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Coal / solid state fuel bargains
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brokenarms wrote: »Yes. but there are many types of nugget coal. Some I found where not up to much.
This is the stuff that I used last year.
Best I have found.
Was 18 euro for 35kg but it went for ages . A saving compared to polish coal.
Great all day heat once it got going.
Not sure it would be any good in a open fire
Its 32MJ ~ 10kwh per kg vs 26MJ ~ 7.2kwh per kg for polish coal. I find it needs more draught though so I'm not sure how much of that extra energy goes up the chimney.
It doesn't have a high enough volatile content for an open fire so you'll end up with cinders, some people burn it successfully in an open fire by mixing it with more volatile coals. Really anyone with an open fire should be investing in a stove rather than buying more expensive coal.
It is amazing the difference though, it burns all the old soot off the inside of the stove, the bricks end up looking like new. Our chimney last year had about a milimeter of feathery soot, no tar or creosote to speak of.0 -
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Is it cheaper here?
Arigna make the nuggets and sell through distributers (I presume) as EcoBrite.
(Although, you might be able to buy direct from the Arigna yard in Carrick on Shannon.)
BnM get the same nugget and sell it in bags called 'Premium Stove Fuel'.
BnM sell it in 35Kg bags and Arigna in 40Kg bags, for obvious marketing reasons i guess.
Tip: Whichever is cheaper per Kg, buy that one !
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Arigna make the nuggets and sell through distributers (I presume) as EcoBrite.
(Although, you might be able to buy direct from the Arigna yard in Carrick on Shannon.)
BnM get the same nugget and sell it in bags called 'Premium Stove Fuel'.
BnM sell it in 35Kg bags and Arigna in 40Kg bags, for obvious marketing reasons i guess.
Tip: Whichever is cheaper per Kg, buy that one !:D
For any locals, Ecobrite is 17 euro in Wards in Roscommon, everyone else is taking the piss adding on random amounts of 'carbon tax'0 -
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This is the exact same nugget as EcoBrite, just re-packaged by BnM.
It comes out of Arigna.
I have always found it slightly cheaper as EcoBrite.
I found the eco brite stuff a bit hard to get the last time.
I guess it all depends who has it close to you home. I spent a while on google trying to way up petrol costs and getting the stuff home from the other end on the county.
Turns out Mc Cartys in Prosperous had the Board na Mona stuff. I hope they get it again as it is local to me.
I did not know it was the same. Thanks for that.
The trouble I had with timber was the time involved . I always had a tree chopped from the year before. Then stacked. Days of work.
It attracted rats where I live also. Lots of places for them to set up a home. There is nothing that make you jump out of your skin quicker than lifting a log to find an angry rat panicking with it young.
Poison just made them die and rot in the timber. Twice I had to bin a large percentage of it because of this. I would advise those of you with stacks of drying timber to purchase a couple of big snap traps . B&Q sell them for a 5er.
I did find even in my little Oisin stove that a couple of baskets where needed for a days worth of burning. Plus even dry, the common spruce and soft wood trees caused a lot of gunk in the flu. Oak is great but take 2 years to dry properly.
It would work if you had plenty of space and time to dry it cleanly . But i did not. Tarps don't really do it correctly either . Seven years I was at it. I keep some as a back up and for kindling all the same. If you see any old hardwood furniture or windows. Grab it. Its the best for home heat and kindling I found.0 -
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orchardfarmer wrote: »i would doubt this very much unless they are selling at loss or made a mistake
I am quite sure that it was me putting bales into my car after purchasing them for the above.
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orchardfarmer wrote: »bulls**t
Pardon?
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/excise/leaflets/solid-fuel-carbon-tax-guidance.pdf
http://www.inflation.eu/inflation-rates/ireland/historic-inflation/cpi-inflation-ireland-2012.aspx
http://www.inflation.eu/inflation-rates/ireland/historic-inflation/cpi-inflation-ireland-2013.aspx0 -
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[SIZE=2]Carbon tax should be 22.9c on briquettes this year, twice that next year.
Net inflation from this time last year is about 0.3%,.
The massive increase in prices is just the usual thing, when the government increases taxes x% businesses increase the prices 2x%,3x%,4x%,etc.[/SIZE]
I am not questioning the rate of carbon tax which you have quoted correctly.
It is the underlined section of your post which is not correct. Coal prices around here have increased by the carbon tax only, not 2, 3 or 4 times the carbon tax like you suggest. I would ask you get your facts straight before posting such rubbish.
Also worth mentioning there is 13.5% Vat on top of the carbon tax (eg for coal 26.33+vat)
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just outside Naas town not sure what the place is called, 5 bags of turf €15, 5 bags of logs €15, 4 bales of briquettes €15 which works out at €3.75 a bale. It's a fruit and veg shop with loads of fuel outside and they put the stuff in the car for you
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just outside Naas town not sure what the place is called, 5 bags of turf €15, 5 bags of logs €15, 4 bales of briquettes €15 which works out at €3.75 a bale. It's a fruit and veg shop with loads of fuel outside and they put the stuff in the car for you
Can you narrow it down a bit? What road out of Naas? Where is it near?
Passing Naas later this week, might drop by if you can narrow it down a bit0 -
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