I have been enjoying your channel for awhile. Please know even if people don’t always comment it doesn’t mean they are not living vicariously through your adventures 😺
Something magical about watching this video in front of my wood burning stoves with my little girl sprawled out in front of it, Chihuahuas are very cat like.
today I ran across the video that brought me to the two (four) of you. It is called Life Afloat. One of your vlogs was part of the right hand que. I am so delighted and pleased that you did. I spent this morning catching up on any that I had missed. I watch. London Boat Girl. Cruising the Cut, Minimal List, This Narrowboat Adventure et al. Whenever I need a laugh or am feeling low, I watch one of these channels and they give me a real lift. Thanks All.(and any four legged creatures as well). Cheers. Diana
Thanks Diana. Glad that you found us. We stopped getting recommended regularly by RUclips last year due to changes in their algorithm so its nice to hear that sometimes our videos come up!
Yes, me too meaning also. I just recommended your and other narrowboat vlogs to a new facebook friend who happens to have a narrowboat but knows nothing of the vlogs. Hope she checks you out. I find you delightful and relaxing.
Having lived with fire's most of my life , open , solid fuel burners and old fashioned ovens , I was turning big tree's into logs and morning stick's from when I was 7 . I've learned to put a base of anthracite down first , when you clean the fire out any bits about a inch or more put them back in on the bottom , keep all your coal dust and saw dust then mix it together with water to make a thick paste ( like cement ) and put about a pint in a paper bag roll it up into a sausage and drop at the back of the fire and it will burn slowly all night . But the big one is if you can get some Welsh steam coal use that it's mostly smokless and it burns with a lovely heat .
Not the ash , but as you clean out the bottom of the fire if you have been burning coal you will see bits of part burned coal similar to coke ( coke the old smokeless fuel we used to get from th gas works ) so any bits the size of a cherry tomato you put back in the bottom ad they will burn again as the temp gets up . So if you go to the Black Country Museum you will see piles of this out the back of the houses, and the nail maker goes round with a riddle gets the big bits and uses them in the furnace. I would say for every 25kg bag of coal burned you could re burn about 3kg of unburnt coal .
Thanks. Funny it could have gone a lot different if we’d filmed this week. Been experimenting and decided that never again will we balance one on top of coal!
Great video, ladies. I have one of those same thermometers. My dog goes so crazy for the laser that we had to stop using it around her. It's been years since we've used that thermometer around her, but just the beep sound from your video had her bouncing around looking for the red dot.
Hi ladies... properly informative as always.. you really seem to be nailing this boating lark. Weve been living aboard since october and everything has been a complete mystery to us. So watching your vlogs has been invaluable. Side note on the information i requested on your Nabru sofa... due to your lovely in depth reply we're ordering one and cant wait. We are still to buy and install our stove , so anything stovey related is of keen interest to us. Thanks once again and you can be assured of our continued support. Keep smiling 😁
these coffee logs are great, what we have here in south Australia, a company called BONE Timber very SA company they have sort of the same thing and yes they are brilliant as we have a combustion heater at home leave for a few hours, then put a few logs of wood on and its set for the night.
I found you a few months ago while binge watching @cruisingthecut. So glad I did. Team Kath! But love you all. I am now binge watching all your vids. Since it's almost winter again, I wondered if you ever use the top of your stove to heat a kettle of water for tea or cook up a pot of soup or whatever?
Hi, On a previous video you were talking about space saving on the boat.i noticed in Dunhelm they sell a collapsible collender for your veg . It's about £14 but seems robust and a good buy. Cheers.
thanks for the recommendation. We do use a collapsible colander already. It is great and hangs on the side of the cupboard. We might include it in the next space saving blog.
Thanks for a great and informative video. My stove is fixed! But the boat is still with Boating Leisure Services while they finish the repaint and work required. The signwriter painted the name on last Friday and it looks fantastic, I can’t wait to collect it. I think those logs look good and think they would be fine for my requirements as we’ve also had the heating repaired and modified and apparently it’s really hot, so the stove, I hope will be back up. I could store those nice clean logs under the bed for emergencies or cosy fireside evenings. As always I love your videos. Thanks.
Soon I hope. We are getting a couple of solar panels fitted and they can't do those until the paint work is finished. I'll send you a photo when it's done.
