@ I’m on my second burner the first one was the aga little wenlock which was ok but didn’t burn that efficiently, had a ecosey Hampton 5 kw fitted 3 years ago and it’s like night and day it’s so easy to light and much better heat output that it nearly heats the whole of my house . I primarily use kiln dried logs which I buy
@ hey rob they are some nice log burners !! i do like the wenlock but as you say the newer ones are a lot more efficient, How much do you use in a season ? roughly ?
@ hi Ryan I use quite a lot of wood I would say I spend around 400 quid on seasoned kiln dried wood , like you mentioned I quite look forward to the winter season to get it lit and burning nothing beats watching a roaring fire . But by end of March April I do tend not to light it every day only when it’s really cold
Ryan you beauty mate, I was considering trying these briquettes I've been seeing. Mmmm, try youtube methinks & up you pop. . .Thankyou. you explain everything from a fact based standing. I went back to your beginning & enjoyed every one. You mate are a natural. I've been stove crazy most of my life. Wood good-fire good😂
Originally a 'villager' old school from Devon that was from just after fire was invented, now?-charlton & jenrick bpv5w wide. I'm going to track down some coal briquettes to play with. I'm dreading summer without my stove😂. I love your stepped approach to the drying with the final stage on the pro drying rack. I jerry rigged my inglenook to take 4' x 18" of space & I just stack logs. I get around 10 to 14 days without topping up. Yup I'm lazy.
@@roberthidson thanks rob ya definetly have a play about we still got 2/3 months of cold snaps so plenty of fun to be had haha 14 day stack sound great i need to see a picture of this haha
Cracking video, here’s a tip to keep your fire burning all night. Get a tin can (the thicker the better) make sure the lid is attached, fill with smokeless coal, close the lid, punch some holes in the sides, pop it on the hot fire last thing a night cover with some ash from the ash box and the coal in the tin will smoulder all night.
I have the dunsley highlander 5 and only burn ovals, tried a few but nothing beats oxbow red, will last 10 hours whilst out at work, low ash high heat and clean glass
Run Oxbow red in my Dunsley 3, superb stuff. Also use Supertherm, double the ash of Red, but lasts ages. Reckon both of 'em mixed would be a good combo.
Good video ryan i get 2 burns of a bag of 10kg eco coal 6 hours each burn but wont burn coal alll the time as causes sulphur on the flue which can erode it quite quickly but i agree unless you own a forest you have to buy fuel
Hey Martin thanks for popping in and watching :] Thats great burn time also you get we use oil as well up here so as off grid as it gets in our days haha be safe :]
Nice we video. We have a large multi fuel stove no back boiler. We buy antracite stove eggs. Every morning we fill the stove with a full bucket of flue. Get the stove going and then close it down fully. The flue temp is about 150 degrees but the burn time is between 20 to 24 hours. If there is wind then that time will decrease. But on average we use one 50kg bag of eggs each week. With the long lower temperature burn the room is always warm about 25 degrees and or room is large open plan.
@ we start burning October and go right to April. Or there abouts. About 1 and 1/4 ton of antracite. That room is 5 x 14 m and high ceilling and we keep the hall door open too.
'Free' fuel maybe not but cheaper definitely. I recycle all good wood(within reason) I draw the line at old creosote poles. I've cleared wind blown trees in gardens & the wild. It's the enjoyment of working with wood that I love.
Hi ,I have been burning these briquette things along with a few logs as my main log supply is not seasoned enough in a Franco Belge log burner, but I have found I need a hell of a lot of air for them to burn. Actually Lidls sell them for £6.50 a bag [10kg] cheapest we have found.
hey Geoff that's a great log burner !!! ya a lot of air will work well i don't find them the best but we still got some amazing burn times out of them :]
My daughter has the Clock stove, she just burns ovals all the time, house always warm, I use anthracite, my stove on 24/7. Great video again. Kind regards from Scotland.
