Wood stove in a tractor barn?

[RobA]

I saw kerosene and propane heaters were 50 % off at lowes.

I'll have to look at Lowe's. I saw this morning that Northern Tool is having a sale on kerosene heaters with free shipping too. I can get a 75,000 BTU kerosene heater for $159.99 or a 125,000 BTU for $199.99.

 

[HickoryNut]

Just throwing out an idea, I put a BBQ smoker in my tractor shed and piped it out a flue so I can cook and/or stay warm. Rainy weekends never get me down anymore and I've got the yummiest smelling tractor around.

 

[pat32rf]

Here in Ontario the first upgrade the safety people make us do on a wood burning appliance is put a steel liner into those old clay tile brick chimneys. The outside stoves are great but not nearly as efficient as an airtite stove. We have a smallish airtite to avoid using the electric furnace. The house is 1600sq ft and we burn about 2 1/2 bush cords per winter, heating the basement as well. Yesterday I started the furnace for the first time this year, but it has been hitting -32C at night with -20c during the day.

 

[BTDT]

Here in Ontario the first upgrade the safety people make us do on a wood burning appliance is put a steel liner into those old clay tile brick chimneys. The outside stoves are great but not nearly as efficient as an airtite stove. We have a smallish airtite to avoid using the electric furnace. The house is 1600sq ft and we burn about 2 1/2 bush cords per winter, heating the basement as well. Yesterday I started the furnace for the first time this year, but it has been hitting -32C at night with -20c during the day.

Are you talking about a clay liner inside and old brick chimney, that has to be lined with steel? Or are you calling the bricks clay tile. Funny you should mention this. The frame house I grew up in had a brick flue sitting on top of a 2x10 wood pedestal fastened to an interior wall. We had a little potbellied wood stove we used for heat. When we built our house, I wanted same setup. Folks at lumberyards where we were trying to buy brick said you can't do it that way. I finally just went and bought some brick, and had a bricklayer we went to church with come and do the work. Worked like a champ. We had an Earthstove, man that thing would put out some heat.

 

[pat32rf]

I mean those rectangular red clay "tile" that go in the center of a brick or block chimney. In most cases they were built oversized for the stove/fireplace insert/woodstove and as a result they run too cold which results in a creosote build-up that then leads to a chimney fire which causes the clay to spall off the liner. Eventually they start to leak hot gases(into the frame house)or collapse and plug up during a chimney fire. If they are used with natural gas or propane they are subject to acid damage from the sulphur in the exhaust gas condensate.
A few years back I pulled down an unused chimney here and found that the mortar had almost all disolved and dissapeared

 

[kylebosch808]

You ever think of building a waste oil heater? i read on this link there really good and pump out the heat Roger Sanders' Waste Oil Heater
I am thinking of building one myself soon since you can get used oil from any shop, i will keep you posted on my build.

 

[gordon21]

Make sure you understand the big difference between the two style of wood stoves. Both kinds come in various shapes and both can have windows.

Airtight style stoves will burn slowly and slowly extract every possible BTU for use by you in a slow steady fashion. Did I mention slow?? Hours and hours of heat from one big armful of wood. A very good airtight stove might only produce 45,000 BTU Super efficient, but slow burning.

Style 2 is not airtight, it sucks air like a vacuum cleaner and burns a HOT fire quickly. It also puts out massive BTU quickly. And did I mention it burns a lot more wood quickly. A classic example is an old fashioned pot belly vertical type stove. They have some riduculous rating of 120,000 BTU per hour. That rating is right.

If your barn is not insulated and sealed, then you should use the second type. You will have that barn warm and toasty in an hour or less. You can get lots of wood for free from multiple sources.

Some gas stoves require 120 volts. Check that before you buy one of them on sale. Hauling LP to your lot is a lot more hassle than hauling wood.