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Big bags of coal

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  • 08-01-2008 2:31pm
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    Shamrogue
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭


    I cant seem to find a place that does big bags of coal. Ive not really tried too hard but all i can find are those 20Kg bags in places like statoil or Daybreak. Im looking for a place that specifically sells coal and the likes. Cosey coal is nice so if I could find that type then all the better.

    Cheers everybody


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Cosy glow is pants you might as well light a candle. I thought ye wheren't allowed to burn coal in the city?


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    Shamrogue
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭Shamrogue


    It cant be smoking coal. Smokeless coal is permitted, AFAIK. It'd confuse me as to why places sell coal in Galway if your not allowed burn it. My parents have cosy coal an I think its pretty good.


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I've been stuck with that cosy glow a few times, compared to proper coal it's useless. Turf is better when you pile a load of it in. Can you burn Turf in the city that's usually only around €3 a bag if you can get it.


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    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    peat briquettes and wood ftw


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    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Have you tried the golden pages , search for Coal & Solid Fuel
    or under Fuel in the Advertiser classifieds?


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    wet-paint
    Registered Users Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭wet-paint


    Of course you can burn turf.
    What's cosy coal?
    Syxpak, the briquettes are good for splitting and using to start the fire, but you get nowhere the heat from it or wood that you do from coal.


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    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Aye, but I don't like coal or uranium. The type of flue/fireback that you have can greatly affect whether heat from the fire is directed into the room or us sucked straight up the chimney.
    We got a new one in the family gaff a few years back, changed things considerably for the better.


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    wet-paint
    Registered Users Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭wet-paint


    Ah, that puts me in my place so.
    But I do know that if you burn exclusively turf or peat, there's be a lot more residue building up in the chimney and will need regular cleaning, a lot more than with just coal.


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    Shamrogue
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭Shamrogue


    Never thought of the golden pages. Found a few in there now. Ill check em out later on.
    While were on the debate, what coal do ye all think is the best for giving out heat?


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    Tails142
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Tails142


    It's not illegal to burn smoky coals in cities it is only illegal to SELL it. So go out of town and buy and burn what ya like.


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    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    No matter how much coal I crush I never get any diamonds.:(


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    wet-paint
    Registered Users Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭wet-paint


    Shamrogue wrote: »
    what coal do ye all think is the best for giving out heat?


    THere's a joke in there aboutburning Polish coal, but I can't see it.


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Tails142 wrote: »
    It's not illegal to burn smoky coals in cities it is only illegal to SELL it. So go out of town and buy and burn what ya like.
    Get yourself a few bags of Polish coal so, best coal money can buy and it burns 6 times longer a 3 times hotter than Irish turf. Hows that wet-paint?


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    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    unfortunately it tends to scream when set alight.


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    BrokenArrows
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    SyxPak wrote: »
    Aye, but I don't like coal or uranium. The type of flue/fireback that you have can greatly affect whether heat from the fire is directed into the room or us sucked straight up the chimney.
    We got a new one in the family gaff a few years back, changed things considerably for the better.

    Ya the fireplace in the house im in now does not deliver half the heat that my last house did.


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    s_carnage
    Registered Users Posts: 2,673 ✭✭✭s_carnage


    I vaguely remember seeing coal for sale in the petrol station beside NUIG. The one thats just off Quincentennial Bridge.

    Not 100% definite though


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    po0k
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    Shamrogue wrote: »
    I cant seem to find a place that does big bags of coal. Ive not really tried too hard but all i can find are those 20Kg bags in places like statoil or Daybreak. Im looking for a place that specifically sells coal and the likes. Cosey coal is nice so if I could find that type then all the better.

    Cheers everybody

    There's a house across the road from the entrance to Glenlo Abbey (on the Moycullen road, just past Bushypark).

    As far as I know they still sell coal & fuels.


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    galwaygirleen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭galwaygirleen


    no the house opp glenlo doesnt do coal anymore. theres a good few coalmen around galway johnny walsh is one, dont have his number but im sure u can get it in the golden pages!


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    snaps
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    Do what i do and buy out of town. I brought loads of bags of proper coal in clifden. Pefect price and perfect heat! All this scaremongering about global warming is complete toss. You cant tell me briquettes, smokeless coal etc is more eco friendly? Just us tossers in the city will pay more for fuel as we believe it!

    Have you lit a fire with briquettes & smokeless coal and seen the smoke that is produced at light up?

    No different to normal wood/coal etc!!!


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