Convert Coal Stove To Wood

The brunel 1a wood stove from stovax is a franklin stove lookalike.

Convert coal stove to wood.

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. 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.

Sometimes its just better to leave things alone. Today s modern inserts use a variety of sophisticated venting systems that are. Wood only needs primary air for combustion one source. The chimneys themselves were just brick sitting on top of dust.

I would not try this. I had a coal stove that was like that but it was extremely small and had a hopper and a glass front. To clean replace and convert. Wood and gas have different characteristics in their combustion.

You wouldn t convert this type of stove. If your coal stove has grates it can burn wood. 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. 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.