manufacturer if I felt so inclined.
My tiny house is also only 150sqft. So a full-size wood stove would have a proper burn time but it would also roast me out of my house 😂 I do always appreciate new ideas though!
Agree, Thom. Coal ... As natural a product as wood. In certain parts of Alaska we could get it right off the beach, not abundantly but enough to have a nice little supply for those times we needed a hot long burn time and couldn't constantly feed the fire (like when I was giving birth ). Ppl have misconceptions about coal. There are places in the lower 48 that are banning wood burning though too. The next generation, on the topic of wood burning, will say "personally, I wouldn't heat my house with wood." Lol.
If your ever desperate for a quick fire starter... try a Doritos nacho chips. Burns real hot, real fast!
Keep in mind that I've only used it for a couple weeks, that being said, so far so good ruclips.net/user/postUgkxAU9pOCSV9Y5JprooHvfxTpOrt4hx8uRM . Using it at 8 ft. by 8ft. deer blind that is insulated. I have to keep the door cracked for it to get enough air to burn, but that is very likely the wood I've used. Much better quality than I expected for the price. Now if I can just take it easy in the beginning it won't be 90 degrees in my blind. All in all it seems like a keeper.
Use maple wood
Hi Chris! We unfortunately don't have maple on the property, same with oak which is why I burn softer woods: because it's mainly what we have around here ☺️
ih ve big stove last 8 hour maybe i install double brick inside so use less woods
You need to split all that wood in fall.... if you got hurt and couldn’t just go out and split..... even a finger could stop you...
The reason I didn't this last summer and fall was because I was busy building the tiny house and getting the tiny house ready to be lived in before the wintertime. Shelter was priority. I want to hopefully prepare better this year, since I won't be building a house.
Just so ya know I did not say that as a put down.. if you became injured very bad things could happened if you can’t split wood on the spot.. I love what your doing, and my hearts with you.... stand strong.
Here is a link to how to build a fire in a wood stove and I’ve been using this way and works fantastically!
Enjoy!
ruclips.net/video/QZH32AmqiEA/видео.html
Coal
Burn time short,how short ,one hour
I get about an hour to an hour and a half if I don't reload the wood stove. I should mention that we don't have hardwoods here. So, I'm burning fir mainly.
You really need to ads a damper to the stove pipe. No point in letting heat go up and out the pipe.
Wood splitter
$$$
At least a cast iron kindling splitter mounted to the top of your cutting block. Less than $100.
@@susansmith493 I just heard about these! My neighbour has one and he likes it a lot.
Not much hardwood here.
We're in the same boat! Softer woods work just fine tbh. Everyone in my area uses soft woods because that's what's around here and it's perfectly fine.