woodstove in yurt

[mama23]

Hi all

we put up our yurt in the spring & are now getting ready for fall/winter.

I was gifted a woodstove - about 30 years old, but barely used in a condo of old folks. from denmark.

planning on putting it in the yurt, but don't know a lot about wood stoves. I've been over on the hearth.com site & can't find much out about it other than it is probably a hwam.

any thoughts/concerns you could see in installing in our 24' pacific yurt?

thx.

[Jafo]

I would install it through the wall if I were you, not the roof. A lot less of a chance of it causing a leak that way. Here is my adventure in putting up a chimney and my first wood stove:

http://www.yurtforum.com/forums/buil...imney-137.html

And then upgrading to my latest wood stove:

http://www.yurtforum.com/forums/yurt...-yurt-933.html

[Wintergreen282]

Jafo. Did you ever post the results/impression of your new 700 lb soapstone stove with the listed 10-12 burn time?

[Jafo]

I haven't yet because it really has not been cold enough to do a good test. I can say that we did use it last weekend and it cooked us. I had to open the

dome

lol. It was only 40 degrees out though.

[Bob Rowlands]

It's juuust about nippy enough at night to fire the stove. Right after halloween is the usual start of yurt

heating

for me at 6500 feet.

[Jafo]

We are heading up to the yurt for three nights today. It is supposed to get into the 30's, so we will definitely be trying out the stove!

[Knecht]

We have a vintage cast iron stove in our yurt and so far we've been happy with it. This winter will show us if it's really enough.

[kochevnik]

I have a question about a chimney. How do you make a hole in the wall for it. How far should it be from the wall? Can someone share plans and pictures of existing set up?

Kochevnik

[Jafo]

Here's a good thread to start in.

http://www.yurtforum.com/forums/buil...imney-137.html

[kochevnik]

Dough!!!! Thank you, I apologize for double topic