Blasack Coal

ddahlgren · Post by **ddahlgren** » Thu. Aug. 28, 2014 10:44 am

Well considering my house was built in 1874 and they were doing it then I think my excuse will be I am 'restoring' the driveway back to original. I am betting if you had a lace you wanted to put down some pavers or stone in would make a real nice base for them.

Post by **coaledsweat** » Thu. Aug. 28, 2014 1:32 pm

Great for traction but if you track it into the house you'll never live to tell about it.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Thu. Aug. 28, 2014 2:08 pm

I'm pretty sure I'm real glad I don't live in Ct. anymore. Although I did live in the Darian, New Canaan area for a couple yrs. for work.I don't remember it bein so prima donnish & my Aunt Lucille was WAY anal about her house

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Thu. Aug. 28, 2014 2:16 pm

coaledsweat wrote:Great for traction but if you track it into the house you'll never live to tell about it.

It helps your longevity if the lady of the house grew up cooking on a coal range, with a coal bin off the pantry, a coal stove in the parlor, and a gravel driveway covered with coal ash. She'd rather cook on a coal stove than any modern gas, or electric range so a little coal or ash dust tracked around is no big deal to her.

In fact, normally, I do all the stove maintenance, loading, ash dumping, and damper adjusting. However, she loves it when I take an afternoon nap in my chair. Then she gets to bring up coal and load and adjust the stove like she did when she was a kid.

She's more likely to kill me if I don't let her play with the coal stoves !

Paul

Stoker6268 · Post by **Stoker6268** » Thu. Aug. 28, 2014 4:42 pm

freetown fred wrote:I'm pretty sure I'm real glad I don't live in Ct. anymore. Although I did live in the Darian, New Canaan area for a couple yrs. for work.I don't remember it bein so prima donnish & my Aunt Lucille was WAY anal about her house

Prima donnish? We lived I CT 42 yrs. We could handle the prima donnas, it was the crime and cost of living that got us to leave. Dont miss anything about it.
Ive got a very long driveway. Been resurfacing nicely with coal ash.