Seems like a good deal on coal....

OmegaGene · 17-01-2019 12:03pm

monkeybutter wrote: »

so 20kg of coal 20kg of briquettes and 20kg of timber

All depends on KW of the stove

I use 3 briquettes and two or three logs, my stove is small but it heats the whole house, I’m saving a fortune compared to the open fire we had

clfy39tzve8njq · 17-01-2019 9:24pm

OmegaGene wrote:

Yes, combined with a few rekord coal briquettes and a few blocks of timber, Iâ€™m saving a fortune over an open fire

Don't know how you manage it but fair play. Takes me two bags of coal a week plus timber to heat my house. In fact when I add it all up I may as well burn oil.

DubInTheWest · 17-01-2019 9:40pm

Lukas Red Mortal wrote: »

Don't know how you manage it but fair play. Takes me two bags of coal a week plus timber to heat my house. In fact when I add it all up I may as well burn oil.

Kinda similar but I find the solid fuel gives out tons more heat than the oil. Maybe it is only my situation but when I moved into the house, the range I have was an oil range. I'd have it on for 4 hours and honestly it would only take the chill out of the air on a really cold night. I then found out, the range used to be solid fuel and it was converted to oil. I paid 500 euro to get it changed back to solid fuel. Obviously the hassle is terrible, flicking a switch with the oil to having to light the range and look after it, but the heat with the solid fuel was 5 fold over the oil. I wish I didn't have to light fires each day but for the heat it's worth it, for me anyway.

my3cents · 17-01-2019 9:47pm

DubInTheWest wrote: »

Kinda similar but I find the solid fuel gives out tons more heat than the oil. Maybe it is only my situation but when I moved into the house, the range I have was an oil range. I'd have it on for 4 hours and honestly it would only take the chill out of the air on a really cold night. I then found out, the range used to be solid fuel and it was converted to oil. I paid 500 euro to get it changed back to solid fuel. Obviously the hassle is terrible, flicking a switch with the oil to having to light the range and look after it, but the heat with the solid fuel was 5 fold over the oil. I wish I didn't have to light fires each day but for the heat it's worth it, for me anyway.

You can call me mad but I think you get a different type of heat with solid fuel. I know that sounds stupid but in the room with the stove I always feel its warmer because the air is much drier.

Roen · 17-01-2019 10:34pm

The heat seems exceptionally dry from stoves. Often used to see saucers of water near them years ago.

I'd love to be rich enough to find out if those Tulikivi 4 tonne monstrosities are as good as they say they are with radiant heat.

my3cents · 17-01-2019 10:39pm

Roen wrote: »

The heat seems exceptionally dry from stoves. Often used to see saucers of water near them years ago.

I'd love to be rich enough to find out if those Tulikivi 4 tonne monstrosities are as good as they say they are with radiant heat.

Had to google Tulikivi - glad I did interesting stoves.

Roen · 17-01-2019 11:36pm

The big ones are something else alright. Load em up once and then come back 24hrs later.

Cape Clear · 10-02-2019 9:09pm

What does Brexit mean for coal prices?

OmegaGene · 10-02-2019 9:12pm

Cape Clear wrote: »

What does Brexit mean for coal prices?

Where does your coal come from ?

Cape Clear · 11-02-2019 10:09am

OmegaGene wrote: »

Where does your coal come from ?

From coal ware house for the last two or three years.

OmegaGene · 11-02-2019 10:13am

Cape Clear wrote: »

From coal ware house for the last two or three years.

Ah you could get shafted then, all depends on the deal that’s struck between the U.K. and the Eu

Roen · 11-02-2019 11:31am

I think coal is going to be subject to carbon tax shortly enough anyway.

Apart from that, I've never known any political change to really result in prices falling for long, they usually go up unfortunately.

bigron2109 · 13-02-2019 12:19pm

From the Coal warehouse

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&#55357;&#56485;We are introducing our new product on Monday 18th February:
Masterheat will be available in 20kg and 40kg bags. It is a blend of smokeless Ovoids and Columbian Doubles suitable for both stoves and open fires at a brilliant price of €250 per tonne.&#55357;&#56485;

We have found that a lot of our customers have grouped together when ordering to get better deals on their coal and more importantly better deals on their transport which can result in being up to €30 per tonne cheaper.

