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Post by smartaform » Sat. Nov. 01, 2008 6:08 pm

Hi forum,

New to the aga thing... used wood and briquetes but spent way too much recently. So we acquired ANTHRACITE but cant get it started!!!!

WHAT ARE tips for getting the whole process started?

Generally I use wood to get a flame then go from there. I assume others have tricks they can pass on.

Any advice is appreciated!!!

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Post by Richard S. » Sat. Nov. 01, 2008 6:34 pm

Depends on what type of stove/furnace you have.

If it's a stoker (one that feeds the coal automatically): Lighting a stoker

If it's a hand fired coal stove: How to Light a Hand Fired Coal Stove

This particular forum is for discussion so I'm going to close this topic. If you can't find what you need in either of those topics start a new topic in the appropriate forum and use a good title: "Lighting my "

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