Hoytman wrote: ↑Fri. Dec. 20, 2019 12:16 am
Going to try burning off of the front grate only. Anyone have any input regarding how to cover the back grate? I have extra bricks. Wasn’t sure if I could lay them flat. Thought maybe try to angle them, but also not sure if I get get them to stay in that position.
Or simplify it and just let ash build up on the back grate and not shake it... or is that not possible with your stove??? Crap, the early alziemers has kicked in! I forget...
McG's description of the bags of TSC match mine fairly close.
Best and worst on the same pallet for me. In a perfect world with smiley faces, dry coal, the right sized as advertised, with your multitude of coal choices I'd start it with the TSC, but only if it isnt wet, so it must have been bought a year ago, or months ago, and have holes poked in the bags to be dry as those bags are almost airtight. Poke holes in the bags, even if not TSC. Wet coal is not good at all for starting a fire. i could darned near light dusty dry TSC with a match if its nut sized, it does have its positives! Takes off easy except for the fines. Kimmels was nice for me that way too, the easy lighting, much less fines. After thats burning, throw any half dry coal you have on top of it slowly, shake it every 12 hrs thereafter, add as needed, read a book, watch a movie, enjoy life.
After i figured it out years ago, lighting it is easy. Keeping it burning is much harder to learn. Much much harder. Then you figure it all out and its easy. So easy you think you were real dumb not figuring it out quicker. Its not rocket science.
Get that thing in your house and start enjoying it!
keep an eye out for those TSC sales... Enjoy the new flame Bill.
