Worlds second most brass igloo in the making.

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I am in the midst of building a decently large igloo in which I will be throwing a sweet new years party. As of right now, it isn't going to be an actual igloo, more like round walls with a slanted ceiling. The walls form a circle with a 10 foot diameter. Theres a small storage closet with a hinged door, speakers, shelves and plans to bring in a small tv to watch the ball drop.

So what we're wondering is what would happen if we placed a hole, basically a chimney, at the high point of the roof and put a small grill burning under it, would we get carbon monoxide poisoning or would it all just vent out the chimney and enough fresh air would be drawn in from the door/ small vents I could made in the sides.

Also, any other ideas of what to incorporate for internal features?

Dec 30 2010 8:13PM

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Dec 30 2010 8:14PM

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bad ass, not brass. although that would be coo.

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Dec 30 2010 8:15PM

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wesley.

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icicle stripper poles, ice bar

Dec 30 2010 8:16PM

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how will you get electricity in there? extension cords? and how many people will be in this igloo?

Dec 30 2010 8:21PM

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Pictures when you're done for sure.

Stripper pole is a good call, and I think that what you should do is if you're going to put a fire in the middle, make sure that the hole in the roof is about the same diameter as your fire pit... otherwise the heat rising up might start to melt your igloo, which would be kind of a boner kill.

Dec 30 2010 8:23PM

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if you mean on of these type of heaters (refer to image below), then you should be fine. we use several to keep the pipes from freezing when we lose power in the winter. you should be all set with that opening.

Dec 30 2010 8:24PM

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3 guys 3 girls.

extension cords.

A stripper pole would be super sweet but I don't know how I'd secure it.

An ice bar is a great idea. I think that's going in.

Dec 30 2010 8:37PM

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How deep is the snowpack where you're building your igloo? Just take a long long metal pipe and shove it into the ground as deep as it'll go. You might need to use one of the snow drills they have at ski resorts, or something... but get it super super deep in there.

Then pour some water around the hole so it freezes overnight. Badaboom, stripper pole.

Or you could weld 4 struts to it, like so | and do the same as the first suggestion, but have the struts on the ground for more lateral support.

Dec 30 2010 8:40PM

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no bullshit, you are my hero right now. ive always wanted to build an igloo.

anyway, you def do not want to grill inside an igloo. you will get CO poisoning and die.

electric heat lamps is the way to go.

Dec 30 2010 9:06PM

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if you put a hole in the top, it gets really cold. unless you want people to be wearing winter jackets the whole night, dont do it. igloos can retain a good amount of heat when built properly.

Dec 30 2010 9:14PM

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I was pretty damn warm last night when we put the roof on it just for test and was only wearing a hoodie and a two thermals under it. It was about 20 degrees and super windy out.

Pics will be up of course. Should I build it like a BC booter, brick style? or just pack on snow like I have been?

Dec 30 2010 9:23PM

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do it like this

Dec 30 2010 9:44PM

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matt.s

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if you have a roof on it, it should be pretty warm but im not sure what would happen with a grill ventilation hole.

i built a big quinzee once, its basically a really, really big pile of snow, pack it down a lot as you build it, and you pour water on it after you have piled it up. let it solidify over night, then hollow it out. it was super solid, just gotta make sure you leave the walls about a foot thick. we slept in it afterwards.

i hope my random irrelevant story provides some useful information... good luck with the building

Dec 30 2010 10:07PM

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DO NOT use a stove to heat the igloo. its not worth risking it. as a firefighter, we hear a lot of stories of idiots who go camping and heat their tents with stoves and never wake up

Dec 31 2010 12:06AM

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if you do that, get out if any of this shit starts happening

Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Low levels of carbon monoxide poisoning can be confused with flu symptoms, food poisoning or other illnesses and can have a long term health risk if left unattended. Some of the symptoms are the following.

Shortness of breath
Mild nausea
Mild headaches
Moderate levels of CO exposure can cause death if the following symptoms persist for a long measure of time.

Headaches
Dizziness
Nausea
Light-headedness
High levels of CO can be fatal causing death within minutes.

Dec 31 2010 12:11AM

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You could heat the igloo by dry humping everything until it creates enough friction to warm up the inside or you could put a fire in a sort of fireplace made of snow with an open top with a blanket hung part way down inside so warm air doesnt get out just dont catch the blanket or your balls on fire.

Dec 31 2010 12:15AM

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gregorio

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if you do the stripper poles don't let them get too cold... you don't want a tongue on the frozen flagpole type of situation. That could be bad

Dec 31 2010 12:18AM

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drills from ski hills would not be deep enough... (lol today 4 drills were broken... we now have 2 working drills, tomorrow should present itself with a nice battle for the 2 working drills)
and the bit for them is like 100 bucks so :/

just dig a hole, put pole in fill hole with water and snow, let freeze, tada

Dec 31 2010 12:23AM

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threads for final product

Dec 31 2010 12:25AM

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pics?

Jan 2 2011 7:31PM

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definitely need to see pics of this

Jan 2 2011 7:32PM

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FFFFFFAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

I forgot to take pics and its been 45 the past 3 days. Its melting a lot. I sad.

Anyways...

The walls were about 4-5 feet tall and 2-3 feet thick

The roof was a dome made of 2bi4's (lol), tarp and duct tape. The highest point opened up as a chimney.

There was a grill burning coals and those fuel infused logs that burn for an hour or two in the middle.

Fits 7 lawn chairs comfortably, about 10ft inner diameter.

Smelled dank by 1am new years.

Anyways, with more snow in the forecast Friday, I'm going to build the remains of the current fort up and attach an exact replica to the side to create an "8" like thing, one with a roof, the other without so that it can hold a good fire without the smoke and CO poisoning problems. Pics will come.

Jan 2 2011 7:41PM

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