Folks, let's face it no matter what stove you are using there will be dirt/ash deposits on your furniture and surfaces in your house. Coal/wood burning ain't for everyone. You just can't have a better homes and garden home if your burning solid fuel, unless you have a full time maid and cleaning service.
With that said, I never lived that way and I don't intend to do so either. Looking back over the years my grandparents had a coal furnace in their basement and my grandmother was always complaining about the ash deposits that the furnace made. But she knew that this was what they could afford, so they learned to accept that. Fast forward my parents used a duel heat system one furnace was oil, which my mom would bitch that the oil was leaving a slight film on her furniture and smudging everything. Then came the wood furnace. My mom would constantly complain about the wood smoke and the wood ash being everywhere. So it looks like everyone and anyone could bitch about anything if they wanted to.
With that said, My grandparents and parents were not made of money, but had plenty of common sense. I think if you really financially rich, then either get a cleaning service or one of those solar heaters. While your at it you might want to buy an electric car also.
If your like me, then just live your life the way you want and if someone doesn't like the way my house looks or smells, then they can forget visiting me, because I am who I am, take it or leave it.
Now with all that said both my wife and I are very happy to existing on a very meager social security check, and we will survive one way or another. We have two Legacy TLC 2000's and plan on burning both this winter. Between our wood and coal supply, we should have enough to get us by for the next few winters. We occasionally dust and sweep but other than that we put up with the dirt/ash as long as we need to. It just makes sense to us. This is just my view point.
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waytomany?s
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Well, I grew up hearing"God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt." That never made much sense to me, but I don't have to take a bath after I get a little dirty, you know what I mean Vern?
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mntbugy
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Sometimes a P.T.A. bath is good enough.waytomany?s wrote: ↑Tue. Aug. 23, 2022 8:47 pmWell, I grew up hearing"God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt." That never made much sense to me, but I don't have to take a bath after I get a little dirty, you know what I mean Vern?
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Sunny Boy
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I always liked, "Clean enough to be healthy, dirty enough to be happy."waytomany?s wrote: ↑Tue. Aug. 23, 2022 8:47 pmWell, I grew up hearing"God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt." That never made much sense to me, but I don't have to take a bath after I get a little dirty, you know what I mean Vern?
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