Sunday, January 24, 2016

Mini Wood Stove!


I got a wood stove! Here is is freshly unpacked after arrival. It's a Grey Stove built by Lloyd Grey and his team. Yes, I can pick it up, but it's heavy. 120 pounds.


Below you can see how really tiny it is, even with my tiny house for a sense of scale. Like my friend said, "It's so cute, we could just sit here and look at it. That would probably keep us warm even without hooking it up!"


Here you can see a glimpse of the inside right after I unpacked it. 

And here it sits in it's corner patiently waiting for all the parts and pieces needed to finish installation. Thanks to living in the middle of no where, I could not source all the pipes etc. that I need locally. So they are all in the mail. Depending on all the carriers bringing them, I hope to have everything I need by the beginning of February.


I think Manipi may even enjoy curling up beside it every now and then once it's firing. A full report and review will follow once it is installed and being used. I can't wait! 



16 comments:

  1. Love Love Love your tiny house. You make living in it look so inviting! I've been reading thru your previous posts and since I'm curious by nature may I ask why did you get rid of the recliner? space constraints? And why don't you have a bigger water tank? Can hardly wait to see the stove up and running. Best of luck to you.

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    1. Yes, the whole place just felt so much more roomy without the big brown chair. And I never really sat in it, I always curled up on the couch or laid on my bed to read or whatever.

      I would probably have put in a larger water tank if I had thought more about it before my house was finished. That was just the standard size Tumbleweed used, and if you were going to move a lot, you wouldn't really want the extra weight of a much larger tank.

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  2. I'm looking forward to your detailed review. Have been considering the exact same stove. I would like to put it on a stand of some sort. How do you clean it out? I've scoured their web site and can't figure it out. Thanks!!

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    1. I've got one more "test" I want to run and then I'll be writing that post. I thought about a stand, but heat rises and I always have cold feet, so I wanted to have as much heat as close to the floor as possible. I just scoop out the ashes and take them outside to add to my ash dedicated metal trash can. Exactly like I always did in the much larger wood stove when I grew up in a house that was heated with wood. You do have to do it a little more often with such a tiny stove.

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  3. Super looking forward to hearing how the wood stove works out for you- Would also really like to hear the thought process/progression of events which lead up to your decision to try a wood stove as a heat source.

    Also, as long as I'm writing, your blog is awesome, and a really great resource for me as I plan my own move into an off-grid THOW. So thanks. :)

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    1. I'll get to all that in my next post on my wood stove. And thank you! Where will you be living?

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  4. Hi Ariel,

    Thanks for the cheerful updates. After reading this article in the NYT this a.m.:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/25/us/precipitous-rents-in-ski-country-push-workers-to-edges.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below&_r=0
    about soaring rents and non-existent housing your charming solution to what is a growing problem seems creative and daring.

    I appreciate that you go into the practical issues that you encounter with Fy Nyth. Good job on thawing out those pipes! Keep blogging -

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    1. Thank you. That is why I write. So others can learn things the easy way and have a realistic idea of the ups and downs of off grid tiny life. It's not all perfect, but I love it.

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  5. Manapi looks sooo much better! So glad he found his way back to you in time. And I am also looking forward to hearing about the woodstove.

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  6. I love it all. Is the stove really blue? It only appears that way in the one picture. I'm also living in a 24' tiny house, named Ozmyrrah. I'm using electric heat this year, and probably will go to a wood stove next year, as I prepare to go off grid. I'm just worried about being too warm. lol So, I'm especially looking forward to hearing all about how the stove works out for you. I just found this through a pin on Pinterest, because of your lovely kitchen. I'll be reading much more of your blog this week.
    I live on Whidbey Island, WA, and you can see a few pictures of my home being built and delivered on Pinterest. Search Ozmyrrah. I'm Ida Hennessey there.

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    1. No it's black. It must just be the lighting in that one photo. It can get too warm, but I have a ton of windows and since my wood source only costs me some work, I don't mind just opening a few windows and letting fresh air in.

      I like your house, especially the tub setup!

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  7. We live in a small (as opposed to tiny) house in WY and we have a small blue Hearth Stone soapstone wood stove. We love it! I think that you will really like having a wood stove. We use pine cones for fire starters and we have found out that the logs need to be cut shorter. Have fun!

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  8. Did you have any zoning issues to deal with? I'm so dismayed by what I'm hearing out there.

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    1. Right now most tiny houses fall in a grey or undefined area, including mine. No one's made rules yet with a category that fits them. That area is likely to be a challenge for decades I think.

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  9. Great post ! i love Cubic Mini Wood Stove made right here in Canada (Montreal). We will likely order the larger one to install in our boat. They are very reasonably priced, appear to be very well made and will make our boat a very cosy place in the British Columbia climate. Thanks :)

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  10. Awesome Post! How can we get save the earth? People living in modern life with a lot of heat remission from electric facilities, but the other living underdeveloping countries still doing the same old things chopping trees and woods. How our earth can totally get rid of green house effects? None can't help them.
    Thanks!
    :)

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