The British have been keeping a secret… But now the jig is up, because Tiny House Blog is on to them! What’s the big deal? Combination boilers! (Combi for short.) Best Combi Boilers for Tiny Houses: Best Gas Model: Westinghouse Condensing Combination Boiler Price: $1,957 Pros: – Including … Read more
Want the style and comfort of a wood burning stove, but don’t know which model to choose? Worry not, because the Tiny House Blog is here to help you select the right stove for you! Check out our list of the best wood stoves for tiny houses below. (By the … Read more
Looking for a way to heat water for your tiny house on a budget, while saving space? Check out these reviews! Indoor space is at a premium in a tiny house. Who can afford to dedicate an entire closet to a water heater? That’s where on-demand, tankless water heaters come … Read more
I’ve been using a Envi Heater to supplement or replace the heat in my spare bedroom office for the last month or so. I usually am up before everyone else in the “big house” and don’t turn up the heat in the morning. I turn this slim, quiet, little wall heater on and it soon has my 10×10 office quite comfortable. Even when we have been down in the single digits it seems to do its job in keeping me warm.
One of the advantages of building a tiny house or small house is there is seemingly more time and more interest in building such a house with as little heat/air loss as possible. Through photos we have seen far more fuss and concern over insulation, joint tightness, ceiling framing and … Read more
by Case Turner
A while back I wrote to you about the Stovetec stove. I purchased one of the two door models and thought you might like to include a brief write up on its performance. Granted, this is an outdoor stove, but it works great for cooking and would be a fantastic alternative for those who don’t want to put a traditional kitchen into their small abode. This camp season it will be our number one cooker. In preparation for camping season we have been using it weekly in the backyard burning up every little stick we can scrounge up.
First, and foremost I would like to mention that I have no connection with this company. Admittedly. I do have a fetish for outdoor cooking equipment. I peruse garage sale, surplus stores, thrift shops looking for outdoor stoves and cooking gear. I have been lusting over the Stovetec stoves for a while. At our annual sportsman show this spring, Stovetec had a booth and I couldn’t resist. I purchased the two door model and headed straight home. I hurriedly unpacked my new toy and immediately scrounged up every limb, stick, and a pile of pine needles I could get my hands on. I grabbed the tea kettle from the camper and 10 or so sticks later I had boiling water. I spent the next several hours in the backyard burning sticks and boiling water. At the end of the session I dampened everything down and simmered water for a good half hour!
The wood that I have been primarily burning is lodge pole pine. I split these from our wood pile. The sticks end up being about 1 in x 1 in x 18 inches . Lodge pole burns good and hot, but a bit fast. If one was to use hardwood you would have a better fire for simmering. The sides and the bottom of the stove do get warm, so be careful. After a hour or two of burning they are not, however, excessively hot to the touch. As you can see in the pictures I have my stove set on OSB. I wouldn’t advise this setup, just because embers and such could jump out create a fire hazard. Aside from that I would have no problem setting this on a stump or picnic table and using it. I have since replaced the OSB with Metal. This stove is not a good candidate as a heat source. Obviously the open chimney wouldn’t work in a confined space. It also holds its heat and doesn’t like to give any of it away.