MAXimize your wood heat - Low/no cost tips for much more warmth
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Sharing notes on how we heat our home on much less wood using very low cost, low skill, easy to implement adjustments and enhancements to our wood stove.
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You can make your own improved door gaskets by laying a thin bead of silicone in the areas where there are gaps, then placing a piece of waxed paper over the silicone to prevent it from sticking to the door. Close the door to compress the silicone and let it dry overnight. In the morning, remove the waxed paper, and you have a new custom door seal. I also used this method to repair a failed refrigerator door gasket.
Really nice idea, much appreciated...
This is the perfect solution i needed thanks for your tip
Amazing tip! Thank you.
Same i used this to repair my garage door seal and my refrigerator seal lol
Wouldn’t the silicone melt in the furnace?..
I was you 25 years ago. But there was no you tube. Fantastic job. Glad I stumbled upon this.
Nice to meat you future me! Thanks for checking out the channel. I hope to see ya around!
Keep in mind that I've only used it for a couple weeks, that being said, so far so good ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxAU9pOCSV9Y5JprooHvfxTpOrt4hx8uRM . Using it at 8 ft. by 8ft. deer blind that is insulated. I have to keep the door cracked for it to get enough air to burn, but that is very likely the wood I've used. Much better quality than I expected for the price. Now if I can just take it easy in the beginning it won't be 90 degrees in my blind. All in all it seems like a keeper.
We've enjoyed this stove for sure
Even 5 years later your words are helpful as we're setting up our wood stove. Impressed with your results. Thanks.
I’m looking to buy a wood stove too, what brand would you recommend that is affordable
@@wilbertortiz9469 we bought a used small New Englander. I understand they are sold at big box stores. It was hard to find any where we lived when we got it. Maybe others will have advice for you. All best.
A well spoken and informative video with no shaky camera and from a sensible sounding American. The song on the boiler ad is from Sestra.
We lived with wood-burning our whole lives and you're on the right half you know what you're doing
I installed a outside air adapter to my wood stove after watching your video it made a huge difference in air quality and heat
That is so great Dale!
That shepherd's a sweet old timer! God bless you for keeping him warm with that great system!
you need a job as a TV presenter. What a positive clear voice, no errs and ummms. great informative video..Thanks
Thanks man. A lot of folks say my videos help them fall asleep... Not sure what to make of that.
EdibleAcres Yeah, I'm gonna say a big no to that. It's 1:30 am and I'm trying to fall asleep. Instead I'm watching your videos learning stuff 😂
When people say your videos help them sleep, it's a compliment, in that context. People watch youtube videos to soothe/sleep. It's your even keel tone of voice and consistent communication.
@@edibleacres Falling asleep is a good thing. Not because you're monotone, rather, because you're soothing and relaxing. I DID fall asleep watching your video 3 times. But...I was exhausted!
ur mum is an informative video
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I've noticed a lot of comments about how this isn't to code... We followed manufacture specifics and had a professional installer help us get it all set up. It's to code. We submitted paperwork to the insurance agency with our specifics, etc. We are careful and thoughtful in the operation and keep a close eye on it, with a smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector on and a fire extinguisher in the room to be extra safe. Just thought this was worth sharing since these comments keep coming.
EdibleAcres I am
I have to laugh about "code".. like inspection of footers then allowing the concrete to be poured on frozen ground. This code thing is mostly a money maker...it does not protect the home owner in many many cases. I see short cuts daily for 20 plus years in the business
There are all types of "codes". You have national code books, local, county, state. Some places do not require inspections so a code at any level is meaningless. People that say, "that is not code" likely do not know what they are talking about. It is likely that their friends cousin who is learning a trade told them something and they may or may bot be remember it correctly.
There is code, which is going to vary from state to state and municipality to municipality, but in any case CODE = MINIMUM standard... you always want to do your best to be well above code where things are in regard to safety and efficiency. Sometimes this means more money up front, but generally you get a MUCH better return on the investment than you do when building to minimum code... either through longevity (lasting longer) or through efficiency gains. Or both.
dont pay attention to "Code nayers" as they are just sytem enforcers to make people dumb and helpless to a point they cant wipe their ass without reading the code. good job.
Very well prepared presentation. I grew up on a farm, a large cast iron stove that gave heat and cooking. I remember the chilly drafts across the floor.
