If you use coal inside a wood burning stove then it won t burn properly due to incomplete combustion.
Can you burn coal in a wood fireplace insert.
We recommend that you allow us to install a stainless steel liner through the chimney to directly hook up your new coal or wood burning fireplace insert.
Coal requires more careful handling and more exacting ventilation than wood.
Our fireplace inserts can be coal or wood burning stoves without legs.
Now it s time for the bad news.
Inadequate combustion of fuel is bad for both you and your stove.
We also carry some pellet inserts.
Fuel that doesn t burn properly will produce more smoke as a result.
Otherwise check with an expert to ensure your fireplace is coal compatible.
The epa certified non catalytic wood stoves inserts have features that enable them to burn wood more efficiently to which coal stoves and inserts will not be able to replicate.
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.
You can t burn coal in just any fireplace.
A coal fireplace must be used if you are planning to use or are currently using coal for heat.
If you have a working rumford style coal fireplace and the right fixtures you re set.