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many thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated Woodworks - think my 'foray into the wilderness' statement didn't sit that well with you. didn't wish to imply that I go off on a reckless mission to chainsaw half the greenbelt - rather, back in the day, I used to take advantage of the odd 'wind blown' spoil - think these days any spoil wouldn't be around for too long plus it would appear that the protocol now would at least be to check with the land owners first Appreciate your thoughts around the focus on house insulation prior to heating system improvement, ta face cord - used to pay around 30/40 squid for a 'trailer load', no weight or volumetric measurement and no moisure meter paranoia back then - quality used to be quite variable though - these days things look like they're better regulated in terms of quality, wood type and volumes rowan lee - thanks for the tyre on the chopping block tip

Hello guys, I've been reading this forum for a wee while, as a consumer rather than supplier - hope this is OK returning home next month after 11 years overseas - 6 in the Middle East and the last 5 in Australia will be returning to our house in Aberdeenshire (Banchory Devenick) that we've obviously not lived in over that time looking forward to firing up the old Jotul wood burner - spec'd to pump out up to 20kW when fully loaded so... looking for a reliable supplier in the area, say three to four 2 x cubic metre loads of good seasoned hardwood over the peak season - if you can help, let me know used to do a bit of scavenging myself back in the day but looks like things have moved on a bit since we've been away but, if i do get the time/opportunity, would appreciate your collective thoughts around... best wood splitting axe for an amateur like me decent chainsaw for the odd foray into the wilderness moisture meter (don't remember these back in the day but seems everyone has one now) the old place has the wood burner but everything else is LPG dependent - AGA, central heating/hot water, gas fire - nearly fell off my chair when finding out how much you guys are now paying per litre - I'll be bankrupt before Xmas ! so, been thinking about changing over to a biomass system for heating/hot water - wood pellet (or wood chip) fired boiler working in conjunction with an array of solar panels - hefty initial investment but, with the help of Govt grants etc., could be looking at a payback of around 5/6 years - anyone had any experience with these particular type of systems ? Any feedback welcome, thanks Cheers