It really is nice to not have the chilly drafts with this!
You're incredibly clever. You have a great understanding of drafts, stack effect, fuel, and efficiency.
Also, for your single panes, if you have any windows where you don't mind losing a bit of the view, get a roll of bubble wrap and cut pieces to fit those windows. You can attach the bubble wrap just by spraying a mist of water on the window, then pressing the BW onto the glass. We sometimes have to put a small piece or two of two-sided tape, but this really makes a difference in winter. You can use a sharpie to write a little code on each piece so when you take them off in spring and store them, you will know the next autumn where to reinstall the BW. The light still goes through the BW, but you do lose some of the view. We found that large bubble BW works better and gives more of a view than the small bubble BW. HTH.
I love wood heat. Everything gets warm, furniture, walls, floors, etc. Gas fired furnaces only heat the air. You have a very smart setup there. I miss heating with wood. I have to go out to my garage to enjoy a wood stove now, but that’s ok ‘cause it’s where my toys and beers are kept. Cheers!
Absolutely brilliant!.. I love your simplistic approach. Very low cost yet extremely effective.
I love to see a guy making do with what he has available, and as a bonus it works really well. I’m watching my Jotul burning right now. With heating oil at $5 plus (and going up!) I’m glad I have about 5 cords of oak, hickory, cherry, maple, ash and even a little pine - all cut, split, seasoned and stacked under a barn overhang. I worked HARD to get it to this point. There are not many things as satisfying in life as standing back and admiring your firewood all ready to burn. You KNOW it’s going to put out the stored energy within it when you need it. Wood heat, baby!
So glad you have a strong pile of warmth waiting for you for the winter. Stay warm and thanks for your comment.
You did a great job with that stove. I like how you maximized the efficiency of it by pulling hot air from it to the basement and getting cold air from the outside. I’m going to copy that from you.
Run you a 12v electric branch the pc fans they move much air very minimal cost junk pc's in most houses
Nice! I never knew about the air from outside, so glad I watched.
Same thing with hot air in summer.
Great video, and an excellent set up, I live in Australia so I don't have your troubles! I lived in Wales for 30yrs so I know the cold, I decided to move country, however this is a much more realistic approach of keeping warm. Love how you eliminated the window draft by sourcing your own independent air source. Such a simple idea yet easily overlooked. Cats are great too, they keep pests out and are living heat packs at night!! Keep keeping warm .
Your cats are having you on. 😈They suck heat out of you, they don't give any back. Don't listen to their lies😁
BRILLIANT!!!! Outstanding thought and inspiration Thank You!
Love the fan on it. Might be good to add one or two more on the hot side of the stove. Love the old school heater/stoves like this.
I appreciate learning about the outside air draw. That is a game changer. If the stove has a flange for the dryer duct to slip onto it can likely be secured with a hose clamp once and not be a recurring chore.
I did the conversion from Fahrenheit to Celsius, -24 is a good day to stay closer to home or put on the heavy winter jacket. :)
I think the external air is incredibly high value... Yeah, if there is a flange for it it's even easier!
I've used "circulator" wood stoves for around 20 years, the one we have keeps a large single story home warm, even on the coldest days and nights of winter. I build it up in the evening before we go to bed, and shut down the inlet damper. Lasts all night and when we get up in the morning the house is nice and cozy.
Nice job, love wood stoves and you do understand air flow.
Taught me one there, Thanks 👍
Videos like this and your fruit tree guilds have been a blessing in my journey for knowledge. Bless you and thank you!
Very cool. I am going to do the outside air and basement fan trick on my setup. Thanks for the ideas. Good video. Hey side note- I upcycled some old aluminium shutters I found in the attic into a heat shield for the wall behind my stove.
Lidl had a passive fan in for 20 gbp, so I grabbed one quick thanks to your recommendation of them here. It is about the same size, and appears to work just as well as yours. A lot of our heat was headed straight up the chimney, so this helps, thank you.
Thank you for the great ideas man. I should implement this on my future home. Live long and prosper!
Very articulated and soothing voice!
Very interesting and informative! You are/would have made a great teacher! Progressive, thoughtful, professional, engaging, I am very impressed. I live in an eco nightmare house. I couldn't even access the stove pipe to install a damper and my problem is TOO much draft. I have a boiler and non boiler stove and open fire. All burn like crazy so my chimneys are easy to clean such is the combustion. But you can guess the fuel consumption!
