LINKS TO MY OTHER COAL VIDEOS: How to Install Anthracite Coal Stove: th-cam.com/video/v4C05m_pZxY/w-d-xo.html Anthracite Coal Q&A: th-cam.com/video/3WjK_trlS8U/w-d-xo.html How We Service Our Anthracite Coal Burning Stove in 3 Minutes: th-cam.com/video/f51oIl8lruw/w-d-xo.html 10 Reasons We Love Our Anthracite Coal Stove: th-cam.com/video/TewWb8xmyzk/w-d-xo.html How We Heat Our Cabin in the Woods in Winter th-cam.com/video/rQ32AG5WWtY/w-d-xo.html
That's a Cool Set up! I would add a Magic Heat to the verticle Pipe...you will get another 30k BTUS...for something called Magic Heat...I put one on my wood stove pipe...huge success. You can also add a kettle stove fan to increase efficiency. Cheers! Thanks for the video
Looked it up, looks pretty cool! Question - how much is draft affected by the air tubes inside this device? Anthracite fires depend on quite a strong, consistent draft.@@brettlinton1693
As you enjoy your warm cabin with anthracite coal, and as the beautiful warm cabin is staying warm, you're breathing easily, your little baby girl is nice and warm and breathing, your family crawls into your warm beds as the stove continues to produce heat, you breathe easily, your family breathes easily, you all sleep peacefully, while thousands of people are struggling to take one of their last breaths because of your support of a deadly, pure evil companies. What if it was your little baby girl that has to go down in the coal mines when she is in high school? CBS Black lung threat increasing among coal miners th-cam.com/video/t-LCYuecyUY/w-d-xo.html | But hey, as long as you and your family can stay warm and breathe easily, be dammed to anyone else....right? There are many families, just like the ones in the CBS video, whose children will never get to see their dad as they grow up, just so you can keep your cabin warm, and your baby girl warm. What's that saying??? Oh yea, an eye for an eye. If you use coal then when your children when they become of age (junior in high school), it's now their duty to go to the coal mines and support other families like yours to stay warm. I have feeling, coal would no longer be used. And I know, without a doubt, you would not be supporting coal, if it was your baby girl having to go into the coal mines. Let's just be honest. No way would you be using coal if it was your baby girl having to go and breathe the coal dust. So why are you taking other children's dads away from them???? Really, I want to know. If you are going to use anthracite coal, answer the question.
I saw your videos early last year and located a baby chubby stove. Its now in my living room chugging along, doing great. So much so, my teenage step daughter was standing in front of it warming her hands recently and said, "This thing is nice. I'll come out of my room more often." To entice a teenager to voluntarily come out of their room and visit with the old folks, is a powerful device indeed.
We got coal free when we lived on the Navajo reservation 30 years ago. It took a while to know how much to use. Cold winter days with windows open to cool the house down. It was great.
Near 70 YO here. Burned coal only for 50 years in western Pennsylvania, ( coal was on the property) Now we use heat pump when temp is above 40 degrees to trim the temp to 70 and circulate air in the home. Below about 40 degrees we use wood that is now on our property. Glad to see you have a back up heat system, always a good idea. There will get to be times you will get tired of putting that coal/wood in the stove, especially as you get older. Now we burn wood almost entirely for the exercise, very little in money savings compared to the heat pump. ( maybe $100 per year savings) Thanks for posting and inviting us into your home. Thumbs up.
In Pa also, been there done that ! Had a heat pump back in late 90’s to around 2005, useless. Went to a propane furnace and always burned wood in my fireplace insert and woodburner in basement. Nothing equals a fossil fuel for the btu’s ! I have 20 acres of woods on my property , so I get all the firewood I need.
If you lived closer we could take the tractor out in the woods and cut some wood together. developed several friendships over the years with wood cutting and splitting . Charlotte NC now . @@TedJ71
Thank you for the video. Thank you for the information also. You can read all you want about how to start a coal stove, but seeing it done is so much more informative. Seeing what the coals look like at each stage and hearing the crackle of the fire tell you as much as reading a manual. Thank you again.
Beautiful casement window! (You stepped outside on a snowy porch in your socks!) Very good video-- succinct, no wasted time, excellent demo and information. Thank you 🏆
LOL. Just clicked on this video. I had to laugh at the St Nick's Breaker coal bags. I'm from PA and Mahanoy City is about 30 minutes from where I was born and raised. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Nice job. I enjoy watching all of your content (espically when it involves the Coal Stove Chubby) Thank you for being a customer - I am very lucky. Your content is always interesting and your family is great. Very educational. You are a positive credit to the TH-cam world. TY - LT
There are a LOT of combo wood/coal burners out there. The "shaker grate" presence is the key. I like the "weldment" style stoves that are completely sealed which have firebrick and shaker grates.
Neat. I’ve never heard of anthracite coal. Just been burning wood for a decade assuming it was my only option. Subscribed and looking forward to your other videos!
@@trajan6927 It did cost a lot since I bought a whole truckload at once, but still worked out to about 30% cheaper per winter than ready to burn hardwood.
Great instructional video, I had a chubby stove in my first house worked great as you say. I believe they were built in Plymouth, Massachusetts 15 miles from where i lived .
What a great channel! I started with this video and found your advice very helpful for successfully burning coal in a small wood boiler. I've watched a few other videos and thought they were great as well!
Nice. Did a little web search and they also have anthracite coal boiler that auto feed and only need to clean up ash couple times a week. Heating water and pumping it into floor system would be nice.
My first year with a multifuel stove, so you're leveling my learning curve, at least where I am in South Africa doesn't 🇿🇦 get anywhere near as cold as where you are.
That's really cool, didn't really realize one could even buy or burn coal. I'm in process of putting a wood stove in my house since natural gas is so expensive now, can't wait to be done, been a slow process since I don't always have time to work on it. i also bought land in an unorganized township so I hope to build there at some point and maybe even move there. Life in the city - even small ones, is just too expensive and it's not getting any better.
Thanks for the comment - couldn’t agree more about life in the city. Best of luck on your wood burning journey, and possible escape from civilization someday 🙂
Check out if you can find and afford a groundoven system. As more heat storag ou have as lesser wood you need.If you can you could build it yourself there are nice yt how to videos!
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I had a lopi stove in my home in Western Michigan. I had a domed utility tent (Shelter Logic) that I used as a wood shed. On average, I cut, split, and stacked 9-11 cords of wood every summer. The domed tent acted as a sauna and pulled all the moisture out of the wood. I never burned fresh cut wood, only seasoned wood 2 years old. I had mostly hardwood, but I did have pine that I used to start a fire.
