Smokeless Coal For Open Fire

Zak Flaps

Hi.

Have tried 2 brands of smokeless coal recently on an open fire (apologies, but i can't remember the brands) and i found them both bad. Very little flames coming from the coal. Not an a par with regular (unsmokeless!!) coal. Doesn't seem to be any more heat from the smokeless either.
Can anyone recommend some good smokeless coal brands? I like something that lights quickly and gives a good flame.

Thanks.

phormium

None that I have tried are any good, ends up looking like an electric fire without even the flicker! They don't give a good flame after they initially heat up, you just get the glow, they take quite a while to light and heat up too.

My solution has been to buy logs as well so that once it starts to just look like a picture of a fire I throw in a log, that gives a few flames at least for effect.

It's not a patch on real coal I'm afraid and burns the backside out of the grate much quicker too

Zak Flaps

phormium wrote: »

None that I have tried are any good, ends up looking like an electric fire without even the flicker! They don't give a good flame after they initially heat up, you just get the glow, they take quite a while to light and heat up too.

My solution has been to buy logs as well so that once it starts to just look like a picture of a fire I throw in a log, that gives a few flames at least for effect.

It's not a patch on real coal I'm afraid and burns the backside out of the grate much quicker too

Have been doing that with the logs also!!!

Lewis_Benson

Smokeless coal doesn't, and shouldn't have much of a flame.

I have found eco glo very good.
Arigna cosy glo works well in open fires.

TheChizler

I moved to kiln dried Ash entirely and it's been perfect, no going back.