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▪️ Slack - €130 per tonne
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▪️ Doubles - €200 per tonne
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▪️ Black Diamond - €240 per tonne
▪️ Columbian Doubles - €240 per tonne
▪️ Columbian Coal - €260 per tonne
▪️ Masterheat - €250 per tonne
▪️ Union Nuggets - €250 per tonne
▪️ Countryblend - €300 per tonne
▪️ Clearflame - €300 per tonne
▪️ Ovoids - €300 per tonne

&#55357;&#57000;PLEASE REMEMBER NO-ONE KNOWS WHAT BREXIT HAS IN STORE FOR US...ORDER EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT&#55357;&#57000;

13-02-2019 1:52pm

I can tell you now Brexit will have no effect on us !

physioman · 22-02-2019 8:02pm

Has anyone ever bought the 20kg coal in dealz for 6 euro. Not smokeless. Good price

OmegaGene · 23-02-2019 9:58am

physioman wrote: »

Has anyone ever bought the 20kg coal in dealz for 6 euro. Not smokeless. Good price

It’s only a good price if it’s any good, local place here sells 20kg of household coal and it’s pure muck like painted stones, feck all heat and the stove is full of crap the next day, it sounds crazy but pay extra for decent stuff and you will save money in the long run

OmegaGene · 23-02-2019 12:08pm

Md O’Shea’s have a sale on tomorrow 4 bags of supertherm ovoids for €68 which is good value and ten bales of peat briquettes for €40

https://www.mdoshea.ie/sale

BorneTobyWilde · 23-02-2019 2:21pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Md O’Shea’s have a sale on tomorrow 4 bags of supertherm ovoids for €68 which is good value and ten bales of peat briquettes for €40

https://www.mdoshea.ie/sale

4 bags of 10 kg at 68 is 17 a bag for 10 kg of Ovoids.

20KG bag of Ovoids I got this year worked out at 7.40 a bag for a 20kg bag, which was up from last year which worked out at 6.30 euro a bag.

17 euro for 10 KG of Ovoids is far too much

OmegaGene · 23-02-2019 2:23pm

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

4 bags of 10 kg at 68 is 17 a bag for 10 kg of Ovoids.

20KG bag of Ovoids I got this year worked out at 7.40 a bag for a 20kg bag, which was up from last year which worked out at 6.30 euro a bag.

17 euro for 10 KG of Ovoids is far too much

Supertherm are 40kg bags

BorneTobyWilde · 23-02-2019 3:35pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Supertherm are 40kg bags

I dunno how I read that wrong, 8.50 per 20kg, yea acceptable price retail wise.

OmegaGene · 23-02-2019 4:01pm

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

I dunno how I read that wrong, 8.50 per 20kg, yea acceptable price retail wise.

Local co op is €21 last time I looked and it’s €19 at a fuel merchant I use in cork so it’s a small saving, supertherm really is good stuff there is a red hot glow and nothing left on the grate in the stove the next day, a 40kg bag lasts me a few weeks combined with wood

jc77 · 23-02-2019 11:28pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Local co op is €21 last time I looked and it’s €19 at a fuel merchant I use in cork so it’s a small saving, supertherm really is good stuff there is a red hot glow and nothing left on the grate in the stove the next day, a 40kg bag lasts me a few weeks combined with wood

Supertherm at my local co-op are €19.99 per 40kg bag, 2 for €38.

OmegaGene wrote: »

Md O’Shea’s have a sale on tomorrow ... ten bales of peat briquettes for €40

https://www.mdoshea.ie/sale

Can get the BNM peat briquettes for €3.99 per bale in Aldi

OmegaGene · 23-02-2019 11:45pm

jc77 wrote: »

Supertherm at my local co-op are €19.99 per 40kg bag, 2 for €38.

Can get the BNM peat briquettes for €3.99 per bale in Aldi

Well done, I got my supertherm for €16 a bag in mitchelstown because I bought a few bags I can’t stand those crap briquettes I prefer rekord much better 25kg bale for €9

mikeecho · 27-02-2019 8:21pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Well done, I got my supertherm for €16 a bag in mitchelstown because I bought a few bags I can’t stand those crap briquettes I prefer rekord much better 25kg bale for €9

Where do you get the rekord briquettes.. I can't find any supplier in cork

OmegaGene · 28-02-2019 10:48am

mikeecho wrote: »

