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10-18-2009, 11:40 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The end of the road Alaska
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I keep my thermostat on yellow cedar during the day - and bank it with hemlock at night.
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10-18-2009, 04:57 PM
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Dancing on the edge of survival!!
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: east coast/moving to AK!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by starlite9
About 50 and the Monitor oil stoves come on... That is when the coal burns down in the stove and I am not home to rebuild it. Otherwise, it ranges from 68 to 74 with opening the door or windows to act as a temp regulator.
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Starlite9...glad to hear of someone who burns coal!!! we have been told that the coal is no good in AK!! not hard like we're use to...now...we will be bringing our beautiful 1906 Glenwood wood/coal stove with us and hope to burn coal in dead of winter. we will be on the Kenai sooo...is delivery of coal available does anyone know??? thanks |
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10-19-2009, 11:56 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Topeka, KS
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I don't know how to light my furness so my house has been setting at 36 to 44... but it is supposed to get back in the 70's again this week so I will have to open my windows back up....  |
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10-19-2009, 11:21 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Interior alaska
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blueflames50
Starlite9...glad to hear of someone who burns coal!!! we have been told that the coal is no good in AK!! not hard like we're use to...now...we will be bringing our beautiful 1906 Glenwood wood/coal stove with us and hope to burn coal in dead of winter. we will be on the Kenai sooo...is delivery of coal available does anyone know??? thanks
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Well once you get it here, there is no place in the Kenai area to buy coal, so I will buy it from you really cheap... 
Ok, I have no idea if they sell Coal on the Kenai, but you may be able to buy it in Seward where it is shipped there by rail from Healy for overseas shipments... They may have local sales there, seems it would make sense.
Kenai doesn't get nearly as cold as the interior does, so you wouldn't need nearly as much to keep the place warm.
But if not....  |
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10-19-2009, 11:35 PM
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I am downright amazed at what I can destroy
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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Go on the beach and pick it up in buckets in Homer!
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10-20-2009, 12:01 AM
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I think I am better now :)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Arizona & Alaska
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Originally Posted by warptman
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We got it off the beach in Ninilchik...Jim's brother has been heating the fishing shacks there with 1 big hunk (chop chunks off with an axe) dragged up for the past 5 years, he may need a new one this next season. |
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10-20-2009, 09:28 AM
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Dancing on the edge of survival!!
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: east coast/moving to AK!
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Free coal just for some labor involved!! awesome!! well I am whining here guys...I caught my heel on the top stair of our stairwell and went arse over head slamming me face into the hand rail which I missed when trying to grab!!! I can barely see through swollen black eyes and have sore bruise in places I didn't know I even hit on the way down!!! So laying low with just my compute for company!!
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10-20-2009, 10:04 AM
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I am downright amazed at what I can destroy
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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Yikes!
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10-20-2009, 12:49 PM
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Dancing on the edge of survival!!
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: east coast/moving to AK!
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Quote:
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Yikes!
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yup, yikes is right....sent me brother a pic of me face....he says I don't need to get a Halloween mask now!!! haahaha...ewwwhhh it's bad...I don't even wanna look at myself in a mirror!! No broken bones thou...must be when ya go down face first it saves break'n arms and legs!!!  |
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10-20-2009, 04:30 PM
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Hey, at least I am honest LOL!
Status:
"taking life one day at a time"
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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I am curious, do you Alaskan's have air conditioning in your house?  Obviously Vegas is a way different climate as we are still running the air conditioning to keep the house at 75, but I was just wondering.  |
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