I believe that ANTHRACITE is an important fuel option that is often overlooked because of biases against coal due to coal like bituminous' dirty reputation.
We burn anthracite, but here in NW Wyoming, dirty, sub-bituminous coal is about $50 for a bulk pickup load from mom and pop coal operations. If anthracite get too much more expensive, I’ll think about switching to the local stuff.
Great video. I tried coal once in my US Stove which can do either coal or wood. I didn’t like it because of the mess but didn’t have the type of coal you mentioned. Now I am doing mostly wood at my camp especially after getting an Eastonmade wood splitter. I just subscribed as well
"Stoker coal" can be bituminous or anthracite, so it refers to the size (prune size) , and it is easier to handle and move when its not "run of the mine" (all sizes).
I live in PA, near coal country. We sit on 100s of millions of metric tonnes of Anthracite. Only in PA, only place in the world. I hope the climate nutters go away soon, as I can see how this resource will be a great business for my state in the future. I know your cold. I grew up in northern Maine, and I am used to 45 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit.
We have a propane furnace and wood burning efficient stoves for our heat in Ontario Canada where I live. The furnace is kept at a low temperature and we burn wood mainly for heat. At least two heat sources are basic here because the furnace requires electricity to work. Sensible solutions. Thanks for this video.
No such luck in Southern Ontario by Lake Ontario we have 30c to 39c off and on through out the summer with heavy humidity. And in the winter we have brutal wind chill temperatures similiar to the North. Jan 27/2024 we are into our 'January Thaw' which is 2c. Just a chilly damp day. Soon winter will be back with a vengence.@@perrybrantley6188
While working in the mines of Kentucky and West Virginia, they called it cannel coal and discarded it by the mega tons in valley fills because they could never figure out how to properly process it in the 70s and 80s due to the density and hardness of it. I remember using it as a kid in very small amounts and how hot and clean it burns.
Wow thank you. I live in a RV, pride myself as an autodyte and found your video quite fascinating! I never knew about this type of stove and the burning of coal. You're a real man, smart and tough. 😉👊🏿
Grew up on coal heat Didn’t have a rotating grate lol it did burn well regardless nice snd warm always. Holland 1957 Lotsa coal burned by everyone then
Thanks for the video! We heat our home with a catalytic wood stove and a dual heat pump system. The stove keeps the heat pump running as little as possible and ensures that we have "warm" heat during the cold spells. For redundancy, I have a gasoline fired generator in my shed, hard wired to an auxiliary panel. Redundancy is indeed the key! I cut and split most of the firewood from our own property, which saves us quite a bit of money. How have all of the government regulations impacted your use of coal? Also, how much does a bag cost and approximately how long does it last? Thanks again for this very informative video.
you can vastly reduce your coal consumption by adding a thermal mass component to the top. a clay pot full of sand will keep kicking off heat for 6-12 hours once you get it up to temp, a feat made easier with a simple strip of copper through the drainage hole. you'll have to plug it to keep the sand from spilling out but that's simple enough
Redundancy is great. Wood stove + diesel heater backup powered by off grid solar, with Propane buddy heater as a 3ed emergancy source if the diesel goes down, the propane can run for several days..
Nice presentation. I'm on the West Coast where coal is hard to come by. So like you I would have to order a truck load. And shipping is further. So I do wood pellets. I did wood most of my life, 75 now and cutting and splitting is too hard. I have a hydronic system and have a coil in the pellet stove to heat the boiler.
Awesome. So interesting. We have had subzero weather this past 10 days. Once, our electricity went out. I had no other means of heating. But, I believe in the power of wool. My Canadian 4lb wool duvet from Custom Woolen mills, Alberta has kept me warm. Even warmer than an electric blanket. I also knit thick wool sweaters which are 1000 times warmer, wicking, insulating than cotton or polyester. Even with ‘itchy wools’ you can wear non itchy base layers. For you all knitwear goes so far before pelts get used. Not sure if you are allowed to wear pelts or furs. Anyways, such an interesting video. Learned a lot.
I remember helping my dad growing up and we used coal. Two things I remember about use coal for heat. ONE, outside it did not smell that good from burning coal. Second it really was hot in the house during the winter and it did not take what you are saying to do to get the coal started.
Greets and love from Hamburg in Germany. I love the way to talk and teach. Very good explaned how to- heat such a nice oven! The style of your cabin in also nice! As a facility manager with carpenter backround- energy expert heating expert- I ask why dont have shutters or a mud room? Shutters are a must have in many extrem cold earas in Germany or scandinavian countrys. They reduce the pressure of the cold into the room they protect from storm or even bears. Mud room also build a barrier between inside and outside. Windows like yours are not real insolated- we use 3-5 time glas thermophene windows or double glas windows- on to the outside another to the inside the space between is insolation the air! Some folks instale "winterwindows" from the inside to reduce the loss of heat or the pressure of cold. As more windows are in a wall as more heat is nessecery. In extrem cold alpine states the windows are traditionell smal- only one room has more windows the kitchen there is a round-sit stable where 6-8 people can sit on a L-bench. THERE are more windows for hand work for the wintertime. Women love to make clothes and men love to work with nife and wood to produce nice items to sell, Also a traditionell heating system: The groundoven. The groundoven has 1000-2000 kilo weight heat storage by clay bricks and so. You can cook on them backery- heat the house and if its once hot (need 24 hours) you can stopp putting wood inside but it still has heat for 2 days! (watch the video from NORTHMEN "The births or a wooden house" or other building videos) The kitchen is the bridges room. Light is healthy and the right plan for the windows or the question how much heat is nessecery to keep it warm in winter... Germans love to insolate as best as pobilble Sibiriens build also very solid. (a german in sibiria on YT "Ivan on tour") My grandmother build a hunting house in the 1920 in germany. stone foundament with a crowling cellar (ca 120 centimeter) real logs 4 rooms a bathroom still in function! As a jew she hided herself with the kids in the holocaust. The log house from Albert Einstein is still in function. It has only 10 centimeter logs but has also a slat system outside with wooden slates air between. Inside the logwalls also slats but the space filled with cellolose. I had an expert visiting that 100 year old house for the insurance comp- it had no rotten signs no fungi it was pefect dry! Wood air celolose the best insolation! Never use fake insolation like mineral wool ore rockwool its NOT WOOL ist poison. When it soaks humidity from wood it never became dry..and then the rotten process starts. Keep it natural keep it traditional keep it simple. Frank
Also good to know: Behind the oven it looks like a plastic wall paper. If that is the case I remember you that they produce cancer-stuff by the heat of the oven. Its much better to build a small real brick wall- to protect the wall and to store the heat of the oven. plasticizer are in many products and heat looses that stuff. Frank
Thanks for the comment. There’s no plastic wallpaper and my windows are actually triple pane with krylon gas between. As for shutters, mudroom, and your other questions, I built what I could at age 18 with the limited time, money and experience at my disposal. This cabin was also not originally intended as a full time home, but a seasonal dwelling. I’m currently renovating it, adding a mudroom and other features as time and money allow.
