I purchased a barrel Stove kit from Tractor Supply. Together with my neighbors help we built a nice stove. This stove will be used for burning debris in order to make hot water. Eventually we will get the needed water pipes to run through the stove to act as a on demand hot water heater.
Here are some pictures of us building the new stove.
This is the kit I purchased. The barrel was $15. The stove kit was $65.
We cut the barrel to fit the parts.
I used furnace cement to seal the components to the barrel to prevent leaks.
Here is the finished stove. Later we will add the water pipes. Next is to do a series of slow burns to get rid of the paint on the barrel and to harden the cement.
Here’s a look at the stove while it is burning.
With any luck this will be a great stove for heating water.
Good idea not to be dependent on propane which can get expensive when here is a plethora of random fuel to burn for free. Smart thinking and great effort on finding a positive solution to heat water in lieu of an unsightly empty propane tank cylinder farm surrounding your homestead.
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There is so much brush around that needs to be taken care of so not to be a fire hazard. May as well use it for making hot water. Also we burn our burnable trash so might as well get hot water from that to as needed. Still need to get a chimney for it and the inner water pipe. But the main build is complete.
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Miss the old videos, but I love that y’all haven’t left us completely. Glad that your still putting out great info and updates 🙂
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Thanks. Can’t handle youtubes blatant violation of our right to free speech etc… When they deleted two of my videos for saying the word HAIL as in ice falling from the sky because they thought I said HELL repeatedly I decided it was getting ridiculous and time to go.
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Have you ever thought about solar water heating? In the end this might be more effective for you though. Looks like you’ll be using the barrel stove much more efficiently than tboy ever did with his.
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Yes but we don’t have enough sun in winter months to sustain a solar powered water heater though. This version will allow us to get rid of tons of debris etc… that would only become a fire hazard in the woods anyhow.
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Should work great, years ago I took a ac cooler out of a lates 80s Ford pickup and plumbed it to the heater lines on my hot tub. I would set the ac condensor on top of the wood stove and flow water through with a 12v circulator pump. Worked great and would heat the 4 person tun up to 105F in about a hour.
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lol I’ve been wanting to make a hillbilly hot tub for years hahaha… Maybe when I get back from my AT hike.
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