Building a wood stove for less than $75

[Mr. Freeze]

I was reading exotix's comments about the poor this winter and wanted to bring up the fact that for less than $100 you can build a woodstove for cheaper energy costs this winter.

You'll need to recycle or buy a drum and then something to perch it on, a door, and piping. My neighbor built one for his house and altogether it cost him $100 and his cost savings will be $80 a month.

http://www.lexingtoncontainercompany.com/Wood_Stove_Kit_Single.JPG

Depending on whether or not you "plate" the top you can also use it for cooking.

Here is what it looks like:

http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww244/celticravenz/IMG_0383.jpg

[undine]

What if you have no wood to burn?

[shaarona]

I was reading exotix's comments about the poor this winter and wanted to bring up the fact that for less than $100 you can build a woodstove for cheaper energy costs this winter.

You'll need to recycle or buy a drum and then something to perch it on, a door, and piping. My neighbor built one for his house and altogether it cost him $100 and his cost savings will be $80 a month.

http://www.lexingtoncontainercompany.com/Wood_Stove_Kit_Single.JPG

Depending on whether or not you "plate" the top you can also use it for cooking.

Here is what it looks like:

http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww244/celticravenz/IMG_0383.jpg

Is it safe?

Have you seen any of the Belgian tile stoves? They are just amazing .

[Mr. Freeze]

What if you have no wood to burn?

There are multiple groups and resources that donate fire wood to the poor. There is also free firewood at the end of each winter off Craigslist.

[Mr. Freeze]

Is it safe?

Have you seen any of the Belgian tile stoves? They are just amazing .

They meet regulatory standards and people use them all over the United States.

[shaarona]

They meet regulatory standards and people use them all over the United States.

Well that's great.. Poor people should get a break.

[Dr. Who]

They meet regulatory standards and people use them all over the United States.

I expect that unless the house is cabin sized this would probably be most useful in the more southern states where it doesn't get too cold?

[Mr. Freeze]

I expect that unless the house is cabin sized this would probably be most useful in the more southern states where it doesn't get too cold?

Well, it was more a suggestion for the poor and I don't expect they have large houses. I've been in my friend's cabin and it heats it just like any other wood stove. It's just uglier, but cheaper.

[undine]

There are multiple groups and resources that donate fire wood to the poor. There is also free firewood at the end of each winter off Craigslist.

At the end of winter isn't much help. Also, I was thinking more of a deforestation issue.

[undine]

Well, it was more a suggestion for the poor and I don't expect they have large houses. I've been in my friend's cabin and it heats it just like any other wood stove. It's just uglier, but cheaper.
Could be problematic in an apartment or a trailer.

[Mr. Freeze]

At the end of winter isn't much help. Also, I was thinking more of a deforestation issue.

It is for the next year, people do plan for the future. Feel free to disregard the FREE firewood examples I gave. As far as deforestation, trees are renewable energy wood stoves are listed as "green" energy, believe it or not.

[Mr. Freeze]

Could be problematic in an apartment or a trailer.

Do you think that I'm saying everyone should have one? This is a single suggestion for those whose lifestyles this would fit. A large dog would be problematic in a trailer. Growing fish in a bathtub's not a good idea, either.

So many things don't fit a situation, that's why most one size fits all approaches don't work.

[undine]

It is for the next year, people do plan for the future. Feel free to disregard the FREE firewood examples I gave. As far as deforestation, trees are renewable energy wood stoves are listed as "green" energy, believe it or not.

Really? Have you ever been to Haiti? Where are these poor people to store an entire season of wood. No offense, but those donating wood would do better to donate money to pay for heating oil.

[undine]

Do you think that I'm saying everyone should have one? This is a single suggestion for those whose lifestyles this would fit. A large dog would be problematic in a trailer. Growing fish in a bathtub's not a good idea, either.

So many things don't fit a situation, that's why most one size fits all approaches don't work.Exactly. Most poor people don't live in single detached homes.

[Mr. Freeze]

Really? Have you ever been to Haiti? Where are these poor people to store an entire season of wood. No offense, but those donating wood would do better to donate money to pay for heating oil.

Did you realize this is a DIY thread?

[Mr. Freeze]

Exactly. Most poor people don't live in single detached homes.

Almost all of urban poor Detroit does. Look at the midwest, or don't. This is a DIY thread, if you want to discuss how to build a stove for under a $100 then contribute. If you want to discuss which is the best heating method then start a thread on it.

This was simply advice that has helped people I know, nothing more.