Genius! Your comprehension of air cold intake for the stove is superior Cold air is attracted to warmth. Plus your using the output to feed the basement, (heat rises) you double the layers of heating. I'm very impressed! Great video. Please keep us updated with the tape and how to clean the stove out in spring. 👍
I've been heating with wood for many years. Love it! In so for as bugs and alligators coming in with your wood, all it takes is a little attention to the wood you're taking in. If you see furrows or actually worms etc., leave it outside for next year, or your summer patio fire etc. So far it's always worked for me. Love your video.
If you watch your wood closely you can generally catch the alligators before they become an issue :)
now that is a great, helpful and insightful video. Well done.
brilliantly explained , great clarity and extremely practical , TA./
Awesome tips and insight. Thank you.
thank you thank you thank you! this really is helpful and has made a huge difference for us! Keep Rockin - Food is Free! Blessings always to your family!
Some good tips, we also placed a window film on our single pain windows, that reflects the heat back into the room during winter, BUT keeps the sun out during summer. I think it was called gilla platinum. I think the tests made it nearly as good as double glazing. Even though we have been impressed with it, but I dont think its near as good as double glazing, but it gets 2 thumbs up from us because it was a hell of a lot cheaper than DG, and certainly made a noticeable difference.
I like the idea of the stove getting its air source from the outside rather than the inside and that you have a fan moving that hot air in the basement. You are creating a positive air pressure in the house thus reducing and or eliminating any incoming drafts. Only downside I can forsee is that it must be maintained whenever it's colder outside than it is inside or else you're going to feel drafty!
Very informative. I hate winters. Too boring, too cold and last way too long. Just curl up by the heatin’ stove & wait for spring.
Thank you! Your ideas for heating the basement are excellent, it is something I will try with our stove.
When you get a chance in the summer remove the board, drywall, whatever it is behind the stove and inspect the material in the wall cavity for char. You need to protect the walls around the stove. You could have a spontaneous fire occur.
I hear you... But each winter when the stove is running super hot I test the temps of the wall and it doesn't get that hot. Warm for sure, but not toasty.
@@edibleacres I had friends loose their house to fire because of the wood stove. apparently every time the paint is heated it lowers the combustion point. One day it just went up. They too had an old home and were lucky to get out alive. Perhaps do some of your own research to be completely sure and safe.
@@debbiewood7718 I have a bit chimney pipe routed through the corridor in my house, should probably get an insulated one then? Thing gets close to 600 degrees sometimes and it's 1-2 inches from the wall.
It is paint, but it's on a brick and mortar wall, so I never really gave it too much thought. The heat from it is nice though, burning wood for 4 years now and never opened the radiator in the corridor ever.
@@markothevrba I am not an expert. A brick and mortar wall is the recommendation behind a stove pipe but what I don't know is if there is a minimum clearance required/recommended between the wall and the pipe. That is the question to have answered by someone who knows. Frankly, if you have house insurance I would check with them.
@@debbiewood7718 just need a proper herth, and fire resistant board behind with one inch space between it and the wall.
I don't have a wood heater, i don't know how i got here and why im watching this...i thoroughly enjoyed watching this video 😂 no idea what's going on here...
Glad you stumbled over!
St. Dymphna sounds it
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same, i'd love to get one tho ... no clue where i would put one
Giving this older vid a bump for the algorithm. Clear and good info for those not in the know.
Thank You buddy.i did the modification with the outside Air.....works splendid
Thats wonderful to hear.
Nice Vid - it's always interesting to see what creative things folks do to get the most from their wood stoves!
Thanks, it's fun to share our experience for folks to pick and choose what might work for them.
I think the outside air intake for combustion is a huge factor for efficiency. Thanks for sharing.
Great job. I like that old stereo and viynl records you paned by.
Nothing like a wood stove. Good and warm 👍
Thank you EdibleAcres for your great video on the woodstove. I've been working on my old woodstove to make more efficient your video helps alot. Thanks!
So happy you found it useful!
That is amazing your stove.
I thought that was a great vid and very informative, Granted I did some "I should of known that" or "why didn't I see this 3 years ago", but good job! And now I know.
At less than 90 seconds in, I knew that this was an excellent channel to subscribe to, interesting, informative and entertaining, with good videography, presentation and narration.
