Briquettes

[Bob_z_l]

I like the briquettes ( 50mm ram pressed ones)

Get rid of 30-50 bags (20kg) but only to a couple of people with stoves that run all day.

They like that a bag can last a day and produce minimal ash.

 

Then the dust.....sometimes there is a load.

We have chickens so it gets used up there.

 

Careful to get from producers that don't use MDF.

 

Still a minefield and nowhere near replacing logs. For Sure.

 

Eco friendly(?) responsible recycled product - Yes.

[woody3]

no difference to burning chipboard

[JohnSlogs]

I bought a pallet in to try and have only sold 2 packs out of 96.

Don't put all your briquettes in one log basket.

 

 

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[Daniël Bos]

no difference to burning chipboard

Briquettes are not all the same.

As mentioned above, with enough pressure, low moisture content and small fibre size the lignin in the wood is enough to bind them, no added adhesives.

 

So rather different from burning chipboard.

 

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[woody3]

Briquettes are not all the same.

As mentioned above, with enough pressure, low moisture content and small fibre size the lignin in the wood is enough to bind them, no added adhesives.

 

So rather different from burning chipboard.

 

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it uses the same binding agent and same process as chipboard

[openspaceman]

it uses the same binding agent and same process as chipboard

 

 

I cannot speak for all makers but the pellets we produced had no glue or added binder, they were pure sawdust.

 

MDF on the other hand contains about 7% by weight formaldehyde glue and formaldehyde is not good to breathe in, nor are products of incomplete combustions from it. The nose also senses who's burning it quite well.

[briquette_seller]

it uses the same binding agent and same process as chipboard

 

No, that's not true

[Gary Prentice]

I think the naturally present cellulose present binds everything together. Could be wrong though

[Alycidon]

They dont sell, simple as. An average user will burn through £6 worth a night, I also see that Aldi have packs at under £3 made of what looks like old pallets, they do burn OK though, Had some briquettes made from coffee grindings in this week, nicely packed, small logs, burn easily and at least as hot as wood, but the ash volume is about 6 times that of wood in my stove. At £6 a bag of 6kg then not that cheap. I will be surprised of they sell, if not I have agreed a return.

 

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[difflock]

Funny enough, having purchased and burned a few(briquettes) 35 years ago while living in Belfast, I was idly examining the pallet on display in Tescos only last week, but could not establish the weight of the pack.

If produced on a proper industrial scale, I think a good product and a good idea.

PS

Why did all the , full, 1/2 & 1/4 of the displayed pallets of "Hotties" be deceitfully built with a hollow core?

Does the vendor imagine his customers are as dense as the product perhaps?

cheers

m