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Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood roundoak #6099401 01/27/12
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,333 Likes: 32 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,333 Likes: 32 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	Originally Posted by roundoak You need more than a shaker grate and a ash pan. You need a good stove liner, either cast iron or firebrick, and the right draft system. If operated correctly a coal stove is not that dirty in the house as some may think. If you have a good chimney setup for woodburning now there should not be any problems with a coal fire. The only downside to coal is the lack of that sweet woodsmoke. Exactly right. I burned the crappy Healy coal (sub-bituminous) in Fairbanks for 14 years as my sole source of heat. I used a Riteway wood/coal stove - this exact model (not my pic) This one is thermostatically-controlled, welded steel, with a fire brick liner, shaker grate, and removeable ash pan. It was a terrific stove. I could heat 1500 sq ft on 2 floors at -50*. had to feed it 2X/day, but it sure worked. The insulated chimneys that work for wood stoves (metalbestos-type) work for wood and coal. You start a small wood fire and then gradually add coal until you have the load needed. It's a fire, not rocket surgery. If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

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Burning Coal Instead of Wood	WayneShaw	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	VAnimrod	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	Cabriolet	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	Gray_Rider	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	doubletap	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	Redneck	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	Stush	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	Stush	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	WayneShaw	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	VAnimrod	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	gunner500	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	ColsPaul	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	Jocko_Slugshot	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	Stush	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	eh76	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	noKnees	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	Jocko_Slugshot	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	bbassi	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	tbear	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	roundoak	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	ironbender	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	LeonHitchcox	01/27/12
Re: Burning Coal Instead of Wood	Savage_99	01/27/12
this mite help..as to how much u use	atvalaska	01/27/12
Re: this mite help..as to how much u use	saddlesore	01/27/12
Re: this mite help..as to how much u use	noKnees	01/27/12
Re: this mite help..as to how much u use	RS308MX	01/27/12
Re: this mite help..as to how much u use	Stush	01/27/12

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