I understand! With 18? Wow! Thats wunderfull. Off course its a diferend to build a cabin or a home. But there are many ways to reduce the cold pressure into the house. Like shutters or mudroom or outside insolation xps foam boards from UNDER the roof. The trick is to breake the cold power outside not from inside. The windows in the US or CA are diferend Germans windows are 2 or 3 times thiker the glas has ca3 centimeter and the outside glas isca.4 millimeter thik the inside not so much. Some german cabin owners close some windows in the winter to have a better heat atmosphare :-) If you have time and fun make a video from the foundament or outside a look under the cabin. The Boss of the swamp loves bouble foil for insolation. Thats cheap and easy to instale if you can work under the cabin on your back. Mice controll is importend. Mices love styropoor or mineral wool or rock wool. Cross ventilation under the cabin is also a must do to keep the humidity away. Is your cabin outside around complet windproof or has it a protection against wind?Here also the xps foam bords are the best if you have not enough good wood slats. I love natural building.Wood is the best but xps foam boards have a better insolation capebility and you can cover them with wood to protect the foam from sun and rain. Sun destroyes foam very fast. You cabin is real fancy artistic work. I love it@@cabininthewoods517
I have so many questions LOL. I’m a year into having a new wood stove installed in my cabin. While I love it I found your other coal stove video a several months ago and now this one. I’m convinced: I think I’m changing over to a combo coal/wood setup. Thanks for sharing this. What’s the electricity usage on the ditra heat? I had considered that for my bedroom and bathroom. My “living room” is too large of an area. Love the cabin ✌️
How close is yer nearest neighbour or town. How do ye manage for groceries etc. Interesting video about the different types of heating ye use. Best wishes from Ireland
One neighbour about a kilometre away. There’s a very small town about 20 km away where we go for supplies. Takes a little while to get to the proper roads though.
My house was built in 1927. When I was re doing the basement I found a false wall. Behind that wall was a 17 foot deep six foot wide cement room absolutely filledfour foot high with coal. I burned that in my old school wood stove for Nearly four months straight.
I say this because you made comments about needing a coal specific set up. It will burn without a grate, trust me. Just need some two year seasoned maple ash and Birch.
Very interesting story, thanks for sharing! The coal I was referring to is anthracite, and it won’t burn in a regular wood stove. Most coal in the world is bituminous, and it definitely will.
I can tell you in Pennsylvania there spots near wilks-barre a mine fell in & kill minors & river flooded in this is The Knox Mine Disaster On January 22, 1959, the ice-laden Susquehanna River broke through the roof of the River Slope Mine of the Knox Coal Company in nearby Port Griffith in Jenkins Township. This allowed for billions of gallons of river water to flood the interconnected mines through a whirlpool nearly 200 feet wide. It took! my grand mother lost her man & one son to coal mines sickness and fall in! & there is coal coming out of the Ground in the red rock park and hill area on way to wilks barre there was coal mines around there too! the coal close to the top of the ground & strip mine too!
I’m curious why you didn’t install a masonry wood stove along the lines of a Swedish Kakelugn. Coal would not have been in my choices for heat in such a remote location just due to having to purchase it from a thousand miles away and from another country. I love the varieties of heating choices you’ve put together, looks like a cozy place.
Could have done, but wanted the option of both coal and wood, since coal is a fuel I can store in huge quantities on my property and requires no prep work.
I've got a wood/coal burning stove (in Belgium). I only burn coal when the temperatures go below 0°C, just to save on the coal. We can buy anthracite, but it's bloody expensive. Ever since the war in Ukraine started, the prices doubled. For pure anthracite, you'll be looking at around €1/kg... I mostly buy the bags of 60/40 anthracite/cokes. They're a bit cheaper. Now that the freezing temperatures are over (for the moment), it's back to wood again... TBH, I don't find it all that difficult to start a coal fire, but that probably depends from stove to stove.
Thanks for sharing your video with us .... your are highly eloquent .. the world is already better with people like you and I ..... your video helps me in continuing my research for designing a higher efficiency carbon cooking and heating/cooling artifact .... thanks again ; )
Fair enough honestly. It’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, and I respect your perspective. What I can’t stand is people who choose to live here while constantly whining about the cold.
If your doing something that gets outlawed in the future, you will be "grandfathered". You can (usually) continue what you did. I'm trying to think of an illegal way to heat my home. Aside from stealing power from the neighbor, I suggest a nice thick sweater.
About 1200 square feet, and roughly $9 US per 40 lb bag when I bought the coal wholesale a few years ago. Probably more like $13 now. I burn around 90-100 bags per winter.
A wood stove with a catalytic converter to burn the remaining gasses off the wood smoke would keep up with the coal heat. Far more efficient with wood and then you have no external reliance on buying product from anyone. I can't imagine buying a coal burning stove for my home in 2024 but it's a interesting option!
@@armslength2618 sure, I'm not arguing against any of your points. You just have to buy coal, so it's an external reliance. Wood is plentiful and easy to source yourself. It burns just fine and there are many ways capture more heat and potential from it like I mentioned. Coal just seems like such an antiquated heat source that I have no desire to build infrastructure around, especially when my heat source is growing all around our property. Personal opinion.
I've been burning rice cold for 30 years but in the last 2 years it's gone up so much in price it's ridiculous I'm almost thinking about switching back to wood.
I run my thousand square foot cabin off of a 8KW Chinese diesel heater maybe it's something you should look into as a fourth line of backup in case of catastrophe
Very informative, thanks. I'm thinking about finding and installing a wood/coal fired outdoor boiler. I was searching for a supplier for coal. I'm in north/east Ontario. You mentioned that you buy by the truckload. Could you let me know supplier info please. I would like to make sure coal is available before I spend more for the option. Thanks.
I actually am the Blaschak anthracite coal supplier for Ontario. I can get you a better price per ton than any dealer in Canada, but only if you get a whole transport truck load. 20 tons. Let me know if you’re interested. If not there’s an anthracite dealer near London. Green Valley Heating.
@@cabininthewoods517Sorry, didn't mean to imply that. I enjoyed the video and didn't think it was a sales pitch. Its just a saying around here. Kind of like: "That doesn't pencil". It just means there isn't a compelling value proposition / ROI.
