Heater for new ice shack? (pictures of shack)

[Slammin_Brookies!!]

As long as ur shack is built nice and air tight I would continue to use the buddy heater and install vents that u can open and shut. I have never ran a heater overnight for the simple fact I prefer to wake up. Get a good sleeping bag and if u turn the heater off before bed and close the vents u should be good untill the morning.

[bogmanjr]

consider putting your vents closer to the floor because CO sinks

Not true....

[Scrub]

Google "wall tent stoves" or check at Cabelas which usually has one or two. I made a decent one out of an ammo can from a surplus store. You can find basic plans online or see them in operation on Youtube.

Sure you have to have a chimney and something on the wall but you can get galvanized duct metal sheets at the big box or quarter inch cement board.

I heat my 1800 sqft house entirely with wood and yeah you have to manage it every 2-4 hrs but it becomes routine and there's nothing like getting warmed up by a woodstove when you,ve frozen your extremities. Again, you should have a smoke and co detector on the wall.     

[Grumpy]

That's a good looking Shack! Maybe a bit heavy for me, but I won't have to worry about that! 
   From my experience overnights in my insulated 8x8, a battery operated Fan is nearly a must.  My shack has no drafts, but the air will stratify way more than you think while sleeping, the floor area will be COLD and the ceiling will be a heat pocket. ( BTW... is the floor insulated?) if not.... Brrrrr! 
     Agree about vents, though if you install them wrong... Have you ever opened a shack to find it filled with fine powder wind driven snow??      Not fun. The smallest gap can allow the shack to fill w/ snow.  Usually my jig holes in the floor allow me to vent as needed.
    I run a small wood stove, as well as propane.  I think Propane is GROSS, Damp, and if your tank gets VERY cold they often will not work properly.  More than one heat source is the way to go, then you have back up, as we have all learned, is important.
    Good god Men, DON'T sleep in a small shack w/ PROPANE running! 

[maineduckhunter]

Wood Stove!!

[whitefishlover]

I have a 7X8 that I use my Buddy heater in.......CO2 alarm, with 4 fishing holes, and 2 vents.........burning a little more propane in a drafty shack is much safer than not waking up.......

[fiddlehead322]

With the foam insulation I'd say all you need is the little buddy. Plus cooking dinner helps alot too. 

[Scalloper]

Very flammable. Gone are the days of spray and run in homes in Maine. Now you have to cover the stuff.
I'd go the sleeping bag route. People winter camp in thin nylon tents with good bags. I'm sure an insulated shack and a good bag would feel like a dream to them.

The guy that sprays the foam says its fire retardent and thats all he does for a living. I will have the inside walls covered with some type of wood paneling anyway but it seems if it were that flamable it would not be allowed. I did here the old foam was very flamable but I am told the new closed cell foam is fire retardent.

[The3Ps]

Build one to suite your needs like I did!

[GMMAN]

I personaly am not a fan of propane heaters only because they will steam the windows constantly.  I bought one of cabela's camp stoves that is real light weight, I love the wood heat and it will not steam the windows. 

[JiGGywitit]

I have a portable and use propane, if I had a hardside and spent the overnight, I would definitly go the wood route

[gtriderr]

I want to spend the night in my Hub shelter this winter and was planning on as mentioned already, get it hot, shut off the propane buddy heater and close the vents and sleep. Gets cold quick yet a good bag and it will be fine.

I always leave the vents open when the heater is on. You never know.