Show Home borne Heating eato g gA A- A By John Barclay n ii t ts hS I Heating Expert Poking Fire Bed From Above Forms Clinkers Smothers Fire Wastes Fuel HILE WHILE a poker frequently is isa isa a handy implement to use on ona ona ona a furnace let me caution you against using it for the purpose of agitating the fire-bed fire from above I That results in a lot of trouble for you and for your furnace Stirring the fire the the- fire through the fur fur- furnace furnace furnace nace door opening only mixes ashes with the live coals creat creat- creating 1 ing clinkers As you know clink clink- clinkers clinkers clinkers ers choke a fire and prevent the coal from burning freely and com com- Also they clog the grates making it difficult to shake the fire properly Owing to the odd size and shape of lumps of coal at the point that thatis is poked from above the fuel-bed fuel becomes packed and this pack pack- packing packing ing prevents the free passage of air thus forming clinkers Clink Clink- Clinkers Clinkers ers formed this way however cause less trouble for ordinarily they can be broken up and dropped into the by gently shaking the the- grates Service |