I can't give it away...

[Ty Korrigan]

Honestly, I've tried to give wood away to the hard up ex-pats here in Brittany but I find it better to offer it for sale at a bargain price.

 

Firewood offer 30euros per cord! (Le Jardinier Anglais.com (Tree Surgeons)): AngloINFO Brittany

 

Even at this price I have very few takers as there seems to be some kind of phobia about burning conifer.

I sell oak for 230euros per cord and they are sniffing at a mere 30 for pine!

Jeepers...

Ty

[Rob D]

Nice to see they are as scared of softwood there as they are over here!!

 

 

I mix hardwood with the softwood, sell a little bit cheaper than hardwood only and this makes up 75% of sales.

[Alycidon]

Education, education, education. Tell them that the Scandinavians burn 90% soft wood, if their climate hard woods are pretty scarce. Tell them that Morso use Pine to test for overfiring as it burns hotter than most other wood.

 

Problem is that softwood spits, in a stove that is no problem as the doors are shut, it is also alleged to put tars in the flue, the reason for this is that soft woods burns at a higher mc than hardwood, but unless a certain temp is reached within the fire the creosote within the wood will not combust. Make sure you wood is dry, no wetter than 18% and you will be fine, it will burn like hell. I have a guy that is currently mixed my supadry softwood with wetter wood from a DIY shed. I have taken him a bit of my to wet to sell hardwood ( around 20%) to try.

 

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[scbk]

How much to deliver to the highlands

[Stereo]

It won't gum up your flue half as much as green oak.

[Alycidon]

It won't gum up your flue half as much as green oak.

 

And the optimum word is GREEN, not enough heat to burn the crerosote.

 

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