Convert Coal Stove To Wood

Sometimes its just better to leave things alone.

Convert coal stove to wood.

For example we can buy a multi fuel conversion kit from the manufacturer of our wood burning stove that converts the stove to be multi fuel. I would not try this. Wood only needs primary air for combustion one source. How to turn coal burning fireplaces in an old house into wood stoves.

The chimneys themselves were just brick sitting on top of dust. If your coal stove has grates it can burn wood. Can t burn coal the sulfer dioxide build up burning wood would prove to be toxic and hazardous. To clean replace and convert.

Certain models of wood burning stove allow you to convert the stove to be multi fuel therefore allowing you to burn coal inside the stove as well as wood. Today s modern inserts use a variety of sophisticated venting systems that are. Put wood inside instead of coal one day and see what happens. What eliminates a coal stove from burning wood is a hopper that allows the coal to slide down into the firebox as the coal before it is consumed.

If it is a large stove use large wood if it is a small stove then use small wood. Size does not matter. You wouldn t convert this type of stove. Old house wood and coal burning fireplaces have chimneys that vent smoke and draw air through their flues which were lined with clay tiles beginning around 1905.