Where do you get the rekord briquettes.. I can't find any supplier in cork

Star fuels in mitchelstown have them, they had five pallets a few weeks back and that’s the last of them, it’s a shame they are great in the stoves

monkeybutter · 28-02-2019 12:34pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Well done, I got my supertherm for €16 a bag in mitchelstown because I bought a few bags I can’t stand those crap briquettes I prefer rekord much better 25kg bale for €9

its 25kg (2 bales) of BM Briquettes for 8 euro in Aldi, nowt wrong with them, they burn brilliantly

The rekord ones aren't the same thing, just brown coal

OmegaGene · 28-02-2019 12:39pm

monkeybutter wrote: »

its 25kg (2 bales) of BM Briquettes for 8 euro in Aldi, nowt wrong with them, they burn brilliantly

The rekord ones aren't the same thing, just brown coal

3 rekord briquettes (coal briquettes as they are also known)burn for 4-6 hours in my stove, they are totally different to bm briquettes which in my opinion are useless there’s no heat and they just collapse to dust, rekord only for me but each to their own

judgefoozle · 28-02-2019 1:12pm

Anyone around east Galway / Kilconly area, there's a shop in the village doing a decent deal:

2x 20kg ovoids
1x bnm briquette bale
1x bag of good kindling

For 25euro

I bought a bag of the coal to try and it's as good as what I got from easyglow.

I figure you could pay around 8 for the briquettes and kindling - so it's working out about 8.50 per 20kg bag.

No connection to the shop other than it being local to me.

monkeybutter · 28-02-2019 1:13pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

3 rekord briquettes (coal briquettes as they are also known)burn for 4-6 hours in my stove, they are totally different to bm briquettes which in my opinion are useless there’s no heat and they just collapse to dust, rekord only for me but each to their own

How many briquettes in a bale?

I find BM great, great for starting the fire with a bit of kindling on top of a bed of coal, lasts the night then

They are a fairly popular product, if they just turned to dust they wouldn't be.

A wood fire with a few briquettes gives me the best heat output of any burn.

OmegaGene · 28-02-2019 1:25pm

monkeybutter wrote: »

How many briquettes in a bale?

I find BM great, great for starting the fire with a bit of kindling on top of a bed of coal, lasts the night then

They are a fairly popular product, if they just turned to dust they wouldn't be.

A wood fire with a few briquettes gives me the best heat output of any burn.

There’s no comparison between the two, the regular turf briquettes last 1-2 hours and they are popular for people that like convenience and they are clean and relatively cheap, grand for elderly people too my mother in law uses them and firepacks all the time.
Three briquettes to start my stove in the morning then a few supertherm ovoids around midday say a dozen and a block or or two in the evening and my stove keeps the house warm fairly cheap

Everybody is different some people like flame, I just want pure heat

OmegaGene · 28-02-2019 1:55pm

44 biriquttes in a bale of rekord

clfy39tzve8njq · 28-02-2019 2:45pm

OmegaGene wrote:

44 biriquttes in a bale of rekord

How much is a bale of those

BorneTobyWilde · 28-02-2019 3:01pm

Might be worth import 28 tons of Rekords. What would issues be with going that?

OmegaGene · 28-02-2019 3:17pm

Lukas Red Mortal wrote: »

How much is a bale of those

€9 a bale for bulk buying or €11 a single bale
I was told they aren’t making these anymore so they will be near impossible to get

vectra · 28-02-2019 3:57pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

€9 a bale for bulk buying or €11 a single bale
I was told they aren’t making these anymore so they will be near impossible to get

Often meant to ask you,
Have you ever tried the Smokeless singles from Mill Fuels in Rathcormac?
I tried these several months back and find them great mixed with the Supertherm from Dairygold

Normally I would light the fire with firelighter/kindling and maybe a dozen or so lumps of ovoids,
after maybe an hour I would spread the glowing ovoids and throw a few shovels of singles on top, topped with maybe another dozen or so ovoids ( around 7 pm )
Fire would be still glowing and pump spinning at 2 am.
Fantastic heat.

OmegaGene · 28-02-2019 4:21pm

vectra wrote: »

Often meant to ask you,
Have you ever tried the Smokeless singles from Mill Fuels in Rathcormac?
I tried these several months back and find them great mixed with the Supertherm from Dairygold

Normally I would light the fire with firelighter/kindling and maybe a dozen or so lumps of ovoids,
after maybe an hour I would spread the glowing ovoids and throw a few shovels of singles on top, topped with maybe another dozen or so ovoids ( around 7 pm )
Fire would be still glowing and pump spinning at 2 am.
Fantastic heat.

