Barrel wood burner

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Anyone make one of these before? I'm in the process, right now. Was just wondering what life expectancy I could expect out of the barrel. Also did would it be better to use sand or fire bricks to line the inside?.

I will post a picture up when I'm done.

[bk]

Oct 18, 2016 4:43:58 GMT -5 @trapperfromoh said:

Anyone make one of these before? I'm in the process, right now. Was just wondering what life expectancy I could expect out of the barrel. Also did would it be better to use sand or fire bricks to line the inside?.

I will post a picture up when I'm done.

We always had barrel stoves in the farm shop.  Worked great.  Use as heavy a gauge barrel as you can find.  Light ones burn through pretty quick.  If you have access to firebricks, I'd sure line the bottom - should just make the stove last that much longer.  Are you using one of the kits for legs, door, and stove pipe or building your own.  Waiting for your pics.  Good luck with the project.

[shawn]

I have little experience with them other than my grandpa always heated his shop on the farm with one, but I heard that the insurance companies better not find out you have one on the property. They will drop you like a hot potato, so you may want to investigate that.

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It's a kit, an I still have to get some 6 inch pipe. In the instructions it said to line the bottom with sand, but I do have a bunch of fire brick left over from my last burner. Or could use both I suppose.

I'm only looking to keep the temp's up in garage, so it's not like a freezer out there. In the first couple weeks of trapping season I like to freeze my catches until I have enough to fill my boards. After that, I spend my weekend afternoons, fleshing an boarding my fur. It's been 2 years since I had heat in the garage, so it will be nice not to be frozen out there.

One thing I tell ya for sure is laying the thing out so you can drill holes and do the cut work was a pain in the arse.

[farmertrappe]

Spent many a evening sipping and sitting around a barrel stove in a friends garage. He lined his with brick and bedded it in sand. Worked real nice for many years.

[Brad H.]

These work great, but just be sure to hide it on the back of your garage outside of site from the road. My insurance company made it pretty clear these were a big no no.