Keeping the stove in

[mross]

Thanks - good to know.

[Dave_P]

£3 saving for me as buying at brazier at £11, can't use the fuel boats as only one passes my stomping ground, and that's not very often, and I'm at work..

 

Might try a bag.

I've used Aldi, B&M and Homebargains 10kg bags. All were pretty decent and preferred to some popular narrowboater brands (*cough* Taybrite, *cough, cough* Supertherm)

Popped to aldi last night and spotted smokeless coal, 10kg for £3.99 so picked a bag up to try.

 

Wish i hadn't bothered, made the stove up before going to bed and woke up freezing this morning, it had gone out and left unburnt coal, guess it needs more air from the bottom to keep it in than the brazier, also the lumps are either very big or bits of broken ones.

 

Shall use it up and try something else.

Maybe Aldi have changed their brand

[Dave Payne]

To be fair, im still learning, i dont think i am putting enough in at night and in the morning its barely giving out heat.

 

Sure ill figure it out and stop fretting that my boat is going to set on fire soon enough.

[mross]

Has anyone tried the olive wood/charcoal nuts from CPL (coals2U)? https://www.coals2u.co.uk/homefire-olive-briquettes

[bizzard]

The bottom air control position on stoves can vary a lot depending on the state of the stove. If the door and ash pan doors are not sealing properly or the grate riddler hole is a bit worn, then less bottom air. Flue pipe length and type of fuel make a difference too. Stoves in good nick usually need a bit more bottom air.

[Rob-M]

The bottom air control position on stoves can vary a lot depending on the state of the stove. If the door and ash pan doors are not sealing properly or the grate riddler hole is a bit worn, then less bottom air. Flue pipe length and type of fuel make a difference too. Stoves in good nick usually need a bit more bottom air.

That's what I am finding, my old well worn stove could be closed right down and would keep burning slowly but my new stove will go out if I close the bottom air and needs to have at least a couple of turns open to keep the fire going.