The Hot Weather Is Here

CoalHeat · Post by **CoalHeat** » Mon. May. 26, 2008 6:39 pm

I'm not a hot weather person. I dread 90 degrees and high humidity like most people dread winter.

Well, looks like the hot weather is sneaking up on us.

Anyone else besides me and Richard still have a coal fire burning?

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Mon. May. 26, 2008 8:49 pm

My AA is still burning,, I just got back from a five day trip, the ashpan is only about 1/3 full, and the boiler burnt maybe 150#,, I'll add coal and bring it up to where it was, and count buckets... but the boiler is idling along,, providing a shot of heat for the 50* nights and all the hot water..

I'm still debating on when/if I'm shutting it down..

Greg L.

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cArNaGe · Post by **cArNaGe** » Mon. May. 26, 2008 9:14 pm

I still got a wood fire burning. Nows the sucky times. Here it is 9 pm. My house is 80 degree's inside but the heat will kick on before AM.

gambler · Post by **gambler** » Mon. May. 26, 2008 9:20 pm

I shut my stove down Saturday morning and cleaned the chimney Saturday afternoon. I cleaned the stove today and oiled the motors. Looks like I am done until this fall.

rberq · Post by **rberq** » Mon. May. 26, 2008 9:25 pm

Yes, mine's still going, but this is the end. Again. Really, this time. 55 degrees tonight, 70 tomorrow. Nights in the low/mid 40s are predicted for later this week, so we will need some heat, but it's not pleasant driving the house up to 80 degrees days. The current load of coal has been burning 24 hours now, so by noon tomorrow I expect it will be out. My wife has promised to wear sweaters if necessary rather than burn oil.

CoalHeat · Post by **CoalHeat** » Mon. May. 26, 2008 10:07 pm

rberq wrote: My wife has promised to wear sweaters if necessary rather than burn oil.

The only reason I don't burn wood in the Harman is the creosote. I finally got it all out of the chimney from the wood stove and I'd probably set it on fire (again) if I started burning wood.

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Mon. May. 26, 2008 10:57 pm

It was 80* here today,, cooling down to 51* tonight,, HIGH of 56* tomorrow, AND get this: forcast tomorrow night is 38*.. that means a probable frost for me on the farm..

Greg L.

stokin-railroad · Post by **stokin-railroad** » Tue. May. 27, 2008 2:34 am

koker is still burning,almost have the bin empty ,maybe 500# left.if greg Ls is getting 38 degree it will probabley hit upstate ny in a day or two have to check weather.80 degrees in house here too.probably will be done after this cool weather wed. or thurs.its been nice having this coal heat though.wish I had known about it sooner but I think the only reason was the big jump in oil price.NO MORE!!

it's all coal for me next year.

mike · Post by **mike** » Tue. May. 27, 2008 6:13 am

My Gentleman Janitor is going, only time it gets shut down is for a once a year cleaning

BugsyR · Post by **BugsyR** » Tue. May. 27, 2008 8:39 am

I'm cheap...stopped burning a few weeks ago...cold days and nights last week, we wore sweatshirts. Funny thing about it though, last year, sweatshirts were normal all winter long inside the house. This year, we complained if we had to put a sweatshirt on

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Tue. May. 27, 2008 8:53 am

Typical for the weather forcast compared to actual... This morning was forcast to be 51*,, it's 44.5*,, and very windy.. Yesterday I had windows open to cool down the place,, and had windows open in my bedroom untill about 2 AM,,, now the place is closed up and the baseboards are making heat...

I need to cover up the vegetables in the garden I'm 90% sure we are going to get a frost tonight..

Greg L

Post by **coaledsweat** » Tue. May. 27, 2008 1:04 pm

I shut down Saturday morning. I usually kill it when the lows hit 50*.

Devil505 · Post by **Devil505** » Tue. May. 27, 2008 7:44 pm

I'm still trying to figure out how I can shove some Blaschak into my air conditioners to run on???

CoalHeat · Post by **CoalHeat** » Tue. May. 27, 2008 9:51 pm

45 for the low tonight, 41 tomorrow night. I had a visit with JC today and picked up more Superior buck. The stoker is happy again.

CoalHeat · Post by **CoalHeat** » Tue. Jun. 03, 2008 7:24 pm

It looks like the hot weather is really here, at least in New Jersey.

The forecast says temps will hit the low 90's this weekend. 75 and a little humid here right now.

I haven't had time to build a summer coat for the stoker, the cellar is a bit warmer then I'd like. I did place a small fan in the cellar window to take some of the heat out. At least I'm saving some electricity this way, in the summer the dehumidifier runs almost non-stop to keep the dampness down, but my cool "retreat" is gone.