And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The family has a hunting cabin with a wood stove in northern Montana. The flu has a 90 degree just before the ceiling where it ran the length of the room and exited the opposite wall. It was also wrapped with copper tubing that provided the hot water. The cabin is an off-grid structure. A generator or inverter off the truck has to be used to run the well to fill the water tank. There is no power in the cabin. Oil lamps are used for lighting and the stove is used for cooking. It does have a shower and inside pluming.
A lot of ranchers in Texas drill water wells and put solar pumps on them now. More reliable than a windmill, and usually much lower maintenance cost. My local water well company sells quite a few. It's a single or double panel.
That wood looks like it's a pine. Back in the day in Pennsylvania (where hard wood is plentiful) we'd call pine wood "garbage" since it burns hot but burns way too fast. A true waste of energy for cutting and stacking it.
Born raised in a defunct colonial coach road inn, had double oven wood cook stove, top was large, set a oval galvy wash tub on top in winter, its where us kids got a bath with the stove doors open, it was pretty warm, you stood in front to dry off, worked great, only had wood stove, no central heat.
Great stove. Bad wood stacks. Need a table next to the stove to aid in cooking. Whoever thought to stack wood like that needs a visit out back to the wood shed.
I was thinking more along the lines of lack of counter space for cooking prep. But with the grease and fire concerns voiced here I'd tear out the logs and wood shelving, face the wall with stainless steel and install a sink and counters to work on. The logs can go somewhere nearby. Just my $.02
The family has a hunting cabin with a wood stove in northern Montana. The flu has a 90 degree just before the ceiling where it ran the length of the room and exited the opposite wall. It was also wrapped with copper tubing that provided the hot water. The cabin is an off-grid structure. A generator or inverter off the truck has to be used to run the well to fill the water tank. There is no power in the cabin. Oil lamps are used for lighting and the stove is used for cooking. It does have a shower and inside pluming.
ReplyDeleteSounds nice. Have you considered a solar water pump? Doesn't need a battery, the panel is wired directly to the pump.
DeleteThat's going to be one helluva solar panel to do that.
DeleteA lot of ranchers in Texas drill water wells and put solar pumps on them now. More reliable than a windmill, and usually much lower maintenance cost. My local water well company sells quite a few. It's a single or double panel.
DeleteThat's quite the fire hazard they've got going, there.
ReplyDeleteIt sure is. Cooking and a grease fire - it's gone.
DeleteI thought the same. Top, sides and underneath.
DeleteIn a wood cabin like that with wood above and below and behind, if you have a grease fire it is all over anyway. The wood on either side won't matter.
DeleteHaving said that, it ain't the best setup.
Must be bear country.
ReplyDeleteWhat is going on up in the ceiling (long, weird shaped piece of wood)?
ReplyDeleteUsing what fit (& looked good) as a rafter.
DeleteThis is a display of some sort. Way outta code and common sense.
ReplyDeleteMaybe in a restaurant lobby somewhere in the sticks?
Yeah, looks staged dudn't it?
DeleteThat wood looks like it's a pine. Back in the day in Pennsylvania (where hard wood is plentiful) we'd call pine wood "garbage" since it burns hot but burns way too fast. A true waste of energy for cutting and stacking it.
ReplyDeleteBorn raised in a defunct colonial coach road inn, had double oven wood cook stove, top was large, set a oval galvy wash tub on top in winter, its where us kids got a bath with the stove doors open, it was pretty warm, you stood in front to dry off, worked great, only had wood stove, no central heat.
ReplyDeleteGreat stove. Bad wood stacks. Need a table next to the stove to aid in cooking. Whoever thought to stack wood like that needs a visit out back to the wood shed.
ReplyDeleteWow, Cal OSHA drops by and declines a cup of coffee. OTGH, not in Cali.
ReplyDeleteWhat brand? Got a back porch kitchen could use one
ReplyDeletejust like it.
Also, the carpet. The firebox inevitably spitting embers.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking more along the lines of lack of counter space for cooking prep. But with the grease and fire concerns voiced here I'd tear out the logs and wood shelving, face the wall with stainless steel and install a sink and counters to work on. The logs can go somewhere nearby. Just my $.02
ReplyDelete"it's what's for dinner"
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