WHO'S ITCHING?!

Wren · Post by **Wren** » Sat. Sep. 07, 2019 9:19 pm

Seven degrees celsius at night here already in Ontario close to Ottawa. I’m burning.

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Sat. Sep. 07, 2019 9:50 pm

I just gotta get this stove going this winter, I did not need it last winter. I miss it.

mntbugy · Post by **mntbugy** » Sun. Sep. 08, 2019 7:26 am

CN, I think you sharted on your camera lens.

Post by **Rob R.** » Sun. Sep. 08, 2019 8:53 am

No itching here. I love it when no heat or AC is required to keep the house comfortable.

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Sun. Sep. 08, 2019 10:34 am

Rob R. wrote: ↑
Sun. Sep. 08, 2019 8:53 am
No itching here. I love it when no heat or AC is required to keep the house comfortable.

+1.

I love being able to pick the temps I want, thanks to coal heat, but not as much as when Mother Nature does it for free.

Paul

mntbugy · Post by **mntbugy** » Sun. Sep. 08, 2019 6:14 pm

Not itching here. Just curing the paint and furnace cement on the New Royal globe and firing the Merry Bride for chits and giggles.

ratherbeflying · Post by **ratherbeflying** » Mon. Sep. 09, 2019 8:00 am

Wren wrote: ↑
Sat. Sep. 07, 2019 9:19 pm
Seven degrees celsius at night here already in Ontario close to Ottawa. I’m burning.

woahhh you have coal that far up?? whats the price like?

Freedom · Post by **Freedom** » Mon. Sep. 09, 2019 8:35 am

I'm itching more than ever this year, because I'm switching to coal as soon as Larry can find me a chubby Jr. It's gonna be awesome not have to set an alarm 4hrs. Into a night's sleep without having to put more wood in or wake up freezing

ratherbeflying · Post by **ratherbeflying** » Tue. Sep. 10, 2019 8:52 am

Freedom wrote: ↑
Mon. Sep. 09, 2019 8:35 am
I'm itching more than ever this year, because I'm switching to coal as soon as Larry can find me a chubby Jr. It's gonna be awesome not have to set an alarm 4hrs. Into a night's sleep without having to put more wood in or wake up freezing

and this is the biggest reason i fell in love with coal, i bought our house thinking we had a wood stove. thats how the listing was listed, no body told me the gibraltar was a coal stove. i would have never guessed it was a coal stove.. we started throwing wood into it when it got cold, she heated the entire house like a champ, she was just very very hungry. i had to pack her full tight as much as possible and i would only get about 5 hours max. i sent pictures of the stove to my older friend in PA who also had a coal stove but burned wood because he never got comfortable getting a stable reliable burn on coal. he told me i had a coal stove.. i went right to tractor supply and bought 4 bags, it was the best thing i ever did. this stove can go24-48 hours without adding coal depending on how im burning. i spent hours learning on this forum, i must had read 1000 pages in 2 days... i got him back into coal! now we will never go back to wood unless its shoulder months. all i can really say is get a mano. that really opens your eyes to what your stove is "feeling" at any given moment. you can see when the draft gets too low and you need to open her up a little more.
i know a chubby jr has a smaller (but more efficient, round) fire box, so im not sure how long shell burn for but im sure you can get 8-10 hours of sleep at least. please keep us posted on consumption and progress, i would like to most likely get the same stove for my garage. or maybe even smaller like a marine coal stove.

Freedom · Post by **Freedom** » Tue. Sep. 10, 2019 9:32 am

You got it .... I will keep you posted for sure . I can't wait to switch to coal this year . I've also been reading the heck out of this awsome forum . Warminmn has a Chubby Jr. and has been giving me some great advice .even though my pipe (chimney) run is short it's double wall class A & I'm going to only use the shortest single wall fun off the stove to just got a baro in ,then insulated double wall all the way up .manometer & of course CO detectors .thanks for the tips & same to all posters here , so happy I'm going over to the DARK SIDE !!!!!!!

Body Hammer · Post by **Body Hammer** » Tue. Sep. 10, 2019 9:59 am

I am! I missed a year last winter because of a surgery. So I'm all FIRED up!

CapeCoaler · Post by **CapeCoaler** » Wed. Sep. 18, 2019 2:39 pm

Just fired up the 503 Hitzer...
Gona get into the 40's the next coupla nights...
It will run maybe 3 days then be too warm...
Just threw some lump charcoal and fuel gell in her...
15 minutes later coal was poppin...
Still need to repaint the 503 but it will be warm thru the end of September after this...

ratherbeflying · Post by **ratherbeflying** » Wed. Sep. 18, 2019 4:05 pm

CapeCoaler wrote: ↑
Wed. Sep. 18, 2019 2:39 pm
Just fired up the 503 Hitzer...
Gona get into the 40's the next coupla nights...
It will run maybe 3 days then be too warm...
Just threw some lump charcoal and fuel gell in her...
15 minutes later coal was poppin...
Still need to repaint the 503 but it will be warm thru the end of September after this...

nice i dont think im going to fire her up just yet.. maybe a wood fire if need be.
i also would like to paint the gilbraltar but im not sure if it really needs it just yet, i would think i would have to sand the whole thing down a little right? what kind of paint should i get?

mntbugy · Post by **mntbugy** » Wed. Sep. 18, 2019 5:14 pm

I got that itch now. Another damn cast iron bug bite, in my neither region.

mntbugy · Post by **mntbugy** » Wed. Sep. 18, 2019 5:18 pm

I got the cast iron bug bite itch again.

Found this little guy.
Mount Penn Stove
Blaze, 8 inch fire pot.

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