On Jan 4, 11:54 am, Ronald Raygun
wrote:
geraldthehamster wrote:
Then there's the question of fuel - where do stove users on the list
get theirs from?

Local distributors.

I suppose it would be handy to make friends with a few tree surgeons.

who will be friendlyly charging you £50 odd per dumpy bag ;)

Perhaps, but the beauty of multifuel stoves is that they don't just burn
wood. Wood gives a nice pretty effect but has a low specific heat which
means you need to feed the stove quite often.

If you want heat with less
fuss, the stuff to burn is one of the manufactured solid fuels, like
Homefire or Phurnacite, then the stove will keep going 24/7 while needing
attention only 2-3 times a day.

as you trot in and out with buckets of red hot ashes.... and hoover
the coal dust out of the carpets, and wash your hands every time you
touch it - horiible filthy dusty stuff!

IME we have to feed/tend it *more* when we burn coal based stuff.
This winter we're using coal up before an outhouse gets knocked down -
our usage of fiirelighters must have tripled through 1) extra starting
heat required 2) false starts and 3)unexpected extinguishments
requiring later relighting.

With wood :- 1/2 a firelighter *per day*

1 X Franco Belge (sp) 8kw
1 X EFEL (Foundries Lyonnaise) 10kw

MUCH prefer the latter - better built, better control

Airwash works on both when burning wood, best on latter
(don;t believe you can airwash glass doors when burning coal as needs
bottom fed air thru grate)

Jim K