Natural wood logs (especially hard woods) will burn longer. I carry a chain saw in my work...I find dead and dried trees and tree parts. I can't recall ever buying wood or prepared logs for my stove. My cats also love to stretch out and sleep in front of my wood stove on cold nights. Thanks for sharing your videos.
Nice review girls. Just spent last week on my mates nb on the Shroppy (ice breaking lol). I asked what could I bring, he said 2 bags of smokeless coal and Guinness :-) As I have an open coal fire I collect my coal from the merchants myself, I bought 2 bags (£15) of their smokeless oviods and took them (haven't got a brand name, they were loose). To our surprise they were incredible throwing out lots of heat with very little ash. My mate said he has tried all the various smokeless coal on the market, but, has never had any as hot as these were. 1 bag lasted from Saturday til Wednesday burning 24 hours. Had to open the Cratch doors and sometimes open the windows when it was freezing outside. Gonna try them on my home fire. :-)
I read a tip somewhere from someone who said to put your coal (of desired amount) into individual paper bags and put them in fire like that. You don't get your fingers messy and its easy to store.
I love the idea of using recycled materials in our Morso Squirrel. We use the coffee logs and a product made from bracken, brackenburn brakettes I think they are called. I use the logs a bit like you, one on a base of embers in the morning to get the boat warm and then add the coal before the structure of the logs breaks down. I wish they did smell like coffee. Btw we bought ours from Bunnings for about six pounds a bag.
So I just googled Brackenburn brakettes and they look great. We are going to see if we can buy some- but we have to check the budget first. Thanks for the recommendation.
These sound ideal for those cold days/nights when you dont want a roaring fire all day but want some cosy heat to warm you and your kettle. You should try one of your jacket potatoes with this method. From a personal point of view you cant beat a coal and log combination.
Loved the intro. I would have loved to have cuddled with one of you, but he probably would not have been receptive. Cats don’t like strangers. Too bad that coffee logs don’t smell like coffee while burning, because that would be a selling point. Rumor has it that when biodiesel began with recycled fried chicken oil, sales of fried chicken increased around where the biodiesel was burned. It has been said that the busses smelled vaguely like fried chicken. As for the tea logs you suggested, don’t forget about burning melaleuca wood. That is called the tea tree and grows wild in Florida and the land down under.
Munchy is such a fluff bear that he would be playing hard to get for about 3 mins and then you'd be old friends. He doesn't go up to strangers- but we kind of like that. Though one time during the last summer he howled and howled to all of the people at the park about how hot it was and how hot the boat was and acted homeless until we had to go and fetch him. Sometimes I really just think he's on the look out for a better home! He won't find one- we are his servants- he has Kath trained to carry him around when she is cooking!
Hmmm, interesting idea! Coffee grounds are wonderful compost, adding nitrogen to the soil. I have a worm farm & feed coffee grounds, tea leaves, no meat leftovers to them. I HATE thinking about the mountains of Starbucks coffee grounds wasted in landfills. Perhaps heat is better.
I came off the canal after 10 years as a live a board and I found the best fuel was Blue Flame very good heat very little ash but I miss the life on the cut
Those coffee logs sound really interesting girls, but I think we will stay with our timber fired slow combustion heater which heats our whole house. We use about 3 to 4 tons of hardwood each Autumn to Spring, usage depending on the weather naturally!!!
Hi NB Ladies. Really good review. My sister was bought a pack off of her in laws. 🔥. She loved them. I'd like to hear Munchies review.... 🤔. Maybe in his own vlog?? 😁🐱🐶🐾
The biggest problem in winter for us is getting water when the tap is frozen. Back in the day, they’d soak a rag in diesel and set fire to it but that wouldn’t work with the plastic pipework in our marina.
Hi Joanna, yes we thought £10 a bag was a lot. Some other viewers have told us they are cheaper elsewhere - £6 a bag and on a multibuy deal. We enjoyed trying them but are sticking to coal for now!
