Bluecoat
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It depends what fuel it is, most briquette fuels are NOT actually smokeless and contain a large amount of sulfur. This will destroy a stainless steel flue liner in no time flat. Burn them with logs and you will do a liner in a single season. So do you know what it is or not?
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Coal? which one of the many coals out there is it?
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A consultation on the burning of coal and firewood is under way. Under attack are bituminous house coals and wet firewood, cue the banning of bituminous coal and the regulation of firewood suppliers.
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Pile of Firewood/logs | eBay
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A cubic metre of firewood has the same at calorific value whether it be 40% or 0% moisture content. The important factor is the efficiency at which it burns. The lower the moisture content the more efficient it burns - simple.
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So wrong Humidity is measured by calculating how much moisture the surrounding atmosphere is able to hold at its current temerature and is shown as a percentage of this measurement. Florida is famously humid, 100% humidity is not uncommon, so you saying you cant store seasoned firewood there as it will keep absorbing moisture? Moisture content of firewood and humidity of the atmosphere are different things. High humidity will slow the seasoning process but is unlikely to alter moisture content of seasoned firewood by more than a couple of percent.
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Correct
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Oh dear dan. It looks like you have been importing kiln dried wood that has never been in a kiln. I dread to think what its like in the middle of the crate. Kilned birch dont go mouldy mon.
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REF what the price of hard wood cord now thanks
Bluecoat replied to mendiplogs's topic in Firewood forum
Sounds to me as though they are charging the correct money for a premium product. Why don't you increase your prices to a similar level, assuming your firewood is as good as theirs. -
REF what the price of hard wood cord now thanks
Bluecoat replied to mendiplogs's topic in Firewood forum
And why does this surprise you? -
Has anyone managed to resolve their problems with this guy?
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Are there not biosecurity issues with timber that has not been treated by heat/chemicals?
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Dont ask me for proof, ask the Solid Fuel Association who insist i must have insurance because of the 100's of claims from domestic users each year. With this blame/claim culture anyone selling fuel should make sure they are covered for any eventuality from the use of their fuel.
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It aint the rug, its the claim for the death of a family from a house fire and i doubt your felling insurance would cover that.
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I Sell Cheap is correct on the Insurance. Coal merchants are required to have insurance for fuel that may spit from the grate and cause damage.
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All the photos in the world wont convince me that your wood has got to that moisture content from being covered outdoors during December alone.
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It depends what you are selling it as. It isnt seasoned until next winter, so dont be a cowboy! This cut last month now seasoned bol**cks only disappoints the end user. Those that think you can season wood in one month over winter need to try burning some genuinely dry seasoned firewood and see the difference. And as a word of warning, selling unseasoned wood as seasoned may leave you liable to legal action, if the end user where to experience a chimney fire from using such wood.
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We used to deal with a guy who extracted 1000 tonnes a year who we bought a large amount of split unseasoned from. He had CPL after everything he could produce, but they only wanted to pay him about twenty pounds a cube or so he said. Either way he never took them up on their offer.
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The corrosion is not rust, its acid corrosion. Poorly seasoned wood gives the moisture (H2O), coal, coke gives the sulphur dioxide (SO2). Mix them together in your stainless flue and you get H2SO4, sulphuric acid. That will perforate any flue system in no time.
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Anyone had any dealings with this company, they claim to supply seasoned firewood.
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There is roughly 1800 kwh in a stacked cubic metre of air seasoned firewood. I dont use gas so aren't aware of the cost of the equivalent amount of gas. What are people paying for a kwh of gas?
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Re wind blown timber near frome let me now thanks
Bluecoat replied to mendiplogs's topic in Firewood forum
All my firewood is 3 year seasoned, less than 10% moisture. Costs me about £12 a cube and sells for £150 to £180 a cube. I have in store over 1500 cube at any one time but am only able to offer about 500 cube for sale a year as the other 1000 cube isnt dry enough. -
I suppose its 40% moisture too, cowboy firewood sellers like you are ruining this game. Chop it up today, sell it to some naive customer tomorrow. Its ok to sell unseasoned in May, June, July but not when you know they need it to use straight away. Leylandii ffs.
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If its no more than 20% moisture as you state, its worth £280 a crate all day long.
