[Spridgets] Heating the LBC workshop

[Wm. Severin Thompson]

Charlie,

I have a Vermont Casting stove in the living room of my old house in IL.

Our farm house in WI has 2 furnaces... side by side. One oil, the other
wood. Both are tied into the fan & ducting of the house. The firebrick in
the wood furnace really holds heat. Some firebrick in your barrel stove
might be a good addition.

Oh, and burn hardwood.

WST

-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces+wsthompson=thicko.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces+wsthompson=thicko.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Charlie Shelden
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:42 PM
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Heating the LBC workshop

That I do know as we heat our home with a cast iron wood insert, my thought 
was to put a 30gal barrel inside this one and fill it with masonary sand or 
about 1/2 or so, as It would have some mass at that point, so the fire would

burn on the inner barrel and then go to the chimney.  Make sense?  I have a 
propane heater that heats the area you are working in VERY well, this kit 
was on sale so thought humm why not try it.

Charlie

all very good comments.


> Charlie,
>
> The real benefit of a cast iron stove vs. a barrel stove is residual heat.
> The cast iron radiates heat a lot longer after the logs are burned up.
>
> WST
>
> 

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