briquettes

[firewoodman]

does anyone on here deal with briquettes, bought in to re-sell or even burnt any in your stoves.

 

intrested to hear what you think of them

[detritus21]

Do you meant the reconsituted wood that forms briquettes or coal briquete yype stuff?

[hplp]

Peat briquettes are popular over here.

 

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[firewoodman]

the wood ones mainly, but any i suppose

 

apparently there are paper ones too

[detritus21]

The wood briquettes burn well. Not much fuss involved in getting them to burn. Marketing wise I'm not sure. I'm sure at the right price the demand will be there. I have a demand for conifer at the moment which shows you really can sell anything at the right price. If I were selling the briquettes I'd sell them similar to prepacked coal so you can multidrop bags.

[woodrascal]

We use quite a few of the compacted sawdust briquettes. They're manufactured locally and we get a good deal direct from the firm. The retail price is expensive in my view.

 

They burn very well - throw out a lot of heat in a very short space of time. They seem to work best for us (in our stoves and Esse cooker) when you give them plenty of air.

 

They do produce a fair amount of fine, grey ash, probably more than when using dry wood as a fuel.