On my farm here in Ireland I have peat and something called "fir", it may be called different things by different people but it's basically semi petrified wood half way between wood and coal. It's my favourite fuel, energy dense, burns very hot and of course free.Only downside is it's a chainsaw killer, very hard.
I'm in Pennsylvania (usa) we have the world's largest known anthracite (hard coal) deposit in the world. I just switched to a hand fired coal stove this season and I absolutely love it so far.
i'm in the uk, and our STUPID GOVERNMENT think that if we weigh our gas and oil boilers in for an air pump we can counter balance the effects of you burning anthracite whilst being cold from the ineffective air pump (avoid the salesmen's spiel on here). also they want us to get shut of our ICE and buy an EV, when we have nowhere near the capacity to supply them, and claim we will do so from windmills, when in reality we'll be buying in from the french and norway, at ever increasing costs. now i'm not knocking you for burning coal, because you, just as we cannot make a ha'peth of difference to the world emissions without china, india, and russia taking part, and at least 2 of those 3 (at best) don't give a hoot, (silly, silly britain).
Multi fuel burner, start of with coal, get it really hot, then add a log every so often through out the night, you get no smoke off the logs because it's so hot it ignites, none of the gas is wasted up the chimney.
nothing burns hotter for longer than good old pennsylvania anthracite coal. they mine it all around our area so its cheap, or sometimes we burn hard oak which also lasts about 14hrs in our stove.
Dont know if it was peat or coal burning in October, when we visited on our honeymoon but it smells awesome. If I smell it now I think about how much I love my wife.
Hope you have a few good books and some tea for when you can't work. I used to burn coal in my stove but never peat, can't find it round here. Stove stoked, time for a nip.
Just moved to a house with an open fire and oil heating. Our previous house that we lived in from 1999 to 2010 had a glass fronted fire but was replaced by oil heating. Consequently we missed a fire, but at the age of 45 we moved to our current home, my first home with an open fire. We are currently burning RUF logs, but we’re looking forward to burning coal and logs. Nice video mate
I found coal burns around 250c, wood up to 550c if your not careful. Never done peat. Been told its £8 for 20kg. What sort of temperatures do you get from peat. Thanks man
Here in Texas we have 4 options, electric, natural gas, propane gas or wood. Our house is electric and has no other options. My person favorite would be natural gas as its clean and cost effective. I do love a wood fire but you need a fireplace or stove with a chimney which we don't have. On the upside the really cold days are few here.
Recycled Cottage & Garden Our natural gas in N. Ohio is expensive: it's billed at about $30 per bill ("service charge") PLUS any gas used at $3-5 per 1000 cubic ft. Customer picks his gas supplier and rate.
Propane and natural gas furnaces and fireplaces also have to be "vented", which amounts to a "chimney". You're leaving out "biomass" heating burning corn or various kinds of "pellets".
@@dwohio6398 I hated having gas heat in the Virginia house I had. The monthly bill was often between $300 and $500...for a two-floor, three bedroom Cape Cod-style house.
I live in Appalachia. (Tennessee, USA) We burn wood as it's cheap or free if we harvest it ourselves off our farm which we do most of the time. Also there is a sawmill right up the road from me so I can get the outside cuts for 10.00 for a 16 ft trailer load. We use the ash in our compost :)
Never seen turf dug out like a lump of dung before, you'll get slap for that here in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as we cut them in blocks traditionally or with a turf cutting machines it is blocked or twirled. As for sticks the length of time of burning is based on if the wood is hard like oak or soft like birch, hard burns longer and soft burns around the same time as turf.
We used these all kind of stuffs in our home. We have not habit of using the Morden appliances like gas,stove. Cuz it's so expensive in our country to use it. I am from Nepal. We used her in our village everything natural. We totally dependent on nature with 💯%
Wood-here in the Appalachian Mountains, it's everywhere. Main cost is that of labor to cut it up and have it delivered-by yourself or by paying someone to bring it. Coal is still mined about 2 hours drive away, and is available, but expensive. Also, coal has a toxic waste disposal issue afterwards, of the clinkers. Wood ash is easily recycled as potash for the garden. Where you are, I would try growing willow for coppicing, to use as firewood or to pit-burn into charcoal.
