Farmer tries burning coal for the first time

[3sloppydogs]

And one other thing about coal I forgot to mention.
The chimney will stay amazingly clean with no buildup of soot etc.

 

[Mackman]

We burned wood and coal in the stove in our kitchen when I was a kid. It was the only heat source in the house. Not saying it was cold, but when I got up in the morning I would sometimes have to knock the penguins off the bed.

 

[cosgig]

We haven't had coal available around my area for decades. Probably 50 years or more.

The grainery in the next town north of me still has coal, and a lot of farmers in our area still burn a mix of wood and coal.

 

[jimbosride]

There was a house here that the owner put in a new gas furnace but forgot to remove the oil fill tube to
the basement in the house. The house was on a auto fuel delivery every fall.

fuel oil in the basement and soaked into the concrete ....It was a old house and they had to tear it down.

 

[Southbranch]

My experience with coal is living on Lake Hopatcong in 1974 my friend bought a snowmobile and we rode it to the Windlass Restaurant at the other end of the lake. I don't know the temp that day but 2 feet of ice it was cold, and no windshield or cowling made it colder. We were 14 years but a neighbor bought us brandy after talking with the bartender. But it was the coal stove that gave us warmth. 4 years ago we had his 60th birthday party and there and the stove is still there but not in use.

 

[gary h]

In my house as a kid we had a room in the Cellar for a "Coal Bin" It was a 1920's House. In my teens the coal bin room was renamed the "Sin Bin" !