What you did not tell us, what size is your house, how much is the coal and how much a year it cost you to heat the house. I am surprised you did not have some sort of fan around the wood stove to circulate the heat, I mean a 120V fan with several speed, not one of those bimetallic heat powered fan, they are a rip off.
i live in northern ontario in the summer. there is no electricity. i have never seen anyone use coal there. smart people do keep a year supply of fire wood.
If you just need a little bit your best bet is to find a dealer in your area. If you want to buy in massive bulk for a much lower price per bag I can help.
A lot depends on what fuel is available. We have a wood stove because we have access to lots of free ( free also means no price raises…) hardwood. For anything else I’d need a new stove and would be buying fuel.
Agreed - it definitely makes sense to burn wood when you have plenty of it around. My point is simply that it also makes to sense to have other heating options.
You dont have madron up there it produces more heat than even propane but idk if its better than coal. here in parts of Oregon madron grows like a weed its an invasive species from south America only good thing about it is how hot and long it burns and its a tru hardwood much harder than oak and ive herd its harder than anything else that grows in north America but dont quote me on that. But here where it grows like crazy and takes over the forests it sells for 250 to 300 a cord. I knew a dude that uses to take cords down into northern California and sell it wholesale for 450$ or more cuz it burns so efficiently
Sounds like excellent firewood. Just did a bit of research and pacific madrone puts out around 8000 to 9000 BTUs per pound. Anthracite coal is around 13,000. So not quite in the same league, which makes sense since no wood is denser than coal. That said, I like firewood and it seems madrone is one of the best types around. I’d love to try burning some.
If you want the best price per ton you can find anywhere and you're willing spend upwards of $10K to get a whole transport load, I can help. Otherwise try Green Valley Heating in Granton, ON.
i have a small salamander stove and trying with coal. anybody reading this has experience with this kand of stove on coal? I'm using called in dutch eierkool(egg coal) its coaldust compressed in egg size/shape blocks
@@cabininthewoods517 having been born and raised in Minnesota and still having lake property. The bug assault weapons are rarely far from an arms reach away. As you know when you have mosquitoes big enough to have landing lights on them you must take every precaution to ensure your safety.
Im surprised you can get insurance with the wood stove in the house these days, I know people who were told they had to disable there fire place or remove it because the insurance would not cover them and if you don't have insurance the bank will refuse to cover the loan,
Just curious - Any Portable "Hot Tent/RV" Sized Coal Stoves? Seems logical for these Outdoor Camper / DIY Dugout/SmallCabin/HotTent Video Content Makers to use Anthracite Coal for overnight usage instead of having to replenish/restart a wood fire every 3~4 hours... Also, I don't see too many Anthracite Coal Vids here made recently. Thanks; and best regards
I believe the folks at Chubby Stove make a miniature version of the stove in the video. Best way to to find out for sure is calling the maker, Larry Trainer. His contact info is on his website: chubbystove.com/ If you call, tell him Robert Maxwell sent you. Thanks!
By all means! If your life goal is to move as little as possible, it sounds absolutely perfect. Personally I prefer a bit of physical activity with my heat. 🙂
LINKS TO MY OTHER COAL VIDEOS:
How to Install Anthracite Coal Stove:
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Anthracite Coal Q&A:
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How We Service Our Anthracite Coal Burning Stove in 3 Minutes:
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10 Reasons We Love Our Anthracite Coal Stove:
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How We Heat Our Cabin in the Woods in Winter
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That's a Cool Set up! I would add a Magic Heat to the verticle Pipe...you will get another 30k BTUS...for something called Magic Heat...I put one on my wood stove pipe...huge success. You can also add a kettle stove fan to increase efficiency. Cheers! Thanks for the video
Looked it up, looks pretty cool! Question - how much is draft affected by the air tubes inside this device? Anthracite fires depend on quite a strong, consistent draft.@@brettlinton1693
As you enjoy your warm cabin with anthracite coal, and as the beautiful warm cabin is staying warm, you're breathing easily, your little baby girl is nice and warm and breathing, your family crawls into your warm beds as the stove continues to produce heat, you breathe easily, your family breathes easily, you all sleep peacefully, while thousands of people are struggling to take one of their last breaths because of your support of a deadly, pure evil companies. What if it was your little baby girl that has to go down in the coal mines when she is in high school? CBS Black lung threat increasing among coal miners th-cam.com/video/t-LCYuecyUY/w-d-xo.html | But hey, as long as you and your family can stay warm and breathe easily, be dammed to anyone else....right? There are many families, just like the ones in the CBS video, whose children will never get to see their dad as they grow up, just so you can keep your cabin warm, and your baby girl warm. What's that saying??? Oh yea, an eye for an eye. If you use coal then when your children when they become of age (junior in high school), it's now their duty to go to the coal mines and support other families like yours to stay warm. I have feeling, coal would no longer be used. And I know, without a doubt, you would not be supporting coal, if it was your baby girl having to go into the coal mines. Let's just be honest. No way would you be using coal if it was your baby girl having to go and breathe the coal dust. So why are you taking other children's dads away from them???? Really, I want to know. If you are going to use anthracite coal, answer the question.
Does anthracite coal contain asbestos as anthracite does?
I saw your videos early last year and located a baby chubby stove. Its now in my living room chugging along, doing great. So much so, my teenage step daughter was standing in front of it warming her hands recently and said, "This thing is nice. I'll come out of my room more often." To entice a teenager to voluntarily come out of their room and visit with the old folks, is a powerful device indeed.
Love this! So glad you (and your daughter) are enjoying the Chubby, and that you found my videos helpful 🙂
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Next size down is pea coal not rice that comes after pea!!!
Where can I buy a chubby stove?
We got coal free when we lived on the Navajo reservation 30 years ago. It took a while to know how much to use. Cold winter days with windows open to cool the house down. It was great.
Near 70 YO here. Burned coal only for 50 years in western Pennsylvania, ( coal was on the property) Now we use heat pump when temp is above 40 degrees to trim the temp to 70 and circulate air in the home. Below about 40 degrees we use wood that is now on our property. Glad to see you have a back up heat system, always a good idea. There will get to be times you will get tired of putting that coal/wood in the stove, especially as you get older. Now we burn wood almost entirely for the exercise, very little in money savings compared to the heat pump. ( maybe $100 per year savings) Thanks for posting and inviting us into your home. Thumbs up.
Thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed the video! I’m a big fan of heat pumps, and thinking of installing one at the cabin. They make a lot of sense.
In Pa also, been there done that ! Had a heat pump back in late 90’s to around 2005, useless. Went to a propane furnace and always burned wood in my fireplace insert and woodburner in basement. Nothing equals a fossil fuel for the btu’s ! I have 20 acres of woods on my property , so I get all the firewood I need.
