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Post by 46700 on Nov 27, 2016 9:05:15 GMT
Up to recently I've gone for Homefire mixed with Anthracite. I've recently been mixing it with cut wood but have been warned that burning wood with coal creates acidic steam/smoke which can corrode the flue and anywhere it settles?! Interested in opinion there. I find the Anthracite helps keep it in during the night due to the high energy content. Wood on the other hand is best for boosting the heat quickly. Has anyone managed to keep a wood fire in overnight? Anyway, there is nothing better than doing a day's cruising in the invigorating weather, then snuggling up in front of the red glow of the stove with a glass of your favorite. Have a great winter folks. Not a boat but our house in rural France is heated with 2 "Godin" wood burning stoves 1 14kw & 1 9kw, I burn seasoned oak & keep the 9kw one in over night dependent on tempeature by loading up with several logs & topping up with the chainsaw chippings from cutting the metre length split wood to stove size pieces
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2016 20:10:09 GMT
We are currently burning Ash and elm during the daytime, still letting the fire go out overnight. If it is below 5 degrees C, then we are burning Newburn in the daytime, and will leave the stove in overnight.
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Post by larkboy on Nov 28, 2016 22:03:05 GMT
We've just taken delivery of 10 bags of anthracite and liking it so far. Had enough of the rubbish we had been burning....smelt like burning electrical insulation!
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Post by peterboat on Nov 28, 2016 22:21:41 GMT
I burnt it last year but this year its blue flame as the anthracite is shit and full of shit! which the rayburn cant cope with at all
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Post by larkboy on Nov 28, 2016 23:23:10 GMT
I burnt it last year but this year its blue flame as the anthracite is shit and full of shit! which the rayburn cant cope with at all Well, it only arrived today, so no experience of it before, but so far it does seem quite good, although it needs more air flow.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 28, 2016 23:31:51 GMT
If you are lucky and get good stuff it's very good.
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Post by larkboy on Nov 28, 2016 23:37:55 GMT
If you are lucky and get good stuff it's very good. It's CPL Welsh anthracite from logs2u.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 28, 2016 23:42:38 GMT
If it's Welsh anthracite it's probably good stuff. I wonder which pit it's from, one of the biggest drift mines that produced anthracite closed in 2014
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Post by larkboy on Nov 29, 2016 0:00:39 GMT
If it's Welsh anthracite it's probably good stuff. I wonder which pit it's from, one of the biggest drift mines that produced anthracite closed in 2014 Any tips on how to get the best out of it? As I said, never used it until today. We have an Aarrow Becton 5 and it's burning in a lovely controllable way, but it does need so much more air. I ordered the small nuts (ooooh er) to give more surface area due to it being harder to light. Don't know which pit, could email supplier and ask as I'd be interested to know.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 29, 2016 8:13:32 GMT
Had gone to bed by the time you posted that .....
I found that it needed to be kept burning moderately hard to keep it going (in the Rayburn) overnight, if you tried to close it down too tight it would go out. If it was not a very cold night would sometimes add a few ovals into the mix which helped it "slow down" as it were. It really came into it's own, for me, when it was very cold, the heat you got from it was great. I did find that sometimes I got a glassy slag which had to picked out of the grate as it wouldn't break up and drop through the riddle, but it took a few days before it built up enough to need attention (and it didn't occur with every batch)
As regards which pit ...... it was only idle curiosity ..... I just remember hearing about the drift mine closing (it was a smallish affair, privately owned with only about 20 miners) and thinking it a shame.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 8:34:49 GMT
I tried anthracite medium lumps and it left behind loads and loads of what looked like chalk in slabs. I suppose its natural and not processed therefore variable. Enough to put me off and the fact it was impossible to keep it burning steadily doesn't help. This was on my little Pelgrim dutch cooking stove which is the main heating on my barge. Attachments:
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Post by larkboy on Nov 29, 2016 13:33:15 GMT
Thanks for the info guys, most helpful.
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Post by peterboat on Nov 29, 2016 14:19:07 GMT
That was the problem with the latest batch carl said it was full of shit not been washed at all it comes from abroad and he says isnt worth the cost so he wouldnt sell it me
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 15:35:34 GMT
Sounds like a good coal man Off topic but I went for a walk down by the Thames from Limehouse to Woolwich yesterday to have a pedestrian ride on the Woolwich ferry and noticed a road called Peterboat Close SE10 which prompted me to look up the word "Peterboat". I didn't know the term before - I assumed you were called peter and had a boat (maybe you are and do ) Type of fishing boat for anyone else who didn't know en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_boat
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Post by peterboat on Nov 30, 2016 10:32:09 GMT
I am called Peter and do have 2 boats but didnt know about the real Peterboat will look at that later. I have been mixing my blueflame with some hardwood window frames that I cut up last week, together they burn really! boat is toasty to say the least. The problem is the paint I suppose no idea whats in it but the frames are at least 100 years old so it really could be anything
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