Don't Make This Mistake When Choosing a Wood Stove for Your Tiny Home!

[@Snowstead]

Pellet Stove OR Wood Stove? What’s your preference? 🤔

[@ProjectsWithMatt]

Woodstove all day!

[@JustJay-y7d]

@@Snowstead Grew up with wood stoves.

[@SammyFender]

Wood if the body is able

[@nikolistreeter796]

wood stove all the way baby!

[@asdlkj38]

Wood all day.

[@JustJay-y7d]

Beautiful home! Great job with the wood stove!!

[@Snowstead]

Appreciate it! It’s my favorite part of the home so far!

[@loganbarbosa5650]

Thank you for cozy warm heat, installing that was a JOURNEY 😅

[@stupidburp]

My dad built a cabin with a wood stove completely enclosed by dark stone in a pillar in the middle of the living area, away form the walls. The same stone was used for the floor around it. The plan was to use this as a heat mass for the stove as well as from the sun from large south facing windows. It seems to work well. Even after the fire goes out, a significant amount of warmth is noticeable from the stone for several hours. It also feels warm to the touch on cold sunny winter days even without a fire lit. The central position in the living space provides good heat all around it that is moderated by the stone to allow standing close with heat dispersed evenly instead of the intense but concentrated heat of an open stove.

[@Snowstead]

That sounds like a great way to maximize heat and even distribute it throughout the cabin! Thanks for sharing!

[@GrowingAnswers]

Put an intake near your dryer intake. Use a flapper that is locked until you dry clothes. Close the door to the washer dryer area when in use.

[@stoveadvice]

Thank you for the video. To people watching, this issue he has, to this level of severity, is very rare and you won't have this problem unless you have an extremely air tight, newer, smaller home. He is correct though, vent fans in the house CAN cause reverse draft or poor draft problems in wood stoves. For example, the stove may allow smoke in the house when the vent fans in the house are on, if the glass door is opened to load more wood. If the wood stove HAS an outside / cold air intake so the stove does not get air from inside the house, for a fan to STILL affect the stove, that is extremely rare. Always use an outside air inlet on a wood stove if at all possible. Then the stove will not take (steal) the warm air from the house. Many wood stoves, especially the "good ones" that are over 20 years old do not have a hookup for outside air. However, you can get under there and see how the stove gets it's air, and then make something. Even if you have a pipe of fresh air 1/4 inch away from where the stove gets its air, a pipe just laying there, the stove will pull most of its air from this pipe. It's worth doing, but of course, metal and no PVC. Of course, you would need to install and shut off some sort of valve in the pipe for most of the year when the stove is not burning so cold air doesn't keep coming in. For any stove that has an outside air line, always check the flow of the draft with a lighter BEFORE lighting the stove, to make sure things are going in the right direction. In rare cases, outside air lines can have a reverse flow and if you light the stove during this flow, it's a big smoke mess / disaster.

[@Snowstead]

Lots of great info here for others, thanks!

[@JohnSeaward]

Growing up as a northern lad, ( stixville, boonies 5 miles from closest town ) we would always pile our wood collection bark side up because it helped shed the water and allowed the wood to dry and also we would gather not this year's wood but next year's wood, we allowed the wood to dry 1 year from cut to burn which helped keep the creasote to minimal manageable levels, ( clean pipes once a year) and we never burned wet of green of the fresh cut wood, and only used minimal pine or soft wood as starter kindling, back then they didn't have insulated pipes like they have now lol

[@SammyFender]

Wow! A full length video!! With commercials too! You’re movin up in the KZbin world!

[@DavesBonsai]

You make such great videos David. my build and my channel will be better after watching you!

[@bastiat691]

A little recommendation: On the intake you should put a valve so that you can shut off the airflow to the stove when you aren't using it. Also, instead of an exhaust fan, please consider installing a heat recovery ventilation unit with both intake and exhaust, they aren't that expensive and they are totally balanced.

[@ProjectsWithMatt]

Love the stove! Recently found your channel, such an inspiration for my channel! Keep up the great work

[@Snowstead]

I’m glad you like it! Thanks for the support! 🙏🏻 Checked out your channel and Subbed! 👍🏻

[@cmac3530]

You should probably move your wood stack to the other side of the TV, against the wall. My brother had his right next to his stove and the stack actually caught one day. Luckily he was home to put it out but, definitely a scary situation.

[@Snowstead]

Appreciate the feedback! I’ve been keeping an eye on the past couple months and it never seems to get warm enough, but I do agree with you that it’s not ideal and can lead to a problem. Glad your brother caught it!

