Coal

bcmf

Well with winter truly here and the price of oil sky high its time to light the fire.
Whats the best price for a bag or two of coal?
I know Dave's gala in Balrothery is €7.99 for a 20kg bag.

Sparkles78

I was paying €16 last year for a 40kg bag but recently found a coalman for €13, can get you his number if you want.
Plus he calls to your house which is even better

serendip

Sparkles78 wrote: »

I was paying €16 last year for a 40kg bag but recently found a coalman for €13, can get you his number if you want.
Plus he calls to your house which is even better

Where is he based? Would you mind PM-ing me his contact details?

Thanks.

Jimdagym

Got a leafletin the door for Balbriggan fuel depot. Ordered two bags of 40kg smokeless for 16€ each. Polish and anthracite was 15€, and there was another there for 12 or 13 quid. Delivering tomorrow.

Khannie

Corr's in Balbriggan has 20KG bags very cheap. I can't remember the exact amount but I'll be calling out there in the next few days for some more. Might be as low as 6.50 a bag. I've a strong preference for the 20KG bags. Those 40KG ones are just a bit unwieldy until there's a bit gone out of them.

Khannie

7.60 a bag in Corrs. 15.20 for two bags (a total of 40KG).

Corsendonk

List of NCD Coal Merchants from Yellow Pages

Whites Agri & Coal Distributors
Ballough Lusk Co. Dublin
(01)8438521

Butterly Patk
The Cross Rush Co. Dublin
(01)8437179

Lawler Kieran Ltd
Lissenhall Swords Co. Dublin
(01)8404248

Bissett P J
5 Quay st Balbriggan Dublin
(01)8412333

Spidermany

Any recommendation for the Rush area?

Corsendonk

Spidermany wrote: »

Any recommendation for the Rush area?

Butterly Patk
The Cross Rush Co. Dublin
(01)8437179

Just next Hoares Garage, he delivers.

Spidermany

I don't know how to do thanks at the bottom of the post so thanks Corsendonk - I'd forgotten he was there.

Beasty

Spidermany wrote: »

I don't know how to do thanks at the bottom of the post

There is a thumbs-up icon in the bottom right-hand corner of each post. However this is only available when you have made a certain number of posts - I can't recall how many (possibly 15 in which case you are not quite there yet)

EDIT: Clearly a minimum of 10 posts required;)

kopkidda

Anybody know the best coal prices for the balbriggan area?

I am paying €99 for 6 bags of smokeless 40kg and 2 logs delivered

bcmf

Alan Harford down at Ballough is selling 40kg bag for €12.
His yard is opposite Countrywide on the Man'O'War road.

kopkidda

bcmf wrote: »

Alan Harford down at Ballough is selling 40kg bag for €12.
His yard is opposite Countrywide on the Man'O'War road.

Delivered?Phone number?

bcmf

kopkidda wrote: »

Delivered?Phone number?

Dont know any of the above but will find out for ya.

kopkidda

bcmf wrote: »

Dont know any of the above but will find out for ya.

Thanks,hope its smokeless

Khannie

Ugh. Got shafted by C&T's last night. Flippin' 12 euro for a 20KG bag. :mad:

bcmf

'Flippin' 12 euro for a 20KG bag'.:eek::eek:

Jaysus. Will find out from Harfords if he will deliver. Where abouts are you based?
If he doesnt and you are stuck I may throw a bag in the car and drop it to you.

Khannie

Thats really very decent of you. Thanks for the offer. I just left it late last night / didn't realise we were running out. I'm definitely going to head out to your guy before Christmas though.

Corsendonk

Why dont you just ring around get quotes and get a bulk delivery from whoever delivers. Its coal it won't go off stacked in the garden in bags and I seriously doubt we will get spring this soon!

Jimdagym

Khannie wrote: »

Ugh. Got shafted by C&T's last night. Flippin' 12 euro for a 20KG bag. :mad:

Balbriggan Fuel Depot deliverd 2 bags all the way into my bunker. No fee or grumbling. The coal is a grand burner too.

bcmf

Ok was down at Hrafords and he is indeed selling 40kgs of Polish for €12. I asked him about delivery and hmmed and hawed saying prob not worth his while for a bag or 2. I have his number if anyone wants.

Khannie

Any chance of a google maps link?

bcmf

Khannie wrote: »

Any chance of a google maps link?

I have never tried linking a Google map but will try..... Bear with me

bcmf

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=53.534824,-6.1938&spn=0.006096,0.013797&t=h&z=16

It is the yard to the right of where it says 'Oberstown'

Khannie

Legend. Thanks.

Corsendonk

No one delivering coal in Skerries these days?

PaulD77

Ive just ordered off Bissets from Balbriggan to deliver in Skerries and he said he will try and get out to me tomorrow.
€15 for 40KG bag, I ordered 2 plus a bag of slack. No idea how much he will charge for that.
Sparkles did send me a number, but it says it is out of service

chughes

I got 4 25 kilo bags of Polish coal for €38 at Whites Agri a few weeks ago. It's a drive thru so I presume they don't deliver.