Ours is branded eco fan. It was on the boat when we bought it. There are lots of different options available - sometimes deals come up in supermarkets. They sell them in hardware stores too. We've been talking with a company called Valiant who make fans. Like this one amzn.to/2BHKjZt
Still waiting for my flat to sell. Have been looking at some boats but none have been that great due to my limited budget! But I’m sure the right one is out there somewhere 🤞🐶🐱🐱x
Hi Paul, our boiler is broken at the moment. Last year, when it was working, we only used it for additional heat because the radiators heat up quicker than the boat. It burns a lot of diesel and is really loud so its not really ideal to run full time.
Well done, Kath. Somehow it seemed very peaceful, and warm. Must be the cats, right? Cats and Kath? I enjoyed the peaceful chat, thanks for taking us along. The only thing I felt was not explained well enough was . . . did you think it started easily enough from scratch? That would seem to be an important aspect. Thanks again, very peaceful to enjoy on a cold day.
Hiya Munchy, I can never see your lips move when those ladies chat. A true pro. I like the idea of the coffee logs because it means less bits of wood will be removed from near the canal. This, in turn, will mean a greater number of habitats for ogly-bogerlies.
The Narrowboat Experience. Munchy could do a one minute homily on important subjects of the day, like making sure you get enough sleep (maybe a demonstration). Maybe, different ways of getting food, cuddles, etc.
I have a burning curiosity on how long it is going to take me to view all your videos? Oh I thought you might like to know I subscribed to the "CruisingTheCut" channel tonight. I even made a few comments I hope he finds them amusing and not mean. 😁
Nice review, thank you. Curious as a cat I searched for coffee logs on youtube and found a „how to make your own“ video. Annamarie needs to drink just a bit more coffee and then you could heat up the boat with your own home made coffee logs 😬😂 I like the idea of useing renewable resources for heating. We do use various types of wood chip logs for our fire and they are really good. Hard wood logs for over night glow and the mixed wood types during the rest of the day. Did you find a kcal on the package stating how much energy a certain amount of the coffee logs produces?
Funny we were talking about playing around trying to make our own. I'm not sure Anna drinks enough coffee or how long they would take to dry out. Nothing about kcal on the package sorry.
The Narrowboat Experience not exactly the link I was looking for, but you might get the idea... ruclips.net/video/LJZgo4CA6lA/видео.html the one I originally saw was pressed into a empty and cleaned milk tetrapak which could be burnt with the whole log. So alternatively maybe fire starters made of coffee ground, wax and a bit sugar in empty cardboard egg boxes instead 😎
Hello munchie hello alice hello ladies looks n8ice and warm in your beautiful narrow boat .All fie has just woken up now watching munche on the tv . i think he is in love with munche lol.
Way to low, black glass excessive soot in flue, you should sweep it twice in the burning season if flue temp that low, don't shut your stove right down if not Defra approved, if you do slumber it down overnight crank it way up in the morning to clear the flue. I assume you have a CO alarm fitted? one meter from the stove and 6" from the ceiling Hetas recommendation, and I'm sure you a good working smoke alarm fitted ? The coffee logs I find burn very dirty unless you really crank up the stove so stopped using them, I stick to kiln dried ash logs in my van Hobbit stove, I guess with a boat it's hard to store them in any quantity. I'm sorry to go on a bit I am a chimney sweep and stove installer and safety is paramount to me, love your vids take care.
Thanks your comments have been really useful. Especially when you actually are an expert in what you are talking about. We appreciate you taking the time to message back about the stove. We’ve got the co2 alarm fitted on the wall near the stove. And a smoke alarm. We’ll clean the flue again and see if the temperature goes up. Annoyingly never checked the flue temperature before your first message so don’t know if it’s ever been hot enough.
George it’s anthracite coal mixed with petrocoke and something to bind it all together. They are made in a briquette machine and are a little bit similar to charcoal
We use coffee logs for a quick burst of heat first thing in the morning or evening. I think it would be rather expensive to run the fire off them full time. 1 log lasts about 2 hrs in our stove so a bag of 16 wouldn’t last that long. We prefer the coal for now.
