This is my fireplace

[Ole Farmerbuck]

But it doesnt really do much good in my shop. Dont look at the junk around it. My shop is 40x50. Would I be better off if i would put a wood burning stove in instead of the fireplace? Or would a dual barrel burner work for me? I dont know much about different kinds of stoves so easy on me. Just asking suggestions on what to do for more heat.

 

[jeeptj19992001]

do the twin 55 gallon they let out a lot of heat fast

 

[Blowncrewcab]

once warmed up that stove should heat your shop, The cardboard box on top will add a bit of heat also once ignited (j/k But NOT SAFE) I use a stove of very similar size to heat my whole house, it's the only heat I have. does yours have a built in fan? it really helps allot.

 

[Ole Farmerbuck]

Thats what i figured i would hear. What about one of those cast iron stoves that the door seals on? If i put a fan behind it wouldnt it be better than what i have? Or not

 

[Ole Farmerbuck]

once warmed up that stove should heat your shop, The cardboard box on top will add a bit of heat also once ignited (j/k But NOT SAFE) I use a stove of very similar size to heat my whole house, it's the only heat I have. does yours have a built in fan? it really helps allot.

There are two little fans on the bottom in the front. I can barely tell when i turn them on. Its hot if i sit about 5ft in front of it but other than that.... You think the box is bad, i forgot about the 500 rounds of 9mm sitting there for a while today!

 

[Blowncrewcab]

You would have noticed the ammo eventually when it was poppin. You can blow a fan towards the stove to move some heat around, I used to point my fan at the flue pipe since thats where the good heat is.

 

[Butch(OH)]

40x50 shop is going to take a serious heater unless it is built like a house. Put them 500 9MM back near it and when they start poppen you will keep warm until you git tired of running, LOL. Seriously your going to need a lot more heater than that one if it gets cold out in W Kansas.

 

[Petr51488]

Whatever you do, if you buy a new stove, let it burn ouside. I made the mistake of installing the fireplace and starting a fire in it inside. All the factory paint needs to burn off. Needless to say, the house smelt like burnt paint.

 

[AOD]

do the twin 55 gallon they let out a lot of heat fast

Double barrel stoves put out a LOT of heat and are pretty efficient. Be careful with them though. I have seen these glowing orange! Yikes!

 

[Ole Farmerbuck]

You would have noticed the ammo eventually when it was poppin. You can blow a fan towards the stove to move some heat around, I used to point my fan at the flue pipe since thats where the good heat is.

Most of the time the flue isnt very hot. Its double pipe. When i first start it now thats another story! Should i be closing the windows or leave them open?
(on the fireplace)

 

[Ole Farmerbuck]

Whatever you do, if you buy a new stove, let it burn ouside. I made the mistake of installing the fireplace and starting a fire in it inside. All the factory paint needs to burn off. Needless to say, the house smelt like burnt paint.

I can get a little one that holds about as much as the fireplace for about $200. Ah the paint smell wont bother the shop! lol

 

[coostv]

My advice (for what its worth) would be to look for a forced air wood stove. You may be able to get one at a reasonable price used on craigslist. My F-I-L has tried all sorts of different configurations in his shop, and the forced air stove has won hands down. He gets a wild hair every now and then to change and do something new. When he built it, he put in a new wood stove with blower and all, heated it nicely.... Got "tired" of having to feed it, put it a forced air propane furnace. Duh, expensive. Tried the double barrel heater, worked fair, but not great. Tried a regular wood stove with no blower using a fan to circulate, again, ok, but not great. Guess what? He has come full circle and is back to an add on wood stove with blower built in, heats great.

My .$02,

Chris

 

[jetskiman]

I have a an air tight fireplace insert in my shop (30X30) and that heats it ok. If it were bigger I would gat an add on furmace. I have an add on furnace that heats my old 2 story house great.

 

[Rookie1]

once warmed up that stove should heat your shop, The cardboard box on top will add a bit of heat also once ignited (j/k But NOT SAFE) I use a stove of very similar size to heat my whole house, it's the only heat I have. does yours have a built in fan? it really helps allot.

I think I peed myself.

 

[KsWoodsMan]

Looks like a pretty decent stove, just not sure it will keep up with trying to heat 2,000 sq feet of shop space in the dead of winter.

