Alternate & DIY Ways to Heat Your Home

  1. Tin Can Heater

How to Make a Tin Can Heater

What you will need to make this heater:

  • General tools (Hammer, 16 penny nail, permanent marker, Philips screwdriver, church key can opener, needle nose metal snips)
  • Large metal can (Peel off any paper.)
  • Large flat canned meat can (Peel off any paper.)
  • Square Cake Pan (7.6in x 7.6in)
  • 1 Small Hinge
  • 10 Small bolts with lock washers and nuts

2. Indoor Tabletop Firepits

How to Make Your Own Bioethanol Tabletop Firepit

What you will need to make your own Bioethanol Tabletop Firepit:

  • A small concrete pot or bowl
  • An old candle glass holder
  • Decorative glass stones
  • Bioethanol

DIY Rubbing Alcohol Tabletop Firepit

What you will need to make your own Rubbing Alcohol Tabletop Firepit:

  • Small rocks
  • Rubbing alcohol
  • A ceramic bowl
  • A larger metal dog bowl
  • An upright ceramic bowl planter to hold everything
  • Sand

3. Toilet Paper in a Can

DIY Toilet Paper in a Paint Can

What you will need to make your own Toilet Paper in a Paint Can :

  • (1) 1 quart empty paint can (or any can)
  • 1 roll of toilet paper
  • Isopropyl alcohol 70%-91%
  • Ignition source

This DIY Emergency Heater doubles as a stove with bricks!

4. Propane Gas Heaters

Mr. Heater 9,000 BTU Propane Heater

5. Gas Heated Stoves

6. Wood Burning Stoves

7. Kerosene Heaters

This 23,500 BTU Kerosene Heater has a 1.9 gallon tank.

Kerosene Heater Fuel:

Kerosene heaters and kerosene fuel can be found at your hardware store.

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