Recommendations for 25 x 30 cabin

[stoichiometry]

You may not need to go oversize on the stove. Seeing as your username is "Stoichiometry" I'm sue you will always be burning at the perfect air/fuel ratio for maximum efficiency!

@Dave -- you can bet I'm concerned that the 'limiting reagent' be the wood in the box! LOL ...

Cheers,
M

 

[krex1010]

You may not need to go oversize on the stove. Seeing as your username is "Stoichiometry" I'm sue you will always be burning at the perfect air/fuel ratio for maximum efficiency!

@Dave -- you can bet I'm concerned that the 'limiting reagent' be the wood in the box! LOL ...

Cheers,
M

Just be sure you never forget your catalyst for said reaction!

 

[OhioBurner©]

Be sure to post some pics when its all done to, we love pics! Especially from cabins ;-)

BTW upstate NYer here too (well grew up there atleast). My folks have a cabin in South Colton. They rarely visit in winter though, and dont stay for long, so they went for the easy quick heat option of a propane fireplace when the temps are cool. Have many friends on the river too... wish I still lived up there beautiful area.

Pile O wood,

I know colton very well. THere is a fantastic book store there [if you like cabins and used books you'd love this place!!]. I'll definitely post some pics ... it's an empty cabin right now, w/ no electrons nor running water and it even came with an outhouse!! LOL.

Cheers,
M

Thats sorta how my folks cabin started as well. They bought from someone who hadnt finished it in the Diamond Sportsman club. They finished it off pretty nice I think... no power or runnign water either, and fully equipped with external outhouse lol. They have a few propane lights inside and a propane gas range and oven. There is is basic electrical things they installed to, and have a generator in the outhouse when they want to run it. So kinda best of both worlds.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

We keep a few small kero lamps for use when there isn't any power. If you do the same, there are two types of lamp oil: kero and parafin based. When it is 10 degrees out, one of them is a solid block of wax. It's guaranteed that you will discover this event some time when you open the cabin in the middle of winter and you would like a bit of light/heat from the dang things.

Matt

 

[jruttle3]

I think the Combi is a nice stove for what you are doing: Go skiing with it closed up and burning efficiently, come back and open it to enjoy the flames in the evening. But #4 may be too big for your space ( someone here earlier made a good point about bigger stoves being slower to heat up). A Combi #1 may be better. There's a nice looking one for sale on eBay now (11/15/10), from southern NH.

 

[stoichiometry]

HickoryMan,

I bought a brand new, unopened england stoveworks 50NC ... from a guy that bought it but decided it was too much work to install! I got it for about half price. Given my Scandinavian heritage, I'd almost prefer the combi ... but from the sounds of it, I'll be happy with an englander.

-M

I think the Combi is a nice stove for what you are doing: Go skiing with it closed up and burning efficiently, come back and open it to enjoy the flames in the evening. But #4 may be too big for your space ( someone here earlier made a good point about bigger stoves being slower to heat up). A Combi #1 may be better. There's a nice looking one for sale on eBay now (11/15/10), from southern NH.

 

[Mad Tom]

Portable Kero heaters scare the bejeezuz out of me. One almost killed my nieghbors.