Peat is fascinating stuff. More info on it is always appreciated. What type of ash do you get with burning peat? Never touched or seen peat before so find it interesting. I especially love all the tools they use to dig it up, stack it and haul it where it needs to go. what a valuable resource if you have it available. Hey try willow coppice or pollarding for that fire wood.
Hi, we can't get charcoal from our local vendors so haven't tried it... Then I think "charcoal" I think of summer barbeques, haha. Would be interesting to find out what other people think indeed - sorry we can't offer any more input on that...
@@esta1ful Charcoal is just wood that's been through a process. Coal, peat (turf ) wood, all produce carbon monoxide, that's what a flue or chimney is for, not just smoke. The problem with charcoal in an open fire is, there is less updraft caused by charcoal due to less heat, smoke and flames when lit, this can equate to not noticing if your chimney is blocked and unseen gases coming into the room. The second thing is, the lower updraft charcoal creates can cause these gases to flow into a room anyway. There is however specially designed stoves for boat cabins that run on charcoal. I know this is an old post but anyway 🙂
We were thinking of buying some woodland as it sounds like a great place for holidays, foraging, holidays, etc, but in reality it would be so impractical - getting to the nearest tree would mean getting two ferries across!. . . So, for now, we're happy with what we have (and happy to import peat & coal). However, I can just imagine how beautiful your area is, trees are something. . . special!
Happy Homestead That is really interesting to me, I couldn't imagine a place without trees. They're even in the deserts here, sure they're not plentiful, but they exist. I live amongst miles of farmland, so it is very open. However, my property is along a river valley where 3 rivers converge. I mostly have a canopy of massive oak trees, with some walnuts and hickory. The lower canopy is a mix of maple, cherry and other smaller growth trees. Every now and then I find a paulownia tree, these are the fastest growing trees in the world. Perhaps, due to their fast growth, you could plant them for firewood. I haven't allowed them longer than a year, so any wood was mixed into a brush pile. I'm not sure if it's worthwhile firewood, but that fast growth may fare well for a short life in your area. There are a number of other fast growing trees, like certain maples, poplar and even fur varieties. All you need to invest in is some seed or seedlings to try. Without many trees though, it sounds as if you would need to spend some extra time securing them due to heavy winds. Or maybe find a low area where they could be protected.
I burn wood and coal on the fires & wood & supatherm on the heat ranger for heat,cooking and hot waterPeat smells lovely but not enough heatI'm going to plant some willow next to the peat bog but will have to wait for it to grow
hi David Supatherm/supertherm is smokeless fuel, I buy it by the sack from my local coal yard The next project is going to be making Bracken briquettes it's supposed to burn hotter than oak!
Wood all day. trees are plentiful where I am and I plant more that I take.Take cuttings and plant trees for future generations. Your son may well be cutting a tree long after you have gone. How good is that?
Where I live you can just go out outside grab your chainsaw and cut down a dead tree I live in Canada’s I heat is definitely a priority and paying for a furnace in a big home can be expensive so I burn wood but I can’t keep the fire going past 2:00 am and I’m not feeling like getting up every night to tend to it have any suggestions I have pretty much infinite source of wood I can buy coal what do I do? Do I mix the wood and coal? Or do I do just wood or just coal?
wonderful it is..truly enjoyed this video i agree with you on every point you made and i would like to know where abouts your from it is quit windy but its nothing a good whiskey couldn't fix what whiskey do you like btw i like vat.69
Peat seems like pretty useful stuff. Burns well, lasts long, and is relatively cheap in bulk. I'd have to say that's because of its ease of access and vastness, seeing as all you'd have to do is go to a bog and start digging
That’s really functionality from cooking a turkey is charcoal otherwise it’s this is the states California when we can burn it is usually would but I’ve been experimenting with different types of stows and open fireplaces then again it’s usually just would, but the better the fireplace unless you have to burn love the video be safe
I thought you were going to make a bouchet with smoked honey. XD I came here to say 'peat', because of Whisky. Never tried mineral coal in my life (and I've had fireplaces a decent amount of years). In Brazil it is just not needed. But I'm fascinated by the prospect (because in the south of Brazil we barbecue a lot). I heard it takes a long time to burn, as well.
