diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/properties/solidProperties/solidProperties/solidPropertiesNew.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/properties/solidProperties/solidProperties/solidPropertiesNew.C
index 52a7c55ddc02be06ee92eb8de766a99412472c97..ead56293d765028f9adcdc84934b8b5426b58189 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/properties/solidProperties/solidProperties/solidPropertiesNew.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/properties/solidProperties/solidProperties/solidPropertiesNew.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -57,19 +57,7 @@ Foam::autoPtr<Foam::solidProperties> Foam::solidProperties::New(Istream& is)
     }
     else if (coeffs == "coeffs")
     {
-        IstreamConstructorTable::iterator cstrIter =
-            IstreamConstructorTablePtr_->find(solidType);
-
-        if (cstrIter == IstreamConstructorTablePtr_->end())
-        {
-            FatalErrorIn("solidProperties::New(Istream&)")
-                << "Unknown solidProperties type " << solidType << nl << nl
-                << "Valid solidProperties types are :" << endl
-                << IstreamConstructorTablePtr_->sortedToc()
-                << exit(FatalError);
-        }
-
-        return autoPtr<solidProperties>(cstrIter()(is));
+        return autoPtr<solidProperties>(new solidProperties(is));
     }
     else
     {
@@ -116,19 +104,13 @@ Foam::autoPtr<Foam::solidProperties> Foam::solidProperties::New
     }
     else
     {
-        dictionaryConstructorTable::iterator cstrIter =
-            dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_->find(solidType);
-
-        if (cstrIter == dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_->end())
-        {
-            FatalErrorIn("solidProperties::New(const dictionary&)")
-                << "Unknown solidProperties type " << solidType << nl << nl
-                << "Valid solidProperties types are :" << endl
-                << dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_->sortedToc()
-                << exit(FatalError);
-        }
-
-        return autoPtr<solidProperties>(cstrIter()(dict));
+        return autoPtr<solidProperties>
+        (
+            new solidProperties
+            (
+                dict.subDict(solidType + "Coeffs")
+            )
+        );
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tutorials/lagrangian/coalChemistryFoam/simplifiedSiwek/constant/thermophysicalProperties b/tutorials/lagrangian/coalChemistryFoam/simplifiedSiwek/constant/thermophysicalProperties
index 9fc96ae25793cc4c9f63550bffee87f637bb61eb..63932b5a8d58036863b0156b6cd9a99a49ed6cf0 100644
--- a/tutorials/lagrangian/coalChemistryFoam/simplifiedSiwek/constant/thermophysicalProperties
+++ b/tutorials/lagrangian/coalChemistryFoam/simplifiedSiwek/constant/thermophysicalProperties
@@ -46,7 +46,16 @@ solids
 {
     C
     {
-        defaultCoeffs   yes;
+        defaultCoeffs   no;
+        // if  defaultCoeffs no properties should be :
+        CCoeffs
+        {
+            rho             2010;
+            Cp              710;
+            K               0.04;
+            Hf              0;
+            emissivity      1.0;
+        }
     }
     ash
     {