Can you burn coal in a fireplace

Firstly, the elements of a good fire are a suitable choice of the tinder, the kindling, and the logs or fuel. Depending on your type of fireplace, you may need to go with traditional chopped and dried logs or pellets for more modern setups.

Seasoned wood is always better than green or moist wood. How long can coal burn? One of these, at Burning Mountain in New South Wales,is a natural coal fire that has been going for at least years, burning at the rate of about one metre a year.

What is a coal burning fireplace? A coal fireplace is a very small masonry fireplace, most often found in homes built between and A coal fireplace is small - typically around 20" wide or less, and smaller than 12" deep. Can I convert my wood burner to multi fuel? Wood burning appliances are designed to burn wood only. However, there are some wood burning models that can be converted to a solid fuel appliance using an optional multi-fuel kit.

You must check your instruction manual to find out if this is possible as not all models have the facility to do this. What is the difference between a wood burner and multi fuel? Put simply, a wood burning stove will only be able to burn wood. You cannot use any other fuels in it.

This allows air to come in from above which will assist the combustion process. Is coal a lightweight? Anthracite coal is a metamorphic rock and is considered the highest grade coal. It's hard and dark black in color. It has a very light weight when compared to other forms of coal, as there is very little water present in anthracite. Why is it better to burn wood than coal? Sounds like you inhaled a lot of smoke.

Hope your infection is gone now. I replaced a 30 year old deck that had treated lumber. The treated lumber is still burnable in my fireplace. Thank you! Burning treated lumber is not advisable. Burning it in your fireplace will give off fumes that are harmful for you to breathe.

Thanks for your comment. I have some oak logs that I split but notice that they are somewhat blackened. They were trunk pieces from a tree that had been topped off so just the trunk remained. Will these blackened pieces still be good and safe to burn?

Great site! We have a horse farm with 20 year old oak fence boards that were originally painted with black fence paint yes, water-based paint — not creosote. They were again spray painted in with the same kind of paint. The paint is virtually gone from all but cracks and deep creases. Can these be burned in my home fireplace?

Thank you. I would not recommend using them as firewood. Even though you say most of the paint is gone, the paint most likely seeped into the oak. Maybe an alternative would be to have a bon fire outside with them! We have been burning wood from a previous forrest fire, oak and juniper from northern Arizona. There is a lot of black soot escaping the guard and up, causing dark blacking up my mantle and staining the deer head hanging just above it.

There may also be cottonwood being burned. Can humans contract any diseases? I and my roommate have thick chest mucus and strange ulcerated lesions. We burn cedar all the time in our wood stove, but mostly we use it for kindling as a fire starter! It lights great when dry! We have alot of brush oak trees that I would like to cut and use the trunk for firewood. Is this okay to burn in the fireplace after seasoned? Can I just say what a relief to find someone who actually knows what theyre talking about on the internet.

You definitely know how to bring an issue to light and make it important. More people need to read this and understand this side of the story. I cant believe youre not more popular because you definitely have the gift. Get Best fireproof fabric supplier from here. Thank you for your kind comment. I am glad you think our articles are informative and helpful.

Christmas tree pine sap does not contain excess creosote. When someone would then go and burn pine, it would burn hot and then light all that accumulated creosote on fire. Its not the trees fault. Palm tree wood or the outside bark of it. And I want to know what kinds of species of tree is not healthy to have in a open face fireplace to heat a house.

I was told Pecan wood burning in your house could cause your pets to go into convulsions is this true. We had a lot of scrap lumber left over from our cabin build that we burned in our wood stove. Not as good as seasoned split wood, but burned ok. What say you? We have been burning our scrap lumber with no problems. Hope this helps. Hello The point of an electric fireplace is not only to provide heat but also light up the room with the fire.

The flames are patented still people prefer them to give off a great vibe to their room, the exact same one that is given off with the traditional fireplace. Thanks for this wonderful post. The writer has taken a lot of time and effort to post this information on the website. Why does some wood leave rock hard ash? It could just be the chemical make up of the wood. If you find out please be sure to let us know. We definitely did. Just remember it will burn hot so its recommended you mix it with other firewood.

