Coal used in multi fuel stove

smcqis

I live outside Belfast, in small village about 20miles from the City, i dont think my law i would be in a smokeless zone just wondering if it would do any harm to my stove, as getting it put in shortly and want to stock up

suki1964

smcqis wrote: »

I live outside Belfast, in small village about 20miles from the City, i dont think my law i would be in a smokeless zone just wondering if it would do any harm to my stove, as getting it put in shortly and want to stock up

Household coal Im lead to believe makes for a lot of soot in a stove which will mean what you save on coal you will be paying out for sweeping

smcqis

suki1964 wrote: »

Household coal Im lead to believe makes for a lot of soot in a stove which will mean what you save on coal you will be paying out for sweeping

so what type of coal do you suggest?

highrisklowreturn

She means you use smokeless. 'Household' merely means old fashioned coal. Depending on the type of smokeless you buy, you generally won't be dealing with a fuel type any where near as sooty as household. High quality anthracite such as Esse A, a commonly stocked smokeless coal, is almost clean to the touch for example.

Lagopus

Be careful if you burn housecoal on a stove, if you put a load onto a hot fire and then close it down the build up of coal gas can cause an explosion. A friend of mine had the lid of his Clearview blown off when he did this!

I use Stoveheat or Pureheat - £56.10 for 150kg 3 weeks ago.

smcqis

what would be the best coal for our stove from this list...in your opinion

http://www.cappertrading.com/pages/viewdetails.asp?ID=4&Item=43

highrisklowreturn

Standard anthracite.

smcqis

http://www.cappertrading.com/pages/viewdetails.asp?ID=4&Item=42 sorry i put wrong link

suki1964

I would start with the eco brite till you get used to your stove. Anthracite can be a mare to get lit and burning well

A._Badger

suki1964 wrote: »

I would start with the eco brite till you get used to your stove. Anthracite can be a mare to get lit and burning well

Seconded! Another problem with anthracite is that, being a mined as opposed to a manufactured product, it can vary in quality quite widely from batch to batch.