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No, but as a child I lived in a house heated by wood in Minnesota, so I have an idea of how much wood it takes. Dead wood small enough to break by hand is unlik
by Merrill 7y ago
No, but as a child I lived in a house heated by wood in Minnesota, so I have an idea of how much wood it takes. Dead wood small enough to break by hand is unlikely to produce heat over night. You want fairly big chunks of hardwood for that. An a cave would be harder to heat than a house when it is -25 F.
I'm aware of the old saying, build a small fire, sit close to stay warm; build a big fire, chop wood to stay warm.
- hutzlibu 7y ago"Dead wood small enough to break by hand is unlikely to produce heat over night. " It actually can, when you have someone to guard the fire. But yes, if there are bigger pieces of deadwood, you take them. And there usually are. Like a small dead tree. Also no need to chop it. Just put it in the fire and push it further and further when it burns down .. (I made fire outside a lot with no tools around) But even then they probably would not have heated the cave to house temperatures. But no need to. When it is freezing outside, you are very happy to get it some degrees above freezing. And the rest is indeed lots of animal skin.