Ya im kinda moveing towards ovals I do enjoy a bit of of to tho both have there place for sure, mines been onion stop since early December love it how does your daughter find hers ? Bet she loves it thanks for watching
The brazier coal burns hot I've found, but doesn't really have legs. I live on a narrow boat, so coal is my heat soarce through the night in autumn and winter, wood in the day.. Try and get it off market place or the nearby forest, windfall only. I've found with coal that every fire burns different and everyone on the canal has a favourite. My favourite is excel, good heat output and last much longer than the brazier. If you live near a boat yard they usually have a few choices. One thing's for sure, I have to get up to top up, last thing you want to do on a boat is let it go out. It works out bloody expensive too in winter, luckily late spring to mid September I rarely have a fire, I have cereal heating when needed. Go for the best coal you can afford, but different fires like different coals.
hey Scott thanks for watching :] ohh that's so interesting where are you based ? market place is so good for local people !! iv got a video coming next few days with a coal i love using high quality :]
@RyansGardenDiaries I'm on the staffs Worcester, near Penkridge, Stafford. Luckily we have fule delivered once a month, also a chandeliers just down the road, so can always get good coal. I'll make sure to watch mate.
Evening. I get all my wood for free and enjoy chopping it. I find it good therapy. I do. Buy coal off a local coal Edmund, who bags it up himself? 25 kilo bag is 15 pounds. Depends on what you want. We only burn coal if we're Going Out for 3 or 4 hours.
Hey thanks for popping in and watching :] 15 for 25kgs is great price point what cooker do you have ? how much coal a winter would you go thro roughly ?
We have a 100% rood config stove. We have a antique coke stove in another room. Buggering about with it one winter i put anthracite on it one day - burns like kryptonite! - bit dusty but burns hot. PS would put another log stove in before if source another coke stove.
Sulfur, which is even in 'smokeless fuel' can cause weak Sulphuric Acid condensate in flue liner. It's important to ensure that the smokeless fuel is stored correctly to remain dry (in order to minimise condensate); further, mixing smokeless fuel with logs should be avoided for the same reason (even very well seasoned logs can contain 10-15% moisture). Logs and smokeless fuel shouldn't be mixed in any case for the sake of efficiency; smokeless fuel ignites from the bottom up.. and Logs ignite from the top down.
There's no such thing as free fuel either it has to be chopped, split,stacked seasoned and bundled around that's a lot of time that could be spent earning and depending on your work it can be cheaper to just buy fuel
Not sure the make it is a Multi fuel. We put some mom at the start as a base Then Kindling. And a log on top. All the other time is if we're Going Out for more than 2 hours.
Loving your input from wood burning so just subscribed
hi rob thanks means a lot :] what stove do you have ?
@ I’m on my second burner the first one was the aga little wenlock which was ok but didn’t burn that efficiently, had a ecosey Hampton 5 kw fitted 3 years ago and it’s like night and day it’s so easy to light and much better heat output that it nearly heats the whole of my house . I primarily use kiln dried logs which I buy
@ hey rob they are some nice log burners !! i do like the wenlock but as you say the newer ones are a lot more efficient, How much do you use in a season ? roughly ?
@ hi Ryan I use quite a lot of wood I would say I spend around 400 quid on seasoned kiln dried wood , like you mentioned I quite look forward to the winter season to get it lit and burning nothing beats watching a roaring fire . But by end of March April I do tend not to light it every day only when it’s really cold
Ryan you beauty mate, I was considering trying these briquettes I've been seeing. Mmmm, try youtube methinks & up you pop. . .Thankyou. you explain everything from a fact based standing. I went back to your beginning & enjoyed every one. You mate are a natural. I've been stove crazy most of my life. Wood good-fire good😂
hey rob thanks for watching let me know how you get on :] What stove have you got ?
Originally a 'villager' old school from Devon that was from just after fire was invented, now?-charlton & jenrick bpv5w wide. I'm going to track down some coal briquettes to play with. I'm dreading summer without my stove😂.
