Does Anyone Use Antiques to Heat Their Home? It's Showtime!

scalabro · Post by **scalabro** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 12:28 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:And some of us take antique coal stoves to the next level ........... heating, plus cooking/baking.

Paul

Show off

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 12:43 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:And some of us take antique coal stoves to the next level ........... heating, plus cooking/baking.

Paul

And heating water, drying clothes...

Randy

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 2:36 pm

I demand a video of the weekly wash being done in that machine there.

D-frost · Post by **D-frost** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 3:20 pm

Errrr, the washing machine is that white thingy in the background. This is the dryer. You throw your wet skivies in the oven, and you get baked "fruit of the loom"!!!!! Hee-hee!

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 3:39 pm

coalnewbie wrote:I demand a video of the weekly wash being done in that machine there.

Actually, I do use that old Maytag wringer washer...just not every week. I have one of those new fangled HE piece of S**t washers that does not clean all that well in the house. When things start to look a bit dingy, I put them through the wringer!

And yes, when I do that, I heat the water on the stove.

Randy

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 4:30 pm

If you search on eBay for, "laundry boilers" you'll find the "washing machines" for wood/coal ranges. Oblong shaped tanks that were specifically designed to fit over a range firebox, or the top of the smaller laundry stoves.

The two round covers and the supporting "T", or "I" shaped sections between the covers, parts of the cook top over the firebox, can be removed to get more direct heating of the bottom of the boiler.

Now-a-days they are sometimes sold as "canning boilers".

Here's the clothes agitators to go with the washer.
http://www.behrensmfg.com/products/galvanized-washboards/
But, there may be some question about what ,.... or who,..... really gets agitated when using it ?

Paul

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 8:16 pm

Photog200 wrote:
Sunny Boy wrote:And some of us take antique coal stoves to the next level ........... heating, plus cooking/baking.

Paul
And heating water, drying clothes...

Randy

I didn't see any clothing being dried in the photo, but wasn't the Maytag built about the same time as the range?

deepwoods · Post by **deepwoods** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 8:42 pm

Maytag that comes closer to age of stoves would possibly have a foot operated kick-starter gasoline engine but even that might not be old enough.
Did a little research and found this...........................
Maytag Upright Engine 1915-1923

The first self powered wringer washing machine was the Model 43. The first engines came with a battery powered ignition as shown above. In 1918 a magneto ignition system was added with the Model 44

If the stoves pre date this, then the washers were somehow hand operated.

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 9:07 pm

SWPaDon wrote:
Photog200 wrote:
And heating water, drying clothes...

Randy
I didn't see any clothing being dried in the photo, but wasn't the Maytag built about the same time as the range?

Good catch, this time of year they hang outside on the line in nice weather.

Randy

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 9:12 pm

deepwoods wrote:Maytag that comes closer to age of stoves would possibly have a foot operated kick-starter gasoline engine but even that might not be old enough.
Did a little research and found this...........................
Maytag Upright Engine 1915-1923

The first self powered wringer washing machine was the Model 43. The first engines came with a battery powered ignition as shown above. In 1918 a magneto ignition system was added with the Model 44

If the stoves pre date this, then the washers were somehow hand operated.

Yea, the stove predates that, the stove is 1904 or 1905. That Maytag in my photo was probably made around the 1950's. Everything is still original on it and still working.

Randy

Merc300d · Post by **Merc300d** » Tue. Sep. 01, 2015 9:19 pm

Photog200 wrote:
Sunny Boy wrote:And some of us take antique coal stoves to the next level ........... heating, plus cooking/baking.

Paul
And heating water, drying clothes...

Randy

I wish at least one of my cook stoves had a roll oven. Thats a sweet looking range.

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Wed. Sep. 02, 2015 7:00 am

Merc300d wrote:
Photog200 wrote:
And heating water, drying clothes...

Randy

I wish at least one of my cook stoves had a roll oven. Thats a sweet looking range.

Thank you! I drove all the way to Maine to buy it. Bryant's Stoves restored it, and I bought it from the couple who originally purchased it from them. That couple really did some damage to it, the grates were burnt up, the entire smoke passages were caked with creosote, ash and fiberglass insulation. Mice had built nests in it (while it was stored in the garage). It took some elbow grease, some new coal grates and she is working fine now. This stove is my pride and joy, I love to cook on this even more than the new stove in the house.

Randy

oros35 · Post by **oros35** » Wed. Sep. 02, 2015 10:47 am

1912 Hub Heater.

archangel_cpj · Post by **archangel_cpj** » Wed. Sep. 02, 2015 3:09 pm

One qualified range company model 15 15 wood cook stove and a US Army cannon heater both do well The cook stove has duplex grates I'm ting coal in it this year the potbelly loves coal...

michaelanthony · Post by **michaelanthony** » Wed. Sep. 02, 2015 3:29 pm

oros35 wrote:1912 Hub Heater.

That 1912 Hub Heater is a handsome stove!

Does Anyone Use Antiques to Heat Their Home? It's Showtime!

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