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    Coal Stove Into Wood Stove Help

    Hey everyone. Newbie here. I set up an old coal burning stove in my woodshop last weekend. I framed all the walls w metalstud, did everything up to code, got the right chimney pipe and set up. However, the firplace smoked like crazy, like i literally had to put the fire out. The first burn went...
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    need help identifying old stove

    hello I recently bought a house and in the basement is this old coal stove (at least I think it's a coal stove) it is made by agricola furnace company i have spent the past 2 hours trying to find some information on this and cant find much of anything and there is no pictures of an agricola that...
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    Help to identify a coal/wood stove?

    So I bought this stove a few days ago. Looking to identify what I have and who makes it. The front says Hartman and the door reads no. 71. I can’t find anything online about Hartman. Also does anyone know where to get parts for this? Trying to do a refurb on it. Thanks so much for the help.
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    Just bought a VC Vigilant stove from a friend

    I bought a Vigilant stove with a brown ceramic like finish. Tag on the back is dated 9/25/80. I was hoping and thinking it was a wood stove. The stove was not what I have seen in a typical wood burner, that I have seen in the past. After some research the of the mysterious items that came with...
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    I need help...

    Hi, I hope I am in the right place. I have recently acquired a pot belly stove. It is marked "caboose 1869" on the door where you feed your fire. I can't seem to find anything that is specific to those markings. I was wondering if anyone has any information? Age, manufacturer, value, etc. And I...
  6. FanMan

    Old coal stove restoration

    This is a "Daisy" coal stove, around the 1920s. It's what must have been a very inexpensive stove; the main body of the stove is sheet metal (a 10" stovepipe, essentially) lined with firebrick. It was made in Peekskill, NY, about 15 miles from my new (to me) cabin where I found it stored under...
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    Replacing glass in Surdiac 513

    We bought a house with a Surdiac 513 last year and it is AMAZING. Only problem is that his summer two of the small glass panels got broken. The owner's manual says not to run the stove with broken glass (makes sense) but not how to replace them. I purchased new glass and am ready to go, but I...
  8. webfish

    Coal Appliances COAL - SO YOU’RE CONSIDERING A COAL STOVE?

    (written by Corie Podschelne) Perhaps you’ve been a long time wood burner and are looking for a stove that requires less tending; or maybe you’re new to solid fuel room heating completely. Burning coal, especially for a new coal user, can be particularly daunting due to difficulties in...
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