I bought coal from there once and didn’t think much of it, it demented painted stones if I’m honest and he was charging €2 a bag to deliver in the village last I heard so I will stick to the boys at star fuels they deliver to me and fill the bunker and the wood is perfect can’t fault them.

Cape Clear · 28-02-2019 4:53pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

€9 a bale for bulk buying or €11 a single bale
I was told they aren’t making these anymore so they will be near impossible to get

How many bales would you have to buy to get them at €9 each?

Tinder Surprise · 28-02-2019 5:09pm

Coal Warehouse still worth using for a tonne of ovoids to Dublin?

DubInTheWest · 28-02-2019 8:57pm

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

Coal Warehouse still worth using for a tonne of ovoids to Dublin?

I'd say if you can get them from CW and get the guy to put the pallet where you want it, then fine order from them but if you have to lug 40kg or 25kg bags around and kill yourself, I'd say if you look around you'll find them priced nearly the same somewhere.

I bought a few tons from the CW but the delivery drivers were pretty bad apart from one guy who could drive his truck so I looked around and found them priced 10 or 15 quid in the difference and the chap delivers and unloads them for me.

The CW used to be good value, I don't find them any use these days.

pm. · 01-03-2019 1:04am

DubInTheWest wrote: »

I'd say if you can get them from CW and get the guy to put the pallet where you want it, then fine order from them but if you have to lug 40kg or 25kg bags around and kill yourself, I'd say if you look around you'll find them priced nearly the same somewhere.

I bought a few tons from the CW but the delivery drivers were pretty bad apart from one guy who could drive his truck so I looked around and found them priced 10 or 15 quid in the difference and the chap delivers and unloads them for me.

The CW used to be good value, I don't find them any use these days.

Have to agree price increase in coal and especially the delivery costs made a box!!Ox of this BA

Tinder Surprise · 01-03-2019 2:42pm

Anyone found avoids this side of the border similar to those sold from CW ?

I really like the CW Ovoids and have bought a few tonnes at this stage

Dec4 · 01-03-2019 3:07pm

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

Anyone found avoids this side of the border similar to those sold from CW ?

I really like the CW Ovoids and have bought a few tonnes at this stage

Would also like to know this. Have bought Supertherm ovoids recently and they are absolute muck. No heat, poor calorific value and about 60% ash after burning. In fact if you just use them on their own the fire will go out because it's suffocated by the ash.
Supertherm = pure rubbish. Yet again we are being conned by CPL and their ilk..

vectra · 01-03-2019 3:17pm

Dec4 wrote: »

Would also like to know this. Have bought Supertherm ovoids recently and they are absolute muck. No heat, poor calorific value and about 60% ash after burning. In fact if you just use them on their own the fire will go out because it's suffocated by the ash.
Supertherm = pure rubbish. Yet again we are being conned by CPL and their ilk..

I find supertherm fantastic.

OmegaGene · 01-03-2019 4:23pm

vectra wrote: »

I find supertherm fantastic.

Supertherm is the daddy of the ovoids I wouldn’t use any other brand

Tinder Surprise · 01-03-2019 5:52pm

Anyone a photo of the bag for superterm ovoids, or do they come in a 'yard' bag?

vectra · 01-03-2019 6:02pm

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

Anyone a photo of the bag for superterm ovoids, or do they come in a 'yard' bag?

Here you go
https://www.coopsuperstores.ie/Fuel--Heating/Solid-Fuel/Smokeless-Coal/Supertherm-Smokeless-Fuel-40kg-Bag-0052082

clfy39tzve8njq · 01-03-2019 6:28pm

OmegaGene wrote:

â‚¬9 a bale for bulk buying or â‚¬11 a single bale I was told they arenâ€™t making these anymore so they will be near impossible to get

Thanks. What's the story with the smoky coal ban when does that kick in and is it for the whole country.

OmegaGene · 01-03-2019 6:48pm

Lukas Red Mortal wrote: »

Thanks. What's the story with the smoky coal ban when does that kick in and is it for the whole country.

As far as I know when all the stocks of smokey coal in the country are gone that’s it and yes it’s nationwide

clfy39tzve8njq · 01-03-2019 7:43pm

OmegaGene wrote:

As far as I know when all the stocks of smokey coal in the country are gone thatâ€™s it and yes itâ€™s nationwide

That's going to lessen our choices big time and the price of smokeless will probably only go one way.

mikeecho · 01-03-2019 8:37pm

Smokey coal will still be available up north.
No ban up there.

Seems like a good deal on coal....

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