Gentleman Janitor Info
- Scottscoaled
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- Location: Malta N.Y.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520, 700, Van Wert 800 GJ 61,53
- Baseburners & Antiques: Magic Stewart 16, times 2!
- Coal Size/Type: Lots of buck
- Other Heating: Slant Fin electric boiler backup
Hey guys!So the last weekend I trucked down and visited Mattaus. Nice guy, very likeable fellow. Had a pretty good talk. Would have liked to stay longer and look at all the machines but the long ride home was calling. Any way I inherited a Gentleman Janitor that was featured in another post. My plans are to refurbish the unit into a good coal burner and install it in a friends greenhouse. I'm desperately looking for pictures, owners manuals, anything that would tell me the story of this unit. Anybody have any info to pass along? I'd really appreciate it! Scott
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- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Are you saying that you bought the Gentleman Janitor from Matthaus?
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- Location: Malta N.Y.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520, 700, Van Wert 800 GJ 61,53
- Baseburners & Antiques: Magic Stewart 16, times 2!
- Coal Size/Type: Lots of buck
- Other Heating: Slant Fin electric boiler backup
Yup! Scott
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- Joined: Sat. Feb. 10, 2007 9:48 pm
- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Oh No...
Another member sucked into the evil web.....
Does Europachris know about this yet?
Now you must post a huge amount of photos detailing every last detail of the rebuilding of this unit, including long descriptions of everything you do.
Another member sucked into the evil web.....
Does Europachris know about this yet?
Now you must post a huge amount of photos detailing every last detail of the rebuilding of this unit, including long descriptions of everything you do.
I'll tell you what. For as many boilers as the made there isn't much out there on Gentleman Janitors. I run a GJ 5 and love it. They are the simplest underfed stoker out there. The only shortcoming is the feed adjustment is a little tricky but get past that and you'll be all right. With a little tinkering you could get a dark spot like the efm's.
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- Posts: 2812
- Joined: Tue. Jan. 08, 2008 9:51 pm
- Location: Malta N.Y.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520, 700, Van Wert 800 GJ 61,53
- Baseburners & Antiques: Magic Stewart 16, times 2!
- Coal Size/Type: Lots of buck
- Other Heating: Slant Fin electric boiler backup
Mike, how do you tell what rating they are? There is no info on the nametag. Just model/serial numbers. As far as posting pictures of the build, I'm really camera shy That Alaskan's a hard act to follow. Scott
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- Joined: Sat. Feb. 10, 2007 9:48 pm
- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
I would love to see photos, though. It just takes time and a lot of (dirty) work.
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- Location: Malta N.Y.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520, 700, Van Wert 800 GJ 61,53
- Baseburners & Antiques: Magic Stewart 16, times 2!
- Coal Size/Type: Lots of buck
- Other Heating: Slant Fin electric boiler backup
I'd like to see a picture, otherwise everything gets painted shiny silver. The important parts, '69 corvette green. Scott
Well if you know the model number and had a old sales brochure you could get the BTU's. I did see an old brochure but wasn't able to get a copy at that time. Hopefully I'll see the guy again in a couple of weeks. I do remember it seemed like they were underated from the factory i.e. the factory 120,000 BTU boiler was probably closer too 170,000. Anyway good luck with it. There really isn't too much to go wrong with a gentleman janitor so you shouldn't have any problems.
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- Location: Birdsboro PA.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 350
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: reading allegheny stoker
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: alaska kodiak stoker 1986. 1987 triburner, 1987 crane diamond
- Coal Size/Type: rice
yay for saving old stokers from the shredder.......shredding iron is up to 280 a ton
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I'd like to see some good pics too! My father had a stoker growing up in Clarks Green, PA and I'm trying to figure out what it was. It burned pea coal (so he said) from a bin with a worm and the ashes were hauled out in tubs from a pit under the stoker, I recall him saying. It wasn't an A-A, so I don't know what it might have been.
Oh, here:
Hats off to Matthaus - the local "crack" dealer of stoves......time for my next fix - I need a KA4 boiler to rebuild.....
Oh, here:
Hats off to Matthaus - the local "crack" dealer of stoves......time for my next fix - I need a KA4 boiler to rebuild.....
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- Posts: 8862
- Joined: Sat. Feb. 10, 2007 9:48 pm
- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
OK, Scott, the stove rebuilders have spoken. We need the photos.
I'm planning my next rebuild as well.
What will it be?
I'm planning my next rebuild as well.
What will it be?
- Scottscoaled
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- Posts: 2812
- Joined: Tue. Jan. 08, 2008 9:51 pm
- Location: Malta N.Y.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520, 700, Van Wert 800 GJ 61,53
- Baseburners & Antiques: Magic Stewart 16, times 2!
- Coal Size/Type: Lots of buck
- Other Heating: Slant Fin electric boiler backup
Oooookaaaayy.Pictures. Scott
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- Posts: 8862
- Joined: Sat. Feb. 10, 2007 9:48 pm
- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Thank you.
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- Joined: Tue. Jan. 08, 2008 9:51 pm
- Location: Malta N.Y.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520, 700, Van Wert 800 GJ 61,53
- Baseburners & Antiques: Magic Stewart 16, times 2!
- Coal Size/Type: Lots of buck
- Other Heating: Slant Fin electric boiler backup
Well,,,,,, here we go. I haven't posted pictures yet so bear with me. I'm new at this computer stuff! So the parts have all been sandblasted with the exception of the boiler. It was in great shape other than a small film of rust in the firebox
This is what the base looks like after a couple coats of POR-20