I like the air venting coming in, and especially the air movement to the basement which interests me the most. I have been thinking about doing this, and now that I can see it working, I will most definately work on that this summer. Great video thank you...
Yes, very good job! I'm in Colorado & seen -50 overnight (rare) but it gets cold. Knew about the cold air intake but haven't done it. Now I think I will. Also like the fan! Thank you!
Couple additions to all those good tips
1) Check temperature of wall behind the stove. You will find it is hot. Why heat a poorly insulated wall? So, I put Al sheet to reflect the IR back into the room. Now the wall is 'cool' and room is warmer.
2) Have routed incoming air via a dryer hose to a 8" pipe around the 6" exhaust pipe, input is at bottom of the 8" pipe and the bottom is sealed. The 8" pipe is 24" long and sits on top of the damper. Incoming air is heated and creates positive pressure in the house reducing smoke leaking and brings in fresh air to the house. Whereas fresh going directly to stove per the video does not allow as much fresh air into the house. We do have to add humidity to the house because cold outside air, when heated, has very low relative humidity.
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I clad the wall behind my stove with stone. It looks good and absorbs heat to act as an extra thermal mass.
I like how you deliver fresh air in to stove.
All new wood stoves have an optional fresh air kit which consists of a replacement plate with a 4" hole in it. I replaced the flex pipe it came with for rigid 4" 22gauge sheet metal duct. Nice clean look
Back up heating system? Wow, that would be nice. Lol.
We've heated with wood as our only source for nearly 35 years. Challenging at times but well worth the savings. We once had a wood stove that we stacked river stone around. Wow what a difference.
Great .love how u have it bricked in, I purchased mine a year ago from Amazon.had second thoughts about it,wouldn,t install it in my Pub shed,Ihave the same kind u have,really wanted a smaller size,,cause I kept seeing smaller ones, but they were to expensive,so after so many searches,i dedcided too use the one I have & quit being so picky, which is in my Virgo nature.so I,m getting ready to install it in my Pub shed.& make a strong off the floor stainless steel shelf for it.Stay warm Sir.
Good vid. Edible Acres. We've been heating with wood for 15 years. This year setting up the outside air intake. I think it will make a huge difference.
Did you fit your external air supply? Did it make a difference?
Big fan! Especially of the supplied air source and the final drying of wood next to stove. Takes it to the next level.
Thanks man! Yeah, it's been fun getting such a wide range of feedback on this system. At the end of the day, it works for us and you can't beat the price so it's been a great experience. Hope you are staying warm up there. It's been mellow and mild the last little bit down our way...
Hey buddy.. one thing i was thinking about - the bricks - that's an inconsequential amount o thermal mass in my experience. And masonry folks would agree - meaningful mass starts at the multi thousand kilo amount - so you could free up that space if you'd like, i'd think with no consequence. But that supplied air source doh! That's huge.
EdibleAcres I do the same thing. Wood brought in fresh from outside here is never completely dry even after 8+ months cut and stored under a roof and off the ground. I have a pile beside the stove waiting to go in next.
My stove doesn’t seem to have a 4” hole anywhere. Is there another way to feed outside air to it?
Is the thermocouple fan still working? Ours died mostly after a few years.
Nice setup you got there. I had a fireplace insert that was similar to that except it had a self contained blower fan inside that routed all the air through the cast iron. It was some of the hottest air I have ever felt and extremely efficient. I would recommend a stove like that for you. Sold mine for $200.
What a great video! You really know what you’re doing.
What you need is to dot and dab the walls with half inch insulation behind. Make the walls thicker :) and also replace those old windows. You can double glaze yourself with the new dot and dab and have storm windows.
Storm windows are great for outside noises as well. Is your flooring insulated? You could do the same with the ceiling, add another layer with rocksall insulation.
Dual combustion stove like yours is the way to go. I reduced my firewood use by half and had more heat than with my old airtight Fisher.
Very creative
Thank you, I'm looking around for info on how to work my antique cast iron stove. I like your video.
Great ideas for venting heat and intake air. Have to try it myself.
That was very informative. Tks
Drawing th air from outside is verry clever !! I fixed this alwel woth my stove but i used a tube with a self made valve so i can choke the stove as i wish...