My electric and gas bill is so high. I've purchased a multi fuel fire to try and save money . I burn pallets and roofing timbers and any wood I can get my hands on , I sometimes even buy bags of coal at the right price. I live in England 2019 and my kids moan about cold rooms. Hahaha
You talk as if you’re telling a children’s story. A story like the 3 bears. Loved the video by the way. Thanks.
Lol, a comment I was going to make until I seen yours. Spot on 🤣
I thought he was a hobbit ngl
What shaped that perspective
Love the whistling wind in the background.
On my farm here in Ireland I have peat and something called "fir", it may be called different things by different people but it's basically semi petrified wood half way between wood and coal. It's my favourite fuel, energy dense, burns very hot and of course free.Only downside is it's a chainsaw killer, very hard.
John White Where do you find it?
I'm in Pennsylvania (usa) we have the world's largest known anthracite (hard coal) deposit in the world. I just switched to a hand fired coal stove this season and I absolutely love it so far.
i'm in the uk, and our STUPID GOVERNMENT think that if we weigh our gas and oil boilers in for an air pump we can counter balance the effects of you burning anthracite whilst being cold from the ineffective air pump (avoid the salesmen's spiel on here).
also they want us to get shut of our ICE and buy an EV, when we have nowhere near the capacity to supply them, and claim we will do so from windmills, when in reality we'll be buying in from the french and norway, at ever increasing costs.
now i'm not knocking you for burning coal, because you, just as we cannot make a ha'peth of difference to the world emissions without china, india, and russia taking part, and at least 2 of those 3 (at best) don't give a hoot, (silly, silly britain).
Does that type of coal burn clean
Multi fuel burner, start of with coal, get it really hot, then add a log every so often through out the night, you get no smoke off the logs because it's so hot it ignites, none of the gas is wasted up the chimney.
nothing burns hotter for longer than good old pennsylvania anthracite coal. they mine it all around our area so its cheap, or sometimes we burn hard oak which also lasts about 14hrs in our stove.
Dont know if it was peat or coal burning in October, when we visited on our honeymoon but it smells awesome. If I smell it now I think about how much I love my wife.
Hope you have a few good books and some tea for when you can't work. I used to burn coal in my stove but never peat, can't find it round here. Stove stoked, time for a nip.
Just moved to a house with an open fire and oil heating. Our previous house that we lived in from 1999 to 2010 had a glass fronted fire but was replaced by oil heating. Consequently we missed a fire, but at the age of 45 we moved to our current home, my first home with an open fire. We are currently burning RUF logs, but we’re looking forward to burning coal and logs. Nice video mate
coal is banned in the silly uk.
I'm from California and didn't know what peat did. This video explained it. Ty
I found coal burns around 250c, wood up to 550c if your not careful. Never done peat. Been told its £8 for 20kg. What sort of temperatures do you get from peat. Thanks man
I'm struggling to get smokeless coals going. Them seem to glow warm to me rather than burn like wood.
Coal
Here in Texas we have 4 options, electric, natural gas, propane gas or wood. Our house is electric and has no other options. My person favorite would be natural gas as its clean and cost effective. I do love a wood fire but you need a fireplace or stove with a chimney which we don't have. On the upside the really cold days are few here.
Recycled Cottage & Garden Our natural gas in N. Ohio is expensive: it's billed at about $30 per bill ("service charge") PLUS any gas used at $3-5 per 1000 cubic ft. Customer picks his gas supplier and rate.
Texas ain't no island.
Propane and natural gas furnaces and fireplaces also have to be "vented", which amounts to a "chimney". You're leaving out "biomass" heating burning corn or various kinds of "pellets".
@@dwohio6398 I hated having gas heat in the Virginia house I had. The monthly bill was often between $300 and $500...for a two-floor, three bedroom Cape Cod-style house.
❤️ love this video, thank you for making this content
"energy wasted through the light" I never thought about that
Gimli, is that you?! Man, where you been?
Sure is me
Hi Guys
Have you thought of growing willow as fuel orkney college did some research a while ago
5 year short rotation
Kind regards
Eddy
Thanks hope the storm is better now😊😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍
You shud tell ghost stories with that wind blowing in the background& you've a great voice
I live in Appalachia. (Tennessee, USA) We burn wood as it's cheap or free if we harvest it ourselves off our farm which we do most of the time. Also there is a sawmill right up the road from me so I can get the outside cuts for 10.00 for a 16 ft trailer load. We use the ash in our compost :)
Prepper Angel As he said in Ireland there's no trees , much more coal and peat there :)
It's too damp to dry the wood.
