Which handfired coal to get with my inheritance?

Alaska makes a very nice stove. If you have a good dealer nearby you should go check out a Kodiak stove. Harman makes a nice stove too, but the hopper-feed and thermostat on the Kodiak are nice features for long & steady burns.

If you're not going to go with a hopper/thermo set up---keep what ya got--as far as all the fly ash--that can be controlled pretty easily on any set up.

We are talking stoves not boilers? I am surprised that no one has mentioned the LL pioneer and I think they make another one also. Not from my personal experience mind you, but I know several people back in Maine including my bro-in-law that swear by them. And these are people that had never burned coal before.

Kevin

Wow! talk about the miles on this "simple" question. I missed it being posted a few days back. Ellen, I'm sure these fine people have given you your monies worth, and I'm not going to be much help, but man do those Glenwoods look nice! you said you're using a Surdiac right now. May I ask which one? I bought a Gotha 513 about 20 yrs ago, (cause the price was right), but am not very enthusiastic about the style. But it will roast out my 1500sq/ft farmhouse if I'm not careful. I'm assuming you're a pro at yours. Would you mind if I PMd you some-time for some tips? Here's a pic of my 513.

Leisure Line doesn't make a hand fired stove to my knowledge. That begs the question: Why not?

That isn't their business.

What's an Alaska Kodiak with bi-metal thermostat, hopper, and the bronze trim package typically going for these days? This and the DS 1500 or 1600 and the Hitzer 50-93 are on my short list of heat sources for use in an extended power failure. Would any of these work decently with pea? Pea is all I keep on hand to feed my AHS S130 Coal Gun boiler.

not recommended in the 50-93--

Thanks Fred! That leaves me with the Kodiak or the DS line.

Thanks for the hint on the open/shut door. When we leave the door with the glass closed (firebox door) it spreads even more ash on the glass.
We don't have a side door,

Rob R - how do you do the water heated indirectly? our stove area and our cold water pipe coming in are 15 feet apart.

elleninpa wrote:Rob R - how do you do the water heated indirectly? our stove area and our cold water pipe coming in are 15 feet apart.

I use an "indirect water heater", which is basically a large insulated tank with a coil in it. Boiler water is circulated through the coil to bring the water in the tank up to the appropriate temperature. The fire is in the boiler, not the water heater...hence the the term "indirect".

hmmm, so we could install such a pre heater next to the stove and then run an insulated line into our electric hot water heater and thereby provide preheated water to the electric water tank....we looked at solar hot water to preheat but not practical for our latitude and house orientation...

I wondered if Pioneer made a hand fed stove?

I thought when we say hopper we mean the thing that i pour coal into inside the stove, not one of those external bits that a screw turns and feeds coal into the stove, need some help here on definitions...apologies in advance for my confusion!

I'll try to get a picture of my Surdiac posted, too. It has the same hood as the Gotha but a different front, grey not copper trim, and three arched windows for the burning area.

joeq wrote:Wow! talk about the miles on this "simple" question. I missed it being posted a few days back. Ellen, I'm sure these fine people have given you your monies worth, and I'm not going to be much help, but man do those Glenwoods look nice! you said you're using a Surdiac right now. May I ask which one? I bought a Gotha 513 about 20 yrs ago, (cause the price was right), but am not very enthusiastic about the style. But it will roast out my 1500sq/ft farmhouse if I'm not careful. I'm assuming you're a pro at yours. Would you mind if I PMd you some-time for some tips? Here's a pic of my 513.

I went to a custommer's house today and saw his wood stove, a Nestor Martin. It was exactly like your's but for wood and had same figurines on the sides.
They are very nice stoves. The owner like it very much.