Eggheads Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Does anyone have any experience of making their own paper briquettes for burning? I'm specifically interested in whether or not they would be suitable for barbequeing with and how much smoke is produced (thinking of putting them in a chimnea but don't want the neighbours complaining about the smoke). Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Do you mean the ones you can make yourself with newspapers? I'd be interested to know as well......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggheads Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 Yes. I've seen them advertised as a green alternative to wood or charcoal and apparently they burn up to 2 hours. I think I'll order one of the presses for making them and find out for myself unless anyone is able to provide an answer. I'll be sure to let you know how I get on. Andi. (I'm also looking at the plant pots that you make from newspapers - they look great too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 the cylindrical presses are hopeless get one of the cuboid ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I've made the paper plant pots they are very good, you can put your seeds them and when they are ready to go in the ground you can just pop them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 the cylindrical presses are hopeless I'll second that.....a complete waste of time and money and very disappointing. I'd be interested to hear about the pressed oblong ones too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 My neighbour used to have one of the square ones and thought it was brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 the cylindrical presses are hopeless I'll second that.....a complete waste of time and money and very disappointing. I'd be interested to hear about the pressed oblong ones too. I got my parents a cylindrical log maker for Christmas. I had a mailing from British Gas that advertised their brick log maker for about £30 that I considered for them, but after making those logs they have to dry out, & my parents have no where to store them whilst drying. I think we got theirs from logmaker.co.uk, but I have just looked on the site & although they are doing 2 for the price of one the cost is £25 plus. I am sure we only paid about £18 including p&p for theirs. I didn't realise that they can make plant pots out of paper using this as well. My parents are very happy with their log maker, anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Hi I've had an oblong brick maker - for quite some time we used to have newspapers permenantly soaking in a dustbin, and the bricks would be on the conservatory window sill drying. I have to say that it all got rather too much effort and we didn't find them brilliant to burn to be honest. Now I shed my newspapers and either use them to bed the chickens on, or mix them with the lawn clippings in the compost. I have used the little cylindrical seed pots this year - and then just put them straight into the ground. They seem fine, although they don't rot away as quickly as I thought they would, and the roots only seem to come through the bottom as they don't seem to be able to push through the side. They also dry out really quickly before you put them in the ground (or bigger pot) I suppose because the paper wicks the water away pretty rapidly and then it evaporates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
