masonry stove in a trailer
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:57 am
Hello MHers!
The name's Eric Schroeder. I just bought a 1976 trailer in Bowdoin, Maine. I also build masonry heaters (www.radiantstoves.com) I'm looking to install one in the trailer, and there's some (titanic) ignorance on my part as to how trailers go together and work.
Typically we put a hole in the floor and build a concrete block support. The stove I'll build will weigh 5000 lbs at most, 2000 at least. I don't know whether to shore up the floor or simply cut a hole like I would in a house.
I know that this approach to heating will leave the stuff in the underbelly unprotected, but I'm pondering how to put a little heat into the ducts (there's one right next to where the stove will go, so a little fan built in to the stove should circulate enough heat to mitigate freezing).
Thanks for the help I've already gotten from the site. I look forward to the conversation!
Eric
The name's Eric Schroeder. I just bought a 1976 trailer in Bowdoin, Maine. I also build masonry heaters (www.radiantstoves.com) I'm looking to install one in the trailer, and there's some (titanic) ignorance on my part as to how trailers go together and work.
Typically we put a hole in the floor and build a concrete block support. The stove I'll build will weigh 5000 lbs at most, 2000 at least. I don't know whether to shore up the floor or simply cut a hole like I would in a house.
I know that this approach to heating will leave the stuff in the underbelly unprotected, but I'm pondering how to put a little heat into the ducts (there's one right next to where the stove will go, so a little fan built in to the stove should circulate enough heat to mitigate freezing).
Thanks for the help I've already gotten from the site. I look forward to the conversation!
Eric