I don't think the supermarket sells anthracite coal they only sell the low grade compressed coal dust or eco coal go to a coal merchant and get anthracite coal by the bag or ton
It can get very cold on a boat...Having a partner who loves boating and two foot warming kittens makes life on the water more enjoyable. Enjoy the adventure, don't argue, find the humor in everything and be grateful . Here is a song for a perfect match, Kath and Anna. ruclips.net/video/MCKwvcf4Tk0/видео.html
I'm eager to know, do they smell of coffee? I love the smell of coffee! Also, if you're reviewing different logs could you list their dimensions as some of us with small stoves really struggle. Would love to see a comparison with something like www.bmstores.co.uk/products/quickflame-firelog-309325 I've been using these all winter, last about 3 hours in my little pipsqueak stove (have to saw them in half lengthways to get them thru the stove door but they're soft and waxy, cut easily with a breadknife), no need for kindling or firelighters just light the bag. I'll admit one of the reasons I'm using them is the nearest shop to my mooring is B&M, but I reckon I'm getting more heat than I get with Excel and more heat per £ than Phurnacite. Also, no matter how far I close the fire down they will not go out, mix one with any type of coal and I can extinguish the coal by closing the spinners but the log keeps smouldering.
They smell a little bit like coffee when you open the bag but not when they are burning. These logs are about 15cm long and 7cm in diameter. Thats rough estimation from memory because we've burnt all the ones we had. We are burning Excel at the moment and find it is the best in our stove of the smokeless fuels we've tried. A comparison of different fuels is a great idea for a vlog - thanks for that. We probably won't get to it for a while but maybe as next winter approaches when we have a little bit more time.
We are burning Excel mostly and it works well for us. Keeps the boat nice and warm and was under £10 for 25kg. We tried some stuff from B&Q and it was rubbish in comparison. Also tried Homefire ovals and Supertherm. They had a lot more ash than the excel but a similar performance in the stove. Will give anthracite a go next time, thanks for the tip.
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I have been enjoying your channel for awhile. Please know even if people don’t always comment it doesn’t mean they are not living vicariously through your adventures 😺
Thanks John, nice of you to say.
Something magical about watching this video in front of my wood burning stoves with my little girl sprawled out in front of it, Chihuahuas are very cat like.
Really helpful, thank you! When I get my boat I’ll have to binge watch all your vlogs, it’ll be like an encyclopaedia of boating!,
Haha, thanks. How long to go now?
today I ran across the video that brought me to the two (four) of you. It is called Life Afloat. One of your vlogs was part of the right hand que. I am so delighted and pleased that you did. I spent this morning catching up on any that I had missed. I watch. London Boat Girl. Cruising the Cut, Minimal List, This Narrowboat Adventure et al. Whenever I need a laugh or am feeling low, I watch one of these channels and they give me a real lift. Thanks All.(and any four legged creatures as well). Cheers. Diana
Thanks Diana. Glad that you found us. We stopped getting recommended regularly by RUclips last year due to changes in their algorithm so its nice to hear that sometimes our videos come up!
Yes, me too meaning also. I just recommended your and other narrowboat vlogs to a new facebook friend who happens to have a narrowboat but knows nothing of the vlogs. Hope she checks you out. I find you delightful and relaxing.
I felt as if I were joining two friends (and a cat) for tea. Warm feelings. Thanks girls.Diana
Thanks :-)
I had to go get a cup of coffee to watch this, after hearing the word coffee numerous times. 😊☕❤
Coffee coffee coffee ;-)
The Narrowboat Experience ok you two...I saw your comment, looked at the clock, and headed to the kitchen for a fresh cup of joe 😊☕❤
Living vicariously through video of other people's fireplaces. 🙂
Tom De Mulder its not just you Tom 😁
I fess up...................me too. lol
Me too.
You all are too lovely. Thanks
Awesome video guys
Having lived with fire's most of my life , open , solid fuel burners and old fashioned ovens , I was turning big tree's into logs and morning stick's from when I was 7 . I've learned to put a base of anthracite down first , when you clean the fire out any bits about a inch or more put them back in on the bottom , keep all your coal dust and saw dust then mix it together with water to make a thick paste ( like cement ) and put about a pint in a paper bag roll it up into a sausage and drop at the back of the fire and it will burn slowly all night . But the big one is if you can get some Welsh steam coal use that it's mostly smokless and it burns with a lovely heat .
To be honest I had to google anthracite. Then are you saying you re-burnt the ash?
