In fact, the One Show picked up on this earlier in the year and asked me to appear - thing was they emailed me in the afternoon and I was in Southampton.
However, I use Taybrite Solid Fuel Lumps, they're all the same size, so.....
I start the fire with 12 lumps placed on top of kindling wood I get from down the Lane
Then I add some slightly larger wood and put another 12 lumps on
After it's all red and glowly I put another 6 lumps on
= 30 lumps in total.
I light up at around 5pm and that will keep going until about 9.00am the following day and still be throwing out a small amount of heat when I re-light.
Anyone else do this sort of thing.
It's not because of money so much as just knowing my heat
Richard
PS. I'm still at a stage where I'd like to come home and flick a switch though