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General: would you / could you burn Taybrite on an open fire?

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    Could I start by saying I'm not thinking about the CO2 emissions issue for the moment. I'm thinking more in terms of cream carpet, cream curtains & etc.

    We have started clearing out the mother in law's house (following her move to a retirement home) and we seem to be in possession of a great quantity of these nuggets which were purchased for her Rayburn (probably pre-dates the discovery of North Sea oil).

    We have an open fire, bunged up with a chimney balloon and made pretty with a dried flower arrangement. When the need arises - could we remove the balloon and dried flowers and just burn this as per usual?

    (I'm sorry if this sounds extraordinarily dim - but is Taybrite just fancy coal?)
    • CommentAuthorDan McNeil
    • CommentTimeSep 22nd 2008
     
    We burnt wood and Taybrite (sometimes separately, sometimes together) in the open fire of our last house.

    Of all the "ancit" coals, we found Taybrite to be hardest to light, the longest to burn and the least messy. It's nothing like house coal, which is smelly, smokey, full of impurities and is hard to keep going.

    The Taybrite quality was consistent, it didn't smoke, and it almost never sparked. Once banked up last thing at night, it would still be giving out significant heat the next morning. Highly recommended, and we'll keep a few bags aside "for emergencies" when we start using our soon-to-be installed new Clearview.
    • CommentAuthorjoe.e
    • CommentTimeSep 22nd 2008
     
    Likewise. We burned Taybrite and firewood on an open fire for years, generally a bit of both at once. Very satisfactory. It can get very hot, too - I once did a raku firing using Taybrite in an improvised kiln - maybe 900-1000C.
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    Excellent news - I'll get the wheelbarrow round there then. Many thanks chaps.
    • CommentAuthorsune
    • CommentTimeSep 24th 2008
     
    But burning coal releases a lot of CO2 so should be avoided if you are trying to be 'green' - try to burn locally sourced, seasoned wood if possible. And if you are using the fireplace regularly (which it does not sound like) then perhaps think about installing a stove as fireplaces are very inefficient.
    : )
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    Sune - we usually use locally sourced, seasoned wood if we use the fireplace at all (the neighbour's son is a tree surgeon) - which is why I was nervous about burning Taybrite on an open grate.

    We stopped burning the Taybrite on mother's Rayburn when the flue cracked early last winter and the landlord did nothing to fix it. This has left us with bags and bags of the stuff which we could crunch into the cinder path or try to take away and burn. We've tried giving it away and no one wants it - wheelbarrowing it round to ours seems a sensible thing to do in the circumstances.

    We're biding our time in this house - so no refurb plans at all, while a new one is being built in France. The new house will have a wood burning stove (eventually - Charnwood are pleading 'unprecedented demand' and are havering about when we can expect them to send us one).
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    Delighted with the Taybrite. The living room was at 16C when we started (probably owing to hubby having left the back door open whilst assembling his fire making accoutrements / putting dried flowers in the compost) and gradually got to 23C on about 30 nuggets before we started stripping off and leaving the living room door open. No hissing, spitting or crackling and there was still a glow from the fire in the morning. Excellent stuff - especially if it allows us to keep the heating off for a bit longer.

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