If you lived closer we could take the tractor out in the woods and cut some wood together. developed several friendships over the years with wood cutting and splitting . Charlotte NC now . @@TedJ71
Thank you for the video. Thank you for the information also. You can read all you want about how to start a coal stove, but seeing it done is so much more informative. Seeing what the coals look like at each stage and hearing the crackle of the fire tell you as much as reading a manual. Thank you again.
You’re welcome, glad you found it helpful!
Beautiful casement window! (You stepped outside on a snowy porch in your socks!) Very good video-- succinct, no wasted time, excellent demo and information. Thank you 🏆
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
Hello fellow Ontarians! Nice overview on the stove and backup methods. Well done. Spring will be here soon! Cheers.
All the best!
LOL. Just clicked on this video. I had to laugh at the St Nick's Breaker coal bags. I'm from PA and Mahanoy City is about 30 minutes from where I was born and raised. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Very cool that you’re from there! Thanks for the nice comment 🙂
@@cabininthewoods517 You are most welcome! Stay safe up there.
Nice job. I enjoy watching all of your content (espically when it involves the Coal Stove Chubby) Thank you for being a customer - I am very lucky. Your content is always interesting and your family is great. Very educational. You are a positive credit to the TH-cam world. TY - LT
Thank you my friend!
There are a LOT of combo wood/coal burners out there. The "shaker grate" presence is the key. I like the "weldment" style stoves that are completely sealed which have firebrick and shaker grates.
Good to know 🙂
Neat. I’ve never heard of anthracite coal. Just been burning wood for a decade assuming it was my only option. Subscribed and looking forward to your other videos!
Thanks, glad you found it helpful!
@@cabininthewoods517 to have a truckload of coal shipped out to the country cabin must have cost a bundle. Cost of coal vs wood must be considered.
@@trajan6927 It did cost a lot since I bought a whole truckload at once, but still worked out to about 30% cheaper per winter than ready to burn hardwood.
@@cabininthewoods517 TY. Nice video. Sent it out to 3 of my wood burning friends. Have a great day. Subscribed. 👋👍
Great instructional video, I had a chubby stove in my first house worked great as you say. I believe they were built in Plymouth, Massachusetts 15 miles from where i lived .
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
What a great channel! I started with this video and found your advice very helpful for successfully burning coal in a small wood boiler. I've watched a few other videos and thought they were great as well!
Thanks, glad you found it helpful!
Next level heater this is.
Thanks, I agree!
Nice. Did a little web search and they also have anthracite coal boiler that auto feed and only need to clean up ash couple times a week. Heating water and pumping it into floor system would be nice.
Yes, but those boilers are great. My Dad heats with one.
Coal fire definitely looks efficient!
It is indeed!
Really great video, very informative and down to earth. You explain things very well.
Thank you Sir, I appreciate that!
My first year with a multifuel stove, so you're leveling my learning curve, at least where I am in South Africa doesn't 🇿🇦 get anywhere near as cold as where you are.
I use coal too and it is fabulous!😊
It really is!
That's really cool, didn't really realize one could even buy or burn coal. I'm in process of putting a wood stove in my house since natural gas is so expensive now, can't wait to be done, been a slow process since I don't always have time to work on it. i also bought land in an unorganized township so I hope to build there at some point and maybe even move there. Life in the city - even small ones, is just too expensive and it's not getting any better.
Thanks for the comment - couldn’t agree more about life in the city. Best of luck on your wood burning journey, and possible escape from civilization someday 🙂
Check out if you can find and afford a groundoven system. As more heat storag ou have as lesser wood you need.If you can you could build it yourself there are nice yt how to videos!
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Thanks very much!
Lot of very interesting information to this only wood burner….
Well done.
Well done documentary, thankyou
Love the Island, the North Shore is my happy place.
Lots of beautiful country up there 👍
Impressive...very impressed...I like your style...all the best from 'South Central Ontario'...😉
I had a lopi stove in my home in Western Michigan. I had a domed utility tent (Shelter Logic) that I used as a wood shed. On average, I cut, split, and stacked 9-11 cords of wood every summer. The domed tent acted as a sauna and pulled all the moisture out of the wood. I never burned fresh cut wood, only seasoned wood 2 years old. I had mostly hardwood, but I did have pine that I used to start a fire.
Very informative. Thank You.
Glad it was helpful!
I believe that ANTHRACITE is an important fuel option that is often overlooked because of biases against coal due to coal like bituminous' dirty reputation.
100 percent correct. The general public isn’t really into subtleties like the fact that 2 percent of the world’s coal burns hot, clean, and dust free.
I remember dad using corn cobs soaked in fuel oil to start our coal furnace.
Beautiful cabin
That was very interesting 👍👍👍👍😎
Anthracite nut coal is up to $12 - $15 for a 40-pound sack. That’s about double in price from 18 months ago.
The change isn’t organic. And I believe it will get better.
We burn anthracite, but here in NW Wyoming, dirty, sub-bituminous coal is about $50 for a bulk pickup load from mom and pop coal operations. If anthracite get too much more expensive, I’ll think about switching to the local stuff.
Great video. I tried coal once in my US Stove which can do either coal or wood. I didn’t like it because of the mess but didn’t have the type of coal you mentioned. Now I am doing mostly wood at my camp especially after getting an Eastonmade wood splitter. I just subscribed as well
Thanks for sharing, and thanks for the subscribe!
"Stoker coal" can be bituminous or anthracite, so it refers to the size (prune size) , and it is easier to handle and move when its not "run of the mine" (all sizes).
I live in PA, near coal country. We sit on 100s of millions of metric tonnes of Anthracite. Only in PA, only place in the world. I hope the climate nutters go away soon, as I can see how this resource will be a great business for my state in the future. I know your cold. I grew up in northern Maine, and I am used to 45 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit.
We have a propane furnace and wood burning efficient stoves for our heat in Ontario Canada where I live. The furnace is kept at a low temperature and we burn wood mainly for heat. At least two heat sources are basic here because the furnace requires electricity to work. Sensible solutions. Thanks for this video.
Good to see a fellow Ontarian doing smart heating! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Enjoyed the video. It is cold here in Louisiana, but not like Canada.
Not too bad here today, just 5°F. How’s the weather in Louisiana right now?
@@cabininthewoods517 now it is sunny and 30 degrees. Should be 19 tonight and get up to 55 bu Tuesday.
@@perrybrantley6188 Now I’m jealous 😂
@@cabininthewoods517 wait till summer, 100 degrees plus, and we wish we had your weather.
No such luck in Southern Ontario by Lake Ontario we have 30c to 39c off and on through out the summer with heavy humidity. And in the winter we have brutal wind chill temperatures similiar to the North. Jan 27/2024 we are into our 'January Thaw' which is 2c. Just a chilly damp day. Soon winter will be back with a vengence.@@perrybrantley6188
Very well done.