[Mr. Freeze]

Almost all of urban poor Detroit does. Look at the midwest, or don't.

http://media.culturemap.com/crop/2d/88/600x450/Third-Ward-shotgun-houses_101521.jpg


This is a DIY thread, if you want to discuss how to build a stove for under a $100 then contribute. If you want to discuss which is the best heating method then start a thread on it.

This was simply advice that has helped people I know, nothing more.

[countryboy]

At the end of winter isn't much help. Also, I was thinking more of a deforestation issue.
Firewood usually doesn't spoil. :D

[countryboy]

I was reading exotix's comments about the poor this winter and wanted to bring up the fact that for less than $100 you can build a woodstove for cheaper energy costs this winter.

You'll need to recycle or buy a drum and then something to perch it on, a door, and piping. My neighbor built one for his house and altogether it cost him $100 and his cost savings will be $80 a month.

http://www.lexingtoncontainercompany.com/Wood_Stove_Kit_Single.JPG

Depending on whether or not you "plate" the top you can also use it for cooking.

Here is what it looks like:

http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww244/celticravenz/IMG_0383.jpg
I'm not sure I would trust the thin gauge metal of a steel drum. Is there a thicker drum required to build one of these? I agree with Dr. Who, this would only be good for heating a small space. Not that there's a problem with that. I would also worry that the average poor person may not have the skills to successfully vent one of these without professional help.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all about self sufficiency, I heat with wood myself. I just want to make sure folks are safe. :)

Also, the pic of the one in the cabin is a textbook case of how NOT to place a wood burning stove. Not enough clearance to the back, and it shouldn't be directly on the combustible floor.

It looks like the company that makes the kit you posted also makes at least one inexpensive cast iron stove. :wink: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_796_796?cm_mmc=Google-pla-_-Heaters%2C Stoves %2B Fireplaces-_-Wood Stoves-_-172891&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=172891&gclid=CKzgvOvn5bsCFYhcMgod2WcAFA

[Codename Section]

I've made one because I like to make tons of shit. I put it in the garage and it works fine countryboy and its not too thin. It's probably where he got the idea.

I make a lot of shit because I can't sit still to save my life.

[countryboy]

I've made one because I like to make tons of shit. I put it in the garage and it works fine @countryboy (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=452) and its not too thin. It's probably where he got the idea.

I make a lot of shit because I can't sit still to save my life.
Ya know, come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I saw one in someone's garage years ago. I had forgotten.

[Codename Section]

Ya know, come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I saw one in someone's garage years ago. I had forgotten.

Yep, it will keep a no insulated garage pretty toasty. My garage is not a garage. It's a gunshop, fix it shop, fabrication shop, carpentry shop...

[Dr. Who]

Yep, it will keep a no insulated garage pretty toasty. My garage is not a garage. It's a gunshop, fix it shop, fabrication shop, carpentry shop...

Is your floor combustible or is it concrete or dirt? Also, hope you have a couple of feet clearance between the drum and the wall, although being a garage you wouldn't be using the heating the same way as someone living in that space. Nevertheless, proximity to flammable surfaces requires sufficient clearance or the addition of non-flammable insulating material to protect the flammable surfaces.

[Codename Section]

Is your floor combustible or is it concrete or dirt? Also, hope you have a couple of feet clearance between the drum and the wall, although being a garage you wouldn't be using the heating the same way as someone living in that space. Nevertheless, proximity to flammable surfaces requires sufficient clearance or the addition of non-flammable insulating material to protect the flammable surfaces.

LOL Dr. Who

if you had any idea of the type of engineering, fire control, and combustible training I had you wouldn't worry. Concrete floor, ample distance, etc.

I also have bluing equipment and haven't killed myself yet with poison. :D

[Dr. Who]

LOL @Dr. Who (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=612)

if you had any idea of the type of engineering, fire control, and combustible training I had you wouldn't worry. Concrete floor, ample distance, etc.

I also have bluing equipment and haven't killed myself yet with poison. :D
Yeah, I asked but I figured that you probably know what you're doing. Unfortunately, so many others don't.

[Codename Section]

Yeah, I asked but I figured that you probably know what you're doing. Unfortunately, so many others don't.

That's what the Darwin awards are for.

[Cthulhu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qoyBVKC0nI

Add a little cement into the mix to air tight the beast, some mortar for the metal pipe coming out the top and you have yourself a ghetto cheap but perfectly effective stove which can use just about anything as fuel, barring liquids unless you make it with a little more panache.

[Peter1469]

Yep, it will keep a no insulated garage pretty toasty. My garage is not a garage. It's a gunshop, fix it shop, fabrication shop, carpentry shop...


Do you have an FFL?