Stove Safety

Wheelo wrote:Welding gloves, can't afford sand so I've got a couple buckets of fine dirt, little common sense, and a watchful eye.

Funny but true! Prevention is the key. But when it goes bad, spit it in the eye with some dirt, lol

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Logs, Ive never had to do it, but sand, dirt, ashes, etc, will put a fire out quick if you have to for any reason. the reasons could be forgetting the ash door is open for WAY to long. Maybe a family member decides to throw a basketball through the stoves window, or worse yet the stove falls over for some reason. You'll have a hole in the floor, but at least you'll have the house left. Coal wont burn long without air but is still awful hot.

Logs wrote: When would you ever need to put sand on the fire and has anyone here ever done it
Thank you
Any advise would be helpful

It's not likely you'll ever need to do that. I've never had to in the 4 years I've been burning coal. I had some bituminous fires that had me thinking about it though. That stuff can go nuclear and nothing will get it under control..

Using sand to extinguish a fire is a better alternative than shoveling burning coal out of the firebox, in the event there is some kind of emergency. Some examples might be, flue pipe blows off from an epic puff back or it fell apart due to deterioration or maybe the chimney became plugged due to fly ash accumulation and your venting coal exhaust into the house. Or maybe the ash pan door comes unhinged and won't be repairable quickly. Or maybe there is a broken grate that you want to replace sooner than later.

It's actually wiser to put more coal on in the event of an over fire if no other issues are present. The fresh coal mass will cool things down quickly and you can be there to tweak combustion air controls to help bring things under control... This works with anthracite, not bituminous..

I'm givin her all she's got, Captain....

Thanks warminim and Lightning,
I've been burning wood for the past 30 years and have had a few puff backs .
I would just have t shut the air off yo get it under control. I thought with the mpd and Baro
that would control any puff backs. This is all new to me, the more I read on hear , the more complicated in sounds. I'm in the process of hooking up my new Chubby , I sure hope my door doesn't fall off. Ha ha. I'm hoping to try a wood fire this weekend to take off the chill in basement. Thank you for answering my question , you guys are great! I'm sure ill have more once I get started.
Dave

Make sure to watch the Chubby videos on the Chubby website. Pay attention to what Larry does on the video when loading and reloading the stove, what he does with the damper, and you may never have a puff back. I don't think you could blow the door off if you tried. Make sure to have 3 screws in each pipe connection too. Its an easy stove to operate.

Logs, it's not really complicated at all. Burning bit seems like wood on steroids to me, but easy once ya get the hang of it. Be prepared it will become an addiction, you'll be fine tuning, tweaking and doing all you can to learn more and become more efficient. Don't get discouraged! Have fun, be smart, and learn it.
Wheelo

Two pair of welding gloves, and 50# of sodium bicarbonate in two buckets for a run away fire. I've never come close to a run away fire, but I keep it on hand just in case!! CO detectors go without saying. Anybody who burns wood or coal and doesn't have CO alarms is a fool.

And change your batteries in them.

I bought a metal fence that has hinges on each section of it so I can put it around my stove to keep the grand kids away from it.
It has a gate on it so tending the stove is easy. I sure wouldn't want those little hands touching the hot stove.