Question about Coal Shoot

 
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Post by Spconnolly7 » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 3:03 pm

When I moved into my house I had a coal stove. However I replaced it with a pellet stove.

On the side of my house is a shoot installed where they put the coal.

I still have coal in there. My questions are:

1. Do people actually buy coal that would come out of there?

2. Could I ever clean out the shoot enough to store pellets there? I know the coal is so dirty.


 
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Post by Qtown1835 » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 3:06 pm

1. Yes you can buy bulk coal that goes thru the chute.
2. Your firstistake was getting rid of the coal stove for pellets :). You can clean it out but it will be a dirty job. I don't of anyone that sells bulk pellets that you would use the chute for

 
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Post by WNY » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 3:17 pm

You can get the coal oiled, and it keeps the dust down. Most coal deliveries can deliver using the chute, my deliver guy uses a 10' auger pipe and shoots it right into my coal bin in the basement. works pretty slick. He has used a chute on the back of his dump truck if his auger is down.

 
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Post by tsb » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 3:23 pm

How much coal is left over and where are you located.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 4:02 pm

Sell it??? Ya oughta be happy just getting someone to get it out of there. :) Anthracite or Bitimus & again, where ya located? ( spray lightly with water)

 
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Post by Hambden Bob » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 4:40 pm

Coal is absolutely the Devil's Handmaiden.... You should receive a contact from one of Our Saving Grace Members to remove that vile substance in it's entirety from that Bunker..... Stand By,as relief will be forthwith shortly !!

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 5:58 pm

Spconnolly7 wrote:
Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 3:03 pm
When I moved into my house I had a coal stove. However I replaced it with a pellet stove.
Is the coal stove still in the home? Sell that and include the coal
On the side of my house is a shoot installed where they put the coal.
That tells me you're in coal country
I still have coal in there. My questions are:
It's been in the ground for 300 million yrs, it won't go bad
1. Do people actually buy coal that would come out of there?
You normally pay someone to take filth out of your home ;)
2. Could I ever clean out the shoot enough to store pellets there? I know the coal is so dirty.
If your pellets get wet you're screwed...that's dirty!
edit:
Are you one and done?
edit:
coal chute...couldn't help it :lol:


 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 6:24 pm

Question about coal shoot...

Are we using shotgun or rifle ???

What size coal will be thrown up into the air to shoot at ???

Where will the coal shoot be held at ??

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 6:48 pm

windyhill4.2 wrote:
Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 6:24 pm
Question about coal shoot...

Are we using shotgun or rifle ???

What size coal will be thrown up into the air to shoot at ???

Where will the coal shoot be held at ??
Hey Dave glad I'm not alone in the bad grammah dept. :lol:
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Post by Lightning » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 6:52 pm

I think it's reasonable to say that anyone who confuses chute for shoot has been deceptively misinformed about coal. Just sayin...

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 6:57 pm

Lightning wrote:
Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 6:52 pm
I think it's reasonable to say that anyone who confuses chute for shoot has been deceptively misinformed about coal. Just sayin...
Well we haven't heard back from a new member :roll: ...and I'm wondering if we ever will. Some folks join post a question and fail to converse. Why would s/he, coal is dirty ;)

 
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Post by Lightning » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:17 pm

My Grandmother used to say, "there is nothing so bad that there isn't any good in it." In this case if someone wants to burn pellets instead of coal then that leaves a little more for us that appreciate it ;)

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:25 pm

Well, seems like you mean guys run another one off!!! LOL Be good to know where he's located & is serious.

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:55 pm

freetown fred wrote:
Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:25 pm
Well, seems like you mean guys run another one off!!! LOL Be good to know where he's located & is serious.
Not being mean Fred, would enjoy a good talk about his or her's options. As you said location would be helpful...some truth about coal would be helpful as well.
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Post by CDF_USAF » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 8:04 pm

Y'all might have stumbled into some UAE coal, and now nobody will every know!

However, how many times must one shoot stove coal to make the size they need? Does a 12ga go straight to rice? Or is this like pumpkin chunkin where you launch a hunk of coal through a cannon? I would watch either of those.

But seriously to the OP, if you give a location, someone may be willing to help you get rid of it. Probably not worth much in a basement though


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