Some useful briquette instructions

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

Following on from an early post about our success selling our carbon neutral briquettes, I thought I’d let you know how to get the best from them:

Storage
Some obvious but important advice here.

  • Keep dry and out of sunlight, a dry shed is ideal Sunlight will cause condensation in the bag and impair the quality of the briquettes.
  • Damp briquettes will be difficult to light and may cause smoking.
  • Our briquettes are suitable for use on open fires, AGAs, woodburners, outdoor chimneas, etc.

Lighting Them
We have found that the easiest way to start the fire is using screwed up paper, kindling and/or a firelighter block, with a few briquettes on top, to start off.

  • When the fire is going, top up with briquettes as necessary.
  • Never over-fill your fire basket or woodburner.
  • Never close off the air supply, as the briquettes need air to burn. but best to keep low

Although the briquettes seem small, never add more than you would with normal logs, as overheating may occur and you may damage your stove, fireplace or chimney! (Burning with heat output of between 5.8 and 6.2 kw per kilogram compare to 3.2 of logs and 6.2 of coal).

  • As the briquettes burn hotter than normal wood, it is best to add small amounts regularly.
  • Although the briquettes are very dry and should not cause sparks, we still recommend use of a fireguard for your safety.

If you have any questions about the briquettes, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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