I Just Got Steam-Cleaned!

braindead · Post by **braindead** » Sat. Jan. 10, 2009 2:27 pm

I brought a bucket of coal inside last night so I wouldn't have to go out in the snow today. It must have had some chunks of ice in it. The ice melted and left water in the bottom of the bucket. So when I started to dump the coal in the top of the stove, the water ran in. And holy crap, did it come back out! Huge "POOF" with a cloud of steam, fly ash, and sulfur smell.

How do I keep that from ever happening again? I guess don't bring coal inside the night before?

billw · Post by **billw** » Sat. Jan. 10, 2009 2:36 pm

drill a couple of holes in the bottom of your bucket to let the water out.

Millworker · Post by **Millworker** » Sat. Jan. 10, 2009 3:43 pm

If you drill holes in your bucket the fines WILL find their way through those holes and on to your floor.

topper · Post by **topper** » Sat. Jan. 10, 2009 4:11 pm

fill it - melt it - dump water out - dump coal into stove

UpStateMike · Post by **UpStateMike** » Sun. Jan. 11, 2009 5:09 am

that's what you get for being proactive. You should have procrastinated getting the snowy coal until right before you needed it.

Sounds like a fine mess you have on your hands now.