Thanks
Thank you 🙂
While working in the mines of Kentucky and West Virginia, they called it cannel coal and discarded it by the mega tons in valley fills because they could never figure out how to properly process it in the 70s and 80s due to the density and hardness of it. I remember using it as a kid in very small amounts and how hot and clean it burns.
That’s fascinating, thanks for sharing! If only they’d had a bit of knowledge which we have today!
Wow thank you. I live in a RV, pride myself as an autodyte and found your video quite fascinating! I never knew about this type of stove and the burning of coal. You're a real man, smart and tough. 😉👊🏿
Grew up on coal heat
Didn’t have a rotating grate lol it did burn well regardless nice snd warm always.
Holland 1957
Lotsa coal burned by everyone then
Thanks for the video! We heat our home with a catalytic wood stove and a dual heat pump system. The stove keeps the heat pump running as little as possible and ensures that we have "warm" heat during the cold spells. For redundancy, I have a gasoline fired generator in my shed, hard wired to an auxiliary panel. Redundancy is indeed the key!
I cut and split most of the firewood from our own property, which saves us quite a bit of money.
How have all of the government regulations impacted your use of coal? Also, how much does a bag cost and approximately how long does it last?
Thanks again for this very informative video.
you can vastly reduce your coal consumption by adding a thermal mass component to the top. a clay pot full of sand will keep kicking off heat for 6-12 hours once you get it up to temp, a feat made easier with a simple strip of copper through the drainage hole. you'll have to plug it to keep the sand from spilling out but that's simple enough
learn something new every day.
Glad you got something out of it 🙂
Thanks.
Think about wood charcoal and briquetes 😊
Need to get a coal stove for our cabin! Right now I got propane and wood but that coal looks like it be burning nice and hot
It certainly does. On warm days we’re opening windows. You can get this exact stove at chubbystove.com
Redundancy is great. Wood stove + diesel heater backup powered by off grid solar, with Propane buddy heater as a 3ed emergancy source if the diesel goes down, the propane can run for several days..
Sounds good 👍
Nice presentation. I'm on the West Coast where coal is hard to come by. So like you I would have to order a truck load. And shipping is further. So I do wood pellets. I did wood most of my life, 75 now and cutting and splitting is too hard. I have a hydronic system and have a coil in the pellet stove to heat the boiler.
Thanks for sharing - sounds like you’ve got the perfect setup! Anything you’d change if you could?
Your living the Dream
Awesome. So interesting. We have had subzero weather this past 10 days. Once, our electricity went out. I had no other means of heating. But, I believe in the power of wool. My Canadian 4lb wool duvet from Custom Woolen mills, Alberta has kept me warm. Even warmer than an electric blanket. I also knit thick wool sweaters which are 1000 times warmer, wicking, insulating than cotton or polyester. Even with ‘itchy wools’ you can wear non itchy base layers. For you all knitwear goes so far before pelts get used. Not sure if you are allowed to wear pelts or furs.
Anyways, such an interesting video. Learned a lot.
Thanks for sharing! I love classic knitted wool sweaters!
I remember helping my dad growing up and we used coal. Two things I remember about use coal for heat. ONE, outside it did not smell that good from burning coal. Second it really was hot in the house during the winter and it did not take what you are saying to do to get the coal started.
Sounds like bituminous coal. Anthracite is different.
Correct. Easy to criticize something you don't understand.@@armslength2618
Greets and love from Hamburg in Germany. I love the way to talk and teach. Very good explaned how to- heat such a nice oven!
The style of your cabin in also nice!
As a facility manager with carpenter backround- energy expert heating expert- I ask why dont have shutters or a mud room? Shutters are a must have in many extrem cold earas in Germany or scandinavian countrys. They reduce the pressure of the cold into the room they protect from storm or even bears.
Mud room also build a barrier between inside and outside.
Windows like yours are not real insolated- we use 3-5 time glas thermophene windows
or double glas windows- on to the outside another to the inside the space between is insolation the air! Some folks instale "winterwindows" from the inside to reduce the loss of heat or the pressure of cold.
As more windows are in a wall as more heat is nessecery.
In extrem cold alpine states the windows are traditionell smal- only one room has more windows the kitchen there is a round-sit stable where 6-8 people can sit on a L-bench. THERE are more windows for hand work for the wintertime. Women love to make clothes and men love to work with nife and wood to produce nice items to sell,
Also a traditionell heating system: The groundoven. The groundoven has 1000-2000 kilo weight heat storage by clay bricks and so. You can cook on them backery- heat the house and if its once hot (need 24 hours) you can stopp putting wood inside but it still has heat for 2 days! (watch the video from NORTHMEN "The births or a wooden house" or other building videos)
The kitchen is the bridges room. Light is healthy and the right plan for the windows or
the question how much heat is nessecery to keep it warm in winter...
Germans love to insolate as best as pobilble Sibiriens build also very solid.
(a german in sibiria on YT "Ivan on tour")
My grandmother build a hunting house in the 1920 in germany. stone foundament with a crowling cellar (ca 120 centimeter) real logs 4 rooms a bathroom still in function!
As a jew she hided herself with the kids in the holocaust.
The log house from Albert Einstein is still in function. It has only 10 centimeter logs but has also a slat system outside with wooden slates air between. Inside the logwalls also slats but the space filled with cellolose. I had an expert visiting that 100 year old house for the insurance comp- it had no rotten signs no fungi it was pefect dry! Wood air celolose the best insolation!
Never use fake insolation like mineral wool ore rockwool its NOT WOOL
ist poison. When it soaks humidity from wood it never became dry..and then the rotten process starts.
Keep it natural keep it traditional keep it simple.
Frank
Also good to know: Behind the oven it looks like a plastic wall paper. If that is the case I remember you that they produce cancer-stuff by the heat of the oven.
Its much better to build a small real brick wall- to protect the wall and to store the heat of the oven. plasticizer are in many products and heat looses that stuff.
Frank
Thanks for the comment. There’s no plastic wallpaper and my windows are actually triple pane with krylon gas between. As for shutters, mudroom, and your other questions, I built what I could at age 18 with the limited time, money and experience at my disposal. This cabin was also not originally intended as a full time home, but a seasonal dwelling. I’m currently renovating it, adding a mudroom and other features as time and money allow.
