Coal Grate for Fireplace?
My sister recently bought a house and it had this grate in the fireplace.
I saw an older post here on the forum with a similar looking grate that was used for burning bituminous coal. This thing looks pretty similar. The house is in the city, I figured a nice roaring fire with some of Valier's finest would make great conversation with the neighbors!
I saw an older post here on the forum with a similar looking grate that was used for burning bituminous coal. This thing looks pretty similar. The house is in the city, I figured a nice roaring fire with some of Valier's finest would make great conversation with the neighbors!
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That is very simlar to the one I used and may be in the post. I burned very small Bit pea stoker in it and it worked very well, just make absolutely sure your flu is open before you start the fire,. its best to start a small wood fire and add a little coal at a time. Mine would hold a fire over night.
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- Coal Size/Type: Stoker/Bit, Pea or Nut Anthracite
No, it mostly goes up the chimney, the radient heat is all you get, maybe a little more than wood when the volitiles burned off and it was glowing real good. I liked it. The grate was loaned to me by a neighbor, now she uses it as a flower pot, what a waste!
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I'll bet one of those in a Franklin stove would put out some heat.
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The coal fireplaces iv seen were built like a stove with a door like peice and a grate of some sort. I wouldnt want to burn coal in the open like that in my house.
I know lots of people that use bit coal in fireplaces, and I've built rumfords specifically to burn bit coal. It's excellent for a fireplace and better than wood on many different levels.
Most of those covers (but not all) were summer covers - NOT meant to be left on the fp when it was in use.
Most of those covers (but not all) were summer covers - NOT meant to be left on the fp when it was in use.