Show Horne Home Heating eat ilg I I- I 4 By John John Barclay Y UIrL 1 I U t. t Heating Healing Expert pert Bank BaJik Fire Only With Fresh Coal- Coal Never Smother It With Ashes or Cinders THERE pHERE HERE is no mystery about J- J how to bank a fire for the night Id I'd like to give you the easiest simplest method I know of ot so that you will have no trouble getting abundant heat in the morning To make room for fresh coal shake the grates gently until you see the first red glow in the ash ash- pit piti Then pull the live coals toward the front using a shovel or a hoe so that the bed slopes downward from the edge of the to the back Shovel fresh coal into the hollow being careful to leave a spot of live coals ex ex- exposed exposed exposed posed in front to act as a hot hotspot hotspot hotspot spot in igniting the gases given off oil by the fresh coal preventing puffs and explosions Allow sufficient time for these gases to be exhausted before banking the fire When this is done close the damper open the check damper leaving the turn damper as nearly closed as possible Never leave the fire- fire door open after the fire is banked for the night Service |