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I am camping in a three walled cabin. I want to know about Ideas to project the heat from a fire to the cabin?
All right boy scouts sleeping in these three walled cabins. The theory is that all you need to do is make a fire outside the cabin and it will be warm inside. I am wondering if I can make like an aluminum foil box thing or something that will directionalize the heat from the fire into my cabin. It’s suppose to be very cold this weekend.
Lots of three walled cabins along the Appalachian trail however I have not seen any with fireplaces. A couple of three walls I have seen in my local area also have no fireplaces. fire danger is probably why as these are trail shelters and folks don’t want them burning down. Most of the time their not used in the dead of winter so no fire is needed and they also don’t like folks cooking in them either because of the bear factors. These shelters were primarily designed to give rain protection and reduce camping impact in high use areas.
For heat in a shelter of your own making use a fire box either made of stone or large logs or sheet metal that would reflect the heat into the shelter, the problem I see is that the fire would still need to be away from the shelter to a point that breezes would render it ineffective. Stoves could give you some heat in the shelter but again nothing is there to retain the heat. here is a link with a log wall design that reflects heat into the shelter.
http://www.aircav.com/survival/asch05/as ch05p07.html
| Jan 27, 2010
Daniel Boone and his wife stayed the first winter in kan-tukee in one of those and in those days it was called a half cabin…..basically you build a hearth like affair in front and the rocks help send the heat in……I suppose you could put a yukon stove just inside with the pipe on the out side and that would work well.
Mountain Man | Jan 27, 2010
This "3 walled cabin" is actually called a Leanto. They usually have fireplaces with a chimney inside of them. When that is the case I just cover the front of the leanto with a tarp….only if its windy or rainy. A tent really isnt much warmer. Your best bet would be to wear a few layers when you sleep. A fire is going to die out during the coldest part of the night, leaving you even more cold. You can also boil water and put it in a nalgene. Throw that nalgene in your sleeping bag before you go to bed. It`ll be real toasty. Then keep the water bottle close to you so it keeps you warm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanto
BeachBum818 | Jan 27, 2010
the AT has fireplaces in many of the three-walled shelters in SMNP. they have tarps you can put up to make basically a fourth wall. although even with a fire going the heat wasn’t staying in the shelters much at all.
what i’d recommend in lieu of a fire is to put hot water in everybody’s Nalgene and have the kids sleep with that in their sleeping bag.
J | Jan 27, 2010
