Thursday, December 20, 2012

Coal Heating


In Poland most people heat their homes with coal, YES COAL!  We were surprised as well.  Prior to winter people purchase several tons of coal and then shovel it into their coal room.  People have coal burners in their basement and then each morning they start up the coal fire (which I hear is difficult) and several times a day add more coal to the fire. 

We got to see the process in Ilona’s basement.  Her family has a fancy coal burner so they only need to add coal once every few days but they still need to stir it several times to keep it going.  Thank you Sebastian Wolan for showing us how it all works.  He even took a picture of us with in front of the coal!       










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