Is there a demand for pine and spruce in England?

[richardwale]

I'm a buyer of firewood.

 

I'm not trying to pick an argument, but when you professional firewood sellers give your relative prices for softwood/ hardwood the hardwood always looks better value....

 

The calorific value of wood is fairly constant at circa 5300 kWh per dry ton. However the density of beech is about 50% to 100% more than spruce... A builders bag of spruce would really have to be half the price of a builders bag of beech before it became better value...

 

Like others here I would love if we burnt more spruce.

 

 

I've sold firewood this season mixed woods and just hardwood. Not one customer has complained about the added softwood in the mixed loads. In fact softwood is all I burn at home, everyday. I'd be interested to know the difference in burn times, as although you say beech is 50 - 100 % denser, in my mind a lump of hardwood doesn't burn twice as long, longer for sure, but not double.

[eror1515]

Let us tell you what wood is stoked in Russia!We all different of course,not like yours.We have a Christmas tree and a pine tree not drown,this is considered commercial timber.Flush birch,black alder,common alder,aspen.Each type of wood has its own properties.For example, alder is considered to be Royal ,it has no resins and copati,aspen flush to clean the chimney,birch drown in the winter when very cold.Every tree its fragrance,and this very much felt in the bath.Sorry for my English!)

[briquette_seller]

Let us tell you what wood is stoked in Russia!We all different of course,not like yours.We have a Christmas tree and a pine tree not drown,this is considered commercial timber.Flush birch,black alder,common alder,aspen.Each type of wood has its own properties.For example, alder is considered to be Royal ,it has no resins and copati,aspen flush to clean the chimney,birch drown in the winter when very cold.Every tree its fragrance,and this very much felt in the bath.Sorry for my English!)

 

I like Alder.

Easy to process, little mess, drys super quick

[eror1515]

I started a topic about the demand for timber,and finished firewood!))

[Aunt Maud]

Yebbut, you put it in the firewood forum bit.....That's why we're talking about firewood.

[briquette_seller]

I started a topic about the demand for timber,and finished firewood!))

 

How do you bring round timber into the UK?

In a shipping container? Or are you talking about a 3000 tonne boat load?

 

Just curious

[eror1515]

How do you bring round timber into the UK?

In a shipping container? Or are you talking about a 3000 tonne boat load?

 

Just curious

 

It all depends on the volume,of course cheaper 3000 tons.But I can't find a partner this is the.....only in containerh 40ft!