[@zombielover317able]

Great video brother. I just questioned the electrical outlet. I would probably have move that away from that heated area that plastics not rated

[@jaquigreenlees]

What you need is to route all the fresh air through to the inside of the house, and the fire pulls from inside the house to burn. back in the 1980s these were called fresh air fireplaces. metal tubes as the log irons from the back of the fireplace / wood stove, they double back and go back, then run up the back of the burn box before coming forward and venting out above the door / opening to the fire box. most commonly they did use a fan to move air but they could be set up to draw without it.

[@1367dhbkhf]

We made the mistake of buying too little at first. We thought that just because we had 192 sq ft it would not take much. We had purchased a grizzly cubic. It couldn’t handle it and it was exhausting to manage. We ended up buying a stove from Tractor Supply on the small end that works much better. We think the issue was our tall ceilings. It just couldn’t do it. It was a cute stove but it was also a lesson learned.

[@Snowstead]

That’s exactly what I was afraid of. Everyone told us this stove would be too big and oversized, but I’d rather it be that way. Thanks for sharing!

[@bobmephitis8206]

I really like your intake split with the register, nicely done. If I understood you correctly, the backdraft now (after the register was added) is only an issue when hood and bathroom fans are both on, I would just get in the habit of cracking a window near the stove on the rare occasions where all three are running simultaneously. My $0.02

[@Snowstead]

You’re totally right, cracking a window is a much easier solution than adding another/bigger vent. That works good so far except I’m afraid for when guests are over and forget/don’t know.

[@bobmephitis8206]

@@Snowstead I understand the worry for guests. Maybe a discrete sign near the window saying, "If you're running all 3, please crack me," with a brief explanation? I think I am picturing that as a bnb or you guys aren't around type situation.

[@user-3tf67bk46u]

Enjoyed video the most on its last 3/4. Would have liked to hear the specific length of your heat shield spacers. I suspect 2" is the magic number in Ont from any combustible or combustible prevention surface. Yours looked like 1.5"? Hard to tell tho. But if it doesn't get hot behind, excellent as long as insurance doesn't use any caveat as an excuse to not pay if something bad happens. (a child or pet drops something down between the heat shield and your nestle bench, as an example) . Also, it wasn't clear if your heat shields were raised off the floor? I don't know the spec but I'd guess any amount that let's a reasonable amount of air to get under and up the inside of the shield. This air gap (let's say an inch at least but even half an inch would create huge effect) is not optional, it's key to the design of an airgap heat shield function. I like your T design on the cold air intake with the cast-iron register idea. Perhaps with a future build you could use a 5” inlet that then reduces down to 4" for the stove hookup if necessary. On this topic, (of outside air breaches into house) here's some advice for the off season. Make sure to remember to close your drafts on the stove after your last burn and door is secuely closed and latched. The idea is to prevent any animal from being able to breach any crack. Specifically mice because they can flatten out to just over ¼". And a small mouse can clear a ¼" crack. But especially BATS! Twice in 35 years I've forgotten to close my drafts and found that I was lucky enough that the bat didn't have quite enough room to get out into the room and died stuck in the draft. I don't use a cold air intake but obviously you'd want to ensure it is bat and rodent proof. The bats fly right down the chimney! Happy for you guys to have a completed home you enjoy and hopefully quiet neighbours that don't put extra loud exhaust on every ICE they own and fire off fireworks 6 out of every 10 days year-round. And don't boom boomvboom you to mental distraction/destruction with their subwoofers stereo systems both in the car but worse in the house. Then there's the "duh...oh ya" car alarms day and night, auto LED headlights that light up your living and bedroom windows like the Vegas strip, one after the other..Noise pollution in our tech filled world is becoming our next epidemic. Sorry I got derailed.. I so wish I had a place like yours on wheels so you could seek out peace as needed. All the best 👍✌️🇨🇦

[@sparkyatlarge]

You need a damper in the pipe for efficiency, even if the stove has one built in. You should forget the built in damper and use the one on the pipe for best results. You will be amazed at the difference.

[@Snowstead]

I’ve been curious about this actually 🤔

[@JJJere]

So air doesn't come in through the exhaust vent('s) that are not in use?

