Our First Coal Fire of the Season.

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Post by Ops164 » Sat. Nov. 24, 2012 9:36 pm

It's that time of year again, hauled in some nut coal and got the Harman going. It's about 77* in the house, so I got a bit carried away with getting the fire going. Time for me to pop in here again as well.

No repairs needed, just cleaned up the stove and lit it off. I forgot how much heat this thing puts out..

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Post by nortcan » Sat. Nov. 24, 2012 9:40 pm

Always nice to make the first year fire. Don't forget some photos :)

 
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Post by CoalHeat » Sat. Nov. 24, 2012 9:52 pm

I lit my hand fed today as well, but first I hauled it outside and gave it a paint job. Once back inside and reconnected to the chimney I had windows open and a fan in one of the windows. If you look at the one photo you can actually see the paint curing where the fire is. You can see the line of the baffle and the cool spot where the ash compartment is.
Pay no attention to the wonder board hearth, the stone work is in the plans for next summer...finally!
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Didn't take her long to find that warm spot!

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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Nov. 24, 2012 10:21 pm

And ready for another handfired season W'nC :)

 
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Post by CoalHeat » Sat. Nov. 24, 2012 10:33 pm

Yep. As you may know the EFM is feeding a heat exchanger in the forced-air furnace, the hand fed provides a nice radiant heat source to even out the temperature swings in this drafty old barn. :D

 
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Post by I'm On Fire » Sun. Nov. 25, 2012 6:14 am

That sure is a nice stove, WnC. I like the handles. I'd love to give the DS a fresh coat of paint. But at 600 pounds there's no way I'm dragging it back outside by myself to do it. Told the wife that if it gets repainted it'll be in the house.


 
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Post by franco b » Sun. Nov. 25, 2012 10:53 am

I'm On Fire wrote:That sure is a nice stove, WnC. I like the handles. I'd love to give the DS a fresh coat of paint. But at 600 pounds there's no way I'm dragging it back outside by myself to do it. Told the wife that if it gets repainted it'll be in the house.
Rust-olium makes brush on as well as spray paint. Works very well and easy to do in the house.

 
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Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
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Post by CoalHeat » Sun. Nov. 25, 2012 9:47 pm

Thank you, it's the "baby" of the Harman Magnafire line, 325 LBS. I was able to roll it outside on the hand truck, although the solid tires were making odd squishing sounds. The reason for the paint job was one of the cats developed a fondness for peeing on it when she went into heat. It had rust all around the bottom. The cat has since had her snippy operation.

You can paint your stove in place with the can of paint and a brush, that's what I'm going to do with the Fisher insert, no way am I moving that out the door just for a paint job.

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