Lighting a smokeless coal fire with two kindling pieces and one firelighter 

Wow, I'm new to this, had the multi fuel stove for 12 years but my husband always lit it, I never watched how he did it, he passed away last year so I've had the stove refurbished, serviced and chimney swept, just spent 40 minutes trying to light it, no luck, found your video, did what you did and hey presto it's lit, so thank you

I've been spending tons of money on burning hardwood first before I put my coal on. I had no idea you could do it with just 2 bits of Kindling! This is going to save me £100s!

GREAT VIDEO. I love the time lapse bit at the end showing just how slow the fire is to begin looking like it's burning well. That's solid gold info. Thank you.

Great value for the price. It really heats up our sunroom nicely.

Wonder if this will work for an open fire? Will have to give this a go. YAY - worked a treat, who knew! I've had a nice cosy fire going now for almost 4 hours. Will have to wait a while for all the family to enjoy, given the current wretched restrictions. Merry Christmas.

Hi Sean, you have officially saved me £10 a week on house coal, which is easier to light but burns out quickly. Thank you so much!

Amazing video. Tried this method for first time today with success. Thank you!

There is nothing quite like a coal fire - perfect.

thank you Sean . I watched this before and it helped me a lot . I recently moved house and between this and my own figuring things out this is my method and it works great even in times of low air pressure I use this in a Stanley Comeragh / super 90 Range . first of all the cooker has to be kept clean pulling off all the covers and give it a good intensive clean with the tools that come with the cooker even down the side of and under the oven . coal is bad stuff for clogging up everything with soot so I wont be buying it any more anyway its way too dusty and messy and small little bits its just a pain . I use a mixture of smokeless nuggets just like Sean and seasoned blocks of timber and well seasoned turf . ok hear is what I do every morning when I get up . clean out the fire box . empty the ash tray . stuff a couple of sheets of news paper scrunched up x2 up the elbow on the flue pipe to warm the flue up . I then place a piece of fire lighter dead centre in the fire box and place a block of timber in front and another behind it then I place smaller blocks of kindling of about 1 inch to 1 1/2 in square that I chop myself from the bags of blocks I buy . I dry them out in the storage box directly underneath the fire box . I leave a gap between them usually 4 pieces with another 4 placed parallel with the big blocks then 2 more blocks on top then 3 common sized shovels of nuggets placed in carefully with the tongs . then I sit down and watch the clock all day until its time to light her up ok an attempt at humour : ) . depending on the weather at light up time I pull the litter door with the circular damper off again light the news paper put back on the door and take a 1 inch square of fire lighter in the tongs light it hold it up directly under the fire lighter in the fire box to set it alight then place the other bit in to the fire box and close the door . I leave both dampers fully open to start with for 20 or 30 minutes until its taken off well then close the bottom damper to 1/3 open and the top cracked about half an inch . its good for 3 or 4 hours then another shovel of nuggets then after another couple of hours 5 or 6 sods of turf and that's it . house is still warm in the morning . I only need to clean the cooker every couple of weeks since I got rid of the coal .

Nothing beats a real fire. Lovely.

Ever try the top down method where you lay a small amount of coals down and place big logs on top and smaller pieces as you go up.

Lordy I've been doing it all wrong for years! :-D Thank you soooo much for this!

You are Number 1 mate, thanxxx

Excellent video, thanks!

Amazing what we can do with the coal dust and scrap we clean up,,mix it with a binder of wheat flour and exclude it in any shape we want

Thank you so much for sharing this you have saved me so much compared to the way I was told to do it. Have you any tips in stopping the smoke coming back into the living room. It doesn't happen all the time but when it does oh my god it's such a nightmare.

A little bit of smoke giving off at the start. How would that work in a smoke controlled area like cities? Thereason we switched to smokeless coal was because the neighbour kept complaining about the smell from us burning wood, on an open fire, which l now know to be against the rules however l do believe you are allowed to use kindling to start a fire but onlywhen you start it. Our neighbour even complained about the kindling. We now use a man made log in a bag that you light. We surround it with smokeless coal, but it does take about an hour to get going but it is well worth it and no complaints from neighbour.

Way quicker method. Start a small wood fire. Wait till it’s ready for refuelling then throw smokeless on. Ye stove is already up to temp and your good to go.

I usually put a mix of reg coal and smokeless on when starting the fire. Have tried starting a fire using just smokeless but I find it just takes too long to get going.