Not the ash , but as you clean out the bottom of the fire if you have been burning coal you will see bits of part burned coal similar to coke ( coke the old smokeless fuel we used to get from th gas works ) so any bits the size of a cherry tomato you put back in the bottom ad they will burn again as the temp gets up . So if you go to the Black Country Museum you will see piles of this out the back of the houses, and the nail maker goes round with a riddle gets the big bits and uses them in the furnace. I would say for every 25kg bag of coal burned you could re burn about 3kg of unburnt coal .
@@andyward8336 I think you mean cinders.
Loved this video keep the reviews going it was a good honest opinion of the product
Thanks. Funny it could have gone a lot different if we’d filmed this week. Been experimenting and decided that never again will we balance one on top of coal!
Another GREAT video ladies ! Thank You for making this.
Thanks Nilo
Burning curiosity! Comedy gold! Another fantastic video - thank you xx
Lol- glad you liked it.
Great video, ladies.
I have one of those same thermometers. My dog goes so crazy for the laser that we had to stop using it around her. It's been years since we've used that thermometer around her, but just the beep sound from your video had her bouncing around looking for the red dot.
Hi ladies... properly informative as always.. you really seem to be nailing this boating lark. Weve been living aboard since october and everything has been a complete mystery to us. So watching your vlogs has been invaluable. Side note on the information i requested on your Nabru sofa... due to your lovely in depth reply we're ordering one and cant wait. We are still to buy and install our stove , so anything stovey related is of keen interest to us. Thanks once again and you can be assured of our continued support.
Keep smiling 😁
Thanks, thats so kind of you to say. We do try to be useful ;-)
All the science, and then @4.53 - "Oh, that's hot!"... ;) Loving your vids (planning a move to 6'10" life in the autumn). X
You'll love it.
these coffee logs are great, what we have here in south Australia, a company called BONE Timber very SA company they have sort of the same thing and yes they are brilliant as we have a combustion heater at home leave for a few hours, then put a few logs of wood on and its set for the night.
I found you a few months ago while binge watching @cruisingthecut. So glad I did. Team Kath! But love you all. I am now binge watching all your vids. Since it's almost winter again, I wondered if you ever use the top of your stove to heat a kettle of water for tea or cook up a pot of soup or whatever?
Welcome aboard. Yes we would keep the kettle warm on top of the stove.
Great vlog. Most helpful, thanks
You're welcome
well this just makes me want to try and dig some of these!
They are warm.
Hi, On a previous video you were talking about space saving on the boat.i noticed in Dunhelm they sell a collapsible collender for your veg . It's about £14 but seems robust and a good buy. Cheers.
thanks for the recommendation. We do use a collapsible colander already. It is great and hangs on the side of the cupboard. We might include it in the next space saving blog.
Thanks for a great and informative video. My stove is fixed! But the boat is still with Boating Leisure Services while they finish the repaint and work required. The signwriter painted the name on last Friday and it looks fantastic, I can’t wait to collect it. I think those logs look good and think they would be fine for my requirements as we’ve also had the heating repaired and modified and apparently it’s really hot, so the stove, I hope will be back up. I could store those nice clean logs under the bed for emergencies or cosy fireside evenings. As always I love your videos. Thanks.
Good news about the stove. And the heating. When do you collect the boat?
Soon I hope. We are getting a couple of solar panels fitted and they can't do those until the paint work is finished. I'll send you a photo when it's done.
3:42 It's official .. Anna's hands are FIREPROOF.
Natural wood logs (especially hard woods) will burn longer. I carry a chain saw in my work...I find dead and dried trees and tree parts. I can't recall ever buying wood or prepared logs for my stove. My cats also love to stretch out and sleep in front of my wood stove on cold nights. Thanks for sharing your videos.
I think that when we are out on the canal full time we will look to collect some dead trees from the towpath. Thanks for the tip about wood.
you girls are great ,love the videos.
Thanks.
Nice review girls. Just spent last week on my mates nb on the Shroppy (ice breaking lol). I asked what could I bring, he said 2 bags of smokeless coal and Guinness :-) As I have an open coal fire I collect my coal from the merchants myself, I bought 2 bags (£15) of their smokeless oviods and took them (haven't got a brand name, they were loose). To our surprise they were incredible throwing out lots of heat with very little ash. My mate said he has tried all the various smokeless coal on the market, but, has never had any as hot as these were. 1 bag lasted from Saturday til Wednesday burning 24 hours. Had to open the Cratch doors and sometimes open the windows when it was freezing outside. Gonna try them on my home fire. :-)
That sounds like a good fuel. We have tried a few branded ones this winter and think Excel works best for us.
