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Berlin wrote:What tamecrow said. Sell the wood. There's plenty of very good coal in NS. Why would you want to clog up your boiler and stack w/ gooey creosote when you could burn coal for twice the convenience?

I agree, I'd prefer to burn coal.

Addicted, I sent you a pm. I'll give you a hand straightening the old boiler up.

If both yourself and the previous owner had significant trouble firing coal, you may want to make sure that the chimney and draft is adequate as well.

I had a American Standard Severn till very recently. I burned wood at the beginning and end of every season with no ill effects. I simply brushed the heat exchanger out every Sat. morning. It also had a sidearm coil for domestic. These should be available without major problems.. It simply functions as a heat exchanger. .If you can't find one, simply buy a new plate heat exchanger and plumb it to a top and bottom plug on the right rear of your boiler. Replacement grates are available in several places in PA that I know about.

Berlin wrote:If both yourself and the previous owner had significant trouble firing coal, you may want to make sure that the chimney and draft is adequate as well.

I measured the draft, it is -0.04 to -0.05 at the breach, about the same over the fire.

leward wrote:I had a American Standard Severn till very recently. I burned wood at the beginning and end of every season with no ill effects. I simply brushed the heat exchanger out every Sat. morning. It also had a sidearm coil for domestic. These should be available without major problems.. It simply functions as a heat exchanger. .If you can't find one, simply buy a new plate heat exchanger and plumb it to a top and bottom plug on the right rear of your boiler. Replacement grates are available in several places in PA that I know about.

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.