[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference 7.286::home_work

Title:Home_work
Notice:Check Directory (6.3) before writing a new note
Moderator:CSLALL::NASEAM::READIO
Created:Tue Nov 05 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2100
Total number of notes:78741

1670.0. "Coal" by SMURF::DIRCE () Wed Nov 29 1995 16:08

    I didn't find this topic, so will start one.
    I moved to a house with 2 coal stoves.
    I read all the previous related notes, and they
    have been very useful.
    
    Can anyone recommend types of coal, and suppliers
    in the Nashua/Milford/Amherst area?
    
    I think we need pea size, but I am not sure. How do
    you know? The main stove is old but not antique, looks
    like something designed in the 50's.
    
    Thanks,
    
    	Dirce         
    
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name
DateLines
1670.1QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centThu Nov 30 1995 00:295
    Building #19 is selling coal (in a paper bag with a ribbon) for 10
    cents.  Great for that naughty boy or girl...  You only get a handful,
    though - you'd need several bags for a stove. :-)
    
    				Steve
1670.2HELIX::WELLCOMESteve Wellcome MRO1-1/L31 Pole HJ33Thu Nov 30 1995 12:1911
    There's a vast difference in the quality of coal.  My understanding is
    that there is a definite notion of "seniority" in the filling of coal
    orders by the companies.  The dealers who have had contracts with the
    coal companies the longest get the best treatment (or perhaps they just
    know what to ask for).  Anyway, the coal you get at a real old-time
    coal dealer, if you can find one, will most likely be of better quality
    than the coal you get at Joe's Gas and Grain Store.
    Bethlehem anthracite is supposed to be the best, I think, followed
    closely by Reading.  (All coal is identified by the mine it came out
    of.)  It may cost a bit more than coal from Joe's G & G, but it will
    burn a lot better and have fewer clinkers.
1670.3HELIX::WELLCOMESteve Wellcome MRO1-1/L31 Pole HJ33Thu Nov 30 1995 12:202
    P.S. If you want to drive that far, National Coal in Worcester, Mass.,
    is really good.
1670.4WREATH::SNIDERBecause that's the way it IS!Thu Nov 30 1995 12:488
    Don't heat w/coal any more, but when I did, I found that Draper Energy
    in Wilton was consistently the best supplier of low ash anthracite
    coal.  Prices were good also.
    
    Look in HUMANE::STOVES for all sorts of coal stove information.
    
    \Lou
    
1670.5Second for Draper20162::mapMark Parenti, Unix Engineering GroupThu Nov 30 1995 14:356
When I used coal I also had good results from Draper Energy coal. You
can get it in Milford at the Mobil station on Elm & Cottage (which is
owned by Draper Energy). Agway also had good quality low-ash coal.

Mark
    
1670.6Call: North East Coal Sales, Pelham, NHFOUNDR::SKABOExpect Nothing U never disappointedThu Nov 30 1995 15:4214
    	I just ordered my 3 ton's (of bulk $165/ton - fits into a 4x4x8 bin) 
    yesterday as I do every season (for the past 11 years) from:
    
    		North East Coal Sales
    		Pelham, NH
    		603-893-4640
    		800-540-NECS (6327)
    				
    		rice-pea-nut-stove sizes....
    
    	They have Lehigh Valley and Reading Anthracite coal in Bag or Bulk,
    and their coal is one of the BEST that I have tried.... used others
    (when I ran out, from various places by the bag) that had a MUCH higher
    ash content and many more clinkers !@#$%^&*
1670.7thanksSMURF::DIRCETue Dec 05 1995 15:316
    Thanks for your ideas. We are ordering from Draper. 
    I am very pleased with how well the stove is heating
    our house.
    
    	Dirce
    
1670.8SALEM::DODAMilk the BeatlesThu Dec 07 1995 16:315
Northeast Coal has been my supplier for 8 years now. 

No complaints and great service.

daryll