Pictures of your stove

collinsgn wrote:Hi all, This may not be the right topic here but I'm looking for help with my new bucket-a-day heater. I'm new to burning coal but I'm having alot of trouble lighting my nut anthracite. I started with what I thought was a good hot pine fire with alot of coals and added two or three inches of coal and it was like I put wet wood on the fire, went out instantly. I even tried putting a hair dryer under the fire for added air and it made no differance? Any help from the group would be appreciated.

thanks in advance
Gary C

Hi Gary. I would recommend starting a new thread under the "Hand Fired Coal Stoves" area. I am sure your question will get quite a bit of attention there.
Good luck!

Thanks
Gary

does anyone have a channing 2 stoker coal stove anymore.this will be my first year ever heating with a coal stove.I got this one for 500 and i fired it up last weekend and it seemed to work fine wish i had a manual tho..it does have a baro.ok so im new to this forum so any suggestions helpful ..

Sooo...here is the finished heat shield. It only took 5 years and a couple of months. DK and I decided that we didn't really care for the extreme shine of the "naked" tile so I painted it. I used a Bright Stove metallic paint - russet - so it still has some gloss but not nearly as much. The shine is what is giving the dappled appearance across the shield. The russet sort of ties in with the bricks on the hearth and seems to fit the room. The nice thing about using the tile is if I get tired of it, I can always repaint it. Lisa

joeinpa wrote:does anyone have a channing 2 stoker coal stove anymore.this will be my first year ever heating with a coal stove.I got this one for 500 and i fired it up last weekend and it seemed to work fine wish i had a manual tho..it does have a baro.ok so im new to this forum so any suggestions helpful ..

Looking at your picture and the fact you made no mention of a heat shield behind the stove, I'm concerned that you may be short on the distance to combustibles requirements. That area behind the stove is going to heat up, dry out and become a fire hazard quickly if you don't put in a heat shield of some sort. Take a look at the pictures on this link, they all have a heat shield of non-combustibles to prevent that. If you've already planned for one, great but if not think about adding one to the area behind your stove. They are pretty simple and inexpensive to make; concrete sheets and some 2 inch nipples and lag bolts will do the job. Take care, Lisa

hello lisa i have 2 layers of sheet rock on the wall ..is that enough or should i put something more there?the one side of the stove is like 16 inches from the dry wall and the other side is like 18 inches.and stove to the corner is like 17 inches to more..

joeinpa wrote:hello lisa i have 2 layers of sheet rock on the wall ..is that enough or should i put something more there?the one side of the stove is like 16 inches from the dry wall and the other side is like 18 inches.and stove to the corner is like 17 inches to more..

You need to do better than that, you need to keep the heat off the wall. From those numbers I would say your not to code but close. Put a sheet of tin one inch away from the wall. I would have it inspected as well, unless your house insurance is of no concern..

Joe, you need to look at the spec plate on the stove which should have it's required clearances from the side, back, etc. Drywall, even two layers, provides no heat protection to the framing behind it. The heat transfers right through. As wood is repeatedly heated it's point of combustion gets lower and lower. Most radiant stoves require 30" of clearance to anything combustibile. A properly installed heat shield will reduce it to 15".

Check this out..

http://www.hearth.com/what/clearancesprimer.html

thanks ill read it tomorrow and get things change///..my measurements are close just need the heat shield..

Really enjoy looking at everyone's stoves on this thread. After some amount of work I finally can post a picture of my Hitzer 983 insert. I found it on Craigslist for a fair price and a 250 mile drive to the hinterlands of upstate NY. Didn't look too pretty then, but was in good working condition - not much to break on these stoves... I bought new trim pieces and rope gaskets from Hitzer (nice folks) and a couple of cans of Honey Glow Brown Stove Bright paint and went to work. Installed the stove the day of the New England Nor'easter and couldn't be more impressed. Still needed to get the surround (trim) put on and finally did that a few days back and here it is!

Ya done real good CW

That insert looks fantastic. I bet your dog will find a new favorite place in front of it.

This baby cranks the heat, Gold Marc Industries, model "independence" so far only one around....based on the size of the firebox, I would guess about 90-100,000 btu,

Rob R. wrote:That insert looks fantastic. I bet your dog will find a new favorite place in front of it.

Rob - You're right. He loves being in front of the stove. Here's a picture of him last year in front of my old Surdiac 513 (my first adventure in coal burning). Not nearly as attractive of an installation as the Hitzer, but functional and warm nonetheless. And yes, that is a plastic hangar in my dog's mouth. To him - if it fits in his mouth, it's a toy