Coal Burning Fireplace Restoration

Turns out they were wrong.

Coal burning fireplace restoration.

This is a vented gas product. Use one of our cast iron coal basket grates combine the victor gas coal burner with a fret or purchase it separately and use it with your antique fireplace parts. Install a stove that will also burn coal. While wood or coal burning fireplaces traditionally kept folks warm in the depths of winter modern inserts can do the same with aplomb.

Many homes are equipped with wood burning stoves but not a coal burning stove. Chimney solutions can repair and restore your coal fireplace with ease. Good time stove company hosts an extensive collection of original heating stoves and kitchen ranges circa 1840 1930. Gas coals for small coal fireplaces gas coals are really the same thing as gas logs an open burning fire.

We have the original cahill cast iron wall grates etc. It must be installed into a functioning wood burning fireplace with a lined chimney. If you have plenty of access to fallen trees all that is needed is time and a chainsaw to turn those trees into firewood. Our home is 2 story and we were told that the opening is so small that a tiny fire burning up all that stone would not require a liner.

Yes these were actually once wood burning fireplaces. You will receive an original antique stove with a museum quality restoration. A crackling fire is one old house accessory that s always in demand on cold winter nights adding warmth and ambience to a room. Despite its petite size it can produce up to 15 000 btus.

But what happens if you don t have a good supply or you run out before the winter is over. Shown with a realistic coal bed the president zero clearance insert is ideal for old coal burning fireplaces requiring only 11 in depth and 26 in width. We asked some contractors and architects for possible explanations and they thought that the house had never had wood burning fireplaces and that there was coal burning heat in the basement and that these were essentially decorative openings to let the heat in. They re the ideal choice for a vintage coal fireplace of course but the real reason is because their small size allows them to be installed in fireplaces that are just too small for gas logs.

Wood and coal stoves are superb for heating.