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Post by kris on Sept 12, 2017 7:48:36 GMT
godlike ?
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Post by kris on Sept 12, 2017 7:49:34 GMT
Martin it's tradtional for trailer dwellers to burn traffic cones, but you don't see many of these any more. Nah, plastic leaves a bit of an aftertaste in the roast hedgehog. You put the plastic on after you've cooked the hedgehog silly.
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 12, 2017 7:55:50 GMT
The fact is none here know where the coal they buy comes from. I'm betting 90% of it is from Poland. Will there be anyone here doing a thorough investigation on this matter? Perhaps a special coal thread could be started, so we can always go back to it for reference, and to add to it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 8:05:20 GMT
Some people view gods as savours of humanity. I view 10kg bags as saviours of my back. I hate 25kg bags of coal. Therefore they are godlike. To me
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Post by kris on Sept 12, 2017 10:28:34 GMT
Some people view gods as savours of humanity. I view 10kg bags as saviours of my back. I hate 25kg bags of coal. Therefore they are godlike. To me thats fair enough, but shouldn't you use some capitals somewhere to indicate such?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 11:51:34 GMT
Some people view gods as savours of humanity. I view 10kg bags as saviours of my back. I hate 25kg bags of coal. Therefore they are godlike. To me thats fair enough, but shouldn't you use some capitals somewhere to indicate such? OK. 10kg Bags
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Post by kris on Sept 12, 2017 11:54:43 GMT
Okay now I understand
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 11:55:19 GMT
Good. Yes. I worship Bags.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 17:20:20 GMT
Excel.
Very little ash.
No smell or acrid fumes.
Stays in well, and lasts a long time.
Tried many fuels, and Excel is the best on our stove (Valor Arden).
In my experience, the cheaper the fuel, the worse it is.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 17:21:57 GMT
My neighbour burns excel. Horrid smell !! It If your neighbour smells horrid, move away from him. Rog
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 12, 2017 20:28:27 GMT
I use Burnwell from NB Alton, which stays in well. When it's very cold I mix it with either anthracite or petcoke for more heat.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2017 19:41:05 GMT
Thanks for the posts folks.
It turns out the fuel Jan ordered is excel and thus far its been great.
We add the occasional well seasoned log on the coal bed too.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2017 22:33:10 GMT
Well dried/seasoned logs. Don't listen to the hardwood/softwood rubbish. A good mix of wood is fine assuming it's moustier content is below 25%.. A cheap moisture meter will be your friend when buying. Might be worth you posting on a forum called Arbtalk, plenty of log blokes on there. Cheers, our stove installed also advised us to get a moisture meter to check our wood, I ordered one yesterday and it came today.
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Post by sandk on Sept 16, 2017 0:29:08 GMT
You're a bit stuck for this season, but my best advice would be. buy in, in the spring/summer if you have space to store. If you don't mind a bit of Labour speak to local tree surgeons. If you can collect from their work sites heat is cheap.
Talking about moisture meters, don't just take the reading off the face of the timber as gospel, any decent log merchant would split the log so that you can get a proper reading........ Can you tell I used to own a wood yard?
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 16, 2017 3:48:08 GMT
The wood we axed this June was already dry in the cratch by July. We use a lot of wood here at home, but have never considered a 'moisture meter'. I could consider getting one, though, in case I ever have a bath, you know, just to see if the water is wet enough. Martin, if you have money to burn, why not just use crumpled up banknotes?
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