This years log prices

[Keef]

This years prices at a  South Staffordshire garden centre. What are like near you?

[Whoppa Choppa]

Roadside roundwood, specifically ash, has hit the dizzy heights. Twice what it was 18 months ago. Will the bubble burst?

[Stere]

Don't think theres gonna be many ash tree left once all the adb tree are cut down or dead in a couple of yrs....

 

 

Whys alder less than birch?

[sandspider]

How big are the crates?

[GarethM]

And people are actually prepared to pay that much?.

[Steven P]

I compare firewood prices to smokeless coal - if it's cheaper I'd consider it - prices went up last year but all the same, near £300 of firewood, about 10 bags of coal, or near 2 months heating - I think that crate is a bit much.

 

However working it backwards, Garden centre takes 20%? retail to them is £230 for oak, which I guess is the same as if you went direct

[trigger_andy]

26 minutes ago, GarethM said:

And people are actually prepared to pay that much?.

For nice neat, clean and dry firewood to look cosy over the festive period? I assume so. At this time of year I get about 6 enquiries for Oak Mantles and very few if any during the year which I can only put down to people wanting a mantle to hang stocking on over Christmas. 

[Johnpl315]

1 hour ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Roadside roundwood, specifically ash, has hit the dizzy heights. Twice what it was 18 months ago. Will the bubble burst?

Really? What kind of money are we talking? 

[openspaceman]

23 minutes ago, Steven P said:

Garden centre takes 20%? 

Neare 50% is my guess from selling to one many years ago.

[spudulike]

Tonight I will be burning some old rotten decking....it burns, it heats...it was free.