Price of a bag of coal?

We currently pay £210 for a tonne of household doubles in South Lanarkshire - that's £10.50 for 50kgs. We've had no indication that this will rise, although with fuel going up again I can see it coming.

Beware of cheap coal as it's often full of dross which is a false economy since you'll spend all winter freezing cold and angry that you spent a couple of hundred pounds on dross.

If you have the storage it's often a bit cheaper to buy by the tonne.

Also, if you can afford it you will do well to install a multifuel stove with back boiler. We have done this this year and the savings are very noticable. Yesterday for example we put a bucket of coal on in the morning and it was still burning when we went to bed. Compare that to what you get with your open fire and you'll see that it's well worth the investment. Last year with the open coal fire (with back boiler) we used 14 bags a fortnight in the depths of winter - I would day there were about 3 of our buckets in a bag.

In a fairly large house we have a stove that is reputed to heat 16 radiators (we have 6) and it does the heating and water with ease. It cost £3,000 for the stove and installation including having the chimney lined.

In September 2006 we were paying per 50kg. bag - £6.38 for housecoal and £6.95 for anthracite peas. Current price is £9.71 for coal and £11.55 for anthracite.

Heating and hot water cost for September 08 to August 09 was £1069.00 which is probably about the same as it would be for gas if we had it. The house is in a very exposed position 1200 feet up in the pennines.

i know this is an old thread but very interesting all the same. in the 8 years weve been at our coal fired home anthracite has gone up from £6 per bag to £16.20 this year per 50kg bag(delivered)...rip off! in the past year alone its gone up from £13 a bag...more than inflation me thinks. Now im all for supporting and buying off local businesses however im thinking of looking elsewhere and bulk buying, shame but we use 1-3 bags dependent on weather per week which adds up to a hefty fuel bill annually.:mad:

any ideas of where to bulk buy from a company who delivers in north lincs s!!!!horpe area gratefully recieved as i fear this winter may cripple us or freeze us!
thanks in advance xxxx

confuseddad wrote: »

Just bought two bags of coke. Smokless zone area and paid 12.00 per 50kg bag. Tyneside area. Good or bad??

Please PM me where from. That's £3 - £4 quid cheaper than I can get Supertherm from CPL (Coals4u now I think).

CPL are currently still on their "summer" prices. Which is to say exactly the same as last winters prices and in a call to them on Friday it is likely to go up before the end of the month

I need somewhere cheaper delivering to North Tyneside.