burning smokless fuel and wood

suki1964

welda wrote: »

It is from the coalman Suki, I'm really just experimenting at the moment, if it looks a goer, I'll look for larger storage capacity. I also have mains NG, so a case of weighing up one against the other?

Coals been on for an hour now, last time I felt this hot, my flameproof overalls were on fire :j

Bet you were waiting to read something else eh

ROTFLMAO:rotfl:


We dont have the NG, we are on the oil here. Before the stoves were in we were spending 50 quid a week in oil - thats prices based on two winters a go. Now we spend on average 30 quid a week in oil, solids fuel and wood - and seeing as oil is now over 50p a litre :eek:, we are saving a bundle and are warmer then we ever were with just the CH

KittyBoo_2

I've only got a woodburner at the moment but I sent for the kit to convert it and they sent the wrong kit.
I have had a delivery of smokeles fuel now.
Can I burn this in my woodburner if I put a few pieces on top of the logs.
What makes the grate in the kit so special?
Would an ordinary grate for a coal fire be suitable as I can get one of these from the ironmongers?
Still trying to master my stove so please bear with me.

w50nky

Super Hero Coalman came with my six bags of Supertherm yesterday. This dude was amazing carring these 50Kg bags accross the Siberian snowscape that was my garden just days ago.

He gave me a good tip too. Buy your fuel when the weather is dry (means summer I suppose) as if your fuel is wet you are buying a high water content fuel so get less for you hard earned. He pointed out that six bags would not quite fit in the neighbours fuel bunker when empty in summer but would do so easily in winter.
Darn! Winter price and added water.

w50nky

KittyBoo wrote: »

I've only got a woodburner at the moment but I sent for the kit to convert it and they sent the wrong kit.
I have had a delivery of smokeles fuel now.
Can I burn this in my woodburner if I put a few pieces on top of the logs.
What makes the grate in the kit so special?
Would an ordinary grate for a coal fire be suitable as I can get one of these from the ironmongers?
Still trying to master my stove so please bear with me.

Coal etc. Needs air from below the grate to draw well and allow the ash to fall into your tray. Don`t let the ash build up in your ash pan to high and come in contact with you grate or it can burn and warp it.

beanrua

suki1964 wrote: »

ROTFLMAO:rotfl:


We dont have the NG, we are on the oil here. Before the stoves were in we were spending 50 quid a week in oil - thats prices based on two winters a go. Now we spend on average 30 quid a week in oil, solids fuel and wood - and seeing as oil is now over 50p a litre :eek:, we are saving a bundle and are warmer then we ever were with just the CH

I too was spending £50 a week 2 years ago on oil which was when i decided to do something about it. So I got a stove. I buy 50 kgs bags of ecobrite - £15 a bag. If i buy 5 bags coalman delivers free. got a huge coal bunker cheap from ad in paper. The man we bought it from had it on top of two pallets to save back being broke bending and a piece of slate( flat on pallet) at door of bunker to stop coal falling thro' spaces in pallets - so I've done the same and it works a treat.
Last loaded fuel on fire at 14.00 and still nice warm glow. I use logs to give extra warmth if needed at night.

suki1964

I guess its special cos its made to fit your stove???

As already said - you need air in from the bottom to burn coal - hence the grate

You need an ashpan as well as a grate. Now on my stoves the grates are low - not much higher then the ash pan, as I suppose you need the depth for the coals without them falling onto your glass.

Dont let ash pans fill to over flowing with ash - clear daily because as w50nky says your grate will melt, buckle and crack

suki1964

beanrua wrote: »

I too was spending £50 a week 2 years ago on oil which was when i decided to do something about it. So I got a stove. I buy 50 kgs bags of ecobrite - £15 a bag. If i buy 5 bags coalman delivers free. got a huge coal bunker cheap from ad in paper. The man we bought it from had it on top of two pallets to save back being broke bending and a piece of slate( flat on pallet) at door of bunker to stop coal falling thro' spaces in pallets - so I've done the same and it works a treat.
Last loaded fuel on fire at 14.00 and still nice warm glow. I use logs to give extra warmth if needed at night.

You not my husband are you??? We too have our bunker up and tilted lololol

Mind mine is so full I just fill it from the top. Our coalman is in Cushendall and Im in Armoy and I dont want to be without when the snow makes the road impassable

Just added a good load there now (still have quarter of bucket left) as Im away to work now and want a toasty house at 10 pm when I get back

welda

Well I'm impressed, 4 hours later and coals still smouldering away, not as warm obviously, I've switched over to log mode now. I'll play around with this stuff over the weekend, signs are promising. I use the eco-fan as my yard stick, slows down when little heat is given off, handy wee bit of kit.

Suki, years ago I'm sure I passed through your town while I was heading to Rathlin Island???

:beer:

A._Badger

Reading all this makes me jealous! I'm burning around 12-13kg of smokeless a day - and that's just between about 8pm and, say, 2 am. The sad truth is, there's just no way to heat affordably today -and all the stupid politicians and the 'Green' lobby do is make it more expensive, then wring their hands when people die from hypothermia!

That was an interesting tip about buying fuel when it's dry. I try to buy as much as I can in the summer during the discount period, but there's a limit to how much I can store. Hats off to our coalmen, meanwhile: mine does a heroic job in all weathers, too.

suki1964

welda wrote: »

Well I'm impressed, 4 hours later and coals still smouldering away, not as warm obviously, I've switched over to log mode now. I'll play around with this stuff over the weekend, signs are promising. I use the eco-fan as my yard stick, slows down when little heat is given off, handy wee bit of kit.

Suki, years ago I'm sure I passed through your town while I was heading to Rathlin Island???

:beer:

You would have passed the top of my road

Im hoping my eco fan is here before Christmas. Ive ordered for my mum whos stove is in the fireplace, All the heat seems to stay stuck around there - the thermometer on the mantel will read 26, yet the one by his chair not that far away will only read 21. I swear it would make you ill sitting in there its so hot. Ive got her into putting a dish of water on top of the stove to get some moisture in the room which makes it a tad more bearable,just hope the fan will distribute the heat a lot better