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Parisno

savemoney wrote: »

I bought a large load of them in summer for £200. There not the best wood briquettes in fact they are one worse ones I have had. in 2014 for winter 2014/15 I got some different briquettes from them and they were much better but don't stock them now.

They made of of fine sawdust like most wood briquettes they not as dense as some I have tried and they easy to break up. They don't last as long either and don't like being stored near a damp wall even when not touching it.

Some of the best one's are made by Verdo you can buy small amounts and home bargains cheaper than you can in bulk and they last longer.

I made a post about them here

Thanks for that, I'll avoid them then :beer:

I currently use the Verdo to light my stove, break one into four a few sticks of kindling and away it goes, once the Verdo is nearly burnt out I'm using Excell briquettes from White Horse, plenty of heat and easily control the burn rate about one and a half hours each (5 in a pack) and very little expansion, I have also used UK Heat Logs from Aldi, these give plenty of heat, but are a bit fierce and I need to burn them on minimum air settings, expand to tripple the original size, get about 45~50 min each from these (8 in a pack).

It should be noted that my stove is a DEFRA clean-burn and so has only limited control of the secondary air, so fuel tends to burn a bit quicker than a none DEFRA stove.

savemoney

UK heats logs are quite good not quite as good as Verdo ones. Those Bio Blaze are okay not best but not worse ones. I did get some other wood briquettes in a bag from a local shop and they were small ones and they left hell of a lot of ash never see some much even more that wooden logs and they lasted with 3-4 on fire about 20 minutes. A whole 10Kg bag lasted about 5-6 hours.

Trouble I had with blaze is they quite soft and although do expand they quite brittle and break up too easily so much so I even used them to light fire using saw dust.

I put about 3 bags in a log basket which is lined and I always have lots of sawdust in bottom even with some I store in a dry place so it isn't just a damp wall that makes them soft although doesn't help.

Aspen briquettes were best I had from that firm but they dont stock them this year, they were same price and were quite white

mumf

I have been burning wood and coal since God were a lad! The best way to be sure of the right moisture content is to be a year in front. So what you buy now, you burn in one year. It works.

Parisno

mumf wrote: »

I have been burning wood and coal since God were a lad! The best way to be sure of the right moisture content is to be a year in front. So what you buy now, you burn in one year. It works.

Not an option as I only have limited storage space, I have stuck with the briquettes as they stack well occupy minimum space, are clean, give masses of heat for the same money as kiln dried and are predictable in the way they burn.

Parisno

savemoney wrote: »

Aspen briquettes were best I had from that firm but they dont stock them this year, they were same price and were quite white

The wood fuel coop have some Aspen logs, are these the ones you are talking about? (Sorry cant post links, 10 years a member and still a newbie - bit poor of me!)

mumf

Parisno wrote: »

Not an option as I only have limited storage space, I have stuck with the briquettes as they stack well occupy minimum space, are clean, give masses of heat for the same money as kiln dried and are predictable in the way they burn.

Fair play! I have never used briquettes, but if it gives enough heat for limited space, then great. I must be honest, I forget that not everyone has a large garden.

savemoney

Thanks I saw they sold them a few months back but price is more than I wanted to pay. i normall pay around £200 for a full load usually off season

Parisno wrote: »

The wood fuel coop have some Aspen logs, are these the ones you are talking about? (Sorry cant post links, 10 years a member and still a newbie - bit poor of me!)

savemoney

I used to store my seasoned logs in a garage but I prefer wood briquttes simple for the extra heat they give off plus they use less space. I have 3 racks I built and the wood briquttess take up around 30% less space

mumf wrote: »

Fair play! I have never used briquettes, but if it gives enough heat for limited space, then great. I must be honest, I forget that not everyone has a large garden.

Parisno

savemoney wrote: »

I used to store my seasoned logs in a garage but I prefer wood briquttes simple for the extra heat they give off plus they use less space. I have 3 racks I built and the wood briquttess take up around 30% less space

+1 Loads of heat, more than the Kiln dried.

thozza

Parisno wrote: »

The wood fuel coop have some Aspen logs, are these the ones you are talking about? (Sorry cant post links, 10 years a member and still a newbie - bit poor of me!)

Here they are:

http://www.woodfuel.coop/aspen-logs.html