My natural coal lighting setup

[Puddy]

Made a trip to Lowe's today and bought some things for lighting coals:- 12"x12" concrete paver. (kind of like [url="http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=19193-215-74051&lpage=none"]this[/url], but square)- small metal paint bucket ($3)- benzomatic pencil torch kit ($13)- flint striker ($3)Of course I don't have coals yet to light this, but I think this is the cheapest way for me to go.I live in the attic and am planning to light the coals out my window on a (metal) roof over a bay window inside the paint bucket which I will place on the paver. I think this is safe... am I crazy? It seems safer than carrying the coals up two flights of stairs, especially considering there's no door to the attic, so I just put a heavy cloth curtain on it. I'm really worried about carrying coals past the curtain. I figure the bucket is deep enough to keep any stray sparks/particles inside.

[Joseph]

Natural coals or quicklights?EDIT: LOL, I am dumb, I just read the title of your topic. Unless you somehow drop the coals that should be fine. No plan is fool proof, but it sounds like you have this better planned out than most people do.

[Puddy]

My roommates would be pretty pissed if I burned the house down, knamean?

[Joseph]

Everyone who smokes inside eventually melts/burns some of the floor

[jmexx]

Yeah, you should still cover where you smoke. When I first started smoking indoors at home, I've had so many bad experiences with the coal burning. I hope for your sake this works and keeps the holes in the floor to a minimum!

Why not use quick lights?

[Puddy]

[quote name='jmexx']Why not use quick lights?[/quote]

Don't like 'em. I'm using gunpowder Golden Coals right now. Like I said I live in an attic. I'm going to be laying the cheapest carpet I can find down, and not permanently, so whatever. I'm worried about fire more than damage.

[Joseph]

Well, unless you drop it in some flammible liquids or maybe a pile of paper and don't pick up the coal, fire shouldn't be a big worry. Always watch what your doing, and if a coal does drop and break make sure you get ALL the little burning pieces. But if a coal fall on the floor for a few seconds the place won't burst into flames.

[EvansLight]

yea still havent horribly burned my carpet yet, but burned my sisters boyfriends carpet last night dropped it on my foot first then onto the carpet.

But yea that should work out fine, just make sure you have like an oven mit on when u grab the metal bucket XD

[Skimo]

lol an oven mit? i think thats the best idea for coal lighting yet, we should all wear em, im bringin some pirate ones for the texas meet. anyways it sounds like a good idea i guess nobody really knows though untill u try it

[eyece]

I used Diamante Natural coals (man these are so good) and I went and bought a Kitchen Torch (used for like deserts) and I just use it in my bedroom. Of course, sometimes chunks fall onto my carpet, and boy does it stink, but if you have tile, i would just lite it there, sure beats standing infront of a stove for 10 minutes

[DizzyGuy]

Best torch to get is just to go to a home improvement store and buy one of the click start lighters... better than kitchen torchs IMO and really, top notch chefs use them because they work and hold up just as good as kitchen torchs. And a good idea that came from Tangiers is to go get one of those hard plastic things that you put on carpet for rolling chairs... keeps the carpet good and less chance of fire

[[LB]]

[quote name='Joseph']Everyone who smokes inside eventually melts/burns some of the floor[/quote]

my carpet floor and wood table are so charred it looks like ants had a nuclear war on them.



EDIT: the best natural coals and most efficent ones are the ones that drop down from the logs in your fireplace. If any of you have tried that you will agree with me in the fact that this method works EXTREMELY well and takes almost no work excpet for chopping wood and building a fire.

[EvansLight]

lol yea almost no work. Go out find a tree, chop down. Chop even smaller, take some and shave into kindling. Next start fire, keep stocking fire until wood is charred. Boom charcoal XD

ill stick with me quicklights, i use lazy coals for a reason XD

[ksblazer]

I purchased an electric stove top burner for like $8 and an extension cord. Now, I just set up the hookah on an old door mat along with the burner and I never have to get up or mess with tourching my coals. The mat has saved my carpet a couple times already.