Seems like a good deal on coal....

clfy39tzve8njq · 09-11-2018 8:32pm

my3cents wrote:

However imo the acids formed from the sulphur in smokey coal make it no better in that type of liner.

What type of liner are we talking about here. Thanks

my3cents · 10-11-2018 1:43am

Lukas Red Mortal wrote: »

What type of liner are we talking about here. Thanks

The original comment was about a 316 liner some more info here https://www.stovefittersmanual.co.uk/articles/what-grade-of-chimney-flue-liner-316-or-904/

farmer2018 · 12-11-2018 2:02pm

Who are people using to deliver a pallet of coal from the Coal Warehouse to Galway?

Bawnmore · 12-11-2018 4:27pm

farmer2018 wrote: »

Who are people using to deliver a pallet of coal from the Coal Warehouse to Galway?

We used Wardes - delivery to Claregalway was €72 per tonne.

lenscap · 13-11-2018 12:17am

I bought a ton of Arigna Ecobrite (seen on Done Deal) and had it delivered today (on the day I asked) and they carried each of the 25 bags of 40kg in and dropped them exactly where I wanted them and all for €425.

I checked with a supplier in the north for a ton of Maxibrite (similar to Ecobrite) and the price was €422 (near enough) on a pallet and I would have to store all the bags myself.

Cape Clear · 13-11-2018 11:41am

lenscap wrote: »

I bought a ton of Arigna Ecobrite (seen on Done Deal) and had it delivered today (on the day I asked) and they carried each of the 25 bags of 40kg in and dropped them exactly where I wanted them and all for €425.

I checked with a supplier in the north for a ton of Maxibrite (similar to Ecobrite) and the price was €422 (near enough) on a pallet and I would have to store all the bags myself.

Sounds like they were casing the joint.

uck51js9zml2yt · 13-11-2018 8:33pm

lenscap wrote: »

I bought a ton of Arigna Ecobrite (seen on Done Deal) and had it delivered today (on the day I asked) and they carried each of the 25 bags of 40kg in and dropped them exactly where I wanted them and all for €425.

I checked with a supplier in the north for a ton of Maxibrite (similar to Ecobrite) and the price was €422 (near enough) on a pallet and I would have to store all the bags myself.

Have you a link?

lenscap · 13-11-2018 11:07pm

Cape Clear wrote: »

Sounds like they were casing the joint.

Ehhhhhhh NO.

lenscap · 13-11-2018 11:11pm

Willa Slow Waiver wrote: »

Have you a link?

https://www.donedeal.ie/adview/view/20264238

I found him very easy to deal with.

uck51js9zml2yt · 13-11-2018 11:19pm

lenscap wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/adview/view/20264238

I found him very easy to deal with.

wrong end of the country :mad:

tinofapples · 14-11-2018 1:54pm

Cannot fault Kozy King on delivery, ordered on Monday morning it's sitting in my garage as we speak. No hassle of arranging third party delivery, will report of performance at a later date/time.

Cantona's Collars · 14-11-2018 3:29pm

2 for €29 for these.Normally it's €29 for 2 of the same type but he gave me a mix to compare.

Cantona's Collars · 14-11-2018 3:31pm

2 for â‚¬29 for these.Normally it's â‚¬29 for 2 of the same type but he gave me a mix to compare. Got them from Freeman's in Oylegate, Wexford.

Cantona's Collars · 14-11-2018 3:32pm

Here's the ovoids.

farmer2018 · 15-11-2018 2:02pm

What are people finding the best coal for stoves with a back boiler from the Coal Warehouse?

my3cents · 15-11-2018 2:05pm

farmer2018 wrote: »

What are people finding the best coal for stoves with a back boiler from the Coal Warehouse?

Not bought any from them for a couple of years but from Coal Warehouse for a stove it has to be ovoids.

farmer2018 · 15-11-2018 2:14pm

my3cents wrote: »

Not bought any from them for a couple of years but from Coal Warehouse for a stove it has to be ovoids.

Cheers, I found the black diamond good.

Monitor1985 · 16-11-2018 5:50pm

How much ovoids do you guys put down when lighting the fire? I bought a bag to try in my open fire, Stafford I think, 40kg for €23, put a layer down, took forever to light, when it finally got going the output wasn't that great,I'm throwing blocks on it to try and get some more heat.

I could be just doing something wrong?

