Hi, I am from Iowa, we moved into our home in January and when we moved in there was we believe a coal heater in the basement. We are trying to find out any information on it as we a wanting to get rid of it. It is in very good condition! Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You
Rebecca
Monogram Coal Heater
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You can Google The Quincy Stove Mfg. Co. to find some catalogs from the 1930s. Not your particular model though.
It appears to be a well made stove with models for both hard and soft coal.
Stoves of this type generally do not bring more than a few hundred dollars used.
Why sell it? If in good shape why not give it a try? You might like it if you intend to burn coal. If nothing else it will give you some experience.
It appears to be a well made stove with models for both hard and soft coal.
Stoves of this type generally do not bring more than a few hundred dollars used.
Why sell it? If in good shape why not give it a try? You might like it if you intend to burn coal. If nothing else it will give you some experience.
Thank you for the help, we did actually try it this weekend and it doesn't give off enough heat to warm the house, it's in very good shape and we didn't use coal b/c at first we thought it was wood burner and we found out that the guy living here b/4 us was actually burning paper in it. We don't intend to use coal we usually use wood so that why we are wanting to sell it and buy a wood burner instead. Thank you for the help, it is greatly appreciated
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Remember that coal very rapidly replaced wood for heating for very good reasons in the 19th century. Those reasons still exist.
Unless you had that stove cooking all day , it probably had not enough time to heat all its mass and start to throw the heat it is capable of. Try a few bags of coal before making a decision,
Unless you had that stove cooking all day , it probably had not enough time to heat all its mass and start to throw the heat it is capable of. Try a few bags of coal before making a decision,
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I was wondering I have the same model I just picked up, and are these for hard or soft coal its amodel 211B and I cant find anything through google about it...I didnt realize how deep the fire pot was until I picked it up last night..It has a few repairs done to grate and some on the cast iron fire pot. it will be used in the garage. I would assume its for hard coal stove size looking at ow the grate is..I bet this thing if fully loaded would heat an entire house!
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My father in law has one in his basement I was planning to use for my garage in the future, how do you like yours?
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works good with anthracite havent tried bit yetRetro_Origin wrote: ↑Sat. Nov. 26, 2022 10:37 amMy father in law has one in his basement I was planning to use for my garage in the future, how do you like yours?