Coal Dealer Tips To Get Your Coal Stove Started
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As you will soon find when talking to any coal dealer is that coal stoves are not that easy to get started. Plus there is a lot of work that needs to be carried out by you to ensure that the coal keeps burning at a regular temperature. Certainly if you do not keep to the right procedures you will soon find out just how easily a coal stove will go out.
In this article we provide several tips on the right ways to light a coal stove and which will ensure that it remains burning at a constant temperature once lit.
1. It is crucial that when starting a coal stove you use only paper and kindling that is completely dry. Only once these are lit and burning well should you then begin to place several pieces of small hardwood on to it.
2. During the stage when the kindling, paper and hardwood are being burnt it is important that you keep the draft control on your coal stove fully open until the fire has become well established and hot. Only when a good bed of embers has become to build up from the wood can you then start to add your coal and this should be in small amounts.
3. Always gradually add small amounts of coal to the stove until you have built up a layer of about 1 to 2 inches of well burning coal in it. Adding too much will actually make it far more difficult for the coal to ignite because not enough air is getting in to cause a draft. Plus only add more coal to a stove when the rest already in there has become well lit.
4. It is important that you fill your stove up to the highest point within it as the more coal it is burning then the far better it is going to function. However, even if your stove has lots of coal in it you don't need to keep it running at the highest temperatures, but you can turn the amount of heat it is producing by restricting the amount of air flowing into it.
5. However you should never start to close down the draft control on your coal stove until such time as the coal has all been ignited and is producing blue flames. Also never let your stove run with the draft control open for any extended period of time as this in fact can cause damage internally to your. Plus you need to ensure that the ash pan door of your coal stove is kept closed all the time.
As we have said previously a coal dealer will explain the difficulties of getting a coal stove started. However, if you keep in mind the steps we have provided above, you should find this particular task far easier. Also when it comes to lighting your coal stove only do so after the temperatures have fallen below 55 degrees Fahrenheit for several days on a trot. Unfortunately if you light before then the chimney attached to it will not be able to develop enough draft to help with the process of getting a fire lit.
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