I understand! With 18? Wow! Thats wunderfull. Off course its a diferend to build a cabin or a home. But there are many ways to reduce the cold pressure into the house. Like shutters or mudroom or outside insolation xps foam boards from UNDER the roof. The trick is to breake the cold power outside not from inside. The windows in the US or CA are diferend Germans windows are 2 or 3 times thiker the glas has ca3 centimeter and the outside glas isca.4 millimeter thik the inside not so much. Some german cabin owners close some windows in the winter to have a better heat atmosphare :-) If you have time and fun make a video from the foundament or outside a look under the cabin. The Boss of the swamp loves bouble foil for insolation. Thats cheap and easy to instale if you can work under the cabin on your back. Mice controll is importend. Mices love styropoor or mineral wool or rock wool. Cross ventilation under the cabin is also a must do to keep the humidity away. Is your cabin outside around complet windproof or has it a protection against wind?Here also the xps foam bords are the best if you have not enough good wood slats. I love natural building.Wood is the best but xps foam boards have a better insolation capebility and you can cover them with wood to protect the foam from sun and rain. Sun destroyes foam very fast. You cabin is real fancy artistic work. I love it@@cabininthewoods517
I forgot to ask- is the wall oven stuff ceramic???@@cabininthewoods517
Too bad many people do not realize how deadly the cold is*** Good Video
It’s hard to comprehend until you’ve loved it. Thank you! 🙂
I have so many questions LOL. I’m a year into having a new wood stove installed in my cabin. While I love it I found your other coal stove video a several months ago and now this one. I’m convinced: I think I’m changing over to a combo coal/wood setup. Thanks for sharing this. What’s the electricity usage on the ditra heat? I had considered that for my bedroom and bathroom. My “living room” is too large of an area. Love the cabin ✌️
Glad you found the videos helpful! The Schluter system uses about 12 watts per hour per square foot.
How close is yer nearest neighbour or town. How do ye manage for groceries etc. Interesting video about the different types of heating ye use. Best wishes from Ireland
One neighbour about a kilometre away. There’s a very small town about 20 km away where we go for supplies. Takes a little while to get to the proper roads though.
Great Video .
Being from the south and completely unfamiliar with the process of coal I can’t help but wonder what coal smells like while it’s burning.
My house was built in 1927.
When I was re doing the basement I found a false wall. Behind that wall was a 17 foot deep six foot wide cement room absolutely filledfour foot high with coal.
I burned that in my old school wood stove for Nearly four months straight.
I say this because you made comments about needing a coal specific set up. It will burn without a grate, trust me. Just need some two year seasoned maple ash and Birch.
Very interesting story, thanks for sharing! The coal I was referring to is anthracite, and it won’t burn in a regular wood stove. Most coal in the world is bituminous, and it definitely will.
I can tell you in Pennsylvania there spots near wilks-barre a mine fell in & kill minors & river flooded in this is The Knox Mine Disaster
On January 22, 1959, the ice-laden Susquehanna River broke through the roof of the River Slope Mine of the Knox Coal Company in nearby Port Griffith in Jenkins Township. This allowed for billions of gallons of river water to flood the interconnected mines through a whirlpool nearly 200 feet wide. It took! my grand mother lost her man & one son to coal mines sickness and fall in! & there is coal coming out of the Ground in the red rock park and hill area on way to wilks barre there was coal mines around there too! the coal close to the top of the ground & strip mine too!
I’m curious why you didn’t install a masonry wood stove along the lines of a Swedish Kakelugn. Coal would not have been in my choices for heat in such a remote location just due to having to purchase it from a thousand miles away and from another country. I love the varieties of heating choices you’ve put together, looks like a cozy place.
Could have done, but wanted the option of both coal and wood, since coal is a fuel I can store in huge quantities on my property and requires no prep work.
How long does a 40 lb bag last
About 36 hours of burn time.
I've got a wood/coal burning stove (in Belgium). I only burn coal when the temperatures go below 0°C, just to save on the coal. We can buy anthracite, but it's bloody expensive. Ever since the war in Ukraine started, the prices doubled. For pure anthracite, you'll be looking at around €1/kg... I mostly buy the bags of 60/40 anthracite/cokes. They're a bit cheaper.
Now that the freezing temperatures are over (for the moment), it's back to wood again...
TBH, I don't find it all that difficult to start a coal fire, but that probably depends from stove to stove.
A man has to do whatever it takes to keep himself and his family warm. I certainly sympathize on the cost issue. Best of luck this winter. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your video with us .... your are highly eloquent .. the world is already better with people like you and I ..... your video helps me in continuing my research for designing a higher efficiency carbon cooking and heating/cooling artifact .... thanks again ; )
What a kind comment, thanks so much! Glad you found the video helpful 🙂
Wood Pellets should work too. Also I’ve found pellets burn very hot.
Pellets would give you a 3rd opinion for the stove.
Dude thanks for sharing..
Great info!
I can't even imagine living there. I live in the mountains of Arizona and I can't stay in the winter.
Fair enough honestly. It’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, and I respect your perspective. What I can’t stand is people who choose to live here while constantly whining about the cold.
If your doing something that gets outlawed in the future, you will be "grandfathered". You can (usually) continue what you did. I'm trying to think of an illegal way to heat my home. Aside from stealing power from the neighbor, I suggest a nice thick sweater.
Great video, however you didn't tell us how many square feet you are heating and how much a bag of coal is worth.
About 1200 square feet, and roughly $9 US per 40 lb bag when I bought the coal wholesale a few years ago. Probably more like $13 now. I burn around 90-100 bags per winter.
What is the heat insulation board, behind the stove ? Standing By !
Porcelain tile on 2 layers of cement board, then a 2 inch airspace.
A wood stove with a catalytic converter to burn the remaining gasses off the wood smoke would keep up with the coal heat. Far more efficient with wood and then you have no external reliance on buying product from anyone. I can't imagine buying a coal burning stove for my home in 2024 but it's a interesting option!
Definitely something to consider, thank you.
@@armslength2618 sure, I'm not arguing against any of your points. You just have to buy coal, so it's an external reliance. Wood is plentiful and easy to source yourself. It burns just fine and there are many ways capture more heat and potential from it like I mentioned.
Coal just seems like such an antiquated heat source that I have no desire to build infrastructure around, especially when my heat source is growing all around our property. Personal opinion.
I've been burning rice cold for 30 years but in the last 2 years it's gone up so much in price it's ridiculous I'm almost thinking about switching back to wood.
Wood with a barometric damper is a no no. Unlimited air to the chimney if there was ever a chimney fire.
Never will be a chimney fire if you always burn hot and fast. Nothing but fly ash in my pipes 🙂
You could bake in the oven of the conventional stove while the coal stove is burning! What is that? $50 a night in coal?