Um yes, he asked what we have and do :) His viewers :)
Prepper Angel Oh ok sorry :)
It's all good. :D
Prepper Angel Where do you live in tennessee if I may ask? Is it on a mountain?
My Mrs prefers a good bit of wood. Good vid 👍
Never seen turf dug out like a lump of dung before, you'll get slap for that here in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as we cut them in blocks traditionally or with a turf cutting machines it is blocked or twirled. As for sticks the length of time of burning is based on if the wood is hard like oak or soft like birch, hard burns longer and soft burns around the same time as turf.
We used these all kind of stuffs in our home. We have not habit of using the Morden appliances like gas,stove. Cuz it's so expensive in our country to use it. I am from Nepal. We used her in our village everything natural. We totally dependent on nature with 💯%
I burn 8 tons of peat here in ireland every winter...
IS IT BETTER FOR WINE OR FOR WHAT?
wood for the prettiest flames and m light when I'm camping.. it doesn't get hot here!
My wife likes a bit of whiskey and some Wood as well
Wood-here in the Appalachian Mountains, it's everywhere. Main cost is that of labor to cut it up and have it delivered-by yourself or by paying someone to bring it. Coal is still mined about 2 hours drive away, and is available, but expensive. Also, coal has a toxic waste disposal issue afterwards, of the clinkers. Wood ash is easily recycled as potash for the garden. Where you are, I would try growing willow for coppicing, to use as firewood or to pit-burn into charcoal.
Fortunate eastern US woodlands dweller myself.
Peat is fascinating stuff. More info on it is always appreciated. What type of ash do you get with burning peat? Never touched or seen peat before so find it interesting. I especially love all the tools they use to dig it up, stack it and haul it where it needs to go. what a valuable resource if you have it available. Hey try willow coppice or pollarding for that fire wood.
You get a lot of yellow/brown ash, and I mean a lot
Thanks for the info Gimly!
I prefer driftwood, but we have WAY too much of it, we get it coming from Arran.
damn. you're irish. i was looking for why american southerners don't burn coal. humidity i guess but.... either way, nice viddie
I know that I am a bit late to the party but I just wanted to know if anyone here has tried burning charcoal and if so what did you make of it?
Hi, we can't get charcoal from our local vendors so haven't tried it... Then I think "charcoal" I think of summer barbeques, haha. Would be interesting to find out what other people think indeed - sorry we can't offer any more input on that...
Don’t do it. It produces carbon monoxide so is not recommended for indoor use
@@esta1ful Charcoal is just wood that's been through a process.
Coal, peat (turf ) wood, all produce carbon monoxide, that's what a flue or chimney is for, not just smoke.
The problem with charcoal in an open fire is, there is less updraft caused by charcoal due to less heat, smoke and flames when lit, this can equate to not noticing if your chimney is blocked and unseen gases coming into the room.
The second thing is, the lower updraft charcoal creates can cause these gases to flow into a room anyway.
There is however specially designed stoves for boat cabins that run on charcoal.
I know this is an old post but anyway 🙂
I live amongst an uncountable number of trees, so for burning, it's always wood.
We were thinking of buying some woodland as it sounds like a great place for holidays, foraging, holidays, etc, but in reality it would be so impractical - getting to the nearest tree would mean getting two ferries across!. . . So, for now, we're happy with what we have (and happy to import peat & coal). However, I can just imagine how beautiful your area is, trees are something. . . special!
Happy Homestead That is really interesting to me, I couldn't imagine a place without trees. They're even in the deserts here, sure they're not plentiful, but they exist. I live amongst miles of farmland, so it is very open. However, my property is along a river valley where 3 rivers converge. I mostly have a canopy of massive oak trees, with some walnuts and hickory. The lower canopy is a mix of maple, cherry and other smaller growth trees. Every now and then I find a paulownia tree, these are the fastest growing trees in the world. Perhaps, due to their fast growth, you could plant them for firewood. I haven't allowed them longer than a year, so any wood was mixed into a brush pile. I'm not sure if it's worthwhile firewood, but that fast growth may fare well for a short life in your area. There are a number of other fast growing trees, like certain maples, poplar and even fur varieties. All you need to invest in is some seed or seedlings to try. Without many trees though, it sounds as if you would need to spend some extra time securing them due to heavy winds. Or maybe find a low area where they could be protected.
