Getting lazy and don’t want to haul wood.
I’ve been thinking about installing a propane burner in the wood stove that I use to heat my work shop. Stove is small cabin size cast iron approx. 16 x 16 x 24 in. Any + or - thoughts???
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Boom!!!
Unless you really know what you’re doing, I’d just buy a new gas heater. Avoid the loud noise that the converted wood burner might make.
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fresh air intake, burner, regulator, delivery pipe, sensors, proper amount of exhaust, money, expertise otherwise bad things will happen
by the time you buy all the parts, the hours you’ll need to figure out how to do it correctly, and then do the actual work - you could have bought a safe one
this is one of those “it depends” questions, how large is the area you heat, how often do you heat it, how air leaky is the structure, and how much knowledge you have or are prepared to get
these units are fairly cheap, when they come with items like Oxygen Depletion Sensor, Tip-Over Safety Switches that provides a clue that there are safety issues to address
hauling wood is good exercise and it smells better
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Look at Tractor Supply, they carry a good line of heaters. I bought and installed 2 unvented propane ones in my motherinlaw’s house about 6 years ago and they have been great!
I have to agree with the above, not worth the risk!! Get you a good, safe and efficient propane heater and be done with it. Also, make sure you install a good carbon monoxide detector too!
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Cant second the comment above enough. had a close call myself with carbon monoxide, in an old camper at the hunt club. Buy the best one they have
Look at where Jesus went to pick people. He didn’t go to the colleges; he got guys off the fishing docks.
gail, there’s one thing to be said about carbon monoxide, at least you die while you’re asleep![:0] It won’t hurt! But, I’ll miss you:wink:
It’s not very hard to do if you have a fully functioning brain. Previous owners of my house apparently threw logs in the fire like a football and broke the fire brick pretty bad. So five years ago I installed fire logs in the fireplace. Drilled a hole through the back of the fireplace to the outside of the house to run my gas line and hooked up two 100lb propane tanks. It has worked great heating my house over the years. Obviously it is very important to use the correct lines/fittings and make sure there are absolutely no leaks, but you will find that out real quick with a big boom and bright light.
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Originally posted by seasick11It’s not very hard to do if you have a fully functioning brain. Previous owners of my house apparently threw logs in the fire like a football and broke the fire brick pretty bad. So five years ago I installed fire logs in the fireplace. Drilled a hole through the back of the fireplace to the outside of the house to run my gas line and hooked up two 100lb propane tanks. It has worked great heating my house over the years. Obviously it is very important to use the correct lines/fittings and make sure there are absolutely no leaks, but you will find that out real quick with a big boom and bright light.
I don’t think he is talking about putting gas logs in a fireplace insert. If I understand correctly, he is talking about putting a gas burner in a cast iron pot belly type stove, which is not so simple.
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Lee , you got it right:smiley: Stove is flat sided top and bottom with draft control in door on front of stove . Thought is to mount a gas burner like a turkey fryer uses. Mount sos burner sits on bottom with burner supply stem protrudes out rear of stove so air/gas control is outside. Draft control and stove pipe still functional to vent fumes just like normal wood burner would function.
I’ve entertained construction type oil and gas fired heaters and just can’t get past fear of c-monoxide , they "all brands warn of having adaquate ventilation . my idea at least provides the flue vent to vent out gasses with no venting to work space …
ALL COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS WELCOME AS I HAVEN’T STARTED PROJECT YET AND I DO PLAN TO INSTALL A COUPLE CO2 MONITORS IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS/AREAS OF SHOP:smiley:
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the comments I already made still apply, add an outdoor air intake and it will provide tons of heat, without that it just pulls already heated air from the garage up the stack
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Bluesky; great thought , and with stoves location it will be easy
to do . THANKS FOR COMMENT:sunglasses:
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George, more concerning than safety would be efficency. You will go through a lot of propane. The radiant type heaters are a lot more efficient. Something tike the one listed below would be a good option depending on the size of your shop. The one I bought had a build in fan to help distribute the heat. The one in the link has a fan available as a optional feature. I have one in my trailer at the hunting club and it does a great job.
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Thanks Lee; That gives me another avenue to consider before i pull the trigger!!!
George McDonald ; MAD Charleston
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