Our fireplace inserts can be coal or wood burning stoves without legs.
Can you burn coal in a wood fireplace insert.
Keep coal supplied with fresh oxygen use a small opening cast iron gate in front of the coal fireplace.
If you use coal inside a wood burning stove then it won t burn properly due to incomplete combustion.
Now it s time for the bad news.
If you have a working rumford style coal fireplace and the right fixtures you re set.
A coal fireplace must be used if you are planning to use or are currently using coal for heat.
Inadequate combustion of fuel is bad for both you and your stove.
Coal requires more careful handling and more exacting ventilation than wood.
Most stoves and inserts that burn coal should be able to burn firewood.
You can t burn coal in just any fireplace.
Trying to put coal into a wood fireplace insert or wood burning stove will lead to problems very quickly.
Fuel that doesn t burn properly will produce more smoke as a result.
We also carry some pellet inserts.
Because coal burns so much hotter a masonry fireplace built to burn coal could also handle a wood fire but the wood has to be cut into very small pieces and you ll need to feed those little logs to it almost constantly to keep a fire going.