bowten Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 I can't believe you people let the fire go out! A whole turn you must get through some bags in a year. Anyone being charged 20 quid for a bag of coal is being ripped off £13 is the most expensive I have seen and I didn't buy that! I have been out on the cut for the last five months and there are more logs to be had than at any time since I came on. Why are people buying logs? Are you all rich boaters? Some of us have bad backs or glass ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kremmen Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 I can't believe you people let the fire go out! A whole turn you must get through some bags in a year. Anyone being charged 20 quid for a bag of coal is being ripped off £13 is the most expensive I have seen and I didn't buy that! I have been out on the cut for the last five months and there are more logs to be had than at any time since I came on. Why are people buying logs? Are you all rich boaters? I cant believe you can't believe it. I believe that's the point of these threads... building on the experience of others . In my case I like the fire to stay on all night. On the few occasions that I have closed down further it just goes out. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maffi Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Some of us have bad backs or glass ones. Yep we do and bad knees and bad hips and.......... so we get on with it. I cant believe you can't believe it. I believe that's the point of these threads... building on the experience of others . In my case I like the fire to stay on all night. On the few occasions that I have closed down further it just goes out. Paul I can't believe you can't believe I can't believe it. I may be cynical but the 'point of these threads' is that no one has to thinks for themself any more. Edited March 25, 2013 by Maffi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kremmen Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 I can't believe you can't believe I can't believe it. Ok maybe I can..... I may be cynical but the 'point of these threads' is that no one has to thinks for themself any more. Ah well as long as I know your point of view . For a moment I just thought you might join me in the grumpy old man corner. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooresey Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 I put a layer of coal down, crisscrossed kindling using about 8-9 and 2 small fire lighters in the coal. Wait till the kindling has got really going then put more coal on, and open up the bottom door to draw more air for a few minutes to really get it going then close it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Firelighters? Heretic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace and Favour Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 They used to burn heretics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0atman Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Anyone know a stockist of excel in Banbury area or Sonning area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald Fox Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Methylated spirits is the best way of getting a stove going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Methylated spirits is the best way of getting a stove going. So in your avatar that isn't a naturally receding hairline, just above where your eyebrows used to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loafer Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I haven't read all the posts so this may have already been suggested. Dry out your used tea bags on top of the stove, and keep them in diesel in a plastic tub. Brilliant firelighters (3 or 4 at a time) and almost free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cereal tiller Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I haven't read all the posts so this may have already been suggested. Dry out your used tea bags on top of the stove, and keep them in diesel in a plastic tub. Brilliant firelighters (3 or 4 at a time) and almost free. Or even better,keep them in a jar of white spirit,burns clean and bright. 2 litre bottle of spirit will last several years and it cannot get diesel bug! CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loafer Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Ah yes. If you have some white spirit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald Fox Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 "So in your avatar that isn't a naturally receding hairline, just above where your eyebrows used to be?" Pretty good! But I used a dash of meths - looks like you used half a bottle ??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Pretty good! But I used a dash of meths - looks like you used half a bottle ??!! It's the four star I use to get the pipe going that's the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinhare Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I light my stove basically the same way as the OP.from the bottom up:-Bed of smokeless fuel (couldn't really call it coal)Layer of thickish woodKindlingfire lighter on top. (This seems different to other posts) with a few bits of kindling around it. This is often called an upside down fire. There are a few good video's on YouTube about it.Why put the fire lighter on top? It's easier to light it still sets fire to the kindling.Some people tend to put the kindling on the bottom with the larger stuff on top. As has been mentioned previously this tends not to work. As stated the kindling burns all the oxygen before the main fuel ignites but also what can also happen is the weight of the fuel on top tends to make it collapse onto the kindling as it burns and therefore smothers the fire.Also when lighting a fire you want to get as much heat as quickly as possible to start with to raise the larger pieces to ignition temperature and also to heat the flue/stovepipe which will make the fire draw better.Leave the main door ajar (not wide open) to increase the draw and close it once the fire is well established. As for damping down the fire for the evening. Unfortunately there is no hard and fast rule for how many turns or part turns you will require. Every stove will have different characteristics as will each installation. Length of the stovepipe, diameter, angled, straight just to name a few. So, even two stoves of exactly the same make and model will have different requirements. It also depends on which type/brand of fuel is being used. The only thing that really works is just trying different settings. Hope someone finds this helpful. Alan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillparker Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Useful stuff thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 If you have trouble lighting your fire try starting it with a few lumps of ordinary medium house coal which will take fire easily then change to your smokeless. A 10kg bag of it should last all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New to this Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Not on a boat yet however did install a multi fuel stove in last home before the old Land Anchor and I split (ex wife) anyhow rarely used coal as had the good luck to have a tree surgeon move in next door 2 months after I installed the stove, and had a mate with a courier company that would send a few of the boys round with the scrap damaged pallets that used to clutter his yard. (have you any idea how big a pile a Mercedes long wheel base high top can deliver, I do its huge ) When setting the fire would be newspaper tappers, ok showing my age as used to make these with my grand father back in the 60's, simply a sheet of news paper tightly rolled corner to corner and tied in a knot, kind of like a pretzel Bits of pallet wood, yep had chopped to slivers, layer of bigger pallet wood, add match and retire to safe distance. once its off add more wood logs or the square bits of wood the are used in pallets they go really well. have chucked in the odd candle stub if it was being a bit sluggish, old crayons go up as well, (we were child minders and had a constant supply of those) Kitchen roll that's wiped out a prying pan goes up really well. Had a utility room and would drain frying pans and roasting trays in to cardboard egg boxes and store till set, they went up very very well to the pleasure of captain pyro here. on few occasions we used coal I used to add it on top once the pallet wood and or logs were well in, however suspect I will try the kindling on top of coal method once I get a boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greylady2 Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 (edited) I have a game of Jenga in my stove before i light the block of fire lighter placed in the middle under the jenga wood. Then i leave the bottom door open/the top one shut too. Once is gets roaring i flaten out the wood and pile on a good amount of coal. Happy days. Edited November 25, 2016 by Greylady2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 I was reading back though this post and thought Emerald Fox was back. Then I spotted that going back 2 posts took us back 2 years! Still, stoves haven't changed much eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom766 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 This is very precise, technical. I have had trouble lighting the log burner in our boat. Not quite sure which vents should be open and which closed when starting... Theres a plate on top of the stove and a flap at the front on the bottom, which combination is best I wonder, assuming you need to draw air through the stove. I do believe the wind conditions outside have an effect...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, Tom766 said: This is very precise, technical. I have had trouble lighting the log burner in our boat. Not quite sure which vents should be open and which closed when starting... Theres a plate on top of the stove and a flap at the front on the bottom, which combination is best I wonder, assuming you need to draw air through the stove. I do believe the wind conditions outside have an effect...... Depends on what your burning, to start top and bottom vents open, once a steady burn is established you need to favour the top vent for wood and bottom vent for coal. The settings will depend on fuel, wind conditions and how hot you want the fire to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom766 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Right ok. I'll try different fuel too. Managed to light the coal without kindling last time, just fire lighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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