Portable Wood Burning Stoves and Awning Enclosures

[Sirocco]

Eve all,

I have just bought one of these and it is awesome

http://www.campingsolutions.co.uk/stoves/frontier-stove/

now, I also have a 1.7m hannibal awning with all 3 sides. I would like to use the stove in the awning enclosure during winter and colder months for comfort and drying clothes etc.

obviously the most direct way is to use the flashing kit, but i would like to avoid cutting the awning if i can for obvious reasons.

I think i can run the flue out of the side as i have the older hook and eye sides rather than zip, so I can squeeze the flue through this but what do i use to protect from heat and potential fire? what have others done? photos? ideas?

any help appreciated.

G

 

[mlaux]

I used this for my hot tent:

http://www.titaniumgoat.com/images/DSCN0203.JPG

 

[wardrow]

I'm working on the same project as you only I am using an Eezi-Awn tent instead. My plans are to take one of our Wall tent stoves http://overlandadventureoutfitters....d/272?osCsid=b48459c1c7da2ce46d7bc52d12e3e650 and install a stove jack http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS403US403&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=stove+jack into the room of the T-Top View attachment 68366 and I am going to spray the inside and out side of the tent with something like this http://www.natfire.com/proddetail.php?prod=Flamex

 

[Sirocco]

Thanks for the replies guys. I didnt really want to cut into the tent, but it seems like the only way to do it.

Is the Ezi Awn fabric flame retardant? The link for the spray didn't work, I didn't realise that stuff existed. seems ingenius for what we are trying to achieve. Let me know how you get on anyway, photos etc. be good to build on this thread. Im hoping to get this done before winter arrives. not long now! :Wow1:

G

 

[lowenbrau]

I have the same idea for our Kamparoo. I'm going to have some walls made for the awning and the end wall will have a stovepipe hole sewn in. I'll just run the stovepipe out on a 45 degree angle and finish the top with a tee with spark arresters on each outlet.

something like this.

 

[Sirocco]

That stove is a fair chunk bigger than ours.

why the T end LB? and how would i go about making a spark arrester?

G

 

[lowenbrau]

The tee ensures that no prevailing wind can blow down the stovepipe and cause it to backdraft. Some fairly fine wiremesh in each hole will keep the sparks at bay. If you are staying in camp for more than a couple days and burning softwoods you'll likely have to clean it now and then.

 

[Sirocco]

I see. Thanks for the tips Lowenbrau, new to the whole stove thing :ylsmoke:

G

 

[VanIsle_Greg]

Wow that Frontier Stove is great...so small and portable too. What was the weight on this stove? I didn't see it on their website?

 

[lowenbrau]

I see this one for sale occasionally at Princess Auto for less than a hundred bux. Seems pretty good for the money but the reviewers think 2.5" stovepipe is too small. If I can find one I may modify it for 4" exhaust pipe and flair it so the pieces slide together.

http://directory.ansommag.com/product/49981/Mil-Spec_Plus_Great_Northern_Camp_Stove

 

[Sirocco]

Frontier is 10kg.

The reason we bought it was so that we could use it within the awning enclosure to warm up, dry clothes, cook etc whilst on our upcoming trip (eastern Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia, Siberia) where we will experience all weather conditions from snow to baking deserts. Hopefully the stove will provide some comfort when your travelling with a D90+trailer!

LB - whats the theory behind the flue stack diameter? bigger= more air volume passing through=more heat? Would it not burn wood quicker? the Frontier stack is 60mm dia IIRC.

G

 

[wardrow]

Our stoves are hand made built when you order. our stoves are designed for 4 or 5 inch pipe and our smallest unit, Little Cub Stove 13½"L x 11"W x 13"H 8 lbs.