Really helpful Video with a really nice soundtrack. Also a relaxing video just to watch. Whats track 2? Nice Tune!

I bet the likes go during the winter time. 🔥❤

That's great coal dude cosy glo and a great stove i have a 21kw Henley great stove but not a Stanley is the best class 👍👌✌

On my page there are new boilers using new technology that do not smoke at all and there is no soot from smoke. They are twice as economical as old boilers.

If you closed the glass door and opened the bottom for 15 mins it would be going way better

kevin john pope I agree

Very nice video indeed. I've just ordered my stove. Very excited about burning coal, will bring back memories as a kid. How long do you find this fire burns for when you do this method?

I have a Stanley Erin stove with back boiler for years now and I'm still not sure how to get best efficiency out of it. I use coal to keep a nice hot base and then use logs on top. I find I'm refuelling a fair bit snd my wood is going quickly despite closing down air controls a good bit. Just wondering if anyone else uses this stove and how long is it before you need to refuel?

What about hearing the flue? Is that happening simultaneously? Just had one fitted

I live in a smokeless area. I've bought smokeless coal. I'm I ok to use kindling. Some say yes others say no. Surely I'm ok using it; you need to get the fire started somehow!

Took an hour to get going . I can get it going in less than 20 mins

What type of firelighters do you use? I was told not to use kerosene based ones, and I tend to use natural ones but they don't seem to be as effective

Is there any smokeless coals that give off a good flame??

I have never seen coal in such uniform lumps before. What kind are you burning? The ease at which it ignited and yellow flames lead me to believe that it is some type of clean bituminous coal perhaps...?

I've never seen coal like that before. they look like charcoal briquets for the bbq.

The price of this stuff is shocking it only cost 8 quid to run your central heating for 24hr on max i burn free wood

Useful video. How do you put the throat plate or metal at the top under the chimney in the stove if removed?

I am about to move into a flat that has this glass fronted type of fire, am I right in assuming I can't burn logs on it?

What type of coal do you use Sean??

Are u burning charcoal or Bit?

Just bought an anthracite stove and plan on burning anthracite. I have never seen this type of fuel before. Looks similar to charcoal briquettes. What exactly is it?

How easy is it to cut smokeless-coal lumps into smaller pieces? How? I found some place selling 'smokeless ovals' so wondered about cutting them up.

nice video,, is the coal you use anthracite coal ?

Have you burnt normal housecoal in it?

Will this method work with regular coal? Last year I used smokeless coal and found it hard to get it to burn so switched this year to coal. I have been making a wood fire then after about 45 mins and the larger logs burning well and start to add the coal and this works but it makes the room too hot. However a benefit is the furnace is so hot it cleans the soot from the glass. I am really surprised your method does not cover the glass in soot straight away, I will try it tonight.

Holzkohle Briketts für Ofen benutzen cool gute Idee geil gefelt mir 😍😎👍💪💪🏼

Hi, would this method work with an open fireplace? I ask as you kept mentioning radiators and dampers which I don’t have... I’ve only just moved into a house with fireplaces so am slowly learning! Thanks

just easier to burn logs

Is this smoke less coal all you burn? how does it work out expense wise? I was going to a buy in bulk wood and turf. Only just had the stove fitted this week. Reason we got it is we are lpg gas and the bills are so high.

It is coal i use it and it works if u do it right dont wstch it if u nna moan

How many hours would you get out of that fire ?

What kind of coal is that?

Using that amount of fuel, how long will the fire last?

look wot damaged the coal done to the glass

My good god what a massive palaver. Just lite a fire with wood first. Which catches instantly. Then when wood is glowing ember’s simply throw a scuttle of nuggets on top. And your fire is blazing in minutes 🔥🔥🔥

great video just tried your method and successful 👏..with a multi burner that I have what is the best setting for the air flows top and bottoms ..I normally have top flow on half and bottoms shut ? am I doing this right ?

you must have used about half a bag for one fire

That looks like bbq charcoal not “coal”

I love my stove i wunt be with out it £6 for big bag coal

That's not coal - might as well light some plastic logs and call it wood.

What make of coal is it ?

And thats where things end in packs ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fMJuUQFxy20.html

BUT IT HAS SMOKE, LIAR

Apparently were in 2019 and some people still want to live like its 1920. Do you ride to work on a horse and carriage ?

Looks like charcoal to me

That's not coal. It's CHARcoal. Huge difference between the two.

great way to light a bbq, dude.. Sadly the subject matter here is "coal fire".

Music is painfully annoying