Coal, turf or Peat Briquette??

[Puckoon]

Boys its the middle of f**king august!

[The Real Laoislad]

Boys its the middle of f**king august!

Middle of august means f**k all,More rain fell here last saturday in 12 hours than the whole month of august last year

[Pangurban]

Take the Wife to Bed  enjoy heat and exercise

[ludermor]

Boys its the middle of f**king august!

Middle of august means f**k all,More rain fell here last saturday in 12 hours than the whole month of august last year

And it f**king pissed rain here last august

[Lar Naparka]

I know turf cutting is due to be banned soon.
Maybe briquette production will continue but I can't say.

The locals where I come from, near Swinford in Mayo, are mighty thick about being stopped from cutting their own turf.
Since none of them have done this for over 20 years I don't see what they are getting worked up about but I couldn't say that, could I?
If you are using smokeless coal it's a hoor to light and keep burning. It generates enough heat to burn out fire grates in no time unless you have a few sods of turf or a good butt of a log or two to provide a bit of ash. The ash seems to provide a bit of protection for the grate.
Briquettes are fine for a small room but are expensive and need to be topped up fairly often.
If you can burn smoky coal, get hold of a bag of slack. Mix the slack with water to make a paste and stuff it into a few tin cans, old bean tins or the likes.
Stuff those into the fire and you will get great heat from them for hours on end.
That's what I used to do when I was living in a flat and they really worked wonders.