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.

• Wood is a carbon neutral, the more we grow the better we can balance the carbon equation. We all need to plant more tress especially in the areas of the greatest polluters such as USA, China and India.
• Trees absorb carbon dioxide and emit oxygen up to old age typically 1 tonne of CO² and 727kgs of O² for every m³ grown.
• Harvested trees continue to store CO² through out their product life. Europe’s forest areas are helping to stave off global warming.
• Substituting competing materials for wood means a double positive benefit avoiding CO² emissions saving almost 2 tonnes of CO² per m³.
• Growing timber uses less energy to produce than competing building materials, avoids pollution and lowers the carbon emissions.
• Using wood to generate heat and power is carbon neutral and reduces the finite use of fossil fuels and promotes rural economies and rural employment.
• Forestation provides social benefits and increase employment, contributing to health and well being.
• Wood is a better thermal insulator than any other structural building material: 15 times better than concrete, 400 times better than steel, 1770 better times than aluminium.
• Timber can be used to resonate and amplify sound to enhance a whole world of music.

The UK is one of the leading countries in the world to adopt internationally recognised certification schemes to prove the provenance of wood supplies.

You can now buy timber windows with 30 years guarantees. In Germany recently they have passed legislation to phase out the use of PVC windows because they cannot be recycled efficiently. They also take energy from a declining source of fossil fuel.

Using a timber window instead of PVCu saves 50kg of CO² per window and 400kg if you use aluminium. The UK timber trade as a whole uses 70% temperate timber and less than 5% from tropical sources. European timber forests are growing at approx 100 football pitches per hour.