Is this expensive for artic of sycamore?

[Alycidon]

5% VAT on timber sold for domestic fuel I believe.

 

Only if you are the person burning it, if buying for resale then its 20% but you sell it at 5% again if selling to the end user.

 

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[Alycidon]

I would think by the third year the sycamore will be going over. You would need to keep the rain off it then. Presumably your shelter is totally rain proof.

 

I am just processing up some big sticks that came into me in 2011, to big for my processor so I just put them in my "one day" heap. Billeted them late last summer, now perfectly dry.

 

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[Mortimer Firewood]

sounds about right to me, especially as syc weighs light so you'll get a decent volume

 

Sycamore does not weigh light when green it drys very quickly so can become light if left.

 

Stand a 3 ft log on it's end on a concrete floor and leave for a few hours you will get a puddle of water from it.

[gensetsteve]

I prefer beech especially at that price. You don't have so many mould problems either and I think it burns a little hotter for a bit longer.

[gensetsteve]

Sycamore does not weigh light when green it drys very quickly so can become light if left.

 

Stand a 3 ft log on it's end on a concrete floor and leave for a few hours you will get a puddle of water from it.

 

I never thought about it this way before but if you stood cord on end would it season quicker ?

[Mortimer Firewood]

I never thought about it this way before but if you stood cord on end would it season quicker ?

 

Only seen it happen with sycamore

[Logsnstuff]

We had beech come in last year you could have filled a glass from the water running out the end of it.

[MonsterMonster]

I would think by the third year the sycamore will be going over. You would need to keep the rain off it then. Presumably your shelter is totally rain proof.

 

Not totally rain proof but sheltered. Each bay holds about 5 cubes (measured loose). Pretty standard store facing prevailing wind.

 

 

[Hanser]

Very nice log store

[Woodworks]

Yes great wood store

 

Should not have any serious mould issues with sycamore stored in there. As for buying the load if it's possible I would take a look at it before delivery. I have had loads in the past where it's described as "well seasoned" and this means the darn stuff is rotting.