If I'm not, I'm glad I didn't order a ton, as I might just get the doubles again as I find them super.

my3cents · 16-11-2018 6:01pm

Monitor1985 wrote: »

How much ovoids do you guys put down when lighting the fire? I bought a bag to try in my open fire, Stafford I think, 40kg for €23, put a layer down, took forever to light, when it finally got going the output wasn't that great,I'm throwing blocks on it to try and get some more heat.

I could be just doing something wrong?

If I'm not, I'm glad I didn't order a ton, as I might just get the doubles again as I find them super.

Some people find them hard to light but rather than give you chapter and verse try this https://www.wikihow.com/Light-a-Smokeless-Fuel-Fire.

Note the point on not stirring the fire up.

BENDYBINN · 16-11-2018 6:01pm

Got a tone of columbian singles from coaldirect. €282 delivered.
Really pleased,great heat...one shovel puts my stove hoppin...mixing with timber

OmegaGene · 16-11-2018 6:29pm

Monitor1985 wrote: »

How much ovoids do you guys put down when lighting the fire? I bought a bag to try in my open fire, Stafford I think, 40kg for €23, put a layer down, took forever to light, when it finally got going the output wasn't that great,I'm throwing blocks on it to try and get some more heat.

I could be just doing something wrong?

If I'm not, I'm glad I didn't order a ton, as I might just get the doubles again as I find them super.

Ovoids take a while to get used to, the guide posted below is very good
I stack a block at the back of my stove before lighting the fire and then let the ovoids glow red before adding more and tend not to add blocks until the ovoids are down to small bits, I find the logs speed up the burning of the ovoids.
Took me a few goes to master it, my first fire with ovoids we had to open the windows it was so hot

Monitor1985 · 16-11-2018 6:32pm

my3cents wrote: »

Some people find them hard to light but rather than give you chapter and verse try this https://www.wikihow.com/Light-a-Smokeless-Fuel-Fire.

Note the point on not stirring the fire up.

Seems I didn't put enough space between the ovoids when lighting for them to catch, I'm used to using minimal kindling also when lighting with the doubles as they are fool proof, I'll make an adjustment tomorrow lighting them and see how I go, cheers for the wikihow! ðŸ˜

my3cents · 16-11-2018 6:35pm

Monitor1985 wrote: »

Seems I didn't put enough space between the ovoids when lighting for them to catch, I'm used to using minimal kindling also when lighting with the doubles as they are fool proof, I'll make an adjustment tomorrow lighting them and see how I go, cheers for the wikihow! ðŸ˜

I knew it was there because I'd read it before. You aren't the only one who has problems lighting ovoids in an open fire. In a stove there is forced air flow from the bottom up so you can get away with just a couple of sticks of kindling.

Monitor1985 · 16-11-2018 6:37pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Ovoids take a while to get used to, the guide posted below is very good
I stack a block at the back of my stove before lighting the fire and then let the ovoids glow red before adding more and tend not to add blocks until the ovoids are down to small bits, I find the logs speed up the burning of the ovoids.
Took me a few goes to master it, my first fire with ovoids we had to open the windows it was so hot

I'm not impressed with the heat at all, they are lasting forever tho, just need to find my own balance I suppose!

bassy · 16-11-2018 6:47pm

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Got a tone of columbian singles from coaldirect. €282 delivered.
Really pleased,great heat...one shovel puts my stove hoppin...mixing with timber

showing up as 393.00 on the site and thats for open fires.
http://coaldirectireland.com/product/colombian-doubles/

OmegaGene · 16-11-2018 6:49pm

Monitor1985 wrote: »

I'm not impressed with the heat at all, they are lasting forever tho, just need to find my own balance I suppose!

Where there’s no flame from them as such it can be very deceiving
My stove is costing less than a tenner a week I’m using using ovoids and relord briquettes blocks. 40kg bag of ovoids would last me 3 weeks.
An open fire is a different story though, worth trying anyway.

BENDYBINN · 16-11-2018 6:58pm

bassy wrote: »

showing up as 393.00 on the site and thats for open fires.
http://coaldirectireland.com/product/colombian-doubles/

Coaldirect .net is the site
259 sterling delivered.......gone up a little since I ordered in October but still good value

uck51js9zml2yt · 20-11-2018 11:03am

Just ordered a ton of easyglow for stoves for €8.46 per 20 kg bag delivered.

