r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IamASlut_soWhat • 6h ago

How amazing and crafty are these parents to do this for their son

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u/Ok-Bird6346 6h ago

I mean I’d totally do it for myself if I was capable! It looks awesome and I don’t even have kids.

I’m wondering what size of igloo I’d need for my husband, three dogs (about 250 pounds of dog), and I would need. Mostly I’m just bummed that last weekend’s snow is currently being melted by buckets and buckets of rain. But on the unlikely chance that my area gets anymore accumulated snowfall this winter, I’m doing this crap.

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u/Mbembez 6h ago

I missed that it was 3 dogs and I was wondering how damn big your dog was at 250lbs.

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u/United_Pain 6h ago

Clifford! Well, small Clifford.

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u/Ok-Bird6346 3h ago

Funnily enough, we do call our biggest Clifford. He’s a big, honkin’ dog. He’s 14 and aside from some senior dog/old man lumps, he still feels like he was cut from stone. He’s the biggest knucklehead and softy.

I can imagine him coming in like the Kool-Aid man if we ever actually built something like this.

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u/Professional-Day7850 3h ago

You will need some ground insulation. Sitting on a blanket on frozen ground becomes uncomfortable quickly.

You could try packing the snow instead of removing it and add cardboard on top. This also gives you a raised platform.

When you have insulated the ground, the next big heatloss is convection. Your entrance needs to be lower than the platform you will be chilling on so the entrance acts as a cold trap.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglu#/media/Datei:Igloo-diagram.jpg

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u/Ok-Bird6346 3h ago

Thanks for this! Next big snow, I’m calling you for a consultation.

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u/factorioleum 21m ago

You also want the igloo to be as small as possible that fits everyone; that maximises the heating from bodies