Sparkles78

PaulD77 wrote: »

Ive just ordered off Bissets from Balbriggan to deliver in Skerries and he said he will try and get out to me tomorrow.
€15 for 40KG bag, I ordered 2 plus a bag of slack. No idea how much he will charge for that.
Sparkles did send me a number, but it says it is out of service

Sorry Paul, I actually got the last 2 digits mixed up:o I only realised today when my sister said the same to me. I will pm you the correct number now if thats any use.

LeoB

Pat Butterly The Cross, Rush will deliver just about anywhere
01 8437179

Hope you all got sorted.

Jimdagym

Balbriggan Fuel Depot were not delivering this week after monday (completely understandable) lucky for us some coalman knocked on the door at half 5 christmas eve :eek:. Stocked up. Said he would be around every second Saturday. Must get his name.

You never got that service during the Celtic Tiger!!

SmallBalls

Starting to get cold again so thinking about a bulk buy of coal.
Anyone know of any decent deals at the moment? Some of that
Bord Na Mona 'Black Diamond' stuff I got last year was dirt, very hard to light and
no real heat. Might pay a little extra for some good quality premium stuff this year.

sgarvan

What is the best type of coal to get and where is the best place to buy it?

I used to buy the following coal from Coors in Balbriggan for about €7.50 a bag (20kg).



I went to buy the coal recently and it is unavailable now due to Fingal being a smokeless fuel area.

The coal I got was the following and I find it doesn't give off great heat and is difficult to get going



I am burning the above in an open fire.

sin0city

LeoB wrote: »

Pat Butterly The Cross, Rush will deliver just about anywhere
01 8437179

Hope you all got sorted.

While they're bang on and will go out of their way to get to you it's €16 for a 20KG bag of Black Diamond. After finding this thread I think I'm going to have to shop around. Been paying €32 each time I get a 40kg load to fill the bunker.

Edit - Disregard please. It's €16 for 40kg delivered.

eddiem74

sin0city wrote: »

While they're bang on and will go out of their way to get to you it's €16 for a 20KG bag of Black Diamond. After finding this thread I think I'm going to have to shop around. Been paying €32 each time I get a 40kg load to fill the bunker.

Eh, I thought it was €16 for a 40KG bag not 20KG? Coalman usually delivers bigger bags, 20KG are normally what you buy when you are stuck and need to run to some local supplier/shop.

sin0city

eddiem74 wrote: »

Eh, I thought it was €16 for a 40KG bag not 20KG? Coalman usually delivers bigger bags, 20KG are normally what you buy when you are stuck and need to run to some local supplier/shop.

Doh. Sorry, you're right. I was confused between the 20kg and the 40kg. Thought you got 10kg in the shops and the coleman was delivering 20kg. But now that I think about it 10kg would be tiny.

So I can't recommend Butterly's highly enough then

richballs

sin0city wrote: »

Doh. Sorry, you're right. I was confused between the 20kg and the 40kg. Thought you got 10kg in the shops and the coleman was delivering 20kg. But now that I think about it 10kg would be tiny.

So I can't recommend Butterly's highly enough then

Hi I know this post is a bit old im new to balbriggan so wit the winter approaching was looking to stock up on Somme coal does anyone know we're the best place to get some from at a good price many tks

micraX

richballs wrote: »

Hi I know this post is a bit old im new to balbriggan so wit the winter approaching was looking to stock up on Somme coal does anyone know we're the best place to get some from at a good price many tks

Wights agri in ballough in lusk.

Khannie

micraX wrote: »

Wights agri in ballough in lusk.

How much are they charging?

mylamae

Does anybody know where in north Dublin has good prices and deals for coal

The Hill Billy

Merged.

tHB

bcmf

Not coal but there is a guy just down from the Man 'O'War pub selling airdried logs.
From Man'O'War head towards Skerries and he is just on the left hand side. The yard has a sign on the front.
Has different sizes of bags and I think he delivers.
Probably the best logs I have used. Burn fantastic. Makes the damp logs you get from shops/service stations looks like the crap they are.
He has soft wood (great for getting the stove/fire going) and hard wood for when the fire is roaring.

kennyb3

Thanks bcmf, getting a stove in shortly. Anyone got a non boiler insert or freestanding one? Any recommendations?

bcmf

kennyb3 wrote: »

Thanks bcmf, getting a stove in shortly. Anyone got a non boiler insert or freestanding one? Any recommendations?

Depends on budget and size of room you wanna heat but I got mine last year from a guy on the N2 just north M50 but not as far as Black Bull.

kennyb3

5kwh should be fine, standard living room but can throw open double doors to kitchen diner.

bcmf

kennyb3 wrote: »

5kwh should be fine, standard living room but can throw open double doors to kitchen diner.

He has 4kw or 6kw.
I got a 4 as I wasnt sure if the 6 would fit but if I were you go for the 6kw as it can take a bigger log/load plus the extra heat.