Glenwood 116 to Help Out Little Tiget
- Wren
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It’s true, Joeq. Paul has a lot of very good natured patience. Thank God. I’m glad you all thrashed that topic out here! My grates should be well cared for now.
I guess it doesn’t ALWAYS happen but it is generally dead stuff that sticks and I don’t like sticking a poker in the grate system I might damage something. But now that you say if it happens don’t panic, and try later, I’ll stop worrying about it quite so much. Lots to learn but I’m loading for the night again and appreciating the warmth on my toes from across the room. I would feel sick if I turned up the gas past 72. Not allergic to coal heat.
Planning a Glenwood Trifle, inspired by the layers I am adding. Hmm. Black cherries? Needs more thought.
I guess it doesn’t ALWAYS happen but it is generally dead stuff that sticks and I don’t like sticking a poker in the grate system I might damage something. But now that you say if it happens don’t panic, and try later, I’ll stop worrying about it quite so much. Lots to learn but I’m loading for the night again and appreciating the warmth on my toes from across the room. I would feel sick if I turned up the gas past 72. Not allergic to coal heat.
Planning a Glenwood Trifle, inspired by the layers I am adding. Hmm. Black cherries? Needs more thought.
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Jen,
The only way you could damage those grates with a poker is to use the big ones they get rocks out of bulldozer treads with.
Sometimes you can get a piece of slate coal. Or a rock. Those usually don't come loose after letting them burn longer. So there may come some times when you have to get in there with a poker. Don't be afraid to get in there and poke jams up from the ash drawer side.
I use one of those telescoping, all metal mechanics inspection mirrors to look in through the ash drawer door opening and up through the grates and see what and where the jam is to poke it back up. You can get them at autoparts stores, or the tool department of Sears.
After locating the jam with the mirror, a couple of times it was a rock. Then I've used the poker to fish for and hook it up through the firebed to where I can pick it out with BBQ tongs. The poker won't melt if you don't keep it in the fire for more than 15 - 20 seconds at a try.
Paul
The only way you could damage those grates with a poker is to use the big ones they get rocks out of bulldozer treads with.
Sometimes you can get a piece of slate coal. Or a rock. Those usually don't come loose after letting them burn longer. So there may come some times when you have to get in there with a poker. Don't be afraid to get in there and poke jams up from the ash drawer side.
I use one of those telescoping, all metal mechanics inspection mirrors to look in through the ash drawer door opening and up through the grates and see what and where the jam is to poke it back up. You can get them at autoparts stores, or the tool department of Sears.
After locating the jam with the mirror, a couple of times it was a rock. Then I've used the poker to fish for and hook it up through the firebed to where I can pick it out with BBQ tongs. The poker won't melt if you don't keep it in the fire for more than 15 - 20 seconds at a try.
Paul
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That’s cool!!! I’m collecting some odd tools for coal related chores. A mirror will definitely be handy.
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You might want to add a cheap set of long handled BBQ tongs to the shopping list. They are not only handy to have for fishing out too-hot stuff from the firebed, they are good for putting stuff in too. Every once in awhile a good sized chunk of still burning coal drops through the grates when shaking them. I use the BBQ tongs to pick the chunk out of the ash and drop it back into the fire to finish burning. Don't want to waste that heat.
And yeah, I'm that cheap. I blame it on my Highland ancestors.
Paul
And yeah, I'm that cheap. I blame it on my Highland ancestors.
Paul
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When I take those hot coals out I load them right into the bed warmer, warm up the sheets, and then put them back in the stove.
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Oooooooh! Aaaaaaah! That’s a good idea that requires yet another odd coal tool. And my youngest could feel pampered and loved if their beds were pre heated.
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Now that you have two stoves, get more than one of those bed warmers,... then you can play coal lacrosse with firebox goals.
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Lol! Of course it’s about 82 degrees upstairs, so lacrosse is about what we could use a bed warmer for. I love the idea though.
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So I have built up my driveway and tilted it just a little away from the house and no water comes in now to the basement
And
I dumped ash on the concrete floor to build it up because I have a little mixer but I HATE mixing concrete. Maybe more thrilled about it than I should be.... That is just a first pour. My son and his friend will have to do the rest but it won’t be tooooo much for them with the stomped ash underneath.
Point being to finish the floor and put the range on it. Hopefully before spring
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Mica arrived today. Kinda scratched compared to last time. But if it’s going to wind up like this I guess it doesn’t matter.
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Kept forgetting to change mica while stove cold so did it while warming this morning. I screwed it shut tighter than I left it last. Keeping the old pieces because the guy said they were originals from the stove, but who knows. Whenever I actually get blue flames I feel that something is wrong. I suppose it a hangover from wood burning that I Iike the window bright but.... Hmmm.
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Wahahahah! The stove burns about 6 times better since I changed the mica. Totally different. Quiet flames and slower burn but still heat. I had cleaned the old mica and not tightened it well. There are two pieces in each side again but much stronger than the old ones. Haha, must put my phone away or my son says he will whip it across the room.
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Wren wrote: ↑Sun. Dec. 24, 2017 11:25 amKept forgetting to change mica while stove cold so did it while warming this morning. I screwed it shut tighter than I left it last. Keeping the old pieces because the guy said they were originals from the stove, but who knows. Whenever I actually get blue flames I feel that something is wrong. I suppose it a hangover from wood burning that I Iike the window bright but.... Hmmm. 703265F4-959A-4821-A5E4-D31B1951A8C3.jpeg
Blue is good, red is just hotter. Both are burning off the volatiles. The red glow can be a nice affect, but running it too hot can also increase chances of clinkers forming.
Looks like that firepot could use a couple more shovels of coal to get the heat volume up,..... rather than running it hotter.
Paul