Seems like a good deal on coal....

insullation · 23-09-2016 01:05PM

Is this thread about cheap coal or a discussion on trolleys.....

mikeecho · 23-09-2016 01:27PM

insullation wrote: »

Is this thread about cheap coal or a discussion on trolleys.....

Trolleys

Kat1170 · 23-09-2016 02:07PM

insullation wrote: »

Is this thread about cheap coal or a discussion on trolleys.....

The bargain alert part of the thread was over on the first page, (most) people however like to help each other. Thread Nazis have ruined enough BA threads, kindly don't send this one the same way

Shefwedfan · 23-09-2016 07:13PM

insullation wrote: »

Is this thread about cheap coal or a discussion on trolleys.....

I was talking to Kosy King earlier and the Kosy Glo Ovoids are reduced if anyone interested....

homingbird · 23-09-2016 07:26PM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

I was talking to Kosy King earlier and the Kosy Glo Ovoids are reduced if anyone interested....

Its £280 plus £20 delivery what ever that is in euro but has anybody here bought it & is it anygood.

bigroad · 23-09-2016 10:07PM

Today just got 25 bags of ovoids 1 ton delivered for 340 euro and that was next day from coal warehouse .That works per 40k bag at 13.60 euro and as far as i know they are 20 euro local.

reubenreuben · 23-09-2016 10:26PM

bigroad wrote: »

Today just got 25 bags of ovoids 1 ton delivered for 340 euro and that was next day from coal warehouse .That works per 40k bag at 13.60 euro and as far as i know they are 20 euro local.

Good price, last year it was about 30-40 euro more

bigroad · 23-09-2016 10:32PM

Fair play to the north business people they will cut the price with the change in sterling but you can be sure down south you will see no change,and the funny thing is most of the coal depots down here are supplied from the north.

beertons · 24-09-2016 06:42PM

Ordered another pallet for a friend yesterday. Asked for it to be delivered next Friday, as he has the day off and can collect it from my house.

I should really just give them the pho e numbers, and make the calls themselves. Next time, I'm out.

reubenreuben · 24-09-2016 07:00PM

bigroad wrote: »

Fair play to the north business people they will cut the price with the change in sterling but you can be sure down south you will see no change,and the funny thing is most of the coal depots down here are supplied from the north.

If thats true, then we should be seeing prices drop here. I havent seen any lower prices though. Zilch

Mandzhalas · 25-09-2016 01:23PM

Just sharing my opinion on ovoids. I am running small stove in sitting room. For past few years I was running it on cheap coal like black Diamond and such. Heat was always unreal. Downside of cheap coal is that it is very smokey, therefore I have to clean my chimney twice in a year. Massive amount if sooth.

This year I have tought that I will do something different and order ovoids. It's smokeless therefore should not block chimney as quick. Allot people said that heat produced by ovoids is equivalent or even higher than coal. Couple of years ago I tried few bags ovoids but was massively disappointed by heat produced. I ordered full pallet of ovoids from cosyking and gave it a test drive yesterday.
It was humid,rainy day, 15 degrees Celsius. It was not that hard to get ovoids going some people here suggested. It took 3 hours for them to fully burn. Sadly heat produced is nowhere near to that of Black Diamond. I would say it is only half as hot as coal. Needless to say it is the last time I have bought ovoids.
Will try mixing with coal just to make room warm enough for living during winter

Tzardine · 25-09-2016 01:37PM

I had the same issues when I first moved from polish coal to ovoids.

Polish coal is like petrol, it catches on fire very easily and gives off a great output. I could not get the smokeless to burn right for a while. There is a bit of a learning curve with regards to getting the air controls right.

Once you get it right though, the smokeless will give off a tonne of heat and burn a lot longer.

Do you have the manual for your stove ? They will tell you the correct way to burn the different coals and what you need to be doing to get the best out of it.

Discodog · 25-09-2016 01:50PM

Mandzhalas wrote: »

Just sharing my opinion on ovoids. I am running small stove in sitting room. For past few years I was running it on cheap coal like black Diamond and such. Heat was always unreal. Downside of cheap coal is that it is very smokey, therefore I have to clean my chimney twice in a year. Massive amount if sooth.

This year I have tought that I will do something different and order ovoids. It's smokeless therefore should not block chimney as quick. Allot people said that heat produced by ovoids is equivalent or even higher than coal. Couple of years ago I tried few bags ovoids but was massively disappointed by heat produced. I ordered full pallet of ovoids from cosyking and gave it a test drive yesterday.
It was humid,rainy day, 15 degrees Celsius. It was not that hard to get ovoids going some people here suggested. It took 3 hours for them to fully burn. Sadly heat produced is nowhere near to that of Black Diamond. I would say it is only half as hot as coal. Needless to say it is the last time I have bought ovoids.
Will try mixing with coal just to make room warm enough for living during winter

Interesting post especially as I am going to be ordering Ovoids. I use Ecobrite & love it. All the other posters have raved about Ovoids & rated them even better than Ecobrite. Are you sure that you are using them correctly ? I get mine well alight & then back of the bottom air but not completely. Ecobrite gives off plenty of heat. Any more & I would be concerned about damaging the stove.

