Coal Size
Curious as to how to tell the size of the coal I have.... I have about 1 ton left from previous owner and am curious as to what size it may be.... If I had to explain the size it kind of looks like modified stone (like wjhat you would get for a stone drive way)..
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Sounds like nut coal. There are pics on here somewhere of the different sizes. Here's the link the the description of the sizes...
https://coalpail.com/coal-heating-encyclopedia/an ... -hard-coal
https://coalpail.com/coal-heating-encyclopedia/an ... -hard-coal
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Pea coal is about the size of a quarter. Nut would be about the size of a silver dollar.
I bought my first bag of coal today I just had to have some until I get the new chimney. It was big , must be Nut, it is sold here as a landscaping supply. While I await the next step in my chimney nightmare I will distract myself with a coal bin project. That makes me wonder Dose it need to be kept covered?
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The coal bin should be covered hot stoves do not like wet snow covered coal
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Egg Size 5" X 2"mplynn64 wrote:Curious as to how to tell the size of the coal I have.... I have about 1 ton left from previous owner and am curious as to what size it may be.... If I had to explain the size it kind of looks like modified stone (like wjhat you would get for a stone drive way)..
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Stove size 2-"7/8" X 1-5/8"
Chestnut Size 1-5/8" X 13/16"
Pea size 13/16" X 9/16"
Buckwheat size 9/16" X 5/16"
Rice size 5/16" X 3/16"
Barley Size 3/16" X 3/32"
# 4 Size 3/32" X 3/64"
# 5 Size 3/64" X 100M
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Even a tarp is good, you don't really want leaves and sticks in it or cat poo come to think of it. If it gets wet and freezes into one big chunk, you'll wish you had covered it while you are breaking it out with a pickaxe.ggans2 wrote:Dose it need to be kept covered?
Yeah , don't want to be picking it apart, i'm really asking if the weather could harm the coal somehow, I would think not.
As for storage, If I even get to burn my stove this year, I think I will store it in my garage/shop/barn. Its a bit late to build an outside bin.
And let me add I have been running my forced air furnace since I learned my chimney is (snip) AND I HATE IT !!!!!
As for storage, If I even get to burn my stove this year, I think I will store it in my garage/shop/barn. Its a bit late to build an outside bin.
And let me add I have been running my forced air furnace since I learned my chimney is (snip) AND I HATE IT !!!!!
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The sun and weather won't hurt it, as a matter of fact I think the only way to destroy it is to burn it. Good luck with that if you don't have an appliance designed for it.ggans2 wrote:i'm really asking if the weather could harm the coal somehow, I would think not.
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Getting it to burn without an anthracite appliance.