Can you burn turf in woodburning stove?

YourAverageJoe

Can you burn turf in woodburning stove or should you use a multi-fuel stove?

chprt

yes you can I got one put in over the summer turf works a treat.


paddy

Mike2006

I can second that.
You can also burn briquettes as well.

Mike.

mickdw

Not a wood pellet stove though

Mellor

A wood burnign stove burns wood pellets only.

A stove that burn wooden logs is a multi-fuel stove and can burn turf, logs, brickettes, pellets etc

Mike2006

Mellor,

Thats not quite correct:

A wood burning stove will burn logs, turf and briquettes.

A wood PELLET stove will burn pellets only.

Mike.

YourAverageJoe

So what is the advantage of a multi-fuel stove, being able to burn coal?

chprt

AFAIK


you shouldnt burn coal in them the heat might crack the glass... also if you just use wood n turf the ashes are great for compost, burning coal will make the ashes too acidic an therefore not good for composting


paddy

RKQ

YourAverageJoe wrote: »

So what is the advantage of a multi-fuel stove, being able to burn coal?

A multi-flue stove has a grate and firebox that is designed to cope with the high temperatures of coal burning.

A Wood burning stove burns wood - logs.
Check with manufacturer if turf & briquettes are ok. Turf seems similiar to wood.
If you burn coal in a woodburner stove you will wear out the stove very quickly.

A Wood Pellet stove will burn wood pellets only. Logs wouldn't really fit into it.

On the Continent & Scandinavia, stoves tend to be Woodburner Stoves. Multi-fuel seems more popular in Ireland & UK.

reilig

We currently burn wood pellets in our old mulit-fuel stove. There are several companies selling pellet baskets to hold the pellets in the grate - we made one out of expanding metal. Its very handy. 1/4 of a firelighter will have it blazing in 5 minutes and a couple of handfuls will burn for 3 hours. Cheap and convenient if you're out at work all day and just like a fire for an hour or 2 before you go to bed. A 15kg bag for €3 will burn for twice as long as a bale of BNM Briquettes for €3.

YourAverageJoe

i checked some of the wood burning stoves and they say wood only, no peat.

heinbloed

Cellulose can be burned in stoves designed to do so.
Coal isn't cellulose.
Many stoves designed to take wood or turf are certainly not suitable for coal.
Check the manual.
The thermal energy developed with coal fuel, when compared with timber fuel burned in the same stove, is much higher. Steel kilns use coal to melt the iron, not exactly what should happen with the stove.....
To keep this risk at bay most multi-fuel/coal stoves are lined with schamotte-liner, a clay-based brick. To insulate the steel/cast iron shell from temperatures too high.
But the presence of schamotte liner (this insulating brick-type of clay) in the burning chamber does not automatically make coal a safe fuel to be used.
Check the manual, contact the manufacturer.

Mellor

Mike2006 wrote: »

Mellor,

Thats not quite correct:

A wood burning stove will burn logs, turf and briquettes.

A wood PELLET stove will burn pellets only.

Mike.

Sorry you right, I meant to say wood pellet stove verses multi-fuel.

I know that some stoves handle coal, which separates them from wood burners. But I'd never ever assume a stove sold as multi-fuel does so.

Going on name alone, I consider wood-burning to be the same as multifuel (ie they both burn logs, pellets, sawdust waste blosks, turf, brickettes) until I read the manual and see coal mentioned.

ei.sdraob

Yes they can burn turf but best doublecheck with supplier of course

under no circumstances burn coal tho in some of these! or bye bye stove

JuniorB

For glass fronted stoves in particular the turf needs to be of decent quality - same as the wood I guess, as low moisture content as possible. This means it will burn hotter and create less ash. If not you may get a staining on the glass. A trick to remove this 'staining' is to use ash on a cloth to clean it.

imitation

The way it was explained to me was that different things burn at different temperatures, coal being one of the highest. I dont know how turf rates though. I think though if you burn coal in a wood only stove you risk overheating the stove, causing cracking and warping (or melting as descibed to me by one guy, maybe a bit over dramatic though !) etc. Its logical when you think that coal was traditionally burned in less efficient fireplaces and stoves, in a more modern stove its going to get alot warmer.

Best thing to do is ask the manufacturer if possible.

Hudai1

If you want to burn turf, get a stove with a large ash pan, turf creates a lot of ashes...

893bet

Your third post in 5 years to bump a 5 year old thread.

Lurking!