Gone from a natural gas zone to getting oil and coalðŸ˜

seaviewphotos · 20-11-2018 11:52am

Need to order something this week for an open fire, went with ovoids last year but with recent price increases im hoping to save a few bob.

mun1 · 08-12-2018 9:29am

Ordered a ton of premium kosy glo from kosy king €402 delivered to limerick.
Using coal warehouse ovoids up to now so interested to see if there is any difference

pm. · 08-12-2018 6:47pm

mun1 wrote: »

Ordered a ton of premium kosy glo from kosy king €402 delivered to limerick.
Using coal warehouse ovoids up to now so interested to see if there is any difference

Keep us posted, seems expensive tho I bought a ton of ovoids in August for 330 delivered. I know the extra levy went on but didn't realize it was that much.

How much do CW charge for the same delivered?

TinyTot165 · 08-12-2018 7:50pm

pm. wrote: »

How much do CW charge for the same delivered?

Got a ton of ovoids off coal warehouse last wk, €290 for the ovoids (they knocked a tenner off for repeat business) and €67 delivery to Sligo so €357 in total.

mickuhaha · 09-12-2018 7:51am

http://www.quinns.ie/index.php/fuel-flier-20182019/

3 x 40 kg singles and 1 briquettes for 35 works out around 291 for a tone and 8x briquettes. A good deal for such.

OmegaGene · 09-12-2018 9:20am

mickuhaha wrote: »

http://www.quinns.ie/index.php/fuel-flier-20182019/

3 x 40 kg singles and 1 briquettes for 35 works out around 291 for a tone and 8x briquettes. A good deal for such.

Budget Smokey ?
I’ve tried budget/cheap coal before and it’s a waste of money, just end up with a load of crap on the grate and feck all gear from them
Each to their own I guess but in my experience you buy cheap crap you pay double the price in the long run

bigron2109 · 09-12-2018 1:00pm

mickuhaha wrote: »

http://www.quinns.ie/index.php/fuel-flier-20182019/

3 x 40 kg singles and 1 briquettes for 35 works out around 291 for a tone and 8x briquettes. A good deal for such.

I’ve used those singles on my stove on top of Ovoids to bank it down for the night and they are good.

BUT there is no way I would use them on their own. They are tiny pieces of coal. They are handy for me, as the stove I have is massive and I was burning a lot of coal so now I start the stove off with Ovoids and then 3/4 shovels of the singles on top of the fire when it is going, makes it burn longer and last longer. Just my opinion. But I wouldn’t use them on their own.

enricoh · 09-12-2018 1:43pm

Am using staffords economy coal in a light blue bag n very happy with it. E14.50 a bag, lasts well, good heat n no crap left in the grate in the morning.

mickuhaha · 09-12-2018 8:25pm

The singles don't burn very fast and you do get left with some balls of rubbish in the grate but the heat off them is good for the price if I want a good flame off them I just give it lots off air and you get the flame . With the singles I use about a bag a week and the doubles about a bag and a half. More hassle I think using the singles and more difficult to get to burn right but price can't be better. Each to their own

OmegaGene · 09-12-2018 8:50pm

supertherm ovoids are going grand for me and a bag lasts 2 weeks with a few blocks thrown in, no flame just red glowing heat and feck all left in the grate so a super job
fella up the road is peddling his €7 for 20kg of household coal and its still the same black stones he had last year but its selling mad

vickers209 · 09-12-2018 11:39pm

Stafford Clarke fuels in Rathnew are doing an offer collected
3 x 40kg superglo extra( there ovoids) with 1 x 20kg bag free and 2 fire logs for €54.

So if you buy 7 offers that's equivalent of 24 and a half 40kg bags with 14 fire logs for €378

they will also do equivalent offer for same price with 20kg bags 6 20kg with one free and 2 firelogs €54 handy for collecting yourself

clfy39tzve8njq · 09-12-2018 11:45pm

OmegaGene wrote:

supertherm ovoids are going grand for me and a bag lasts 2 weeks with a few blocks thrown in, no flame just red glowing heat and feck all left in the grate so a super job

How many hours per day do you have the fire/stove lighting. I'm guessing this is in addition to oil or gas heating.

pm. · 16-01-2019 10:00pm

The 2 pallets of ovids I bought last September are gone. I ordered another 2 pallets Tuesday afternoon and was delivered by warde groupage this morning.

As for the price €300 or £250 a pallet with a free bale of brickets. Delivery was€75 per pallet

It's a fair bit more that last year. Saving about €4.50 per 40kg bag. It's an ok saving but if it jumps again I will just buy local

DubInTheWest · 16-01-2019 10:28pm

pm. wrote: »

The 2 pallets of ovids I bought last September are gone. I ordered another 2 pallets Tuesday afternoon and was delivered by warde groupage this morning.

