Bonfire help
 

How the feck do I get it going well without resorting to petrol

what's wrong with resorting to petrol? :confused:

always seems to work well enough. :)

Scrunch up newspaper (lots off) and place at bottom then build ur fire over it, don't just chuck everything on or it wont catch, bits on at a time building the fire up.

DON'T do what i did and put all the crap into my old 6x4 shed which was going anyway and set fire too it......:eek: flames.........fook me they were nearly as high as me house, luckily i had the hosepipe handy or who know's what would have happened.

Sprayed WD40 and it went ok for a few mins, now its just smouldering. I WANT BLOODY BIG FLAMES, CRACKLES AND SERIOUS HEAT FROM THIS MUMMA

Feck it off to Texaco it is then - what about diesel??

if petrol seems OTT, deisel gives you a slightly slower burn. we used to pour deisel into an old car tyre, that would get anything burning - possibly not the most environmentally friendly solution though :D

Hosepipe at the ready here but somehow I dont think I'll be needing it!

Famous last words......

UB:D

City diesel / super unleaded or normal :D

what you want is some scrunched up news paper and some kindling wood, put the paper on the ground and build a little teepee (sp?) with the kindling around the paper, leave a lot of gaps for air to get in, air is important. Light the sucker and let the kindling get going, then put some of your burnable stuff on there, let it get going then plonk more on. Simple.

Real pro's don't need no paper either, nice dry leaves and twigs are great. Having a nice big woodland at the back of your house does tend to encourage pyromania :D lol, and no, I was not some evil little arsonist, just learned how to make a nice proper bonfire, even recall the next door neighbour calling out the fire brigade when he thought things were out of control, which they so were not, he just saw 10ft flames and paniced! fireman said that things were totally under control :)

Taking the mobile out in the garden with me with 999 pre-dialled!

You mean you aint sitting there and watching it all night

might be worth while calling your local fire brigade to let them know you are having a good size fire.
Will save them sending a pump out incase one of the neighbours or a passer by calls it in.

octane boost goes up well :)

Borich

Scooby96 - Well worth a quick call to the fire brigade (not 999!) to let them know you are having a wee fire. Many a time we have been called out to bonfires that people are having, 9 times out of 10 we leave them with the owner, but it has been known for unhappy fire fighters to put it out with lots of water, and then you'll need more than petrol to get it going again!

echo :D

;):p

lmf

You a fire person?

LOL

Surprised you didn't turn up @ my gaff yesterday - had a humdinger of a fire going :D

1 copy of BFP (not folded but pulled apart randomly) placed under card-board box + a spraying of white spirit ;) Remove white spirit container away from intended area of fire (important this) & add 1 swan vesta.

Add 10' * 12' wooden shed for maximum effect :D


The shed I made into pieces but heck did it burn well :eek: I added some of the felt from the roof & that made hellish black smoke you could probably have seen from Soham! It went all night, despite rainfall, and after a quick raking this morning is still going now :)

:cool:

OK half a gallon on texaco's finest and still nowt!

Suggestions?

Puff

I am indeed!!!! Where abouts are you? We've been at a huge stack fire in Coveney most of the weekend. 1,000 tonnes of straw WELL alight!!!!!

Straw, no theres a thought....

Scooby96

Burns VERY well, but make sure it's dry, otherwise it will just smoulder and create lots of smoke!

Opposite way some, Suffolk - is that the same arsonist suspect? F reg blue car? Mega stack went up just down the road from me in August/September :(

Sounds like whatever it is, is absolutely soaked.

Puff

Lots of stack fires over the weekend out this way. Expected arson attacks. It's being looked into apparently. Cheeky buggers set another one alight about 1/2 mile from where we were too!

Freshly chainsawed down Sunday, not rained since and snaps easily cos its so fecking dry, cherry / apple tree branches

Can't believe even WITH petrol, you're still failing!!

It bob-a-job week not soon or has it passed? If so, get a local cub scout to come and show you how it's done. It really is not hard.

If I were you, I'd get some firelighters (which burn for 5-10 mins), and create a really tight & small bundle of dried sticks etc. You need to start small first, then gradually add to it as it begins to take.

What are you trying to burn? Is it really green & damp?

never in the scouts eh;)

Use firelighters, underneath small twigs, in a pyramid shape, as someone said, light it with a blowtorch:D then gradually put bigger stuff on. Texaco's finest tends not to work, as it burns bloody fast, but doesn't set fire to the wood...
Tends to be a bit hard to get diesel to burn in the first place. Paraffin isn't bad. Meths evaporates a bit quickly...
Remember what happens when you hold a lighter in front of a deodorant can & spray it?;) Has to be worth a shot;)

I'm no pyromaniac...;):D

As Imlach said, but don't make the sticks too tight, as you need air to circulate around the wood, or it won't catch on:)

If you are using petrol dont pour it and set alight straight away. Pur it and leave it for 10mins to soak into material then set alight and it will burn properly- no problem

argh - been lighting it quickly - wondered why the windows were bulging when it caught!

will try the 10 minute method although had a few stella's so might wait til 2mara

chuck some pikeys on..........































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