USAJon
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we burned coal for a while in a 1849 stove. bought the coal by the bag and it got expensive. started the fire with small wood scraps and put some coal on top. it was a steady heat with a lot of time on it.
Any luck / good results from adding coal on top of wood fire in regular fire place?
Was going to try that this year. But ,still in the research phase.
Any luck / good results from adding coal on top of wood fire in regular fire place?
Was going to try that this year. But ,still in the research phase.
Bad news for my heating season, I've sold my home (settle 10/19) and am moving to a much smaller place (better location) with a...... wait for it..........
Heat Pump.
The new house has a a wood burning fireplace but I'm being told by the boss we won't be utilizing it, and, honestly it's not really something I'm interested in.
So, I sold my remaining ~1.5 tons to the guy who bought our house and I think I'm done for now.
I had a 99% positive experience with my Harman III (and II prior to that). The remaining 1%? you ask? Hearing the wife bitch about the fly ash.......
I'm replacing the existing heat pump with a 16.5 seer Goodman with variable speed compressor and fan and a 10k strip. I'm sure I'll be disappointed, but, the house is a small ranch and I'll have an R60+ attic value so I'm hoping to not have absorbadant election bills.
Bad news for my heating season, I've sold my home (settle 10/19) and am moving to a much smaller place (better location) with a...... wait for it..........
Heat Pump.
The new house has a a wood burning fireplace but I'm being told by the boss we won't be utilizing it, and, honestly it's not really something I'm interested in.
So, I sold my remaining ~1.5 tons to the guy who bought our house and I think I'm done for now.
I had a 99% positive experience with my Harman III (and II prior to that). The remaining 1%? you ask? Hearing the wife bitch about the fly ash.......
I'm replacing the existing heat pump with a 16.5 seer Goodman with variable speed compressor and fan and a 10k strip. I'm sure I'll be disappointed, but, the house is a small ranch and I'll have an R60+ attic value so I'm hoping to not have absorbadant election bills.
Hopefully. It'll be absolute latest technology and we're doing crawlspace encapsulation, floor insulation plus full R60 ceiling.
Dunno, one one hand I'll be glad to be out of alternative fuels, on the other hand it was somewhat of a hobby and nice to be toasty....
The thing I miss with a heat pump is having a warm spot to go to when you come in from the cold. With a wood stove you can get up close, with radiators each is an island of warmth, oil forced air you stand over the vent, but heat pumps seem to blow cool air with a very low temperature difference.