Warm Morning 400 in Small House

 
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Post by fizban » Sat. Jan. 09, 2016 6:19 pm

It is an exterior block chimney on the back side of the house. Only entrance to chimney is from the basement. A decent number of the exterior blocks have cracks in them. I'll post some photos in the morning.

 
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Post by fizban » Sat. Jan. 09, 2016 6:24 pm

In reply to titleist1, what I found most exciting about coal was heat for my business. I heat about a 8000 ft warehouse. In the past I have shied away from places without natural gas. A stoker could make a very reasonable comparison to oil or propane.

I've already been scouring for stokers. I assume summer is generally the best time to pick up equipment cheap?

 
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Post by SWPaDon » Sat. Jan. 09, 2016 7:09 pm

fizban wrote:In reply to titleist1, what I found most exciting about coal was heat for my business. I heat about a 8000 ft warehouse. In the past I have shied away from places without natural gas. A stoker could make a very reasonable comparison to oil or propane.

I've already been scouring for stokers. I assume summer is generally the best time to pick up equipment cheap?
There are some currently listed right here at NEPA Crossroads: For Sale Coal Boilers, Furnaces, Stoves and Heating Related Items


 
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Post by fizban » Sun. Jan. 10, 2016 5:43 pm

I've uploaded a few pictures of the exterior of the chimney.

I'll see if I can get a few good interior ones with a flashlight tomorrow. The inside tile looks to be about 6". I did find a 5.5" stainless liner for sale locally pretty cheap.

The only other thing I am considering now is that this is a house that the interior could use new carpet, paint and alot of cleaning. Feels like it would be a waist to repaint everything and put a coal stove in just to get everything sooted up again.

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Post by SWPaDon » Sun. Jan. 10, 2016 5:53 pm

That chimney is in a little rougher shape than I expected to see. Is the broken tile at the concrete wall level, or at the wood frame level? If it's cracked where the concrete is, there are no worries that I can see.

 
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Post by fizban » Sun. Jan. 10, 2016 6:02 pm

I believe he said 3 rods down, so I think that was about 15' down from the top where the crack was. I believe just a few feet above the basement thimble.


 
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Post by SWPaDon » Sun. Jan. 10, 2016 6:11 pm

fizban wrote:I believe he said 3 rods down, so I think that was about 15' down from the top where the crack was. I believe just a few feet above the basement thimble.
Do you mean the 'cleanout door' that we see in the picture?

By the way, be sure to seal that door very well before using that chimney, it will rob your draft from your stove.

 
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Post by Grommet64 » Thu. Dec. 07, 2023 1:50 pm

Anyone have a WM 400 manual and parts breakdown by chance? Thx and Merry Christmas!

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