Anyone burning coal ?

[Woody912]

Coal can be anything from anthracite down to almost dirt. Stove coal got hard to find in Indiana and it was not very good. Think he paid $60/ton when anthracite was about $180

For many years I have been curious about possibly burning coal in my wood stove but never found a place where I could buy some coal.
Until yesterday when I noticed someone selling coal on Facebook but it’s located over 100 miles from where I live, depending on what I learn from you folks I just might take a ride over there to buy some coal to see how well it does or doesn’t work.

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[SS396driver]

I never burned anything other than anthracite nut coal . That’s what my stove used

 

[steele_109]

My grates are still good but my fire bricks are broken but still in place. i have new fire brick just haven't replaced them yet.The newer stoves doesn't even have fire bricks only wood and coal stoves have them.

 

[sean donato]

Something else to think about is coal size, my furnace says to burn nut or stove coal. Which is difficult to come by most places. Pea and rice seem to be pretty easy to find.

 

[MechanicMatt]

So, there is an old coal railway right across the road from me. You can walk it with a bucket and fill it in less than a minute. I’ve played around with putting it in my stove when I have a bed of wood coals

I’ve always been to scared to put more than a piece or two. But it will burn

As for all the technical stuff, I’m not the guy for that.

But I am the guy that will tell you, it will burn

 

[Chainsaw Pete]

If there are any blacksmiths in your area, they can help you find coal.

 

[Lee192233]

Any Amish in your area? That's who I bought my coal from.

I burned anthracite coal. It requires a deep bed to burn well, my furnace holds about 100 lbs(2.5 bags) at a time. It also requires air under the whole bed of coal with no over fire air. I had to block all the secondary air passages in my furnace with fiberglass insulation. Your stove also needs to be airtight so you don't get a runaway fire. I kept a bucket of sand near the furnace just in case something happened. There's a definite learning curve.

All this talk of coal makes me wanna go pick up a pallet.