I run my thousand square foot cabin off of a 8KW Chinese diesel heater maybe it's something you should look into as a fourth line of backup in case of catastrophe
Very informative, thanks. I'm thinking about finding and installing a wood/coal fired outdoor boiler. I was searching for a supplier for coal. I'm in north/east Ontario. You mentioned that you buy by the truckload. Could you let me know supplier info please. I would like to make sure coal is available before I spend more for the option. Thanks.
I actually am the Blaschak anthracite coal supplier for Ontario. I can get you a better price per ton than any dealer in Canada, but only if you get a whole transport truck load. 20 tons. Let me know if you’re interested. If not there’s an anthracite dealer near London. Green Valley Heating.
@@cabininthewoods517 I'm curious what 20 tons costs. For my area (ball park) its $490 per ton for Blaschak, so $10,000 US Dollars. gulp.
For my area, based on local prices, coal heating would be $6.50 - $9.00 per day. That is a tough sell.
Wasn’t trying to sell you on anything.
Just explaining what I do and why. 🙂
@@cabininthewoods517Sorry, didn't mean to imply that. I enjoyed the video and didn't think it was a sales pitch.
Its just a saying around here. Kind of like: "That doesn't pencil". It just means there isn't a compelling value proposition / ROI.
What you did not tell us, what size is your house, how much is the coal and how much a year it cost you to heat the house. I am surprised you did not have some sort of fan around the wood stove to circulate the heat, I mean a 120V fan with several speed, not one of those bimetallic heat powered fan, they are a rip off.
1. 1200 square feet.
2. $900/year including shipping.
3. There is a very powerful built in fan to which I attached a variable speed switch.
i live in northern ontario in the summer. there is no electricity. i have never seen anyone use coal there. smart people do keep a year supply of fire wood.
I would like to know if you have a website to get that coal from
If you just need a little bit your best bet is to find a dealer in your area. If you want to buy in massive bulk for a much lower price per bag I can help.
Our leaders are idiots get out and vote. Vote them out
Couldn’t agree more.
Are you guys in Canada allowed to use the term “government oppression”?
No clue, but I’m going to 🙂
@@cabininthewoods517 Love it. Love your channel, too!
@@DavidLeeNCSU Thank you!
I used to burn coal in a pot belly to heat my gym.
A lot depends on what fuel is available. We have a wood stove because we have access to lots of free ( free also means no price raises…) hardwood. For anything else I’d need a new stove and would be buying fuel.
Agreed - it definitely makes sense to burn wood when you have plenty of it around. My point is simply that it also makes to sense to have other heating options.
You dont have madron up there it produces more heat than even propane but idk if its better than coal. here in parts of Oregon madron grows like a weed its an invasive species from south America only good thing about it is how hot and long it burns and its a tru hardwood much harder than oak and ive herd its harder than anything else that grows in north America but dont quote me on that. But here where it grows like crazy and takes over the forests it sells for 250 to 300 a cord. I knew a dude that uses to take cords down into northern California and sell it wholesale for 450$ or more cuz it burns so efficiently
Sounds like excellent firewood. Just did a bit of research and pacific madrone puts out around 8000 to 9000 BTUs per pound. Anthracite coal is around 13,000. So not quite in the same league, which makes sense since no wood is denser than coal. That said, I like firewood and it seems madrone is one of the best types around. I’d love to try burning some.
Interesting to learn about this option, but which might be illegal or was that click bait?
It’s coal. Government is jacking prices up and pushing for elimination of coal heat.
Like it!
Heatpump?
What kind of cost including shipping is it to get anthracite vs. firewood?
For me about $900 per winter for anthracite vs $1500 for firewood.
@@cabininthewoods517 Very interesting considering that anthracite also has 2x the energy output of firewood. So quite efficient.
I failed to see the part about one may become illegal. That is why I watched this video.
northern ontario cabin dweller hear, where you buying coal. im having a hard time finding some
If you want the best price per ton you can find anywhere and you're willing spend upwards of $10K to get a whole transport load, I can help. Otherwise try Green Valley Heating in Granton, ON.
It burns for 12 hours per load. How long would that bag of coal last? 12 hours? 24 hours? Ect. Ect.
I get an average of about 36 hours out of each bag.
@@cabininthewoods517 WOW! That is amazing. Very nice. Thank you for your speedy response. I am researching multi fule heat systems. For my cabin build
@cabininthewoods517 Those bags weigh about 25 kg each?
@@bobdinovo6889 18.1 kg
i have a small salamander stove and trying with coal.
anybody reading this has experience with this kand of stove on coal?
I'm using called in dutch eierkool(egg coal) its coaldust compressed in egg size/shape blocks
Is that fire stove not too close to your cooking stove??
Nothing flammable about the oven, since it’s just multiple layers of sheet metal. No issues so far in four years.
How much can a 18 kg bag of coal last for ?
Between 1 and 2 days
I see you got the bug assault weapon on top of the cabinet…for people who don’t know you won’t know, but for those of us who know we know.
Yes sir! I was wondering if anyone would notice my prized possession up there 😂
@@cabininthewoods517 having been born and raised in Minnesota and still having lake property. The bug assault weapons are rarely far from an arms reach away. As you know when you have mosquitoes big enough to have landing lights on them you must take every precaution to ensure your safety.
Im surprised you can get insurance with the wood stove in the house these days, I know people who were told they had to disable there fire place or remove it because the insurance would not cover them and if you don't have insurance the bank will refuse to cover the loan,
That’s unfortunate.
Just curious - Any Portable "Hot Tent/RV" Sized Coal Stoves?
Seems logical for these Outdoor Camper / DIY Dugout/SmallCabin/HotTent Video Content Makers to use Anthracite Coal for overnight usage instead of having to replenish/restart a wood fire every 3~4 hours...
Also, I don't see too many Anthracite Coal Vids here made recently.
Thanks; and best regards
I have one. A generic Chinese made unit. No name ...got it on Amazon.
I believe the folks at Chubby Stove make a miniature version of the stove in the video. Best way to to find out for sure is calling the maker, Larry Trainer. His contact info is on his website: chubbystove.com/
If you call, tell him Robert Maxwell sent you. Thanks!
@@cabininthewoods517 Thank You!
Don't you have to be careful of the amount of coal you use in a woods stove because of the btus it puts out
Anthracite coal won’t burn in a regular wood stove. This stove is speciality made to burn anthracite.
Way to involved ! I’ll just turn up the propane furnace!
By all means! If your life goal is to move as little as possible, it sounds absolutely perfect. Personally I prefer a bit of physical activity with my heat. 🙂
Do you guys have to deal with degens from up country?
Not too often. Most of them are too scared to travel this far from the city 😉.
Which one of these is the gubbamit going to outlaw?
The way things are going, coal. Followed by wood. But I’m not worried. 🙂