"Chris Bacon" wrote in message
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Dee wrote:
I have a large quantity of residual coal slack in the bottom of the coal
bunker.
Placed directly on the domestic fire it tends to put it out.
I believe that there is some simple way to bind the slack and burn it
like coal.
But does anyone know how?
I have a vague memory of something to do with small plastic bags.
But I could be wrong!!

If there's enough slack, mix it with ordinary cement at about
12:1 (the mixture should be *just* damp), and shovel it into
bags and flatten it, or leave it to set in a layer on a sheet
of stuff. Bash it gently after a week or two, and burn it.
If you've only a pail or three, use it for banking up, or
feed it piecemeal onto a good fire.

feed it piecemeal into a fire without the whole malarky you described.