MS

"Mike Stanford"

26/10/2011 9:21 PM

Warm at last

Most of my woodworking over the last 10 years or so has been between
April/May to Sept/Oct time because the workshop got so bloody cold. I did
try a calor gas heater one year but buying gas every week or so got
expensive, another year I tried an electric oil-filled radiator to warm the
place up a bit, but a £600+ bill in the following March put paid to that.

This year I've got a wood burner made from an old gas bottle and some old 4
inch cast-iron drainpipe for the flu. I've just finished installing it and
been testing it out. It warms up the shop (small 26 x 10) within 1/2 an hour
or so. I am so gonna have some quality time out there this winter and yeah I
do have a BIG scrap wood pile to keep it going.

Yours nice & warm
Mike


This topic has 4 replies

DW

Doug Winterburn

in reply to "Mike Stanford" on 26/10/2011 9:21 PM

26/10/2011 4:20 PM

On 10/26/2011 04:13 PM, David Paste wrote:
> On Oct 26, 9:21 pm, "Mike Stanford"<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This year I've got a wood burner made from an old gas bottle and some old 4
>> inch cast-iron drainpipe for the flu.
>
> Have you put any insulation in your shed? My garage is basically open
> to the elements. It needs attention. It ain't fun working in a room
> with a gale blowing through!

Cool at last!

We're finally down into the 80's in the AZ desert.


--
"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to
blame somebody else." -John Burroughs

LH

"Lew Hodgett"

in reply to "Mike Stanford" on 26/10/2011 9:21 PM

26/10/2011 7:52 PM

"Mike Stanford" wrote:

> Most of my woodworking over the last 10 years or so has been between
> April/May to Sept/Oct time because the workshop got so bloody cold.
-------------------------------
I hear you.

At one time I considered anything below 50F unfit for human
habitation.

These days 60F is more like it.

Have fun and stay toasty.

Lew


Nn

Nova

in reply to "Mike Stanford" on 26/10/2011 9:21 PM

27/10/2011 8:06 AM

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:52:44 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"Mike Stanford" wrote:
>
>> Most of my woodworking over the last 10 years or so has been between
>> April/May to Sept/Oct time because the workshop got so bloody cold.
>-------------------------------
>I hear you.
>
>At one time I considered anything below 50F unfit for human
>habitation.
>
>These days 60F is more like it.
>
>Have fun and stay toasty.
>
>Lew
>
>

Snow in the local forecast for tonight. :-(
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

DP

David Paste

in reply to "Mike Stanford" on 26/10/2011 9:21 PM

26/10/2011 4:13 PM

On Oct 26, 9:21=A0pm, "Mike Stanford" <[email protected]> wrote:

> This year I've got a wood burner made from an old gas bottle and some old=
4
> inch cast-iron drainpipe for the flu.

Have you put any insulation in your shed? My garage is basically open
to the elements. It needs attention. It ain't fun working in a room
with a gale blowing through!


You’ve reached the end of replies