Coal Bin Pictures and Designs
- jacknanticoke
- Member
- Posts: 73
- Joined: Mon. Mar. 09, 2009 4:41 pm
- Location: Hunlock Creek, PA
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska Channing III
For you guys that built the outdoor box type bins, how did you allow for drainage? Meaning if your coal was wet, how did you allow the water to get out of the bin? I am not seeing any type of drains or anything on these.
Jack
Jack
I drilled several 1/4" holes thru the bottom. It works.jacknanticoke wrote:For you guys that built the outdoor box type bins, how did you allow for drainage? Meaning if your coal was wet, how did you allow the water to get out of the bin? I am not seeing any type of drains or anything on these.
Jack
- envisage
- Member
- Posts: 161
- Joined: Tue. Nov. 20, 2007 5:02 pm
- Location: Phoenixville, PA
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Werner Foundry 350a
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning 400, Fire Boss Wood/Coal Hyrbrid
- Coal Size/Type: Buckwheat, Pea, Chestnut and Stove
- Contact:
I recently completed a nice 8 ton bin. Just about done filling it up. There is no bottom to it. It is basically just a simple box, roughly 10x10, made out of old growth dimensional 2x4s, tied together with PT deck planks. Each side has 4 coats of paint on it. The four sides are connected to each other with 4 pieces of 6x8 PT lumber in each corner, and the whole thing just sits right on the ground. I have not taken the time to tarp it yet or build a roof, so the rain has been flowing through there for at least 2 months or so. It works great! I also put slats in the front so I can get the coal out.
- vandalay714
- Member
- Posts: 21
- Joined: Mon. Aug. 10, 2009 3:52 pm
- Location: Ithaca, NY
Almost finished with my coal bin. 8X8 footprint with 4' walls. Subtracting for the walls interior dimensions are 7' 3.5"X7' 3.5"X4'. I calculated 212 cu.ft.
I'm hoping I can get 6 tons of rice coal in there but am thinking probably closer to 5.
I need to add some wood siding panels to make it look nice for the wife!
I'm hoping I can get 6 tons of rice coal in there but am thinking probably closer to 5.
I need to add some wood siding panels to make it look nice for the wife!
Attachments
- coal berner
- Member
- Posts: 3600
- Joined: Tue. Jan. 09, 2007 12:44 am
- Location: Pottsville PA. Schuylkill County PA. The Hart Of Anthracite Coal Country.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1986 Electric Furnace Man 520 DF
It is easier to shovel out a drum and move it out of the way to get to the auger or tube If it needs replacing or fixed
then it is to shovel 26 tons out of the way to get to the Auger or tube. You could Just stick the durm inside the bin
and Just shovel coal into it when it gets low move it in before you fill the bin up .
then it is to shovel 26 tons out of the way to get to the Auger or tube. You could Just stick the durm inside the bin
and Just shovel coal into it when it gets low move it in before you fill the bin up .
- Freddy
- Member
- Posts: 7293
- Joined: Fri. Apr. 11, 2008 2:54 pm
- Location: Orrington, Maine
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 130 (pea)
- Coal Size/Type: Pea size, Superior, deep mined
Vandalay, Good looking bin for th emost part, but if those four steel clips on each corner are all that's holding it I fear that it won't hold together. You need some stout steel straps bent around each corner and perhaps 3/8" by 4" lag screws ro hold them. Or, better yet, a steel band all the way around the top. If those brackets are all there is, you are asking four screws, each with 150-200 pounds of strength, to hold tons of pressure.
- kevin12973
- Member
- Posts: 93
- Joined: Tue. Jun. 24, 2008 5:10 pm
- Location: albany NY
The reason for the barrel is that I can screen the coal so the big chunks of coal and other junk don't get to the auger in the first place. I screened out at least 5 big chunks last year out of 8 tons that I went through. I will never trust coal to be perfectly screened . I'll let you know when it blows apart Freddy. The coal this delivery is supperior, I'm stoked, Pun intended
- Freddy
- Member
- Posts: 7293
- Joined: Fri. Apr. 11, 2008 2:54 pm
- Location: Orrington, Maine
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 130 (pea)
- Coal Size/Type: Pea size, Superior, deep mined
I wasn't talking about yours...the post before yours. You'll like the Superior. Mine was screened perfectly & not many fines at all.kevin12973 wrote:I'll let you know when it blows apart Freddy.
- vandalay714
- Member
- Posts: 21
- Joined: Mon. Aug. 10, 2009 3:52 pm
- Location: Ithaca, NY
Freddy,
There are several 3" screws holding the walls together that go through the 2x4s and 3/4" plywood at each corner and the 3" l-brackets are extra protection. I will add some lag bolts for further insurance. Thanks for the suggestions. I would rather be safe than sorry!
There are several 3" screws holding the walls together that go through the 2x4s and 3/4" plywood at each corner and the 3" l-brackets are extra protection. I will add some lag bolts for further insurance. Thanks for the suggestions. I would rather be safe than sorry!
That sounds good, similiar to what I did. 2 x 4 framing, 3/4" plywood, and held together with construction glue and Exterior bugle-head screws. Mine is holding up fine. I also ran a 3/4" pipe thru the center of the long sisdes, so they wouldn't bow out.vandalay714 wrote:Freddy,
There are several 3" screws holding the walls together that go through the 2x4s and 3/4" plywood at each corner and the 3" l-brackets are extra protection. I will add some lag bolts for further insurance. Thanks for the suggestions. I would rather be safe than sorry!
COAL BIN Pics