Oh, that's wot that 'ole is for. I thought it was just used to look inside to see how the fire was doing. Speaking of that hole, some of the blokes at Mid-South only break up their coal small enough to get it through the firedoor. Big old chunks, but it seems to work OK so I tried it a time or two and it worked for me too. After a few minutes you can hit the chunk with a poker and it will fall apart. I still prefer the smaller chunks though. Jesse > Ermmm ... in the little hole just above floor level at the back of the > boiler? MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.