A ceiling fan up in the rafters will help push that warm air back down to where you are. Putting it at the far end of the shop will help circulation.

Something else that can't hurt is to get the stove closer to the floor. The higher in the air it is, the less of the air in the shop it comes in contact with to heat. I'd bet there is 12" of cold air on the floor in front of it. That is 12" of cold air that never gets heated.

Burning with the doors open feels nice right up close but sure cools the far end off quick. It pulls a lot of air up the flue. The air that goes up the flue and out of the shop has to be replaced with cold outside air. The less that goes up the flue the less you have to heat.

A 2 barrel stove has a lot of surface area to make heat. I made a single one years ago for a buddy's 'shop'. We called this 35 gal heater 'little huff'. I made the door to seal tightly and put the large bung towards the bottom. Then I made a simple draft controll to go in there. With the draft control completely out of it, the thing blew smoke rings out the draft hole. Not too cool but was good for another beer while we burned off the paint. He lived in a 1200 sq ft un insulated shop that winter. He stopped complaining it was cold in there and bragged about being able to cook on the top surface.

After looking at some plans on Mother Earth News We could have installed a draft tube from the large bung to the back of the stove. This would help reduce consumption and emmissions without sacrificing any heat. Also, It would have been a simple matter drill 2 sets of 1/16" holes, 50 each, in a 3/4" nipple 24" long. Then screwed that in from the inside for a secondary burn area in the top of the 'stove'. He would close off the bottom draft and open the top one after getting a nice fire going. He claimed the same load of wood in there would last 10-12 hours instead of 6-8 hours.

It never had any firebrick in it but it didnt take long to figure out that an inch of ash in the bottom did help the wood burn hotter and longer. It lasted about 3 years for him before getting to thin to use.

 

[wdchuck]

An add on style wood furnace, they come with blowers and can be ducted to equalize the heat in the shop.

That's what's going in my 24x43 two-story when I upgrade the house wood furnace.

Just make sure to have a 1000cfm or better fan to distribute the warm air.

If you run an outside air feed to the cumbustion damper to it, then you'll eliminate the problem of using interior air that may contain other combustible shop air ingrediants.

 

[superfire]

fan

i put a old bathroom fan if my old loging shop (120x 200) in the ceiling above the stove and made the outlet go into the office and in to the break room,.i used stander duct pipe and then insulated it real well. the shop got warmer alot quicker then opening doors and placing portable fans in the doorways i basicly made a miny furnace out of the wood stove and the bathroom fan. i spent less then 200 saw chips the key to you problem is air needz to go to the far end of the building first, then to the rest of the shop. a few ceiling fans could also help move the air around to make the heat spread out versus stay in one corner. heat rises so you need to push it back down. if you get a reversible fan you will stay cooler in the summer.
hope the helps.

 

[avalancher]

I bought the kit from Northern Tools to make a double barrel stove, it came with the legs, door, and connectors for the two barrels and the stove pipe. It will heat like nothing you have ever seen.My only complaint is the latch for the door, its cheap flimsy tin, and eventually wouldnt hold the door tight. I made a new one, and also made a gasket for the door so that it would be a little more airtight.
works good now,but does use a bit of wood to heat this shop. One end of my 24X60 shop is enclosed where the stove is at,but if I want to heat the entire shop I open the door to the rest of the shop and move a large fan that I have to blow the heat into the rest of it. Works pretty good.

 

[Ole Farmerbuck]

I bought the kit from Northern Tools to make a double barrel stove, it came with the legs, door, and connectors for the two barrels and the stove pipe. It will heat like nothing you have ever seen.My only complaint is the latch for the door, its cheap flimsy tin, and eventually wouldnt hold the door tight. I made a new one, and also made a gasket for the door so that it would be a little more airtight.
works good now,but does use a bit of wood to heat this shop. One end of my 24X60 shop is enclosed where the stove is at,but if I want to heat the entire shop I open the door to the rest of the shop and move a large fan that I have to blow the heat into the rest of it. Works pretty good.

Sounds good. I already have the kit and barrels. Did you line the bottom with brick?

 

[Ole Farmerbuck]

I even thought about running a 6 or 8" pipe through the top barrel and puting a fan behind it.