thought you were all into saving money

[nannybooby]

.......but not one of you has made bricketts for the fire out of old newspapers ?can't beleive that

[ChuckFickens]

How do you know this?

I've tried them in the past and found them to be a lot of hassle and not very effective.

[tenrec]

I would if i had a open fire or wood burner.

[EvianBaby]

It would cost me more to build the fireplace to use them in.

[ChuckFickens]

Ah, OK...

Just looked at your profile, it was your last question...

Well, that's my answer up there ^ a lot of hassle and mess to make them and they don't really work that well.

[nannybooby]

thanks Doc but how good are those little machines you can get from BQ ?the oh says its a waste of time clearly mustbe as noone else seems to have given ot a whirl....better creep back to me basket!

[nannybooby]

well chuck thats another bright idea into the recycle bin,thanks for the advice.

[Frank97]

My Father spent months making them during one summer some years ago, then managed to use the whole lot within about a week, he wasn't pleased!

[rojash]

We tried it last year - didn't work

Mind you we don't have a fireplace.

[mccfluff]

lol rojash

that's really tickled me

[nannybooby]

lol rojash mind boggles to think what you did with them

[Old_Geezer]

Newspapers .... <puzzled> .... old newspapers ... <lightbulb goes on> Ah that was what they had before the Internet wasn't it !

Yeah my mum used to do something similar too, but created hand made 'sticks' rather than machine made bricketts.

[Buenchico]

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[Buenchico]

Er, how did that happen? Sorry!

[buildersmate]

One issue is that one has to dry the brickette right out. Need some decent sunshine to do that - which rules out any such useful production north of about Paris.

[boxtops]

we tried it for the chiminea in the summer, it was a load of faff and didn't work very well, the briquette maker wasn't that efficient - and a) we haven't got a fireplace in the house and b) I only buy about 4 newspapers every week.

[Andyvon]

I would if I bought newspapers. They have now got so expensive a single brickett can't be cheap to make! It's probably just as economical to burn regular fuel or wood.

[DTCwordfan]

So thats why they call the newspaper industry, "The Press."

You learn something every day.

[buildersmate]

If one reads the bark of the logs in place of the Daily Mail, it not only saves the hassle of brickette production but the information on the log bark is a trifle more believable than the DM.

[boxtops]

The crossword's not so good, though, BM.