Burning Peat In Fireplace

Siobhán s irish fire logs are 100 organic irish peat briquettes.

Burning peat in fireplace.

Create that homely feeling with the scent of burning real irish peat. Peat burns pretty much the same as wood or coal and the general principles are the same. Siobhán s irish fire logs are irish peat briquettes made from the finest milled peat ireland s answer to burning wood. Each will burn for about 3 hours.

The resulting peat brick or briquette as they are commonly known is a fuel that is virtually smokeless slow burning and easy to store and transport. Briquettes are widely used to heat homes and business throughout the country. 30 lbs per box. There won t be any harm in burning peat but unless you have air from below the fire and the fuel on a grate you won t have much success burning peat well.

Start with a hot blaze of kindling and small pieces of wood and place the dried fuel on top. Here i take a look at how easy or how hard it is to get a log burner goin. Natural locally dug peat is still used for domestic heating in scotland and famously in ireland where the slices of peat are always called turves and the fires are turf fires even when manufactured peat briquettes are used. Dried and compressed they burn hotter longer and cleaner than firewood.

You can also burn turf or sod on open hearths and in well engineered fireplaces with grates. Suitable for open fires stoves chimineas outdoor fire pits and bbq. In an insert to get a good burn you would have to have one designed for peat or coal. 22 irish fire logs approx.

Peat briquettes a smokeless alternative to burning coals or logs on your burners. Perfect for your fireplace fire pit chiminea barbecue and campfire. In an open fireplace you simply use an elevated grate to get a decent burn. Peat briquettes have a longer burn time and a higher heat output than wood.