Comments on: Three Ways to Heat Your Tiny House

By: pellet stove pipe

pellet stove pipe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:05 +0000

I love to heat with wood. It just feels warmer for some reason. Must be the whole guy with fire thing lol!

By: Tiny Stoves! « Laptop and a Rifle

Tiny Stoves! « Laptop and a Rifle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:06:44 +0000

[...] found an article over on the Tiny House Blog about tiny heaters, exactly the kind that I need for my hut! I think one of the cute, tiny wood stoves would be [...]

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:48:15 +0000

I have a 700 sq ft house on the side of a little mtn here in the Berkshires. I have radiant heat with propane. It’s been great, but it fails sometimes. I think maybe the temp here drops so fast that it can’t keep up and once the temp falls below 45 in the house, the thermostat fails. I have an alarm set up to call me when this happens, but any suggestions on how to keep this from happening. I also am interested in how I could NOT heat the cabin in winter but possible put in a pellet stove and just heat and turn on water when we do get there. We can only go 2 weekends a month at this point.

Any creative tiny building thoughts???
Maggie in Mass

By: bill

bill — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:56:31 +0000

hi, i am interested in feedback anyone may have on heating a 600sq ft cabin. I have a separate basement (same size ) that has to be heated as well. There are no walls in either floor. My objective is to prevent the pipes from freezing during the winter. I was told about a couple of options. 1 ) A company called Alpine has the following…..wall furnace, console room heater and baseboard elect hearter. 2nd option is a product called Mr. Slim. Mitsubishi is the manufacture. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you

By: Bob Pritts

Bob Pritts — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:08:17 +0000

I have been researching the tiny house idea for a couple of years now and about to set out on an adventure of designing and building my own. The source of heat will be a low voltage radiant floor heat….price wise it will be just under $500 dollors and that will be paid back in time due to the efficent use of energy. As we all age our own body plumbing goes through changes….the blood just may not flow to our lower body parts as well…i.e. our feet. Radiant heat provides a low cost to install for dyi guy, lower energy cost to operate, because heat rises, you stay warm while sitting….so your feet and body stay warm without having to jack up the heat on really cold days or nights…..I wish radiant floor heat was the heat of choice for builders…when building for lets say anyone over 50.
Stay warm and happy building

P.S. check out Z-mesh

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:10:01 +0000

I imagine tiny house living is similar in some ways to living on a small boat. I have cruised on my 26-foot sailboat in winters in North and South Carolina where temps go down to the 20’s and 30’s.

My primary source of heat has been anthracite coat burned in a “Tiny Tot” stove by Fatsco (http://www.fatscostoves.com/). It takes some doing to get hard coal to start and stay burning, but I think it’s well worth it.

By: Whitworth Deen

Whitworth Deen — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:50:00 +0000

Hi. I am most interested to follow your blog. Why? I am nearly 60 years old and own a beautiful small forested lot in northwest Arkansas, near the university. It is my plan to build a “jewel of green architecture” cottage, as my retirement home, of approx 800 sq ft, on my lot. It will be, as much as possible, passive solar, built with as many recycled materials as I can lay my hands on. There is only myself and my little dog, as I am very unlucky in love, so I am sure that the 800 sq ft will be more than adequate. All doorways will be 42 inches wide and other senior citizen considerations will be included. Thank U for your blog… U have an admirer in Arkansas. Kind regards, SD

By: Logan

Logan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:39:38 +0000

Several companies produce a “toe-kick heater” which can fit in the toe-kick area of a kitchen cabinet. They are compact and effective. A toe-kick heater can be placed above or below a cabinet, inside walls, etc.

Happy heating.

By: different ways to heat your home

different ways to heat your home — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:33:09 +0000

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By: bottleman

bottleman — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:29:13 +0000

Hi Kent- sorry it took me a while to notice your comment above. Sure you can do a piece if you want. Cheers!