I appreciate your information and video. Very helpful and gives people hope for creating an affordable option for heating their home. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I have a wood stove I’m going to implement your ideas.. I’ve said this so many times you have so much knowledge. Much love my friends
Hopefully some of the ideas on this video are useful to you, please be safe and use your judgement
Hello from Ireland...good work, and well thought out..: )
What aren't you voting for/against?
I understand your problem with adding insulation. You might consider placing drapes along the outside walls and see what the effect is. I put moving blankets purchased on sale at Harbor Freight in my garage shop and the difference was amazing.
yes, my old farm, we collected old wool and thick blankets to hang on walls and bunch against the floor mouldings..was so cozy, I sort of miss the multi blanket look lol
Fantastic wow ,keep safe,paul
Excellent presentation, and most of all, good ideas that can be useful. I will "steal" some of those to bump up heating in my house. Thank you!
I love projects and innovations like this.
Great stove and especially the air intake! Thanks for another great video. We've got a solid fuel stove with a back boiler that spreads the heat to a 300 liter stainless steal water tank and to the radiators. We tried to grow black locust, but willow and hybrid poplar are doing better here in Ireland. :D
@ 70+ what a clear & concise understanding of convection young fella, 🇨🇦 expat
Very bright video. Thanks. hope it helps a lot of people.
Thanks. Great tips. I grew up in a house similar to yours, but in S.C. Winters aren't that bad. But still, stoking the fire at 5 a.m. was no fun. It's a dang wonder we didn't burn the house down. I guess everyone at school could tell who the poor kids were from our smell of wood ash. Sure wish I could go back to those days.
I just started trying out this gasification method. I must admit it's amazing. I'm heating my home with wood and an unlimited supply of wood chips from the city.
Nobody on UA-cam influences my life as much as you. Thank you for all of the wonderful information that you share with all of us.
Wow, what an incredibly rich and lovely compliment to share. I'm humbled. It really is our pleasure to share all these experiments and ideas with folks, so thank you so much for being an important part of that! Wow!
Yeh I'm curious to what was happening there, how does it work? Do you just light a fire as normal and then sit a container full of woodchips on the coals? How tightly closed is the container?
@@samdelpino3939 You pretty much nailed it. A nice hot bed of coals... Place the container in...maybe some smaller cut wood around that to light the escaping gases. Done.
Like I think he says in the video, not a tight-fitting lid. If you Google "hotel pans with lids", that is what he and I use. He has a what is called a "half pan" size, I use a 1/3 pan size. You just fill it up and set the lid on top.
@@chrisolson6629 Cheers, and then the idea is you get a tonne more efficiency? Why not just chop up bigger pieces of wood and do the same? Then if you don't have other uses, can you burn the charcoal as you would burn wood normally, getting double burn out of it?
@@samdelpino3939 I think the idea is that you can use readily available free wood chips or scraps as fuel. Free heat and tons easier to gather than trees. Also, once that fuel is spent you have something called biochar, which if you are a gardener, it's pretty much gold.
Lots of good info! I’m setting up a stove this weekend and intend to use many of your ideas.
Be safe and good luck! We love heating with wood.
Everything makes good sense to me. Thanks for sharing.
It makes perfect sense that you wouldn't want to send more heat than necessary up and out the chimney.
Thats what I'm thinking!
the valve regulates how much oxigen the fire gets => you control the speed of the burning process. Only the right place to put a valve like this is in the inlet pipe.
It's LETHAL to reduce smoke leaving your stove. NEVER close or choke stove in any way!!! Any kind of throttle or vent gate on smoke channel MUST be fully OPEN during use. You may reduce fresh air flow towards stove though. Many stoves comes with a inlet throttle.
Sailorman6996 stoves with catalytic converters are a good way to choke the heat leaving the stove. Slows it down but creates a double burn.
the manual for my stove says not to use a damper, the combustion and draft is controlled via the intake. though my stove is very efficient and could possibly be designed differently than most folks running dampers. or perhaps they put it in there for some safety reason that is not likely to be an issue, just a rare possibility, i have no idea. and with all of the various air inlets on my stove, i'd have to have one heck of a complicated contraption to do what this guy simply did with his intake.
nice setup. looks like that was money well spent.
great restoration of the stove!
Doggie looks happy 💕 great video thank you 👍🏼
Great little set up, cant wait for mine to arrive in the next few days. If you're going to close off the flue with a damper it might be a good idea to get a carbon monoxide detector just to be safe.