I read a tip somewhere from someone who said to put your coal (of desired amount) into individual paper bags and put them in fire like that. You don't get your fingers messy and its easy to store.
Thats an interesting idea. I might try that in the morning.
I love the idea of using recycled materials in our Morso Squirrel. We use the coffee logs and a product made from bracken, brackenburn brakettes I think they are called. I use the logs a bit like you, one on a base of embers in the morning to get the boat warm and then add the coal before the structure of the logs breaks down. I wish they did smell like coffee. Btw we bought ours from Bunnings for about six pounds a bag.
So I just googled Brackenburn brakettes and they look great. We are going to see if we can buy some- but we have to check the budget first. Thanks for the recommendation.
These sound ideal for those cold days/nights when you dont want a roaring fire all day but want some cosy heat to warm you and your kettle. You should try one of your jacket potatoes with this method. From a personal point of view you cant beat a coal and log combination.
Loved the intro. I would have loved to have cuddled with one of you, but he probably would not have been receptive. Cats don’t like strangers. Too bad that coffee logs don’t smell like coffee while burning, because that would be a selling point. Rumor has it that when biodiesel began with recycled fried chicken oil, sales of fried chicken increased around where the biodiesel was burned. It has been said that the busses smelled vaguely like fried chicken. As for the tea logs you suggested, don’t forget about burning melaleuca wood. That is called the tea tree and grows wild in Florida and the land down under.
Munchy is such a fluff bear that he would be playing hard to get for about 3 mins and then you'd be old friends. He doesn't go up to strangers- but we kind of like that. Though one time during the last summer he howled and howled to all of the people at the park about how hot it was and how hot the boat was and acted homeless until we had to go and fetch him. Sometimes I really just think he's on the look out for a better home! He won't find one- we are his servants- he has Kath trained to carry him around when she is cooking!
Another great video girls thank you x
Thank you
Hmmm, interesting idea! Coffee grounds are wonderful compost, adding nitrogen to the soil. I have a worm farm & feed coffee grounds, tea leaves, no meat leftovers to them. I HATE thinking about the mountains of Starbucks coffee grounds wasted in landfills. Perhaps heat is better.
Hello Munchie alfie the dog sends his love.
Yay- hi Alfie
Seen other youtubers who go scavenging for Pine cones.. maybe an idea when you start cruising the cut. Thanks for my weekly fix.. :-)
Oh yes, definitely once we CC.
Pine burns up very quickly and and produces creosote which can cause chimney fires.
I came off the canal after 10 years as a live a board and I found the best fuel was Blue Flame very good heat very little ash but I miss the life on the cut
Those coffee logs sound really interesting girls, but I think we will stay with our timber fired slow combustion heater which heats our whole house. We use about 3 to 4 tons of hardwood each Autumn to Spring, usage depending on the weather naturally!!!
Good idea. We are sticking with coal for now too. Nice to try new things every now and then.
Great vlog, definitelty going to look itno getting some :-)
Look out for some deals. They sell in supermarkets and other places and are cheaper than online apparently.
Hi NB Ladies. Really good review. My sister was bought a pack off of her in laws. 🔥. She loved them. I'd like to hear Munchies review.... 🤔. Maybe in his own vlog?? 😁🐱🐶🐾
Meow meow meow. Purr purr roll roll roll.
The biggest problem in winter for us is getting water when the tap is frozen. Back in the day, they’d soak a rag in diesel and set fire to it but that wouldn’t work with the plastic pipework in our marina.
NOooooo wouldn't work on our boat either.
Hi i just looked up the best logs to burn and the best was apple burns very slowly but willow is the best wood to use have a look it up on google .
Hiya Ladies, Good video lovely to see Alice at the end ! Those logs looked good but i won't be buying them at £10 a bag.
Hi Joanna, yes we thought £10 a bag was a lot. Some other viewers have told us they are cheaper elsewhere - £6 a bag and on a multibuy deal. We enjoyed trying them but are sticking to coal for now!
That little fan on top of your heater can you tell me the brand and where to get one .......love your vids
Ours is branded eco fan. It was on the boat when we bought it.