Remember that flame isn't heat. You need to get the smokeless glowing with no flame. A flame means that there is too much air

taytobreath · 25-09-2016 04:30PM

yea u need to get the right amount of draught for the ovoids, I give it full draught for the 1st hour and then when its nearly fully glowing i turn it down, I have marked my stanley draught spinner and the main body of the door with a permanent marker and this tells me whats the best position to turn it down for optimum results. It took me a few weeks to get it right. Now I easily get 8 hours of good heat from about 4 shovels

Rock Paper Scissors · 25-09-2016 05:55PM

I have a Stanley stove and tried every type of coal there is when I first got the stove.

I will be sticking with ovoids

Great heat, low ash and burn for ages.

I bought a tonne of ovoids from coal warehouse last year and they are superb.

Discodog · 25-09-2016 06:31PM

My only reservation is getting a definite delivery date as I will need to be here & hoping that we can get the pallet to the end of my short drive.

Aquos76 · 25-09-2016 09:21PM

bigroad wrote: »

Today just got 25 bags of ovoids 1 ton delivered for 340 euro and that was next day from coal warehouse .That works per 40k bag at 13.60 euro and as far as i know they are 20 euro local.

Where did you get them from, was it from kosyking and paying in £ instead of €, because on xe currently £300 is currently €346 and banks or credit card companies certainly don't match that rate. And I know that the rate today is higher that it has been for the last week

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EDIT:
Oops, scrap that, just saw you got them from coal island, thats the coal warehouse on Facebook, is it?, so are they the cheapest then, they'd be €360 for me then as I am in Waterford.

bigroad · 25-09-2016 09:51PM

From Coalwarehouse 280 euro for the coal and 60 euro transport with Liam Connolly transport to the Southeast.
I think that the coal price might go up a bit in October .

Aquos76 · 25-09-2016 09:54PM

bigroad wrote: »

From Coalwarehouse 280 euro for the coal and 60 euro transport with Liam Connolly transport to the Southeast.
I think that the coal price might go up a bit in October .

Thanks for that, will look in to them now, Do you know if its the same ovoids that Kosy King are selling?

bigroad · 25-09-2016 10:56PM

Never used any before so i am not sure.

reubenreuben · 26-09-2016 10:32AM

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

I have a Stanley stove and tried every type of coal there is when I first got the stove.

I will be sticking with ovoids

Great heat, low ash and burn for ages.

I bought a tonne of ovoids from coal warehouse last year and they are superb.

Have to agree. I bought polish coal and ovoids last time. The coal gave
out loads of heat but didnt last long and left a lot of ash. The ovoids give out not as much heat but more than enough,hardly any ash and last a long time. Turm the air controls to very low and you get the orange glow that lasts for hours
Its the ovoids only for me for my next order.
From what I have read about stoves in general, you are not supposed to use coal by itself anyhow, and if you do then use small amounts as the heat is too intense for the grate. The result will be warped grate.

Discodog · 26-09-2016 10:50AM

bigroad wrote: »

From Coalwarehouse 280 euro for the coal and 60 euro transport with Liam Connolly transport to the Southeast.
I think that the coal price might go up a bit in October .

I thought that Kozy only quoted around €20 for transport.

2forjoy · 26-09-2016 07:24PM

kozyking are £19.95 for a pallet and liam connolly is 60 euro roughly

Aquos76 · 26-09-2016 07:38PM

Discodog wrote: »

I thought that Kozy only quoted around €20 for transport.

Yes but coal island charge €280 for a ton, where as kosy king is £280 so even with the more expensive delivery coal island work out cheaper.

chubbs2011 · 27-09-2016 08:41AM

Got a delivery of 1 ton of smokeless country blend for an insert stove from KosyKing for €334 which includes the delivery. Only ordered yesterday and delivered just now. Very happy with the service and much handier than ordering with coal warehouse.

Tzardine · 27-09-2016 09:23AM

chubbs2011 wrote: »

Got a delivery of 1 ton of smokeless country blend for an insert stove from KosyKing for €334 which includes the delivery. Only ordered yesterday and delivered just now. Very happy with the service and much handier than ordering with coal warehouse.

Yeah that's why I went with them too. No messing about organising couriers.

I was very happy with their service.

Discodog · 27-09-2016 12:52PM

What kind of delivery vehicle did Kosy use? Did they have a tail lift & pallet truck?

Does anyone know the name of their courier?

Tzardine · 27-09-2016 01:04PM

Discodog wrote: »

What kind of delivery vehicle did Kosy use? Did they have a tail lift & pallet truck?

Does anyone know the name of their courier?

It depends on the area. But they guy that came to me in Kidare came in a large curtain side, rigid truck, with a tail lift and electric pallet truck.

reubenreuben · 27-09-2016 02:08PM

chubbs2011 wrote: »

Got a delivery of 1 ton of smokeless country blend for an insert stove from KosyKing for €334 which includes the delivery. Only ordered yesterday and delivered just now. Very happy with the service and much handier than ordering with coal warehouse.

Just checked but the country blend are not all ovoids. It is a mix of ovoids and lignite it looks like from the picture. I think coal warehouse is still cheaper than koskyking for ovoids. Not that much in it though.

Discodog · 27-09-2016 05:04PM

reubenreuben wrote: »

Just checked but the country blend are not all ovoids. It is a mix of ovoids and lignite it looks like from the picture. I think coal warehouse is still cheaper than koskyking for ovoids. Not that much in it though.

I much prefer the Kosyking system of not needing to arrange the courier separately. Maybe we should find out who they use & see if they would do Boards deal to deliver from Coal warehouse - get the best of both worlds.

Seems like a good deal on coal....

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