Thanks, we have one set up. This is a good reminder to test it to be sure it's working!
Just bought an ecofan for my stove after seeing yours. Sponsor this man!
Just bought one too and took it out of the box 5 minutes ago, so funny I just saw this
I've had 3 ecofans and not a one of them were worth a Shit! The first two were sent back with problems right away. I thought I'd try a third when they changed the design, and once again after about a year, I had to purchase a new motor which lasted about a year. I now have one I purchased at Walmart.com for $45 and have not yet had any problems.
Great video! I may be using these tips shortly
Well done! Thanks for sharing all of this!
Nice video! Just, do you have curtains on the windows? Even thumbtacking a thin blanket to the upper edge of the frame of ours made a noticeable difference, actual floor length curtains, later on, means the room heats faster, stays warm longer and we use less wood.
I have double lined curtains and it's a major help . At night we close them tight and it's holds the heat in
Yep curtains essential
Attach polycarbonate sheet over the window to completely seal it the poor man’s double glazing.
Fantastic video! I think that your taping up the intake hose as well as putting a brand new seal around the door is one of the critical points that has upped your efficiency dramatically. I wonder if using some of that high heat silicon from the automotive shops would be a better solution for the tape after it finally needs replacing. keep these awesome videos coming!
Nice ideas here, and thanks for the kind words. Really glad you liked the content!
awesome video, i'm listening to paul simon and art garfunkel , you're incredibly articulate! Wood burning is a learning experience and thanks for the tips!
Love the pooches! They look so snug and warm :) Great job
When my woodburner reaches a good temperature, I shut down the air vents so it is just ticking over. Seems much more efficient to me , not blasting out continually. Wood must be extremely dry though.
Exceptionally clever... you have done your homework. Good Job. I had a similar setup in my 1950's mobile home which was probably R-1 and the walls were less then 2 inches thick, and pulling air from outside was a huge improvement for us as well. I love the fan on the stove. I also had a pot of water always going, gave me hot water for drinks and kept humidity levels up. only thing i did different was double walled pipe, code required it, but truthfully single wall is fine as long as you watch for thinning wall over time, which will take years. definitely pay attention to it though, hot burning fire tend to eat that metal pretty good.
Thoughtful notes here. Thanks. Yeah, we're in year 3 with the stove and so far so good on the pipe. Probably will invest in some replacement pipe to keep on hand somewhere dry to have future insurance on that component. It's great to tweak and observe and adjust and observe and learn from these systems!
Love the alsation taking advantage of the heat. Xx
Yeah, good stuff! Thanks.
When I buy a house (instead of renting) I totally want to drop in a wood stove! They're so cozy, cheap, and just works.
I love it and have burned wood just about everywhere, but getting the wood out of the woods can weigh down an old fella. Dreaded arthritis makes it hard to do anything after sawing and chopping loading and putting brush where it goes then hauling and stacking. All keep ya strong in the end. Then yiu must learn what will burn for you and what will not like gum is a no no some you can burn green , but later consequences. Some wood will get so hot it will damage the stove and flue system. It's all good though much leArning in the woodpile. The act of splitting the wood can be very dangerous
Emphasis is on your last two words "just works" because that is all you will be doing. Work, work, work with a wood stove. None of it is easy. First you have to find suitable trees to cut down. Trees that are laying on the ground are no good unless they were knocked over in a storm or something. The you have to actually cut the trees down. Then either split the logs there or transport the logs to your home and split them there. Then you stack the split wood and let it dry out for a year or more. You will spend six months every year doing this and the other six months burning the wood. Lots of fun.
Cold air intake is an excellent way to run your stove. It's way better for inside air quality And you are right damping the pipe will keep heat in the box longer and your box is made out of 3/16 steel and will show signs of warping when its getting to hot keep an eye on it and adjust accordingly...also another tip dont leave the house with a fire going AFTER altering your fuel supply as different woods burn at different temps and you may end up overturning while your not home to control the output.. I would keep the thermometer below the damper because that's were the hotter temperature will be.... and you definitely wanna know how hot it is.
Does the damper lead to creosote in chimney?
F A N T A S T I C ! This vid is a Gem! Very,Very Well done to you!
Great video please keep sending them. There is nothing as good as being creative to survive.