Looking at Getting a Coal Stove

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 7:33 pm

Hi,
Looking at getting a coal stove either a Reading or Keystoker. One question if you get one with a 2 nd vent in the top
for for hot air do you have to use it can you cap it off if you don't want the 2nd pipe not sure I like the looks of 2 pipes
going in game room. any thoughts?

Thanks

michaelanthony · Post by **michaelanthony** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 7:38 pm

hope you have a comfortable chair

Post by **coaledsweat** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 7:47 pm

michaelanthony wrote:hope you have a comfortable chair

With a seat belt.

maurizziot · Post by **maurizziot** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:09 pm

I would look at liesureline stoves

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:11 pm

I'm confused by the two pipes thing.

Rigar · Post by **Rigar** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:13 pm

i cant help but wonder if the poster is referrimg to the flue outlets?

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:28 pm

I've never seen a coal stove with two flue pipes.

2001Sierra · Post by **2001Sierra** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:35 pm

Two holes he speaks of is one typically being the stove pipe and the second for ducting the convection air to another location. My Keystoker 90 was a top vent for the stove pipe, and last year I cut a second hole for the convection air and now my stove pushes the convection air to the upper floor with some still allowed to come out the front. Works great, just a little nervous cutting the hole in the top of the stove, and welding on the duct ring. I saw one when I bought my stove but just assumed everything would work just fine like my old hand fed. Well the Keystoker 90 is like my old Buderus hand fed on steroids. No longer does the oil boiler make up heat, it just heats hot water, until I figure out if I want to just shut it down and possibly install a "Hybrid" hot water heater much like a heat pump only inside.

Post by **dcrane** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:40 pm

lsayre wrote:I'm confused by the two pipes thing.

You know larry... those stoves with one pipe for the flu gases and the other pipe going to the other chimney with those other flu gases

Im tired tonight... so maybe im not understanding

If you see a stove with 2 flu exits...sometimes a stove company will have one top flu opening and one rear flu opening for different types of installations (IE: Chimney or maybe just a hearth) but you would only be using ONE of those and you would order the stove with the exit flu best for you and the other would be non functioning/sealed.

If Im missing something here please enlighten me?

EDIT: thanks Sierra (now I see the light

) ...glad someone is awake tonight!
the answer for the poster is NO, you don't have to use that second top hole for hot air system if you don't wish to

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:44 pm

Yes its for ducting the air into another room. Can you put a cap on it if you don't want to use it?

plumb-r · Post by **plumb-r** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:46 pm

"Mark B" There are stoker stoves that don't have a duct hole in the top for convection of the heated air, some just have a slot that the hot air blows out of the front of the stove. As stated Leisure Line makes some, also look at Hitzer 608 stoker stove.

Post by **dcrane** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:46 pm

MarkB wrote:Yes its for ducting the air into another room. Can you put a cap on it if you don't want to use it?

I do agree with the poster... I would not want that kind of ugliness in my living room either!

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:48 pm

MarkB wrote:Yes its for ducting the air into another room. Can you put a cap on it if you don't want to use it?

If it's intended to let heat out of the stove, then why not let it do its job? At the very least, don't connect to it, but leave it open and let it pour heat into the immediate surroundings.

What stove is being discussed here? Sounds like a basement stove.

Rigar · Post by **Rigar** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:53 pm

cap one off....
dcrane....sorry for the confusion...but I immediately thought of my A 150 (keystoker furnace)...which has 2 flue outlets (right side/left side)...obviously one is capped off... lol

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Wed. Sep. 04, 2013 8:55 pm

Keystoker 90 or 105 and possibly reading Allegheny