It's getting damned cold down here in this part of the world! Every morning everything is frozen and some days it gets really hard to feel at a comfortable temperature. So I decided it was enough of this and took out my hand-made bed from the shelter to leave space for a stove.
It was a process of leaving behind my extreme pride; I didn't want to use the bed we installed when Charlie was living here, as it was donated by my mother, which felt like losing the sense of self-sufficiency. But hey, the bed was already here and it was just accumulating moisture, and I HAD to take one of the beds out, so why not take out the biodegradable one (and chop it's pieces for firewood). Also, being proud against your own mother isn't really a win.
There's my new sleeping space, not really that much more comfortable but better covered as I stacked up all the covers I had available on it.
Ok, so the first thing was to check out how much room this recycled draft tube needed. Then I begin digging a hole where the firepit would go.
For the draft to work the fire must burn at a lower height, and have no other high places to escape to.
As I dug the hole I got creative about what I could do with some other recycled scraps I had found around the countryside.
The tube I crossed on top of the hole is thicker than the one for the draft, and since both exits will be shut it keeps the hot air inside for a while to ensure the lasting of the heat.
I went and took the stones from the outside stove. Better to have a nice one inside, a lot more useful in these freezing nights.
Turned it on to test the height of the fire and see if the draft worked.
But it didn't...
Got smoked out of the shelter 😭. I don't know if it's the moisture of the wood or that the draft isn't pulling enough air.
After a while, when the fire was burning nicely the smoke went away and it became quite pleasant inside.
By that time, the loveliest hands 😍 had arrived at the shelter and begun mixing some clay, sand, soil, and fiber to cover the stones of the stove.
Every mix is different, according to the properties of the materials in the place. In this case we used 2 parts of sand, one part of clay, one of soil, and one of dry grass.
One of the reasons for the smoke was also how moist the firewood was because of how the weather has been and I haven't been able to keep up with the amount I consume to store some for drying. So we took advantage of the high heat the stove was producing to begin drying a lot of firewood.
Then, of course, we cooked 🐷 We threw some potatoes, pine mushrooms, and bread. I also did some dough that we cooked directly without fermenting (called chapati in South America).
Since my solar panel controller is inside the shelter, I can see the temperature of the battery, which reached 16°C (60.8°F) at night so that was a huge success I'd say! I mean, that temperature felt like heaven in comparison to the freezing cold outside.
There are still many adjustments to do. Probably another layer of mud, and a little trap door so it can be closed while the fire begins and the smoke doesn't go back into the shelter which is awful. Once I've managed to get everything right I'll share with you another post. Stay tuned!
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Se está poniendo helado pa' la mierda en esta parte del mundo. En las mañanas todo está congelado y algunos días se vuelve realmente difícil sentirse en una temperatura agradable. Así que decidí que ya era suficiente y saqué mi cama hecha a mano del refugio para dejar espacio para una estufa.
Fue un proceso de dejar atrás mi orgullo extremo; no quería usar la cama que instalamos cuando Charlie vivía aquí, ya que fue donada por mi madre, lo que me hizo sentir que se perdía el sentido de autosuficiencia. Pero bueno, la cama ya estaba aquí y solo estaba acumulando humedad, y TENÍA que sacar una de las camas, así que ¿por qué no sacar la biodegradable (y cortar sus pedazos para leña)? Además, guardar orgullo en contra de tu propia madre no es un gran logro en verdad.
Ahí está mi nuevo espacio para dormir, no mucho más cómodo pero mejor cubierto porque pude apilar todas las mantas que tenía disponibles.
Lo primero fue comprobar cuánto espacio necesitaba esta chimenea reciclado. Luego empecé a cavar un hoyo donde iría la hoguera.
Para que funcione el tiraje, el fuego debe arder a una altura más baja y no tener otros lugares altos a donde escapar.
Mientras cavaba el hoyo, me puse creativo sobre lo que podía hacer con algunos otros restos reciclados que había encontrado en el campo.
El tubo que crucé en la parte superior del agujero es más grueso que el de tiro, y como ambas salidas estarán cerradas, mantiene el aire caliente dentro por un tiempo para asegurar la duración del calor.
Fui y tomé las piedras de la estufa exterior. Mejor tener uno bonito adentro, mucho más útil en estas noches heladas.
Lo encendí para probar la altura del fuego y ver si el tiro funcionaba.
Pero no fue así ...
Ahumado pa' fuera del refugio 😭. No sé si es la humedad de la leña o simplemente que el tiraje no es suficiente.
Después de un tiempo, cuando el fuego ardía más rico, el humo se fue y el interior se volvió bastante agradable.
En ese momento, la manos más encantadoras 😍 habían llegado al refugio y comenzó a mezclar un poco de arcilla, arena, tierra y fibra para cubrir las piedras de la estufa.
Cada mezcla es diferente, según las propiedades de los materiales del lugar. En este caso usamos 2 partes de arena, una parte de arcilla, una de tierra y una de pasto seco.
Una de las razones del humo también fue lo húmeda que estaba la leña debido al clima y no he podido mantenerme al día con la cantidad que consumo para almacenar un poco para secarlo. Así que aprovechamos el alto calor que producía la estufa para comenzar a secar mucha leña.
Luego, por supuesto, cocinamos 🐷 Le echamos unas papitas, callampas de pino y pan. También hice un poco de masa que cocinamos directamente sin fermentar (chapatis).
Como el controlador de mis paneles solar está dentro del refugio, puedo ver la temperatura de la batería, que alcanzó los 16 ° C (60,8 ° F) por la noche, así que eso estuvo muy bueno. Esa temperatura se sentía como el paraíso en comparación con el frío que hacía afuera.
Todavía quedan muchos ajustes por hacer. Probablemente otra capa de barro y una trampilla para que se pueda cerrar mientras comienza el fuego y el humo no vuelve al refugio, lo cual es horrible. Una vez que haya logrado hacerlo todo bien, compartiré con ustedes otra publicación. ¡Hasta entonces!
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The shelter is looking homey. Perhaps the 'loveliest hands' are helping with that. :) I really like the border for the pics.
No doubt they are 🙏🙌🏼
...made me think of this, where someone paired the Banksy image with a graffiti that made rounds online:
And now I am confused! I thought giving it a draft from the bottom was for feeding the fire oxygen, I didn't know it could vent the smoke too? Huh! Learn something new every day.
Good meme hahaha, that's a good way to see it. Though I have already broken against both of my parents authorities, my mother has always acted with very little authority and much more tenderness, so I realize that all that drives me away is pride.
I'm not sure if there's a specific function for the draft (whether it's for smoke or oxygen) but I just really want the smoke to go out as otherwise it becomes unbreathable inside. We actually went ahead and did a new design, but it still smokes too much inside, so gotta work on it till we get it right 💗
So the reason why I thought the draft was for feeding in oxygen was because of this video I had seen about how oil lamps are designed and why:
I don't know if that works the same on a larger fire pit design, but.
Watched the whole video, thanks for sharing it was very educational 🙌🏼
I really like that guy's content, he explains how things work in a really understandable way.
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A mí me resulta fascinante todo este trabajo que haces con tu refugio. Nunca he tenido experiencia personal construyendo espacios habitables y lo considero un logro enorme! Qué bueno que tu proyecto de estufa funciona eficazmente! Bendiciones!
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