This is what is called clinkers, Elm will do this. The reason behind it is that Elm contains silica. Any wood that contains silica will form clinkers. Is it safe to cook with pre burnt Protea wood? It was a completely uprooted protea bush that had been burnt by a mountain fire. Many thanks for the info. Hello Cathi. I hope that this helps a little bit. Is it ok to burn dry from previous year trumpet vine?

I tried it and it took a long time to catch on fire. If it is becoming a nuisance to you you may try mowing down the vine in order to keep it in check. I hope this helps you a little bit. Thank you for the info. So glad this information was helpful. Do you burn firewood in a fireplace or wood stove?

We just got a house with a fire place and good to know what woods not to burn in it. Sheila Wessels. Notify me of follow-up comments by email.

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Its not in the demand it used to be in. And theres a reason for that. If others want to burn it, more power to them. Berlin, what are your burning your coal in? Stove, furnace? Oct 29, 1, Connecticut westallinsurance. Burn wood in the fireplace, it is prettier and safer because that is what the fireplace was designed to burn Berlin, Chill out I didnt know you were the Coal Sergent in charge, didnt mean to challenge your authority.

From now on, maybe Web should direct all coal questions to you directly. Seems like you are going to pick whatever someone else thinks apart anyway. Please excuse me for "thinking" I will return to my corner and sit quietly now My main stove is top loading and i wouldn't have it any other way, dump a bucket in, the fines are sucked into the stove by the draft and the bucket goes next to the stove for the next trip outside to the coal bin.

Dec 26, Missouri. I burned anthracite all the time. Boy did it throw the heat. Oct 23, 57 NE Ohio. While on the subject of coal, does anyone know how the grading system works? What are the numbers associated wih it and which is better?

I know that 6 is better than 5, but that is about it. Any insight would be helpful! Jan 26, 3 Poconos, PA www. This is my first post, here or anywhere. Thanks to the advise here Boiler area I believe I became a reliable coal burner in under a week though I won't mention those first few mornings Maybe it's the novelty, but I suspect I'm a coal convert for life.

I too have a question and the topic here is right on. I live in NEPA and we get anthracite here that I would never even dream of trying to burn in a basket or anything less than a proper coal appliance. I have an old Consolodated Dutchwest "Federal Airtight" which, until my anthracite-enlightenment, burned years of firewood free from my tree service endeavors.

It does a great job downstairs, now even better with coal, but I always either burned wood upstairs in the fireplace, or lately just turned the electric thermostat and filled every type of humidifier known to man to keep my family from turning into raisins.

Like I said, I am sick of lugging wood up those 14 stairs. My assumption was that I would need an insert stove or to put a free-standing stove in front of the hearth and obviously line the flue with what I believe is known as flex-pipe to whatever diameter the appliance called for. My question finally : is there a fairly low-frills, hand-fed, ugly for all I care, small coal appliance that I can have inserted in order to get some of that deep coal eminence upstairs? I keep thinking of those M army tent heaters with the 4" flue that burned wood or coal with the shaker grate.

I wouldn't expect that exact heater to last after much daily use, but something cast iron and little and boxy would suffice if made to be inserted into a fireplace. But is there something like that? Jan 1, 5, Northern MN. Regarding dust in the house: it's been my opinion that much, not all, of the dust which is claimed to come from any heat source other than forced air is ambient, airborne dust simply settling where fingers like to draw pictures. Almost all forced air heating appliances have air filters which remove much of the ambient dust, hence less dust.

The only semi-factual basis for this opinion is that we have dust in the house during the heating season and we heat with a wood stove in the living room, and during the non-heating season we open windows and we have dust in the house. BTW, there also is lots of dust outside which a good rain from time to time keeps in check. The little Morso says it can burn coal. Probably have to use the lower damper adjuster and lock out the top. By default, the top is used and the bottom one is locked.

Vermont Castings has a small coal stove also. Curious myself Dec 14, 4, SE Mass. I thought Morso had two version of thier stoves one that burned wood, one that burned coal. You bought the one you wanted.

I'm probably very wrong. My parents had a coal stove when I was a kid grandparents, too. Both stoves had to be shovel fed.