Introduction: Centrally Heated Snow Fort
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This is how we amuse ourselves in Vermont when the snow flies. The snow was piled up with a skid steer bucket loader, and the snowbank was hollowed out by hand into a cavern with seating for 6 and enough headroom to stand up in. We put an old open fireplace hood in the ceiling with a 4' section of stovepipe, and added a raised fire pit made from an old wheel. A support pillar was made from 5 gallon bucket ice cubes to keep the ceiling from sagging overnight. We made port-hole windows by ramming a stovepipe through the wall and used more 5 gallon molded ice for windows. It looked particularly spectacular at night especially with the sparks from the fire flying out of the chimney.
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38 Comments
8 years ago
i live in washington state which people would think snows and rains and all that good stuff but where i live, it is a desert.
Reply 8 years ago
eastern Washington I guess? I am in western Washington and all we get is rain.
Reply 8 years ago
you guessed right!
8 years ago
This is awesome, I live in Boston and we have gotten 7ft of snow in 3 weeks now I know what to do with it. Can't beat it may as well enjoy
8 years ago on Introduction
In phoenix we measure snow in... wait we don't measure snow.
9 years ago on Introduction
there was a couple of kids a few years ago that got plowed while in the fort
11 years ago on Introduction
I would love to do this! Too bad I live in Florida. :(
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Move to Wisconsin! Up here we measure snow in feet, not inches
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
In Arkansas we measure snow in centimeters!!!!
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
In denmark we mesure in meter (about 2foot)
Reply 9 years ago on Introduction
About 3 feet
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Down here in georgia, we measure snow in flurries :D
Reply 9 years ago on Introduction
In Texas we consider sleet to be snow.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Haha we had a blizzard last February with 2 feet of snow and 10 foot drifts.
It was awesome for snow forts!
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Haha we had a blizzard last February with 2 feet of snow and 10 foot drifts.
It was awesome for snow forts!
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Haha we had a blizzard last February with 2 feet of snow and 10 foot drifts.
It was awesome for snow forts!
9 years ago
guys what's snow? It is going to be in the 70s tomorrow.....maybe it has to do with the fact that I live in Texas........
11 years ago on Introduction
I just love it when snow plows pile up massive amounts of snow! Im gonna start doing this.
12 years ago on Introduction
Oh whoops. Didn't see the chimney.
12 years ago on Introduction
cool, but dangerous. I know about how it turns to ice under its own pressure, yada yada yada, but the fire could still form weaknesses.