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How to Get Maximum Heat From Less Coal or Logs
How to Get Maximum Heat From Less Coal or Logs
Getting the most warmth from your solid fuel stove doesn’t have to mean burning more coal or logs. With a few simple techniques and smart habits, you can boost heat... Read more...
Outdoor Heating with Solid Fuel: Everything You Need to Know
Outdoor Heating with Solid Fuel: Everything You Need to Know
As the chill of winter fades and longer, brighter days arrive, many homeowners begin to shift their focus outdoors. Spring and early summer in the UK offer the perfect opportunity... Read more...
How to Light Smokeless Fuel Properly
How to Light Smokeless Fuel Properly
If you’ve ever tried lighting smokeless fuel and thought, “Why won’t this stuff just catch?” — you’re not alone.  Smokeless coal and briquettes are brilliant once they’re going… but they don’t behave like logs. They’re denser, they need a hotter start, and... Read more...
Why Solid Fuel Is the Best Choice for Cold Snaps: Heat Output Explained
Why Solid Fuel Is the Best Choice for Cold Snaps: Heat Output Explained
Comparing coal, smokeless fuel, pellets, and logs in freezing temperatures When temperatures plunge and winter bites, having a reliable, powerful heat source becomes more than a comfort—it’s a necessity. Whether... Read more...
Delivery Tips: What to Expect When Buying Pallet Delivered Coal, Firewood or Pellets
Delivery Tips: What to Expect When Buying Pallet Delivered Coal, Firewood or Pellets
Buying pallet-delivered fuel, whether coal, firewood, or pellets, is a convenient and cost-effective way to ensure your home or business stays warm during the colder months. However, for a smooth... Read more...
The Best Wood Type for Your Stove
The Best Wood Type for Your Stove
Introduction  Picking the right wood for your stove matters. The wood you choose affects how quickly your stove heats up, how long it stays hot, how much ash you clean... Read more...
Maintain to Save, Protect and be Safe
Maintain to Save, Protect and be Safe
The importance of keeping your Chimney clean cannot be understated, you don’t have to look far to find the tragic consequences of an incorrectly maintained Chimney, that’s why we fully... Read more...
Fresh Season, Fresh Look
Fresh Season, Fresh Look
Solid Fuel Hub are proud partners of the Garry Pearson Rallying Team as they take part in the 2025 British Rally Championship which starts this weekend in Yorkshire. A four-time... Read more...
Solid Fuel Hub & Newcastle Falcons
Solid Fuel Hub & Newcastle Falcons
Solid Fuel Hub are proud partners of Newcastle Falcons with a new partnership announced for the 2024/25 season. As a leading provider of solid fuel solutions for over 100 years,... Read more...
Fire Lighting Essentials: Get Your Stove Burning Perfectly
Fire Lighting Essentials: Get Your Stove Burning Perfectly
Gather the Necessary Materials for Effective Fire Lighting To successfully light your stove you require three things1. yesterday's newspapers or firelighters2. dry kindling, the ideal kindling will be small pieces... Read more...
Thinking about a wood fired hot tub?
Thinking about a wood fired hot tub?
Spending quality time in our outdoor space has never been more popular and so to has the increasing use of wood fired hot tubs. See the advantages here. Read more...
Should I get a fire pit?
Should I get a fire pit?
Our guide to the benefits of a fire pit or chimenea in your garden. Learn how a fire pit can bring ambience and light across the seasons Read more...