I love your stepped approach to the drying with the final stage on the pro drying rack. I jerry rigged my inglenook to take 4' x 18" of space & I just stack logs. I get around 10 to 14 days without topping up. Yup I'm lazy.
@@roberthidson thanks rob ya definetly have a play about we still got 2/3 months of cold snaps so plenty of fun to be had haha 14 day stack sound great i need to see a picture of this haha
The old folk used to put a layer of 'dross' ( small pieces of coal) over the fire then damp newspapers, I remember my granny doing it.
hey thanks for watching ohh really
Cracking video, here’s a tip to keep your fire burning all night. Get a tin can (the thicker the better) make sure the lid is attached, fill with smokeless coal, close the lid, punch some holes in the sides, pop it on the hot fire last thing a night cover with some ash from the ash box and the coal in the tin will smoulder all night.
Thanks for watching !! means a lot :] Thats a great idea i will try this what stove do you have ? :]
@RyansGardenDiaries 2 multi fuel burners, 14 year old Clarke Buckinghams from Machine Mart…….still going strong, solid little units.👍
I have the dunsley highlander 5 and only burn ovals, tried a few but nothing beats oxbow red, will last 10 hours whilst out at work, low ash high heat and clean glass
hey Fred thanks for watching ill get some of this if i see it about thanks always looking for different coals to test out thanks :]
@@fredreddog8806 see, I ain't keen on the red. We all have a favourite!
Run Oxbow red in my Dunsley 3, superb stuff. Also use Supertherm, double the ash of Red, but lasts ages. Reckon both of 'em mixed would be a good combo.
@davidj8547 hey david i want to try some oxbow red !! thanks for popping in have a great weekend :]
Good video ryan i get 2 burns of a bag of 10kg eco coal 6 hours each burn but wont burn coal alll the time as causes sulphur on the flue which can erode it quite quickly but i agree unless you own a forest you have to buy fuel
Hey Martin thanks for popping in and watching :] Thats great burn time also you get we use oil as well up here so as off grid as it gets in our days haha be safe :]
I think I,ll come round & we can all make some toast(with thick butter.mmmm.)Thanks mate.
Hey Mike:)
Nice we video. We have a large multi fuel stove no back boiler. We buy antracite stove eggs. Every morning we fill the stove with a full bucket of flue. Get the stove going and then close it down fully. The flue temp is about 150 degrees but the burn time is between 20 to 24 hours. If there is wind then that time will decrease. But on average we use one 50kg bag of eggs each week. With the long lower temperature burn the room is always warm about 25 degrees and or room is large open plan.
Hey thanks for watching:) how many months a year do you burn for roughly ? Ya 25deg is great temps !!!
@ we start burning October and go right to April. Or there abouts. About 1 and 1/4 ton of antracite. That room is 5 x 14 m and high ceilling and we keep the hall door open too.
@marcusd2380 that sounds amazing !!! Same here march or April last burn
'Free' fuel maybe not but cheaper definitely. I recycle all good wood(within reason) I draw the line at old creosote poles. I've cleared wind blown trees in gardens & the wild. It's the enjoyment of working with wood that I love.
hi rob i love working with the wood to something special about it !!!do you get wood for free ?
Do you heat the radiators with the stove ?
thanks for watching Not on this one but i have another 1 i will be heating radiators with :] ready for next winter, what do you have ?
@RyansGardenDiaries I have a small multifuel stove I plan on getting up and running soon in my soon to be bar out the back garden fingers crossed
Hi ,I have been burning these briquette things along with a few logs as my main log supply is not seasoned enough in a Franco Belge log burner, but I have found I need a hell of a lot of air for them to burn. Actually Lidls sell them for £6.50 a bag [10kg] cheapest we have found.
hey Geoff that's a great log burner !!! ya a lot of air will work well i don't find them the best but we still got some amazing burn times out of them :]
nice video
Hey thanks for watching :)
My daughter has the Clock stove, she just burns ovals all the time, house always warm, I use anthracite, my stove on 24/7.
Great video again.
Kind regards from Scotland.