There are lots of different options available - sometimes deals come up in supermarkets. They sell them in hardware stores too.
We've been talking with a company called Valiant who make fans. Like this one amzn.to/2BHKjZt
Still waiting for my flat to sell. Have been looking at some boats but none have been that great due to my limited budget! But I’m sure the right one is out there somewhere 🤞🐶🐱🐱x
It will be! You’ll find it when you are ready with your house I expect. Good luck.
hi love your videos so keep sending them out. how did you get on with your mattress.
Thanks. The mattress is good thanks.
Hi, another great video. Daft question but can the boat's central heating heat the boat sufficiently or do you always need the stove as well?
Hi Paul, our boiler is broken at the moment. Last year, when it was working, we only used it for additional heat because the radiators heat up quicker than the boat. It burns a lot of diesel and is really loud so its not really ideal to run full time.
The Narrowboat Experience ah, makes sense, thanks for the reply . Keep warm :-)
What you should be doing is checking the flue temperature if the room gets to hot gets to hot at ideal flue temp
Where have you got to? We miss your videos.
Well done, Kath. Somehow it seemed very peaceful, and warm. Must be the cats, right? Cats and Kath? I enjoyed the peaceful chat, thanks for taking us along. The only thing I felt was not explained well enough was . . . did you think it started easily enough from scratch? That would seem to be an important aspect. Thanks again, very peaceful to enjoy on a cold day.
Cats are great hot water bottles. If you like getting claws in your leg every time you move 😸
Hiya Munchy, I can never see your lips move when those ladies chat. A true pro. I like the idea of the coffee logs because it means less bits of wood will be removed from near the canal. This, in turn, will mean a greater number of habitats for ogly-bogerlies.
Munchy is the best host. Maybe one day he'll get his own show.
The Narrowboat Experience. Munchy could do a one minute homily on important subjects of the day, like making sure you get enough sleep (maybe a demonstration). Maybe, different ways of getting food, cuddles, etc.
You’ve given me a vlog idea!!! Off to wake Munchy up so we can start filming.
Hi - could you share the details of your thermometer please? Thanks
Hi, I got it off amazon. amzn.to/2nLxFze
I have a burning curiosity on how long it is going to take me to view all your videos? Oh I thought you might like to know I subscribed to the "CruisingTheCut" channel tonight. I even made a few comments I hope he finds them amusing and not mean. 😁
Depends how much he's had to drink!
Also- welcome aboard.
Nice review, thank you. Curious as a cat I searched for coffee logs on youtube and found a „how to make your own“ video. Annamarie needs to drink just a bit more coffee and then you could heat up the boat with your own home made coffee logs 😬😂 I like the idea of useing renewable resources for heating. We do use various types of wood chip logs for our fire and they are really good. Hard wood logs for over night glow and the mixed wood types during the rest of the day. Did you find a kcal on the package stating how much energy a certain amount of the coffee logs produces?
Funny we were talking about playing around trying to make our own. I'm not sure Anna drinks enough coffee or how long they would take to dry out. Nothing about kcal on the package sorry.
The Narrowboat Experience not exactly the link I was looking for, but you might get the idea... ruclips.net/video/LJZgo4CA6lA/видео.html the one I originally saw was pressed into a empty and cleaned milk tetrapak which could be burnt with the whole log. So alternatively maybe fire starters made of coffee ground, wax and a bit sugar in empty cardboard egg boxes instead 😎
Thanks I’ll check it out.
The Narrowboat Experience hmmm, maybe you could do a ddirect compaison between the ccooffee logs and the bracken thingies? www.brackenburn.co.uk/
Hello munchie hello alice hello ladies looks n8ice and warm in your beautiful narrow boat .All fie has just woken up now watching munche on the tv . i think he is in love with munche lol.
Aw cute.
Apple wood is a slow burning wood i would recommend .
Thanks.
Hai, just wanna ask you about the smoke of the burning coffee logs :)
Greetings from Holland,, Kitty.
Happy valentines day to you both have a good day. Vic Linda Allie x.
Thanks, same to you (even if we are a bit late!)
Thanks.
How did it go Kath lol.xx
Sorry hit the send to early, if the room gets to hot at the ideal flue temp 110-250c then crack open a window lightly, get a magnetic temp gauge.
