How Do You Store Coal Inside Your Home?

 
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Post by Smokeyja » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 1:16 am

Thanks for the kind wishes. Little Josiah came @1958 just like I thought he would :). Gonna teach him all about coal ;)


 
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Post by coalturkey » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 3:58 am

Congratulation Josh. You have a son now you lucky man. I hope Mama and son are doing well. Best wishes, Mike

 
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Post by cokehead » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 8:24 am

Smokeyja wrote:Can't beet 15$ for a coal hod and shovel combo. This is a well made hod as well. My folks bought one for me from tractor supply when I first started burning coal. What do they go for at the yard sales these days?
I won't pay over $5 cuz I'm cheap, I mean thrifty.

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Post by ONEDOLLAR » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 8:26 am

Smokeyja wrote:Thanks for the kind wishes. Little Josiah came @1958 just like I thought he would :). Gonna teach him all about coal ;)
CONGRATS on the little one!

 
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Post by cokehead » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 8:45 am

Smokeyja wrote:Thanks for the kind wishes. Little Josiah came @1958 just like I thought he would :). Gonna teach him all about coal ;)
"Gonna teach him all about coal" You can start him off right by using a coal scuttle as a bassinet and make him a rattle filled with coal.....maybe even a coal mobile to hang over the coal hod, I mean bassinet.

 
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Post by Smokeyja » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 9:52 am

cokehead wrote:
Smokeyja wrote:Can't beet 15$ for a coal hod and shovel combo. This is a well made hod as well. My folks bought one for me from tractor supply when I first started burning coal. What do they go for at the yard sales these days?
I won't pay over $5 cuz I'm cheap, I mean thrifty.
If I could buy them at $5 a pop I would too! Here people want $20+ for old pieces of junk... They say things like "antique" and "rare" coal scuttle and then they say, the bottom is rotted out but it makes a nice living room piece... Haha !
cokehead wrote:
Smokeyja wrote:Thanks for the kind wishes. Little Josiah came @1958 just like I thought he would :). Gonna teach him all about coal ;)
"Gonna teach him all about coal" You can start him off right by using a coal scuttle as a bassinet and make him a rattle filled with coal.....maybe even a coal mobile to hang over the coal hod, I mean bassinet.
That's just awesome!

 
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Post by I'm On Fire » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 9:54 am

Smokeyja wrote:Thanks for the kind wishes. Little Josiah came @1958 just like I thought he would :). Gonna teach him all about coal ;)
I don't know how I missed that you had a little one. Congratulations!!!


 
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Post by I'm On Fire » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 9:55 am

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echos67 wrote:Do people use these at the end of the bed sometimes to hold quilts and such as well ? I think I remember seeing that before, maybe that is one way they were stored and still used when not being used in travel ?
Could use it for that, although not its purpose in life... The "trunk" you see at the foot of a persons bed is generally known as a "hope chest" and the good ones are made of Cedar...

Here are a few pics of what was my Grandparents hope chest, they received it as a wedding present over 65 years ago... It belongs to me now and I use it to store extra quilts and blankets etc... I'm not going to fill this one with coal, although it would do a fine job of hiding the black rocks in a living space...
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That's a fine chest. No, I wouldn't keep coal in it either. In fact, my wife and I have two. They were both her parents and when they passed away my wife took them. One is in our bedroom and has blankets and some of my computer parts and the other one is in the living room and has board games.

 
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Post by I'm On Fire » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 9:56 am

cokehead wrote:
Smokeyja wrote:Can't beet 15$ for a coal hod and shovel combo. This is a well made hod as well. My folks bought one for me from tractor supply when I first started burning coal. What do they go for at the yard sales these days?
I won't pay over $5 cuz I'm cheap, I mean thrifty.
I paid $19 for the one I have, can't seem to find them cheaper than that around me.

 
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Post by smithy » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 9:58 am

Smokeyja wrote:Thanks for the kind wishes. Little Josiah came @1958 just like I thought he would :). Gonna teach him all about coal ;)
Harty handshakes and pat on the back to you and the misses wishing all the best with your new addition.
P.S and hand that lad a hammer

 
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Post by Smokeyja » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 10:17 am

smithy wrote:
Smokeyja wrote:Thanks for the kind wishes. Little Josiah came @1958 just like I thought he would :). Gonna teach him all about coal ;)
Harty handshakes and pat on the back to you and the misses wishing all the best with your new addition.
P.S and hand that lad a hammer
He will most defiantly learn what Dad knows and hope he learns even more.

Thanks for the congrats everyone . I'm too happy for words.

Back to the coal storage in the living space, I will soon need to build one in the sun room so I don't have to keep all those dirty bags around. I have some rough cut oak for a rustic look but I wanted to wait until I got a joiner . I think when I add the addition I will see if I can add a mini basement . Now that would work perfectly.

 
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Post by Millworker » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 2:17 pm

I keep one coal hod next to the stove for 'topping off, and' one coal hod and one 'bazooka' on the front porch. When I reload I grab the bazooka (piece of stove pipe with handle mounted on side, and an end cap) and shoot that into the the stove. If that is not sufficient to fill the stove I shovel coal from the hod to top off. All refills are made daily from the coal bin in the out building.

 
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Post by gwjwbw » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 4:05 pm

my coal bin is in a 20"x20" mirco bin next to the boiler, the auger go thru the side of the bin and the bin being fill at all time from the mother bin outside using a 6" round pipe into the top
now, if I could figure out using some kind of auto ash removal while the bin being auto fill, lol

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Post by echos67 » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 4:15 pm

gwjwbw wrote:my coal bin is in a 20"x20" mirco bin next to the boiler, the auger go thru the side of the bin and the bin being fill at all time from the mother bin outside using a 6" round pipe into the top
now, if I could figure out using some kind of auto ash removal while the bin being auto fill, lol
I have always liked the EFM 520 units and someday when I get extra funds maybe I can get myself a DF520. The size is really put in perspective in your photo with the chair as refrence and they don't seem to really take up alot of area.
Thats a nice automated idea you have going on there for filling, I have seen that before on a hopper equipped stoker before but not on the EFM. How long is the feed auger 18"-24" and is it the standard length ? What square footage are you heating ?

 
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Post by gwjwbw » Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 4:29 pm

I'm using the standard auger, nothing longer, I have about 2500 sq ft plus indirect fire water heater and heating the garage to 50 degree, so the 520 is right for me
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echos67 wrote:
gwjwbw wrote:my coal bin is in a 20"x20" mirco bin next to the boiler, the auger go thru the side of the bin and the bin being fill at all time from the mother bin outside using a 6" round pipe into the top
now, if I could figure out using some kind of auto ash removal while the bin being auto fill, lol
I have always liked the EFM 520 units and someday when I get extra funds maybe I can get myself a DF520. The size is really put in perspective in your photo with the chair as refrence and they don't seem to really take up alot of area.
Thats a nice automated idea you have going on there for filling, I have seen that before on a hopper equipped stoker before but not on the EFM. How long is the feed auger 18"-24" and is it the standard length ? What square footage are you heating ?


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