Potbelly wood stove users question!

[188slo50]

Do they do a good job of heating for there small size? I have a 1300sq garage and looking for something to keep me warm this winter and don't want a huge wood stove taking up floor space. Thinking of this one http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/vogelzang-cast-iron-pot-belly-stove

 

[Highbeam]

Do they do a good job of heating for there small size? I have a 1300sq garage and looking for something to keep me warm this winter and don't want a huge wood stove taking up floor space. Thinking of this one http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/vogelzang-cast-iron-pot-belly-stove

Pot belly stoves are awesome radiant heaters, bigger the better. They wont save you floor space though as they need lots of clearance all around. You'd be better off with a woodstove wrt a small footprint.

 

[rustrunner]

i would think that a cabinet type like a "wonderwood" style would be better. takes longer wood and heats longer. we had a round oak at camp and it had to be out from the wall a ways and we were always putting the wood to it.

 

[188slo50]

Would this be better.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/united-states-stove-cast-iron-logwood-stove-large

It will only be heating the garage and I'm currently working on doing the installation but wanted to get a stove ready just in case the cold hits sooner than expected that way I can finish the inside while I have heat to work in.

 

[Von Psycho]

If your stove is to one end of the shop mount a small fan on the wall and I do mean small cause it doesn't take much air to move around heat in a tight building.

 

[McFarmer]

I heat the shop with wood, and old "parlor" stove. My air filtration system consists of a filter box in front of an old dryer fan that exhausts near the ceiling. That moves enough air to pull heat away from the stove that sits in the far corner.

 

[olllotj]

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Englander-2-200-sq-ft-Wood-Burning-Stove-30-NCH/100291302

high end, low clearance stove with a blower

 

[larry_g]

The first stove you linked to is a COAL stove so the second would be better. Check the clearances required around the stove your looking at, different stoves require different clearances so a small stove may conceivably take up more floor space. Also check out the requirements for a wood burning devise with your insurance and local codes. Also consider your wood source. If you have hardwoods then a smaller stove can be used than if you are burning softwood or millends.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[sasquatch12]

As posted a Fan will make a BIG difference in moving the warm air around. It doesn't take that big of fan either.

 

[fteufert]

For 20 years I had a 1920's Sears coal & wood stove heating my garage. With a poorly insulated garage, it still hit 70+ degrees after two hours.

I used a cheap ceiling fan on slow to move the heat. I burned scrap wood to get the coal started, and then burned coal at $2 for a 50 pound bag. Cheap heat!

Now I need to install it in my new garage before winter hits!

 

[Scott H in Wheaton]

I think your avatar would do a better job of keeping you warm than any stove would

 

[188slo50]

I think your avatar would do a better job of keeping you warm than any stove would

If I had that I wouldn't have time to play in the garage!


Larry g, it does both coal and wood


The stove is about dead center of the back wall and I have plenty of hard wood to burn, not trying to spend a lot on a stove that's only used 4 months a yr which is why I posted the 2 I did.
I've yet to see any that state the amount of clearance they need from walls, does that mean there's a standard spacing?

 

[James-W]

When I was a kid growing up on the farm, we had a workshop with a wood stove in it. The stove worked well in that it gave off a lot of heat, but it was almost impossible to control the heat. Usually it was either too warm or it was too chilly, but since we weren't working out there all the time it wasn't so bad.

 

[dadsEH]

A piece of corrogated iron or cement sheeting works well behind the stove to protect the wall from heat.

 

[larry_g]

http://hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/wood_stove_clearances_installing_it_safely

Above is a general installation guide. Notice that on an unlisted stove that the clearance is 36". I would suggest that you check your local regulations as wood stove installations have lots of varying ruled depending on where you are located.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[NUTTSGT]

The neighbor has a potbelly stove in his shop. It does a good job of keeping his place warm as he needs it.


I also use a wood burner in my garage, I use a box fan to move the air around, nice and slow.