Kiln dried Ash

[RobRainford]

At 5000 euros per container I'm not that keen. Not really sustainable is it?

 

Got stacks of wood here hitting 20% moisture in wintertime.

[Mortimer Firewood]

At 5000 euros per container I'm not that keen. Not really sustainable is it?

 

Got stacks of wood here hitting 20% moisture in wintertime.

 

Not wanting to hold court over imported kiln dried firewood but 90% of what I've seen is not kiln dried its air dryed cut thin and small. I like the idea of crates but not full of imported firewood.

[ash_smith123]

I can only vouch for Dans stuff, he's the only company I've ever dealt with and he's the only one I ever will. Spot on every time with customer service, delivery and quality of product. I have 2 kiln systems but we still have to import it to keep up in the winter months. Delivered in at your door under 20% ash works out at around £60+vat per cubic metre. I sell it at £120 a cubic metre so it's pretty good to keep things topped up.

The last load of ash cord I bought in was £65+vat a ton and that's not getting any cheaper.

I understand a lot of you say you can get air dried down under 20% but it's the whole thing around kiln dried wood companies like certainly wood have almost made it it's own brand of firewood that can be no different to other air dried wood just marketed differently. In my eyes it's genius what they have done. Taken a product that can be massively variant in quality, marketed it to be a quality dry product guaranteed and sell it for more money.

It's upto the customer to decide what they want to buy and unfortunately all stove manufactures recommend kiln dried firewood which has opened up a huge market over the last few years. There will always be a customer base that will want seasoned wood, there will always be a customer base that wants cheap wood but the customer base that wants guaranteed quality kiln dried firewood is growing rapidly!