How Do You Use Coal Burning Stoves?
More and more families are learning to use coal burning stoves to heat their homes. Coal is currently less expensive than wood bought by the cord, oil, electricity, and pellets, making it a very economical choice. If coal delivery is possible, using coal for home heat can be a great way to save money. After burning wood for several winters, my family recently switched to anthracite coal. It’s not hard to use coal burning stoves — here’s how. Start a small fire with paper and kindling in the coal burning stove. Add some larger pieces of kindling as the smaller pieces burn. Once these have started to turn to wood coal, it’s time to add the anthracite coal. Scoop coal out of your coal hod and add one layer to the kindling fire. After this layer ignites and the coals begin to glow, you can add another layer. Don’t add too much coal at once when the fire is first starting as you can suffocate the lit coals. Keep the coal fire burning by adding coal every hour or two, depending on the fire’
