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we currently have a shenandoah wood stove from approx. 1980. can it be converted to burn coal? I know they made some models to burn either. Not ours. Just wondering if it was possible and how. Thanks. Donna
We had both those Shenandoah's, my advice is don't bother with the coal. If you want to burn coal, and I happen to think that's a good move, just get a coal stove. I don't mean to be harsh but that's the way it is. Coal is a great long lasting heat but it can be tricky. We'd be burning if we didn't have all this free wood so easy to harvest.
Do you know which model of Shenendoah?
Some of them were designed to convert to coal....but even then, the fireboxes are really too big for efficient use of the hard coal that we tend to use in New England the Northeast.
Thank you so much you have been really helpful. I would really like to try coal this year. We have plenty of wood so if it doesn't go well with the coal then back to wood. Thanks again to all. Donna