I've been testing the flue temp and its not getting that hot. It varies between 50-90c.
Way to low, black glass excessive soot in flue, you should sweep it twice in the burning season if flue temp that low, don't shut your stove right down if not Defra approved, if you do slumber it down overnight crank it way up in the morning to clear the flue.
I assume you have a CO alarm fitted? one meter from the stove and 6" from the ceiling Hetas recommendation, and I'm sure you a good working smoke alarm fitted ?
The coffee logs I find burn very dirty unless you really crank up the stove so stopped using them, I stick to kiln dried ash logs in my van Hobbit stove, I guess with a boat it's hard to store them in any quantity.
I'm sorry to go on a bit I am a chimney sweep and stove installer and safety is paramount to me, love your vids take care.
Thanks your comments have been really useful. Especially when you actually are an expert in what you are talking about. We appreciate you taking the time to message back about the stove.
We’ve got the co2 alarm fitted on the wall near the stove. And a smoke alarm.
We’ll clean the flue again and see if the temperature goes up.
Annoyingly never checked the flue temperature before your first message so don’t know if it’s ever been hot enough.
Yes cats love heat .
so the fan spreads the heat?you say coal , or is it coke?
George it’s anthracite coal mixed with petrocoke and something to bind it all together. They are made in a briquette machine and are a little bit similar to charcoal
How many coffee logs would you use in a day in winter in a twenty four hour period period .
We use coffee logs for a quick burst of heat first thing in the morning or evening. I think it would be rather expensive to run the fire off them full time. 1 log lasts about 2 hrs in our stove so a bag of 16 wouldn’t last that long. We prefer the coal for now.
I don't think the supermarket sells anthracite coal they only sell the low grade compressed coal dust or eco coal go to a coal merchant and get anthracite coal by the bag or ton
It can get very cold on a boat...Having a partner who loves boating and two foot warming kittens makes life on the water more enjoyable. Enjoy the adventure, don't argue, find the humor in everything and be grateful . Here is a song for a perfect match, Kath and Anna. ruclips.net/video/MCKwvcf4Tk0/видео.html
I'm eager to know, do they smell of coffee? I love the smell of coffee! Also, if you're reviewing different logs could you list their dimensions as some of us with small stoves really struggle.
Would love to see a comparison with something like www.bmstores.co.uk/products/quickflame-firelog-309325
I've been using these all winter, last about 3 hours in my little pipsqueak stove (have to saw them in half lengthways to get them thru the stove door but they're soft and waxy, cut easily with a breadknife), no need for kindling or firelighters just light the bag. I'll admit one of the reasons I'm using them is the nearest shop to my mooring is B&M, but I reckon I'm getting more heat than I get with Excel and more heat per £ than Phurnacite. Also, no matter how far I close the fire down they will not go out, mix one with any type of coal and I can extinguish the coal by closing the spinners but the log keeps smouldering.
They smell a little bit like coffee when you open the bag but not when they are burning. These logs are about 15cm long and 7cm in diameter. Thats rough estimation from memory because we've burnt all the ones we had.
We are burning Excel at the moment and find it is the best in our stove of the smokeless fuels we've tried. A comparison of different fuels is a great idea for a vlog - thanks for that. We probably won't get to it for a while but maybe as next winter approaches when we have a little bit more time.
Good to see waste products getting re used, let’s face it the world drinks a lot of coffee. 👩🦳👩🦰😽😺
Anthracite coal the glassy stuff your using compressed coal dust it's not anywhere as hot
We are burning Excel mostly and it works well for us. Keeps the boat nice and warm and was under £10 for 25kg. We tried some stuff from B&Q and it was rubbish in comparison. Also tried Homefire ovals and Supertherm. They had a lot more ash than the excel but a similar performance in the stove.
Will give anthracite a go next time, thanks for the tip.
burning coffee grounds is different.
Yes, its a good use of coffee grounds
Seems extraordinarily expensive to me.
10£ a bag oh dear me burn coal instead
>^. .^< Playing with your fire place in July/the summer....... :). Oh no, Posted Feb 4th, Oops, forget I made this post. :)
Doesn't smell of coffee booo
I love the smell of coffee but don't drink it
Yes, even smelling it is good for headaches.
:)