Hey all. I'm looking for some insight on coal burning stoves. A little background...I'm currently a over the road truck driver with a pregnant fiancé and 5 yr old at home. We are currently about 80% done with construction on a new house that is about 2000 sq ft. Wide open first floor with 3 bedrooms and a full bathroom upstairs. We originally planned on taking custody of a beautiful Jotul firelight model 12 wood stove to heat the house. But I have been having alot of second thoughts about using wood due to me being gone alot and leaving my pregnant fiancé to deal with tending a wood stove all day and night. It was recently brought to my attention from a family friend that coal burning stoves offer less work and burn very hot and efficiently. So I've began researching and my brain is overwhelmed lol.
I was wondering what some of your thoughts were on coal stoves and if anyone has dealt with a Harman Mark 2 stove. I think I will prefer to go with hand fed rather than a automatic stoker due to not wanting to worry about losing heat when the power goes out. I know my fiancé can handle reloading a stove every day with a little bucket and shovel rather than carrying around heavy chunks of wood. I also like that coal is easily stored and I won't have to worry about it getting wet.
I'm sure there's some pros and cons I'm missing to this so any advice or insight would be much appreciated!
I was wondering what some of your thoughts were on coal stoves and if anyone has dealt with a Harman Mark 2 stove. I think I will prefer to go with hand fed rather than a automatic stoker due to not wanting to worry about losing heat when the power goes out. I know my fiancé can handle reloading a stove every day with a little bucket and shovel rather than carrying around heavy chunks of wood. I also like that coal is easily stored and I won't have to worry about it getting wet.
I'm sure there's some pros and cons I'm missing to this so any advice or insight would be much appreciated!