Selling unseasoned firewood?

[Donnie]

Can you sell unseasoned firewood if you state very clearly it is unseasoned? 
 

I've not got the space to dry out large quantities of wood as of yet. 
 

It will be mainly split larch and sitka. 

[Woodworks]

Yes if you supply in loads of 2 cube or more. Think there is also form you are supposed to supply to tell the client how to dry the logs  

[Donnie]

It would be a FB marketplace/cash sort of deal as I'll be taking scraps off of site etc. 

Don't think I'd be selling two cube at a time. 

[GarethM]

Legally speaking you would be in trouble.

 

But it would be council enforcement as apposed to woodsure.

[Doug Tait]

1 hour ago, Woodworks said:

Yes if you supply in loads of 2 cube or more. Think there is also form you are supposed to supply to tell the client how to dry the logs  

 

2 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Legally speaking you would be in trouble.

 

But it would be council enforcement as apposed to woodsure.

 

Does this apply in Scotland or only England?

[GarethM]

England as far as I'm aware.

[Doug Tait]

I only ask as Jdon is north of the border.

[GarethM]

I think we can probably assume the woodsure certification will be expanded or replicated in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Legally speaking enforcement is a local council issue, woodsure have said as much.

 

Whilst I'm not a lawyer, it is a cash in hand arrangement, maybe advertise it not as firewood specifically. Eco log piles for "bugs", cut small to maximize bug numbers etc.

Edited November 6, 2022 by GarethM

[Steven P]

30 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Whilst I'm not a lawyer, it is a cash in hand arrangement, maybe advertise it not as firewood specifically. Eco log piles for "bugs", cut small to maximize bug numbers etc.

 

I suspect that those with a knowledge of the regulations will be changing the wording of their ads - the householder who thinks their recently felled tree is worth more than gold will just keep selling it as 'firewood'.

 

Not sure how you would go if you just said 'logs' and never mentioned a use (bugs, firewood, decorative, garden and so on). 2 cu m is a big bug house though - if 'they' decide to come after you then whatever the description I think the quantity will be the proof needed for their intended use.

[Doug Tait]

Could have fun with that idea...

 

For Sale, small pieces of fresh timber for temporary wildlife habitat pile.

(PLEASE be careful as these pieces have the potential to become flammable in the mid to long term).