What is the best brand of solid fuel for a boat stove?

[Glynn]

New Heat ( was called Pure Heat ) is the best by far for us.

[Liam]

On 11/12/2017 at 20:45, MoominPapa said:

We bought a couple of bags of Oxbow Red, which is their non-smokeless brand, from NB Alton when we were on the Macc and it's brilliant. I've just found the remains of it at the bottom of the coal bunker and the lack of ash and length of burn are both really good. I wish I could find somewhere around Braunston to buy it, we're using cosy-coke from Fred Tarry at the moment and judging from the volume and colour of the ash, it's about 50% brick-dust.

MP.

 

 

Ah, only just seen this post. If you like Oxbow Red, you may want to try Winterblaze. I believe if it isn't the same, it's near identical.

[FluffyVal]

I would recommend anthracite, we used to get 3/4 of a ton delivered and it did us for all winter with a Torgem stove linked to a central heating setup on our 55 foot narrowboat ‘ATON’ 

the thing about anthracite is it keeps in and there is very little ash.

downside is it is more expensive

[rusty69]

4 minutes ago, FluffyVal said:

I would recommend anthracite, we used to get 3/4 of a ton delivered and it did us for all winter with a Torgem stove linked to a central heating setup on our 55 foot narrowboat ‘ATON’ 

the thing about anthracite is it keeps in and there is very little ash.

downside is it is more expensive

Which was it a ton, or 3/4 a ton? 

[MtB]

31 minutes ago, FluffyVal said:

I would recommend anthracite, we used to get 3/4 of a ton delivered and it did us for all winter with a Torgem stove linked to a central heating setup on our 55 foot narrowboat ‘ATON’ 

the thing about anthracite is it keeps in and there is very little ash.

downside is it is more expensive

 

Must be nice to have somewhere to put 3/4 ton of coal!

[TheBiscuits]

Just now, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Must be nice to have somewhere to put 3/4 ton of coal!

Don't you have a roof?

 

[MtB]

Just now, TheBiscuits said:

Don't you have a roof?

 

 

Does anthracite come in sealed bags then?

Even so, I don't have space for 40 bags what with all the solar!

[TheBiscuits]

3 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Does anthracite come in sealed bags then?

Even so, I don't have space for 40 bags what with all the solar!

Yes.

The solar doesn't work in the coal months anyway, so just stick 1/4 of a ton on top of the panels ... 

[MtB]

1 minute ago, TheBiscuits said:

Yes.

The solar doesn't work in the coal months anyway, so just stick 1/4 of a ton on top of the panels ... 

 

SO.... who sells it in bags then?

(And delivers it to Wiltshire!)

[FluffyVal]

The mooring we had came with space for a garden and parking and coal.

It wasn’t bagged, we put a tarp over it.

[TheBiscuits]

2 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

SO.... who sells it in bags then?

(And delivers it to Wiltshire!)

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=anthracite+bags+wiltshire

2 minutes ago, FluffyVal said:

The mooring we had came with space for a garden and parking and coal.

It wasn’t bagged, we put a tarp over it.

Sssh! You are spoiling the fun with sensible facts!

[MtB]

10 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=anthracite+bags+wiltshire

Sssh! You are spoiling the fun with sensible facts!

 

Oi smart Alec, I'm the one who does the clever-dick LMGTFY links!

Anyway I've tried all of them. They all refuse to deliver to my mooring 1/4 mile from the nearest road, across a style, three gates, two kissing gates, a railway line and one small bridge.

Geighlords the lot of them. huh. 

[TheBiscuits]

Just now, Mike the Boilerman said:

Oi smart Alec, I'm the one who does the clever-dick LMGTFY links!

Anyway I've tried all of them. They all refuse to deliver to my mooring 1/4 mile from the nearest road, across a style, three gates, two kissing gates, a railway line and one small bridge.

Can't you move the boat to somewhere convenient in your copious free time? Running the engine might help with the 'lectric too

 

[MtB]

Just now, TheBiscuits said:

Can't you move the boat to somewhere convenient in your copious free time? Running the engine might help with the 'lectric too

 

NO. 

Stop coming up with viable solutions, you geighlord....  

[TheBiscuits]

Joking aside, our local coal merchant does do bagged anthracite, and his coalyard is 100 metres from the top of Johnsons' Hillock locks.  He will deliver bags free to the bridge for boaters if they will wait until he is off out on his delivery round.

[system 4-50]

Any chance of a bag collector process like they had for mail on trains? You drive your boat through the bridge and it drops one in your coal locker.