Buying fire wood

[rob39]

The best way to buy logs is whichever option is most economical for your set of circumstances

 

If you are physically fit with plenty of storage space and an enclosed stove setup then buy unseasoned logs regardless of spices, stack them yourself and air dry them.

 

If you are short of storage space you will need seasoned logs.

 

If you have an open fire then you will want to avoid softwood

 

Find a supplier who offers the product you need and then work out the most economical route for you, reduce all the options to a price per cubic metre on your drive or in your shed.

 

If, as seems likely you are in SW Scotland then delivery will be an important part of the equation.

 

I'm near Girvan.

Plan was buy seasoned wood this year then stack/dry unseasoned for the

coming years. But unsure how much wood would you use in a year??

I have an enclosed stove and some space

[ballibeg]

I use 18m3 loose a year in a well insulated house. 9kw stove. Argyll.

[Logsnstuff]

I used around 12m3 last winter

[renewablejohn]

I use 18m3 loose a year in a well insulated house. 9kw stove. Argyll.

 

If I was using 18m3 with a 9kw stove in a well insulated house I would question how efficient the stove is or what moisture content your attempting to burn. Seems rather a lot.

[Chilledbud]

We used around 8m3 with the fire on most evenings, with it also being on all day say 35% of the time, very minimal gas use.

 

That was 50/50 conifer and then various hardwood. Although we did buy in some coal for the last month of so.

[Windy Trick]

Blimey, 5 cu m per annum maximo. I feel effeminate in these circles ;-)

[biggarlogs]

I could supply hardwood logs air dried for £130 plus a pound a mile delivery,2.4 cube loose on a tipper.or bulk bags from 80 pound a cube plus delivery.jake

[biggarlogs]

I use about 3 cube a month in a drafty and non insulated farmhouse. In two wood burners of about 8 kw each

[Alycidon]

If I was using 18m3 with a 9kw stove in a well insulated house I would question how efficient the stove is or what moisture content your attempting to burn. Seems rather a lot.

 

 

Agreed unless its a boiler stove with a big integral boiler running 24-7.

 

Most of my stove customers with a 5kw stove burning most nights and at weekends use around 2 cube loose in an average winter.

 

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[Logsnstuff]

£94 for 0.73m3 and £120 for 1m3 free delivery on full load also air dried or I can palletise.