Cordwood wanted Somerset

[st135r]

Hi All

 

New to this forum and there is certainly a lot of very helpful information on here and knowledgable people.

 

I am installing a biomass log wood boiler at my house and am looking for a supply of cordwood delivered. I have plenty of space for processing and storage so perhaps 20t would be a good load.

 

Anyone here who could deliver to me in Somerset or point me in the right direction would be great. Also what sort of cost would I be looking at?

 

Thanks in advance

[Paper Rustler]

Softwood or hardwood? What part of Somerset as its a big county!

[st135r]

Hardwood would be best, im in Somerton.

[sandspider]

Can't help with wood I'm afraid, but I'd be interested in the boiler spec, and what you use it for (direct heating, hot water, water heating etc.) - it's an idea I'm thinking about for the future...

[st135r]

Hi Sandspider

 

I'll be installing the system myself, I am a heating engineer, we install biomass, heat pumps, solar sytems as well as gas boilers.

 

In a nutshell, I'm fitting a 45 kw log boiler to supply heat and hot water to our 4 bed semi detached 300m2 house. Holf built in 1920s and extension under construction. Boiler will be in the detached garage with 4000ltr. accumulator tank and underground insulated pipe work will supply hot water to the house for radiators, underfloor heating and hot water.

 

Currently on oil spending about £2000 per year, 7 ton of seasoned wood should cost around £500 depending on what I can beg borrow or steal, which should see us through a year. Coupled with the RHI government grant payment of £3500-£4000 per year for seven years payback should be 2-3 years.

 

Also planning on using an acre of our land for willow which should see us producing enough to give us "free" heating.

 

Cheers

[sandspider]

Thanks, that's interesting. Good luck with it - wish I had enough space... (And the knowledge!)

 

It goes against my log-burner heating usage to light the stove for hot water in summer!

[john p]

We do quite a bit round somerton, if your interested in buying arb waste wood by the tipper load we can sort something out, cheers

[st135r]

Sounds good John P.

 

We have plenty of space to process and store so thats not a problem. Also very happy with softwood which I hear can be harder to sell on.

 

As long as the moisture content is right, it will burn.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

You want softwood for biomass chip not hardwood...

[st135r]

True that Timbercutterdartmoor.

 

I'm installing a log boiler, not a chip boiler. A mix of hard and softwood is good.