Fireplaces that don't heat but look good

[EatenByLimestone]

Cheap vodka would work good enough too, lol.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

They would find me dead of heat exhaustion sleeping on that thing, regardless of outside temp!😂

That may be preferable to the cheap vodka!

 

[begreen]

I wonder if the flues were straight up or the fire was pushed back into the mass after it was lit. The thermal mass would eventually heat up regardless, but I’m sure that with time they figured out the best way.

The simpler versions were sort of like a pizza oven with the fire under a long dome under the far end of the bed. More complex varieties might have had a more serpentine smoke path with a few cleanouts.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

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Another video of that log cabin showing the building and stove foundations, missing floors, wall construction, firewood processing and source!

 

[begreen]

WA state was developed centuries after the east coast. We still have a few original log home in our small community, probably made by Scandanavian settlers.

 

[Whitenuckler]

Check this out! It popped into my feed this morning! It’s a traditional cabin in northern Ukraine. The woodstoves look to be half masonry heater and half open fireplace! By the sounds of his explanation, the main stove location was chosen by lack of ground moisture and the cabin was then built around it!

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This is where I wanted to post this info on perhaps how they built the stove

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Certainly could be! That flat area could easily be built into a bed platform.

 

[Whitenuckler]

Certainly could be! That flat area could easily be built into a bed platform.

I never thought of that !
Edit - Would that type of stove have a hard draw?

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I don’t think it would. All those turns have to cut down draft pretty hard.

There has to be a science to building them though. Cut down on draft too much and smoke will roll out the front. You’re probably more likely to get creosote build up too.

 

[stoveliker]

The science of mist masonry stoves is that smoke doesn't roll out the front door because reloads happen long after the fire is out.

I don't think the open (pizza oven like) front one has such a snaking exhaust path.

These were in fact used to sleep on.
Even in NL older farmhouses where I grew up have sleeping areas on brick platforms that get warm from a wood fire. (Older meaning more than 300 yr or so)

 

[Whitenuckler]

I don’t think it would. All those turns have to cut down draft pretty hard.

There has to be a science to building them though. Cut down on draft too much and smoke will roll out the front. You’re probably more likely to get creosote build up too.

I think I got my "hard draw" mixed up...I was thinking it would have a low draw due to all the 90's. Then I remembered that they had a place to start a fire to pre-heat and get draft. That makes sense to me. Must be hard to build.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Yeah, without the draft starter hatch I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t work!