I currently have a backyard fire-pit that is pretty sucky with the wind changing directions constantly. My idea was to buy a Vogelzang box stove for $149 from the factory (if you pick it up in Holland, MI) and run 8 feet of stove pipe vertical. That way, if the wind is blowing, the smoke will be overhead and not in my face. Before I get ripped for thinking this, does anyone think this will work? I am not installing this in a house, so if it's not the greatest engineered marvel, it's not going to ruin my life either. Plus, it's 80 pounds which gives great portability for storage once cool.
I just want to enjoy a few beers on a Friday evening / Saturday with friends or my wife and be comfortable as the temps drop outside. I think if this thing gets glowing hot as it's been described, that might not be the end of the world especially with a flue damper installled to cut some of the run-away tendencies with non airtight stoves.
Any thoughts? The other option is a Kni-Co outfitter tent stove. Those are about $300 with a few pieces of 5 inch single-wall pipe included.
My brother once ran a 1970's Hearthstone beast outside before installing it. It is the same size as an Equinox and kept everything really warm around it. That's what gave me the idea.
I just want to enjoy a few beers on a Friday evening / Saturday with friends or my wife and be comfortable as the temps drop outside. I think if this thing gets glowing hot as it's been described, that might not be the end of the world especially with a flue damper installled to cut some of the run-away tendencies with non airtight stoves.
Any thoughts? The other option is a Kni-Co outfitter tent stove. Those are about $300 with a few pieces of 5 inch single-wall pipe included.
My brother once ran a 1970's Hearthstone beast outside before installing it. It is the same size as an Equinox and kept everything really warm around it. That's what gave me the idea.