Coal Bin
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building a coal bin in my basement saw a few pics of bins with what looks like a baffel board near the bottom of the opening at the floor to I assume keep the coal from rushing out ,,do I need this for rice coal?
- oliver power
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The higher you fill the bin, the higher you add boards. As coal is used up, take boards back out.
- Richard S.
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Presumably you are talking about a doghouse? However high the opening is on the bottom is how much the coal will come out onto the floor. If you have a four inch opening you can expect the coal to come out 4 inches. If you build the bottom board like a doghouse it will keep things a little tidier...
- windyhill4.2
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Slanted slats is how I keep rice coal in my bin,i can remove a board from the bottom for gravity flow to shovel from.it will only flow out when a shovel full is taken away.