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Post by vlam168 » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 6:31 pm

I purchased a townhome with a stove in the living room so I am just trying to learn as much as possible about the stove. Hopefully, I like to fire this up when the weather gets colder. A little background, the home is about 2000 sq/ft with central gas forced hot air. This will not be the primary heat source.

I've renovated the this home quite a bit and have been ignoring this unit for a while. I spent a few hours yesterday doing some dismantling and cleaning of the unit. I can clearly see that it probably have not been used for years. There were a few screws that stripped so I had to find my screws extractor bits but so far, my big shopvac is filled with lots of ashes. I am working on taking the top plate out as I am sure there are lots of ashes in there.

Here is a link of some of the pictures I took. I do have a few questions.
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ahtb0O_IW5CygqYcmkDPaxw7uGAjHw

1. The label o back has a different model number than what I thought this unit was (FB 101475). Are they the same thing?
2. the unit has a label of wood fuel. I thought this was a coal stove.
3. I believe the back plate is a little warp, as seen in one of the picture. I actually found two dried up birds back there. Is it still OK to use?
4. When replacing some of these screws, what types should I use?
5. The ash tray on the bottom has some rust, should I paint it or use some type of protection on it?

I live in South Jersey area. If this is coal burning, where can I get some?

By no mean I am planning to use this as heating source (especially since I will be renting the unit out for now). I would like to be able to test and see if this unit does work. If so, I like to keep it as a backup heating unit when I do live there.


 
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Post by SWPaDon » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 6:40 pm

Welcome to the forum.
If you could post the pictures to this site, it would be much better when someone runs across this thread in the future. The pics will stay here forever, but some other places change the file location thus rendering the link useless later on.

Anthracite coal can be purchased at most every Tractor Supply Co. stores. There are also other places in New Jersey to get coal. You can look through this thread as Lehigh has new dealers in Jersey:

Ask Matt From Lehigh Anthracite Coal

 
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Post by lsayre » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 6:41 pm

If it doesn't have shaker grates, it isn't for coal burning. The name plate says its for wood. No mention of coal.

 
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Post by vlam168 » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 6:57 pm

lsayre wrote:If it doesn't have shaker grates, it isn't for coal burning. The name plate says its for wood. No mention of coal.
Thanks for the reply. I guess that's where I am confused. When searching for anything stove that looks like this, I only see coal. Until I took note of the sticker on the back, I was always under the assumption that it was coal.

So this is a wood stove?

 
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Post by corey » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 6:57 pm

Welcome.

That looks like it's more of a wood stove to me.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 6:57 pm

Hmmmm, it's been mentioned often here that rentals & fossil burning stoves are not a good mix liability wise. I'm sure franco b will chime in here--he is the resident franco beige guy! :)
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Post by vlam168 » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 7:04 pm

corey wrote:Welcome.

That looks like it's more of a wood stove to me.
I am thinking that as well. I see a few of these on CL and while the outside picture looks the same, the stickers or internal pictures looks different than mine.

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Post by coaledsweat » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 7:05 pm

That's a wooder.

 
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Post by corey » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 7:06 pm

Looking at the label it's meant for wood. Also it does not have shaker grates a must have for coal.

 
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Post by vlam168 » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 8:58 pm

Thanks all for all those who replied. I did some more digging and I think what I have is the 13.190 Calvados wood stove.

On to more google search.

 
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Post by nortcan » Sun. Nov. 13, 2016 9:14 pm

yes it's a wood stove only and I hope you will find the right anthracite stove for your needs.
You can go on the Stove Hospital site and find very good infos on stoves.

 
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Post by shawntitan » Wed. Nov. 16, 2016 12:05 am

I'm also in South Jersey, Cumberland County... Whereabouts? Not many coal burners in our neck of the woods...

 
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Post by ddahlgren » Thu. Nov. 17, 2016 1:05 pm

If just for occasional use wood might work out better for you as coal is more of 24/7 deal. Wood is when you feel like it and miserable for 24/7 in my opinion but that is just me others might feel different. You might send the pics to the hearth.com and see if they recognize it and have an opinion.

 
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Post by corey » Thu. Nov. 17, 2016 1:20 pm

ddahlgren wrote:If just for occasional use wood might work out better for you as coal is more of 24/7 deal. Wood is when you feel like it and miserable for 24/7 in my opinion but that is just me others might feel different. You might send the pics to the hearth.com and see if they recognize it and have an opinion.
I agree.

Wood is great for occasional use but it's a lot of work for 24/7 heating. The exact reason I burn coal now.


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