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Scott Green

02-08-2003 03:58:18




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How are your heating bills this year? My LP tank was just topped off. It cost me $337.37 for one month. I have a new , well insulated ranch style house. About 26' x 65'. Has a 92 plus , LP gas , forced air heating unit in it. I've heated with coal in the past. Been thinking of putting in a "Keystoker" coal boiler. Now I know I am. This is actually a two question post. (1.) Any comments/recommendations on the "Keystoker" coal fired boiler(auto feeder)? (2.) What kind of heat do you have? And how much did it cost you last month? Looking forward to replies.

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MGM

02-10-2003 03:04:57




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 Re: Coal Boiler in reply to Scott Green, 02-08-2003 03:58:18  
Scott
I heat a 5000 square foot shop, 2500 sq foot house and all my hot water with an outdoor Wood fired central boiler unit. hot Water heat. My insurance went down because no inside source of fuel combustion. all my gas is shut off. The only fallback is do you like to cut wood????
Mike



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Bob

02-09-2003 09:17:38




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 Re: Coal Boiler in reply to Scott Green, 02-08-2003 03:58:18  
Interested in info on the "Keystoker" you mention. Do they have a website? I have used King Coal stokers for years (in northern North Dakota), and have been well satisfied. There is, however, maintenance, and cleaning involved. Be prepared to have a capable person to check the system if you have to be gone for a day or more. What are the legalities of ash disposal in your area?



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Scott Green

02-09-2003 17:19:21




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 Re: Re: Coal Boiler in reply to Bob, 02-09-2003 09:17:38  
Bob , send me your e-mail address. I'll send you the web site for "Keystoker" coal burners. As far as ashes go , in my area , people put the ashes in there driveways.



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Ludwig

02-09-2003 18:13:49




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 Re: Re: Re: Coal Boiler in reply to Scott Green, 02-09-2003 17:19:21  
Where do you live?
I spent one winter surveying a railyard. One thing you learn in a thaw is that coal ashes get real soupy real quick when the thaw goes out where the actual ballast around the tracks doesn't.
Another reason I ask where you are, most of the people who replied are from real cold areas I wonder if their def of cold and yours might vary.

Finally, I've always assumed forced hot air (or scorched air as all the HVAC guys I've ever talked to called it) was naturally fairly inefficient, unless you really like heating your basement... My grandmother has it in her admittedly poorly insulated 100+ year old house and the dang things on and off all the time, and makes noise doing it...
Hotwater baseboard however is quiet and consistant, the metal of the radiators minimizing quick temp variations.

Note: I'm not pushing baseboard heat, these are just my observations.

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Scott Green

02-10-2003 05:12:36




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Coal Boiler in reply to Ludwig, 02-09-2003 18:13:49  
Hi Ludwig , I have hot air unit now. I'd like to install a coal fired boiler , useing the hot water , base board radiant heat. I'm looking at more even heat , at a cheaper cost. My neighbor has the "Keystoker" boiler. He realy likes it. He claims $2.00 per day to heat his house , and it also heats the hot water. I've heated with free standing , natural draft coal stoves in the past. But never with one of these new style , auto feed coal boilers. I live in a cold climate.

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george md

02-09-2003 00:13:56




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 Re: Coal Boiler in reply to Scott Green, 02-08-2003 03:58:18  
Scott ,

I'm not familiar with stokes , but I heat a two story farm house that is 250 years old and not well insulated on 6 to 7 tons of coal / year at $86./ ton at the breaker and we haul it. Furnace is hand fired hot air, was new in 1950.

Also heat 4200 sq ft of shop with two hand fired hot air furnaces , 2200 ft of machine shop , 800 ft of engine assembly area, and 1200 ft of service bays to shirt sleeve comfort on 11 to 13 tons / year. Shop is concrete block , bays are big enough for dump trucks , road tractors , and medium size crawlers .

Depending on the BTU content of the coal , a ton is equal to 200 to 220 galons of fuel oil . I don't know the LP and natural gas equivelent.

george

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Jet9N

02-08-2003 13:39:37




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 Re: Coal Boiler in reply to Scott Green, 02-08-2003 03:58:18  
Live in east central WI. 12/20-1/20 used an even
200 therms of natural gas. $152. This with a ten
year old hot water boiler and baseboard heater.
1530 sq ft with max exposure to the wind.

Jet



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krum

02-08-2003 06:07:51




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 Re: Coal Boiler in reply to Scott Green, 02-08-2003 03:58:18  
I also heat with LP. We prepay in the fall. I bought LP for $.80 a gallon. Last month we went through about $165 worth of LP. We also run our water heater off the LP. My home is a chalteu style (1700 sq.ft.) with a 22 foot ceiling and windows up to the roof on the northwest side. I also heat with a 92% efficent furnace. I live in westcentral Wisconsin. krum



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