As for the price €300 or £250 a pallet with a free bale of brickets. Delivery was€75 per pallet

It's a fair bit more that last year. Saving about €4.50 per 40kg bag. It's an ok saving but if it jumps again I will just buy local

Yeah it's gone up too much for my liking. There was a time it was a bargain, and I didn't mind lugging 25 x 40kg bags from outside my gate. But now I can get the same for €370 local and the guy stacks them for me up by my shed. What really finished me was my last delivery from CW had that muck black diamond which was horrible to burn.

my3cents · 16-01-2019 10:29pm

DubInTheWest wrote: »

Yeah it's gone up too much for my liking. There was a time it was a bargain, and I didn't mind lugging 25 x 40kg bags from outside my gate. But now I can get the same for €370 local and the guy stacks them for me up by my shed. What really finished me was my last delivery from CW had that muck black diamond which was horrible to burn.

One of the advantages though is that you can get your coal in 20 or 25kg bags. Thats almost worth paying extra for the inconvenience of being able to move them more easily.

DubInTheWest · 16-01-2019 10:38pm

my3cents wrote: »

One of the advantages though is that you can get your coal in 20 or 25kg bags. Thats almost worth paying extra for the inconvenience of being able to move them more easily.

You're right to a certain extent, but it never really worked out very well for me. I got about 6 pallets from the CW in total. I got the 40kg bags and the 25kg. The second pallet I got I wasn't home, I got home and the driver had reversed in and knocked down the telephone cable, it was an accident so in future I made a point of trying to be home but no one other driver attempted to reverse in. They told me the angle was too tight so they just put the pallet on the road outside my gate. There problem there is the road is pretty narrow, so I had to get the bags off the pallet ASAP as cars were squeezing past the pallet. I was knackered and half dead after it. I put up with that when it was cheaper but after I got the bad black diamond stuff I was really annoyed and just never ordered again after that. I then was recommended a local supplier and for 370 I get a ton of ovoids (25 x 40kg) delivered. Much easier for me for near the same price and the the ovoids are very similar and very good too.

OmegaGene · 16-01-2019 10:45pm

Lukas Red Mortal wrote: »

How many hours per day do you have the fire/stove lighting. I'm guessing this is in addition to oil or gas heating.

12-14 hours a day and the heating is on downstairs for an hour in the morning while the stoves lights

my3cents · 16-01-2019 10:48pm

DubInTheWest wrote: »

You're right to a certain extent, but it never really worked out very well for me. I got about 6 pallets from the CW in total. I got the 40kg bags and the 25kg. The second pallet I got I wasn't home, I got home and the driver had reversed in and knocked down the telephone cable, it was an accident so in future I made a point of trying to be home but no one other driver attempted to reverse in. They told me the angle was too tight so they just put the pallet on the road outside my gate. There problem there is the road is pretty narrow, so I had to get the bags off the pallet ASAP as cars were squeezing past the pallet. I was knackered and half dead after it. I put up with that when it was cheaper but after I got the bad black diamond stuff I was really annoyed and just never ordered again after that. I then was recommended a local supplier and for 370 I get a ton of ovoids (25 x 40kg) delivered. Much easier for me for near the same price and the the ovoids are very similar and very good too.

Don't talk to me about drivers. First one refused to even come down my road had to drive over half a mile up the road to where he dropped toff but subsequent drivers with the same sized wagons have had no problem. One did offer to try and reverse down my drive but that would have been a recipe for disaster. 40 25kg bags dropped at the end of my drive is fine by me. 40kg bags are just too much trouble to move.

Local guys just do 40kg bags and I have to pick up myself so with delivery and the smaller bags its still worth it for me.

clfy39tzve8njq · 17-01-2019 12:27am

OmegaGene wrote:

12-14 hours a day and the heating is on downstairs for an hour in the morning while the stoves lights

A half a bag a week for 12-14 hours a day ???

OmegaGene · 17-01-2019 1:53am

Lukas Red Mortal wrote: »

A half a bag a week for 12-14 hours a day ???

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

DubInTheWest · 17-01-2019 2:13am

I go through a half 40kg bag a day between the range and open fire. Use about 3 pallets a year.

monkeybutter · 17-01-2019 9:39am

OmegaGene wrote: »

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

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

All depends on KW of the stove

Seems like a good deal on coal....

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