Cabin too hot

[Immigrant]

What do you guys do to control the temp in your cabins. When its time to go to bed I throw in a few logs, close the damper and go to sleep. But an hour later the cabin is way to hot. Sure, i can open a window, but 3 hours later when the logs burn out its too cold again.
I am concerned using propane (buddy heater) to keep an even temp during the night. I have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in there, as well as a 5 inch fresh air intake right behind the stove, but I do not want to take chances with the kids

[Gboe8]

Would love to hear some answers to. I have the same problem with tents and cabins I stay in with wood burning.

[bsmitty27]

Stove is too large for the sq ft would be my guess. I like to burn bigger logs at night too. They don't burn as efficiently but they burn longer.
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[OLDMAN WALKING]

I never add any fire wood before bed and let it burn down through the night. If it gets cold I may add a couple sticks to keep the coals burning for easy firing in the morning. Did the same thing in the tent too. Can't sleep if it's too hot.

[Dmedlicott1]

We burn unsplit green poplar over night with dampers closed. Probably not the best but it seamd to help.

[bucknaked333]

Good topic. I started to run birch that was cut about a month old. I run pine right up to bed time then fill it up with birch. Seamed to work good last winter. Lasted all nigh and never got to hot.

[Immigrant]

Never thought about changing up the wood I throw in....
Will try that next time

[Sooner]

I have heard that throwing a couple green logs in at bed time with the others helps to keep the coals going longer. Seemed to work in my air tight in the wall tent.

Other than a dampener closed, not sure how to regulate heat better and longer. In a tent the outside air cools the inside quick once the wood burns down.

[jim summit]

I use wood heat to warm the cabin then use a vented propane heater for night. Makes for a good nights sleep. A 100 lb tank goes 2 seasons if i only use the heater at night. It's a Williams brand, does not require any power to run it, but still has a regular thermostat.

[Xiph0id]

Green wood works good. Pine then green as stated.

I usually just get up when I'm cold and add a couple of sticks.

I enjoy playing with the wood stove though.

[bighorn1]

i run a mix in the wall tent at night go 50/50 with dry spruce and whole unsplit green poplar and works like a charm, used to be up every 2 hours to stoke the fire now we can usually make the night

[MugEye]

I put the biggest piece of wood that fits through the door on the red coals . I sometimes nock the sides off of a round log to make a square log to fit a square hole.( not green but dry ) shut the damper and the air intake on the stove . My tent stove will burn up to 12 hours like that just right . The wood stove in my house I do the same but there is no damper because of new codes so it last only 6 hours but it's better insulated so it still doesn't get cold for a while .

[Big Grey Wolf]

Most guys have covered it already. Dry wood poplar/aspen best during the day then switch to large round logs with some moisture/semigreen at night. It does not hurt to have partner that needs to get up around 3;00AM to drain radiator, he will add 1-2 logs so nice fire in morning. PS you need to have good air control on heater if it will not button up will burn out wood in couple hours.

[boonedocks]

My winter bunkhouse is very small ( till next year) and it's a challenge to not overheat it! I usually end up standing on the front porch, in the middle of the night with only my underwear on screaming " WHAT HAVE I DONE" !😜

[Sooner]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

Most guys have covered it already. Dry wood poplar/aspen best during the day then switch to large round logs with some moisture/semigreen at night. It does not hurt to have partner that needs to get up around 3;00AM to drain radiator, he will add 1-2 logs so nice fire in morning. PS you need to have good air control on heater if it will not button up will burn out wood in couple hours.

Hahaha, my tent and my issue. I hate laying there trying to sleep knowing you have to pee. So i am the one who tops up the stove when i go drain the brain...ugggh. I guess i dont have to have that extra rum and coke either but it tastes so good around the fire

[Big Grey Wolf]

Sooner your right, most of us would get through the night if we went easy on the rum & coke. You just need to ensure your buddy has more than you.

[tikka250]

Growing up we had a wood stove. Not exactly a small trapper cabin but im sure the concept is the same. We let the fire burn down to coals in the evening and then stuff the stove to the top with big logs and turn down the dampner. Any damp logs we had got thrown in during the evening as well.

[pope]

Little bit of insulation does wonders

[Duramaximos]

I'm shocked with all the advice being given here to burn wet or green wood. You're asking for a chimney fire.

Unseasoned firewood is the primary cause for creosote build up and chimney fires.

[calgarychef]

You're right of course about chimney fires, but on a short straight pipe that's easy to clean it shouldnt be too big a worry.

If someone lived next to me and did the green log and turn the damper down thing I'd be ****ed. I burn wood and no one even knows I have a fire, but that's another discussion.

[Tactical Lever]

Originally Posted by Duramaximos

I'm shocked with all the advice being given here to burn wet or green wood. You're asking for a chimney fire.

Unseasoned firewood is the primary cause for creosote build up and chimney fires.

Throwing in a big green log at night isn't going to build up creosote that fast. And having a hot fire after will help burn it out again.

[bigskinner]

lf your stove allows , throw in some COAL

[JoshT]

We didn't throw any green logs on but we will just throw on solid round log on and possibly a small fire in the heater for the cold nights. Stoke it when you get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, then the stove is ready for making coffee come 5am.

[Immigrant]

Thanks for all the advice guys. I will play with different combinations of wood/logs etc. The cabin is well insulated, and the stove probably a little too big.....



I saw a "vent" on the internet the other day that works with a gas filled cylinder. As the gas warms up or cools down it moves the damper open or closed. They apparently use it in greenhouses

http://m.costco.ca/Palram-Greenhouse....10344940.html

But that looks like it will take a lot of engineering to make it work.

Cheapest and easiest will be to drink an extra rum and coke and stoke the fire when I get up to take a pee


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[Stinky Buffalo]

Originally Posted by Immigrant

I saw a "vent" on the internet the other day that works with a gas filled cylinder. As the gas warms up or cools down it moves the damper open or closed. They apparently use it in greenhouses

http://m.costco.ca/Palram-Greenhouse....10344940.html

But that looks like it will take a lot of engineering to make it work.

Might not be so bad. Might need two in order to get some airflow, put one flap lower than the other (the higher one to let heat out, the lower one on a different wall to let fresh air in), and cover them with RV Vent hoods on the outside to keep the bugs/moisture out.

Or install one of these 12V ones, with a solar panel and car battery to run it. Set the desired temperature, and you're golden.

[Rio56]

might be as simple as changing the gal under the covers ....

[Sooner]

Originally Posted by Tactical Lever

Throwing in a big green log at night isn't going to build up creosote that fast. And having a hot fire after will help burn it out again.

This is what we do, one good hot burn during the day, usually while we eat lunch outside to "clean" the pipes a bit and take out some dampness in the tent and sleeping bags. After a few days in the tent, when we take down the pipes, a spruce bow will clean up any build up. Its very minimal.

[Big Grey Wolf]

Immagrant, I notice you do not have damper in stove pipe. Also I had same make of stove in cabin at the lake. You need to replace the liner around the door every couple years so you can button heater up at night, otherwise sucks to much air through door, you cook for few hours, then freeze in morning.

[Dean2]

The recommendation to use coal at night is the best answer if you have access to it. Otherwise the green logs will do the trick just fine as long as you burn her clean during the day. You definitely need a damper on the chimney to keep from burning too hot at night. A thermal activated fan to blow the cold air off the floor and circulate it would also be a big help.

[Immigrant]

I have that "eco fan" that blows the air around. So you guys suggest another damper in the chimney? Is the one on the stove not enough?
I close it all the way till I only see glowing logs. No flames




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