Ya im kinda moveing towards ovals I do enjoy a bit of of to tho both have there place for sure, mines been onion stop since early December love it how does your daughter find hers ? Bet she loves it thanks for watching
Hi 2 All , been burning aldie, coal got this coal from Hartlepool Newburn, made in Redcar fabulous stuff best wishes from Durham
@@granto6738 hi grant thanks for watching ya easy to find in the stores to keeping us warm 2025 :]
The brazier coal burns hot I've found, but doesn't really have legs.
I live on a narrow boat, so coal is my heat soarce through the night in autumn and winter, wood in the day.. Try and get it off market place or the nearby forest, windfall only.
I've found with coal that every fire burns different and everyone on the canal has a favourite. My favourite is excel, good heat output and last much longer than the brazier. If you live near a boat yard they usually have a few choices. One thing's for sure, I have to get up to top up, last thing you want to do on a boat is let it go out. It works out bloody expensive too in winter, luckily late spring to mid September I rarely have a fire, I have cereal heating when needed.
Go for the best coal you can afford, but different fires like different coals.
hey Scott thanks for watching :] ohh that's so interesting where are you based ? market place is so good for local people !! iv got a video coming next few days with a coal i love using high quality :]
@RyansGardenDiaries I'm on the staffs Worcester, near Penkridge, Stafford. Luckily we have fule delivered once a month, also a chandeliers just down the road, so can always get good coal.
I'll make sure to watch mate.
@ScottMason-ss8ww thanks Scott for the support means a lot :) Worcester is a gorgeous area love it there keep burning :)
I grew up burning wood & coal here in the states. I take it this coal is what we’d call charcoal?
Hey thanks for popping in and watching ya we have Smokeless areas in the uk now so they produce Smokeless fuel now
Evening. I get all my wood for free and enjoy chopping it. I find it good therapy. I do.
Buy coal off a local coal Edmund, who bags it up himself? 25 kilo bag is 15 pounds. Depends on what you want. We only burn coal if we're Going Out for 3 or 4 hours.
Hey thanks for popping in and watching :] 15 for 25kgs is great price point what cooker do you have ? how much coal a winter would you go thro roughly ?
We have a 100% rood config stove.
We have a antique coke stove in another room. Buggering about with it one winter i put anthracite on it one day - burns like kryptonite! - bit dusty but burns hot.
PS would put another log stove in before if source another coke stove.
That's sounds fantastic ya I bet it burns hot do you think you'll get a wood stove this year?
Sulfur, which is even in 'smokeless fuel' can cause weak Sulphuric Acid condensate in flue liner. It's important to ensure that the smokeless fuel is stored correctly to remain dry (in order to minimise condensate); further, mixing smokeless fuel with logs should be avoided for the same reason (even very well seasoned logs can contain 10-15% moisture). Logs and smokeless fuel shouldn't be mixed in any case for the sake of efficiency; smokeless fuel ignites from the bottom up.. and Logs ignite from the top down.
Great info thanks for watching and sharing the info with us, what do you prefer to burn yourself ?
I burn pallets, loads for free in industrial estates, only buy coal for extream cold overnight burns..
love a bit of free wood !! :] thanks for popping in and watching :]
i burn pallets and chip board which any local kitchen fitter will be glad to get rid of and mdf board
There's no such thing as free fuel either it has to be chopped, split,stacked seasoned and bundled around that's a lot of time that could be spent earning and depending on your work it can be cheaper to just buy fuel
I agree 100% hard work splitting and waiting a year or 3 to use it i actually do a bit myself so understand how long it can take !!
Not sure the make it is a Multi fuel. We put some mom at the start as a base Then
Kindling. And a log on top. All the other time is if we're Going Out for more than 2 hours.
hey thanks for watching :] how much coal would you use in a season ?
Can i ask what did u benefit from applying them layers off coal, instead just load it once for overnight burn? 🤔
Can i ask what did u benefit from applying them layers off coal, instead just load it once for overnight burn? 🤔