How to Restore Antique Wood Stoves for Off Grid Cabins | S1 E5

Join us as we source wood stoves for off grid cabins. Why cabins, with an “s” you ask? Because at some point, we plan on building multiple cabins on the island so that our friends and family can have a comfortable place to stay.

When considering wood stoves for our planned builds, we figured we would need a small one to heat a small off grid guest cabin. For the main cabin, it too will be off grid and we are thinking we should probably have a combination stove that we could also cook on. This logic may ultimately prove flawed, but this is all new to us and we thought “Hey, you have to start somewhere, right?”

We sourced our antique wood stoves at auction, and they will require refurbishing before we can put them into service. Join us as we visit Vintage Stove Restoration Inc. in southern Alberta, Canada. Like us, we are sure you will be very surprised at the depth of knowledge the owner possesses about wood stoves and their use in off grid cabins. The skill of craftmanship he demonstrates is truly remarkable. You won’t believe how he can turn a rusted pile of scrap metal into an amazing, functional work of art.