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Post by Yanche » Mon. Nov. 01, 2010 9:42 am

First frost here Halloween night. Sure glad I lit up. Attached is a better photo of my coal shed. Hate to admit it, but my wife took a better picture than I did. :-( Well, her camera has more pixels.
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Post by SMITTY » Mon. Nov. 01, 2010 9:44 am

Nice work! Looks like that'll outlast any of us here. 8-)

 
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Post by LsFarm » Mon. Nov. 01, 2010 11:30 am

The porch thermometer read 18* this morning. I was walking around on the heated floor with bare feet.. I guess all that work and pain was worth it.. The slate floor is quite comfortable at 72-78*..

Yanche, don't forget to cover up that coal with a tarp. the freezing rain and snow will turn it into a black, crunchy ice cube.. :mad: Been there.. My tarp which is fastened at the top of the doorway, gets blown back by the windblown snow and rain.. I have to be carefull where I dig when filling the 5-gallon buckets.

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Post by sterling40man » Mon. Nov. 01, 2010 12:32 pm

Freddy got some snow yesterday. I woke up this morning with about 1" on my lawn. Had some flakes coming down about 15 minutes ago, but then it stopped. It's almost 40* out, so it all melted. I remember last year around Oct 22 we got an 8" storm. :shock:

Edit: Nice bin and big boy toy you got there Yanche! :)

 
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Post by Freddy » Mon. Nov. 01, 2010 12:53 pm

Gad zooks.... this is the deepest pot of coffee ever!

Oh duh, slap me.... I forgot to save 5 gallons of ash so I didn't get the AA going yesterday. Those that understand know you need 5 gallons of ash to "prime" an Axeman Anderson. I went out to the ash pile & got a 5 gallon bucket full. I spread it on the garage floor to dry. It's almost ready now. Perhaps tomorrow I'll fire up for the season.

Fancy shed Yanche! Looks good.

 
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Post by CoalHeat » Mon. Nov. 01, 2010 9:37 pm

Yanche wrote:First frost here Halloween night. Sure glad I lit up. Attached is a better photo of my coal shed. Hate to admit it, but my wife took a better picture than I did. :-( Well, her camera has more pixels.
Coal_Shed_3.jpg
Uh, Yanche, in the first picture it looks like the shed is out there by itself and in the second photo there is a garage right next to it. Did I miss something here?


 
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Post by Yanche » Tue. Nov. 02, 2010 5:57 am

No the shed didn't move. Just two different photographers and two different cameras. I took the first with my camera with a telephoto lens adjusted to just show the building. My wife took the second with a simple pocket digital. She made a better picture because it shows overall perspective.

The coal shed was an interesting project for me. Finally got to use many of my toys I've gathered over the years. Mixed my own concrete for the footings in a one bag mixer (6 cu. ft.). It was a lot of work, especially getting the cement, sand and stone in the mixer. You really need some kind of hopper that can be loaded with a front end loader. Hauled my own material directly from the source. Sand, stone, block, framing lumber, etc. Hired out the block work. Like Greg L. there was lots of masons that wanted the job. Did a local internet search one morning and by afternoon I had two show up giving me an estimate. Gave the job to a guy that was out of steady mason work for two years. We've become friends. Maybe because we have so much in common. He burns coal in a hand fired stove.

I was going to do my own concrete flat work but couldn't find an affordable source for fiberglass filaments. I expanded the job to pour concrete it other places to use a full 6 yard load of ready mix. Hired another guy that was slow and he did the job for cash off his companies books. I did the framing and roofing myself. Shingles were left overs from several roofing jobs that contractors had put in the dumpster.

The space between my coal shed and my pole barn is wide enough to park my trailer. I plan to extend the shed roof and turn it into a covered area. The shed footing is 16 ft wide by just under 10 ft. In my area permits are required for sheds. Sheds under 150 sq. ft. are free. The shed can be easily extended out the front to make a nice one car garage. A project for a future owner, not me. Next spring I'll finish the shed with sliding barn doors and siding on the plywood ends. Wife want's a cupola and a PA Dutch Hex sign. I'll like to add some coal related historic sign. Anyone up to doing a reproduction?

 
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Post by 009to090 » Thu. Nov. 04, 2010 8:54 am

WoW, I was looking for the new coffee thread this morning, and couldn't find it. I wondered why Fred didn't start it yet. Then I looked at my calender and noticed it was only THURSDAY! DUH! :doh: I guess I thought it was Saturday, cuz my kids are home from school. I just remembered theres a freegen TEACHERS CONFERENCE, and the school will be closed for 2 days! :mad: What a waste of time.

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