Unfortunately it is connected to nothing. There is no fireplace, no wood stove, nothing. That sucks for us as we are forced to use natural gas supplied by the man to power our forced air furnace. Natural gas, in case you are Amish, went up about 50% this year and being that I am cheap frugal I am testing the limits of human endurance by surviving with only a space heater in the living room and one in the bedroom. So far, the temperature has only dipped to 58 degrees and yes, I know that running a space heater for a few hours uses -- in scientific terms -- a shitload of electricity but the gas and electricity are different bills and this is all about perception.
So far, it's been rather tolerable and we've sufficed with only having to throw on a sweatshirt. Tonight, though, was different. It is cold. It's already 36 degrees outside and with so much of this old house having no insulation in the walls, I brought up the idea of a fire. My old lady quickly squashed that dream being that house is built from wood. She seemed to think that a small fire in the corner of the living room would quickly grow in size. Damn sensibility.
Thus was born The Hobo Furnace.
If I can draw it, this thing will work. And if you notice, I am warm because I'm smiling and warming my hands over my new furnace. Suck on that doubters.
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6 comments:
The old ass chimney and the uh flute looks like a penis. Yeah, gutter mind I know.
We're lucky (kind of) because we do have a nice fireplace that works. Good thing because our furnace broke due to the flood we had. :o(
Hobo Furnace! Awesome!
--snow
Yeeeeaaaah. Good luck with that.
So your probably not going to believe me, but your idea isn't that far from what my mother in law heats with. I can supply pictures as proof.
It's an old drum that has been turned on it's side and legs welded on and a door created on the front. It has a hole in the back attached to a pipe that goes to a hole in the wall. Each fall a fire is lit in the little stove thingie and it keeps all areas except the bedrooms and bathroom warm. Actually to warm. When I go over there I have to dress for summer because there is no temperature guage.
Also, I had a fireplace that I used prior to what we have now. It didn't give off enough heat to make it worth cleaning out the ashes.
Now we have an outdoor wood fired boiler system. I LOVE it. I can crank the heat up as high as I want and it won't cost us any more money....yippee!!
Gotta luv us rednecks...
This was hilarious! Spleeness introduced me to your blog, and I'm glad she did. I currently live in L.A. but am originally from WI. I'm sure you don't care (haha) but I'm moving home to Minneapolis December 1, JUST IN TIME FOR WINTER. I must be suicidal. Thanks for this post, it was funny, and I look forward to reading more!
so, what does the wife think about it?
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