The end of this past winter was my first time heating with coal. I bought a new harman tlc2000. I needed a place to store coal so- I needed a bin. With $20 in screws and nails, and a pile of scrap lumber laying around, I built my first bin. It looks pretty hideous but It holds a ton of nut coal. Since I was happy with the coals warmth and how a small amount of coal does so well heating that I decided to buy another stove for my garage - So i bought an Alaska channing stoker .
This summer I headed off to Lowes and bought a truck full of lumber to build 2 coal bins. 1 for for the house and 1 for the garage. I built the garage one first. It is 18" by 8 feet by 4' tall and fits quit nicely against the wall in my garage - it s the perfect size to hold 1.5 tons of Rice coal. I drilled several holes across the bottom and put a screen mesh over the holes to aid in drying the rice for the stoker.
The other one I built is quite large. I built it inside my garage and had to move it to its 'permanent' location. It took me some time to build. Its 8x8 with a good pitched roof 5' wall and 7' wall where the entry door is.it also has 2 folding walls and a pivoting roof to make filling it easy. I built it to hold 5 ton, but have it filled to the max with 7 1/2 ton of nut.
Pics to follow:
coal bins - show n tell
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pics of the scrap bin, overloaded truck and the rice bin
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- Spacecadet
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pics of the nut building and coal delivery
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Nice!
That nut coal bin is huge! If it was possible to fill it all the way it should hold over 10 ton.
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That nut coal bin is huge! If it was possible to fill it all the way it should hold over 10 ton.
-Don
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Nice builds! Did the 'patio blocks' you used for the filling apron come from, THD?
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WOW! that looks awesome! Well played sir.
What are the dimensions of the nut bin?
What are the dimensions of the nut bin?
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- Location: New Paltz NY
Thanks, it was certainly a "learning" experience!
On the nut bin, I also ran a power supply to it. Wired up a light switch that operates a 2 - 9 watt LED light bulbs, One positioned inside the building and one outside above the door. Also a 20 amp outlet.
VigIIPeaBurner : Thanks! The patio block and all the materials came from Lowe's.
ASea: nut bins dimensions outside are 8x8. however the real space inside is 7.5x7.5 short fold down wall is 5' and the tall door wall is 6.5 feet. The roof is 8.5x12 with 40" overhanging the door. Hopefully I'll stay dry when its raining when I am filling up the buckets
On the nut bin, I also ran a power supply to it. Wired up a light switch that operates a 2 - 9 watt LED light bulbs, One positioned inside the building and one outside above the door. Also a 20 amp outlet.
VigIIPeaBurner : Thanks! The patio block and all the materials came from Lowe's.
ASea: nut bins dimensions outside are 8x8. however the real space inside is 7.5x7.5 short fold down wall is 5' and the tall door wall is 6.5 feet. The roof is 8.5x12 with 40" overhanging the door. Hopefully I'll stay dry when its raining when I am filling up the buckets
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