I burn wood and coal on the fires & wood & supatherm on the heat ranger for heat,cooking and hot waterPeat smells lovely but not enough heatI'm going to plant some willow next to the peat bog but will have to wait for it to grow
poshpinkfluffybunny What's supatherm and how is it acquired?
hi David Supatherm/supertherm is smokeless fuel, I buy it by the sack from my local coal yard
The next project is going to be making Bracken briquettes it's supposed to burn hotter than oak!
You'll be burning twigs.
Peat is my favourite
Why
Hi. I'm hoping to buy a mobile home/tiny house & leave the city. Any advice for me,I want to buy a stove too to heat the place too
Wood
Wood all day. trees are plentiful where I am and I plant more that I take.Take cuttings and plant trees for future generations. Your son may well be cutting a tree long after you have gone. How good is that?
I live in Philadelphia and I burn wood coal wood pellets and kerosene I'm not turning on my house heat unless I have to.
I did want to see how hot they all burned...
Not a bad day you have any of them to burn 🙋👍👌✌
Pot
We use wood here.
Good old read oak,Popular white oak, here in Viginia cant get pete
Where I live you can just go out outside grab your chainsaw and cut down a dead tree I live in Canada’s I heat is definitely a priority and paying for a furnace in a big home can be expensive so I burn wood but I can’t keep the fire going past 2:00 am and I’m not feeling like getting up every night to tend to it have any suggestions I have pretty much infinite source of wood I can buy coal what do I do? Do I mix the wood and coal? Or do I do just wood or just coal?
U can mix your wood with coal the coal will last a lot longer than wood?
Make wood into charcoal, it’ll last longer than wood but needs more oxygen to burn. Also less toxic fumes while burning than coal
Make wood into charcoal, it’ll last longer than wood but needs more oxygen to burn. Also less toxic fumes while burning than coal
Make sure your stove is multi fuel compatible
wonderful it is..truly enjoyed this video i agree with you on every point you made and i would like to know where abouts your from it is quit windy but its nothing a good whiskey couldn't fix what whiskey do you like btw i like vat.69
Peat seems like pretty useful stuff. Burns well, lasts long, and is relatively cheap in bulk. I'd have to say that's because of its ease of access and vastness, seeing as all you'd have to do is go to a bog and start digging
Lol not often I get wood 😉but when I do I’m hot 🤣. Gonna buy some turf and see how I go tonight 😉. Good vid mate
Coal is king 😉👍👍🇺🇸
Not forever. Germany has reached 42% of its energy generated from renewables and it is still progressing
@@stephensmith799 then why is it that the Germans pay more for electricity than all of Europe ?
That’s really functionality from cooking a turkey is charcoal otherwise it’s this is the states California when we can burn it is usually would but I’ve been experimenting with different types of stows and open fireplaces then again it’s usually just would, but the better the fireplace unless you have to burn love the video be safe
💯💪👊LET'S GO!!!
I thought you were going to make a bouchet with smoked honey. XD I came here to say 'peat', because of Whisky.
Never tried mineral coal in my life (and I've had fireplaces a decent amount of years). In Brazil it is just not needed. But I'm fascinated by the prospect (because in the south of Brazil we barbecue a lot). I heard it takes a long time to burn, as well.
Wood burns more cleaner then coal
👍👍👍
You have a very Scottish look to you.
Hey it's Trumpkin!
LOL - all we need now is a magical wardrobe! 😆
We have wood and natural gas, Coal is not legal( unless you have a really ancient system).
My electric and gas bill is so high. I've purchased a multi fuel fire to try and save money . I burn pallets and roofing timbers and any wood I can get my hands on , I sometimes even buy bags of coal at the right price. I live in England 2019 and my kids moan about cold rooms. Hahaha
Sorry no wood because its all now pete,Lol
I burn heretics
I say coal because you’re hat is black but I’m not watching till the end
Weird n annoying to listen to.
Are you a leprechaun?