[@Snowstead]

No, they have the flaps that prevent backflow, which is what I want 👍🏻

[@David-wl8cd]

I can’t imagine code says push that woodstove right up against the wall haha, You should consider moving it away a few inches first of all, and then caulk at the base of the woodstove to the floor so that the cold air intake only sucks air from the outside. I can’t tell how much chimney you have installed but an extra session or two of pipe 6 feet longer would have a better suction and harder to Backdraft. If you are getting a Backdraft from a simple fan, how bad is it going to be when you have high winds? Back drafts can cause carbon monoxide poisoning well, they sleep. I would have at least one carbon monoxide detector by the woodstove and another by the bedroom next to the bed 5 feet from the ground. That’s how I have mine set up. You have done such a nice job with your tiny house. When you get your siding, I would recommend you installing it rain screen style with 1X4’s attached to the wall vertically before the siding gets attached in the opposite direction. Very nicely done. Good luck.

[@Snowstead]

Appreciate the tips! But yeah it seems weird but it’s completely to code, I did actually add an extra 36” of chimney for that extra draw but didn’t notice a difference. We will be adding a CO detector, thanks again!

[@chippalmer01]

Awesome problem solving. I think you just have to make your air intake bigger 4 inch pipe with a 4 inch vent.

[@jamesdeluca6657]

From combustables

[@dav3n0m82]

Place a nother register in the hearth in front of the stove to help with air flow when fans are on

[@SpanishBUILT]

vent the atic/ celling or floor /crawlspace

[@JohnSeaward]

And to increase heat spread get the on stove fans that create their own hydro and spread beautifully and doesn't increase ur hydro usage

[@paulsccna2964]

Just curious, what are the dimensions of this tiny house? It looks like 16 (foot) by 42 (foot)

[@jamesdeluca6657]

The code in Massachusetts 3 feet away on all sides

[@Ergalitious]

Why you couldn't put it throught the roof? I don't understand

[@Snowstead]

The distance between the upper floor joists and roof rafters I left was not enough and I would have to reframe those areas to pass through. This was much simpler

[@deezynar]

"It's a small tiny home." No. Your house is not tiny at all. Being smaller than average does not equal tiny. The relief air supply system you came up with is a great idea. Does the stove exhaust fan all by itself, cause air/smoke to come inside via the chimney? Or does that only happen when both exhaust fans are running at the same time?

[@JohnSeaward]

I don't see a damper above ur stove ?

[@snake10566]

I would have went the HRV route.

[@jamesdeluca6657]

Grab a flashlight, we can't see behind the stove we'll at all

[@SidW-l4z]

Mini-split not so good for winter.

[@Snowstead]

It’s rated to -25c but ours seems to work well past -30c so no complaints here so far! 👍🏻

[@weefiah1]

Open the window in the kitchen. Doesn’t have to be wide open. Doesn’t cost a penny & problem solved.

[@JF-fx2qv]

“Choosing?”

[@JohnSeaward]

And btw the better aged the wood and hottest wood is oak then poplar then birch but remember they burn best and hottest after 1 yr and before 3 yrs after that your wasting your time

[@PabloTBrave]

Wet wood is bad for chimneys , it's your first year so it is what it is , I think you already know this , but you should really be planning for future years as it can destroy your equipment

[@Snowstead]

Totally agree! Appreciate the input!

[@EdZirul]

Look you should build your own…. Why .. cause you can put pipes through the stove and hook a fan up to the pipes … blowing out …25+ heat out of each pipes… heats the place up faster … uses less wood cause it heats up faster and you need to use less wood to heat your house … get rid of your gas furnace and pump the heat from the pipes throughout the house …. Hook the water heater up to the wood stack be and there you get rid of your gas bill use the boiler you have to heat the house as well…….. get this …. Every house has 2 heating systems…… one is not used to heat the house and sits and wastes gas or electric to keep it heated all day… it’s called your water heater ….. but yet you have a furnace to heat your house when the boiler could and you can get rid of the furnace…. Go wood stove and get rid of the gas bill…. Go with solar and you get rid of the electric bill for the rest of your life…. Buy an acre of land for 20 grand give or take that can have a well and you could be mortgage free with no bills except you phone bill and insurance… and save -12-20+ grand a year and build a house in 5 years paid off in cash you saved and now you have a 100-500,000 dollar house all for 100 grand or less … paid off no bills to pay except taxes….. for the rest of your life ….

[@EdZirul]

250 + heat from each pipe…

[@HansoloToker]

you really didnt need that ugly heat shield on your wall lol just 8 inch's from all combustibles is all you need.

[@deezynar]

The corrugated metal sheets are attractive.

[@Snowstead]

Agreed ☝🏻