Hunting Cabin heating

[JSanders10]

The home was moved about 15 years from it's original location and the chimney is non-existent, so for the longterm, a wood burning stove it what I plan as the flue and fireplace spot is in place.

But for now, I need to go short term solution like electrical or kerosene/LP.

 

[oosik]

A point as far as heat. Unless you plan on staying there for days - electric, kerosene or propane is the way to go for heat. With wood heat you are more or less bound to stay until the fire in the heating stove is completely out.

 

[Eric Salop]

Electric quartz heaters are pretty good if you want instant warmth.
If you sit in front of the floor standing type the heat comes straight into your body, so you're not having to wait for the whole room to warm up.
The orange glow looks cosy too in a dark room.

Some people have tried using a disposable barbecue to get temporary heat into small spaces.
They go to sleep nice and warm and then never wake up, due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
I am not saying you would do that, however it's always worth having a CO detector even with a proper wood burning stove, in case the fumes get back inside while you are asleep.

 

[Garandman]

One of the electric liquid filled radiators is quiet and safe. Should warm a room if it isn't too large And it isn't too cold but they are very limited in output: 1500 watts.

We have a propane-fueled 36,000 BTU Rinnai unit in our house in NH that uses minimal electricity (120 W) and can heat the entire house down to 0. Quiet, safe, reliable, easy to install. From 3,000 to 38,000 BTU. Perfect for what you asked.
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In the garage we have a Modine Hot Dawg, available up to 75,000 BTU.
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[bucktaker]

I have mini splits in a A frame cabin We leave the heat off unless we are there. Takes a while to bring the temps up from mid thirties to sixty's I would not recommend the mini splits for this application. LP or Kerosene my choice. We are adding a portable kerosene for the instant heat factor.

 

[scesnick]

I agree with coobie and the ceramic plate LP heater. We recently bought a 12x26 pre-fab hunting cabin that we rent to hunters. I added a bathroom, shower, kitchenette and heat. I started out with a few different electric heaters but quickly found out they just didnt have the BTU's to heat the cabin when it got below freezing outside.
We kicked around the idea of a woodstove but we were concerned that a novice woodstove user could easily burn down the cabin rather quickly. So we finally went with a 12,000BTU Kozy World LP wall mounted heater. It works great and no worries of the place burning down.

 

[GPintheMitten]

Our cabin is in northern Michigan, so A/C is rarely needed. But probably is in Alabama. That said here's what we have in our small one story cabin:

Base board electric resistance heaters in the living room/ kitchen. Small one in the bathroom, and a small one in a bedroom.

We also have a small kerosene heater that we use when we first get there in cold weather

And we have an old fieldstone fireplace with an insert.

I feel it offers a lot of flexibility. The wood burner can heat the whole place by itself if we want but the convenience of electric heat is great.

If I had a place in Alabama I would probably get a split system or two with both AC and heat pump, and get a kerosene heater for backup for power outages and to get the temp up more quickly.

Then later get a an efficient woodburner.

 

[vabiker23518]

Our cabin has standard HVAC that provides A/C in summer and heat (when not present during fall/winter. When I'm there in the fall and winter, I use a propane heater that really keeps the place comfortable. It is ventless, so very efficient and comfortable.

 

[Garandman]

Our cabin is in northern Michigan, so A/C is rarely needed. But probably is in Alabama. That said here's what we have in our small one story cabin:

Base board electric resistance heaters in the living room/ kitchen. Small one in the bathroom, and a small one in a bedroom.

We also have a small kerosene heater that we use when we first get there in cold weather

And we have an old fieldstone fireplace with an insert.

I feel it offers a lot of flexibility. The wood burner can heat the whole place by itself if we want but the convenience of electric heat is great.//

We have "All of the above" in our place in NH as well. We replaced the old baseboards with new hydronic (liquid filled) units with smart thermostats. We have the Rinnai LP heater that will vary fan/burner to control temp, and we have a Hearthstone wood stove. And we have a whole house generator and a backup to the back that can run the Rinnai (which only needs electric for the fan - 120 watts).

If I had to choose it would be the Rinnai, it will heat up the place rapidly and is very efficient.

 

[Moves]

I agree with Garand Man..... and appreciate his choiuce in rifles as well... "electric liquid (oil) filled radiators is quiet and safe. Should warm a room if it isn't too large And it isn't too cold..." And Lower AL like lower MS should handle well with one per room. I like them becaiuse they stay warm for a while even after turning off.