CheapBassTurd
Minister of Fire
I'm with the last three replies.
The pig is tight. Really tight. Fire goes out when I screw the vent shut. After burning off the paint
it didn't smoke at all today and one 6" round n' a split the same size lasted for hours.
The 5pm load is mostly coals with some wood still up front. (the 2421 burns front to back being
narrow and deep.) The casting is garbage, but the seams n' seals are smoothed and cemented
with refractory lining. Front gate completely sealed off. No runaways yet. Still leery of a full box
but a few thick N/S pieces is giving steady heat 5-6 hours thus far. From what I understand so far this is
some long lasting usable heat from a crap stove. The Cheapster is pleased as-is with this unit. It'll
be out in the spring or I'd try to make it more efficient. Living in the forest and getting rid of air leaks
has this thing doing the best it reasonably can. We're warm and the house is intact. Plenty of fuel
cut n' ready. As asvised, I'm working on next winters stacks now.
Cheap n' warm
Edit/ addition
We're burning more than two pieces at a time. The above burn was just getting better understanding of
the operating dynamics of the unit. Mama was a stover for a few years when she lived on the Washington/
Canada border (near Bellingham) and is pleased that this is working out. Her last stove had glass,
heat exchanger tubes, fan forced. It cooked a 2 and 1/2 story house. She's done some reading over
my shoulder and expected much less out of the pig performance wise. We do like the look, but also
like the look of glass, black square box, and the river rock walls the more we discuss it.
The pig happens to work well as we have 1380 ft of air in a ranch style shanty. The actual square footage is lower as the semi-finished garage w/ bedroom is separated but included in the legal total.
Even a crap stove can heat this retirement sized home. Bigger than a cottage, small by "normal" American
and Canadian standards. Perfect after we boot the last offsprings on their way. LOL
The pig is tight. Really tight. Fire goes out when I screw the vent shut. After burning off the paint
it didn't smoke at all today and one 6" round n' a split the same size lasted for hours.
The 5pm load is mostly coals with some wood still up front. (the 2421 burns front to back being
narrow and deep.) The casting is garbage, but the seams n' seals are smoothed and cemented
with refractory lining. Front gate completely sealed off. No runaways yet. Still leery of a full box
but a few thick N/S pieces is giving steady heat 5-6 hours thus far. From what I understand so far this is
some long lasting usable heat from a crap stove. The Cheapster is pleased as-is with this unit. It'll
be out in the spring or I'd try to make it more efficient. Living in the forest and getting rid of air leaks
has this thing doing the best it reasonably can. We're warm and the house is intact. Plenty of fuel
cut n' ready. As asvised, I'm working on next winters stacks now.
Cheap n' warm
Edit/ addition
We're burning more than two pieces at a time. The above burn was just getting better understanding of
the operating dynamics of the unit. Mama was a stover for a few years when she lived on the Washington/
Canada border (near Bellingham) and is pleased that this is working out. Her last stove had glass,
heat exchanger tubes, fan forced. It cooked a 2 and 1/2 story house. She's done some reading over
my shoulder and expected much less out of the pig performance wise. We do like the look, but also
like the look of glass, black square box, and the river rock walls the more we discuss it.
The pig happens to work well as we have 1380 ft of air in a ranch style shanty. The actual square footage is lower as the semi-finished garage w/ bedroom is separated but included in the legal total.
Even a crap stove can heat this retirement sized home. Bigger than a cottage, small by "normal" American
and Canadian standards. Perfect after we boot the last offsprings on their way. LOL
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