Cost of wood and smokeless fuel

LisaLou1982

Does anyone know what sort of prices i should be paying for wood and smokeless fuel for my multi fuel burner?

Weve only just moved into this house and previous owners had it installed. Ive never had one before so have no idea what is cheap and what is expensive!! A 10kg bag of smokeless in the petrol station set me back about £7

Thanks for your help in advance!!

Swipe

Firstly, do not buy from a petrol station forecourt. I pay £15 from my local coal merchant for a 50KG bag of smokeless. I've never bought wood but I believe you should be paying between £50 and £75 for a pickup truck full of seasoned wood. I suggest buying a £5 moisture meter from ebay. When you order your wood be sure to ask if it is fully seasoned and ready to burn, then when they arrive and before they unload the truck, split one or two of the logs and test the moisture content. If any read below 25% reject the load or re-negotiate on price as you were told they were fully seasoned and ready to burn.

welda

Petrol stations I would reckon are the most expensive for anything, even fuel!! 10kg @ 7 quid does sound OTT.

I have only burned wood in my M/F stove to date, however, I am going to buy a bag or two of Surefire Ovoids for over festive peroid. spec states longer burn with more heat and, I'm fortunate to have this company less than 2 mile from me http://www.fergussoncoal.co.uk/

I'm going to give them a call tomorrow for a price, have a look around their website, there maybe a similar supplier close to you?

:beer: copy and paste from their website, delivered in 25kg bags.
Surefire Ovoids - 1 tonne pallet
Manufactured economic long lasting and high heat fuel. Suitable for use on
room heaters, cookers, non gravity feed boilers and multi-fuel stoves.
Suitable for burning in smoke controlled areas.
Price includes delivery charge & VAT
Price: £352.00 / €404.80

I've been having another nose around this coal supplier website, the above price works at £8.80 for a 25kg bag, I'll be looking for a bag a tad cheaper, as I'll be picking up?

A._Badger

Prices keep going up, but even so, £7 for 10kg is an absolute rip-off! I can get 50kg (two 25kg sacks) of Newflame (which is pretty good stuff) for £20 from a local store as a cash and carry purchase and an open 50kg sack of Taybrite (also good fuel) costs less than that from my local coal merchant, delivered and emptied into my bunker!

The best advice is to contact your local coal merchant and see what he charges - they are always better bets than a garage.

Logs are enormously variable in price and quality - I buy a truckload + trailerload in the summer for about £100, but it really depends on where you live and how hard you shop.

A._Badger

welda wrote: »

e, delivered in 25kg bags.
Surefire Ovoids - 1 tonne pallet
Manufactured economic long lasting and high heat fuel. Suitable for use on
room heaters, cookers, non gravity feed boilers and multi-fuel stoves.
Suitable for burning in smoke controlled areas.
Price includes delivery charge & VAT
Price: £352.00 / €404.80

I've been having another nose around this coal supplier website, the above price works at £8.80 for a 25kg bag, I'll be looking for a bag a tad cheaper, as I'll be picking up?

That's a pretty good price! I bought my last supply at summer reduction prices and think I paid a bit more than that. Mind you, that's down here in the rip-off South.

RHYSDAD

Try and make friends with a tree surgeon. Usually a lot of wood for the price of a few beers...Mind you, you will have to season it yourself and chop it up so that's a potential pitfall of that idea. Works for me though......

wosters

I pay 7.20 for a 20kg of Taybrite from a local supplier - avoid petrol stations in future!

spinningsheep

I pay £18.00 for a 50kg sack of Newflame in Stoke on Trent. Good fuel, slumbers really well and great to mix with a log or 2 on an open fire but it creates an awful lot of fine grey ash. Way more than other smokeless fuels I have tried, but I empty my ash pan every day anyway so that is no problem. I have had my fire in for approx 14 hours now and I have had to take the front off the fire and "redisperse" the ash in the ashpan as it was touching the grate. No big deal.

suki1964

£15 for a 50kg sack of smokeless here in NI - delivered

A bucket lasts the day out - with maybe one or two logs or paper bricks this time of night

jawjawsdad

Hi Suki I am also in NI, my first stove being installed this Friday. What type of smokeless fuel are you using? I need to buy some this week.

Thanks

suki1964

jawjawsdad wrote: »

Hi Suki I am also in NI, my first stove being installed this Friday. What type of smokeless fuel are you using? I need to buy some this week.

Thanks

I get the Hi lites from O'connor fuels in Cushendall, he delivers up here on Thursdays and only charges £15 got 50kg ( which I think is good as its delivered into my bunker and Im not driving and doing the heavy lifting myself)

I like it - easy lit with a wee fire-lighter and a small amount of kindling and leaves a fine ash with no clinkers. I have a 6kw stove an a bucket will last a good 12 hours - with the addition of a few logs or paper logs come last knockings.

The one downside is its messy - really messy. Drop a piece on the carpet and you know about it, and theres a lot of dust in the bottom of your bunker

We also have anthracite which I use if I want to keep the fire in while Im at work, I get my smokeless glowing, then cover in a layer of that and shut the stove down - 6 hours later, open it up and I have a good fire again

Its a question of trial and error and each stove is different, this is what works here for me.