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What are the benefits of choosing Eco-firelighters?

 

Although Forestry Firewood Ltd. does not currently sell eco-firelighters, we are always interested in innovative products that are better for the environment.

Just as our firewood is sourced solely from sustainably managed forests, many eco-lighter manufacturers do the same.

For example, on the packaging, look for the FSC logo, as this will tell you that the wood has been sourced from a sustainably managed forest.

This is really important because it’s a natural product, unlike purchasing firelighters, which are covered in chemicals.
Softwood and natural vegetable waxes

Most eco-firelighters are made using softwood and natural vegetable wax, which makes them 100% biodegradable. Therefore, they are better for the environment than buying chemical firelighters.

 

Better ignition

If you want a winning combination, we highly recommend choosing our high-performance kiln-dried firewood and using it in combination with a good-quality eco-friendly firelighter.

 

What are eco-friendly firelighters made from?

Often, eco-friendly firelighters are made from waste wood and vegetable wax.

However, you do need to check the packaging to ensure they are made from the right ingredients.

To ensure that the eco-friendly firelighters are sourced from sustainably managed forests.

 

Lower emissions

Many homeowners who own a wood-burning stove sometimes comment that they do not like the smell of some firelighters when they are trying to ignite the fire.

This is sometimes due to firelighters being petroleum-based products. However, eco-firelighters are completely different. They are made from natural wood fibres, and often, the only thing that is added is vegetable wax to help with the ignition.

If you use good quality seasoned firewood or kiln-dried firewood when you use some waste paper from an old newspaper, this eco-friendly firewood can help ignite the fire quickly.

 

Where can I purchase firewood near to me?

We deliver our high-performance kiln-dried firewood right throughout South Wales.

 

What type of hardwood and softwood logs do you keep in stock?

We often have ash and oak logs in stock. However, we also stock many different logs, all of which have been kiln-dried in our farm’s kiln.

Therefore, regardless of whether we are selling softwood or hardwood logs, you can rest assured that all of the timber, our firewood, has been baked in our kiln.

We only sell firewood with a very low moisture content, which means that whichever type of firelighter you choose to purchase, you will be able to ignite our logs very simply.

This is another reason why our firewood company is very popular: our logs offer consistently high-quality year in and year out.

Therefore, when our customers purchase from us, they know that they will obtain superb-quality logs or firewood.

This makes our logs much simpler to ignite, helping you save time.

Wet logs, or logs that have been kiln-dried but for not long enough, what happens is that the logs will still have too high moisture content.

This produces a dull burn and excessive amounts of soot, which will damage your chimney.

On top of that, the logs are usually very hard to ignite, so we would only recommend buying from a log supplier with an excellent reputation, like our company, for consistently high-quality logs.

If you want to order with us, why not call us today?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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How to maximise getting more heat out of your firewood

 

Introduction

Different types of firewood do burn differently. Therefore, it’s essential to understand what type of logs you are purchasing and how to improve the heat that’s generated from the logs you buy from your firewood supplier.

It often comes down to how logs have been seasoned or kiln-dried by the supplier. However, it is also about how the logs are stored once they’ve been through the kiln drying or seasoning process.

How to improve the efficiency of your firewood

Which wood species do you purchase?

Some Cardiff residents, have owned a log burner for an extended period of time, and often they know what types of logs they want to purchase from a local firewood company. For example, they may call us and say they want a type of hardwood delivered, such as a beach, ash or oak.

In our experience as retailers of quality logs in the U.K oak is a very popular type of firewood in the United Kingdom.
However, other types of hardwood, such as beach and ash, are also very popular.

Then you have your softwoods, such as pinewood and also spruce. These are, again, perfect types of wood. The only downside to using softwood to help heat your home, is that this type of wood can often burn much quicker, so softwood will usually need replenishing much faster.

Ask your log retailer about the moisture content of the wood

Your log supplier should go to great lengths to reduce the moisture content of the wood.
This is so that it burns hotter and also burns longer. The added benefit is that it’s much easier to ignite when the moisture content has been dramatically reduced.

Now, this needs to be kept in mind because a lot of people often get frustrated when buying logs that don’t ignite easily. However this is often because you may have purchased green wood, which should not be burnt.

However, kiln-dried wood or seasoned wood, where the moisture is greatly reduced, would be much easier to ignite with firelighters.
With eco-friendly firelighters or perhaps other types of firelighters that can be widely purchased from different retailers, good quality firewood, that’s been kiln dried should be very easy to ignite.

 

How can you improve the heat output of firewood?

The first thing you should do is make sure your firewood company is correctly kiln-drying the firewood.
It’s a bit like baking a cake in the oven, in that the logs must be baked for a sufficient amount of time.

This baking or kiln-drying process subjects the logs to tremendous amounts heat, allowing the moisture content to evaporate from the timber.

This, therefore, this allow the log to burn brighter, hotter, and longer once it’s been from the kiln drying process.

Now, there are some companies that might sell greenwood. They might state that it is kiln-dried, but it hasn’t been kiln-dried for long enough sometimes. What happens then is that the moisture content is still high. It will then produce an excessive amount of moisture, which will damage the chimney lining and the stove itself.

So do avoid purchasing green wood.

 

When you want to purchase high quality logs, do contact us

If you looking for a local company to buy firewood from, then do call Forestry Firewood Ltd. We are your local firewood company supplying most of South Wales with both hardwood and softwood logs. We have vast experience in kiln drying timber, and we sell very high quality firewood to local companies and the general public.

If you want firewood delivered to your home, please get in touch with us today.

 

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Are you currently fearing your monthly energy bill? Why not buy logs from us instead?

 

 

We know precisely how you feel at this time of year; it’s bitter-freezing outside and everything covered in a thick layer of frost. Therefore, many homeowners have no choice but to crank up the heating, and as a result, then watch their energy consumption increase, and so does their monthly energy bill!

However, many homeowners are now switching to solid fuels such as quality logs and manufactured coal to help heat them homes.

Therefore, many homeowners now use a combination of central heating and wood-burning stoves.

This provides cosy and comfortable heat and we here at Forestry Firewood can work to significantly reduce your energy bills.

In this article, we will explain how our logs/ firewood can help you heat your hoem affordably so that you don’t fear the monthly energy bill as much!

We can deliver a large quantity of firewood all in one go

 

Many homeowners in South Wales have found relief when they have found they can heat their homes at an affordable price using our logs. By having a substantial amount of logs delivered at once, they can rest assured that they won’t run out of fuel during the cold season.

Many homeowners therefore have chosen to store our logs in say their spare garage, shed, or perhaps dedicated log store they had built.

One of the great things about purchasing firewood, is you can always get a sense of how much logs you have and plan if you have enough to cover you during the cold weather.

This allows you to plan and budget your log usage over the winter, helping you to manage your energy costs effectively. By using our high-quality logs, you can offset your energy bill and enjoy a warm and cosy home.

Quality kiln-dried logs

 

The quality of logs can vary in terms of heat output. Some logs can produce a smoky, rather dull burn, producing excessive amounts of soot damaging what are often expensive stoves that most people have.

However, our logs are entirely different. We produce high-performance logs, and we make considerable efforts to ensure that they are dried so that the moisture content is substantially reduced.

This produces high-performance logs for our customers in Cardiff and also the Newport areas. Even a single log placed on the fire, you will instantly start to feel the wamth. This is because our logs are high-performance logs.

When you buy from other firewood suppliers, the logs might not be dried enough, resulting in less heat output.

Don’t fear that monthly energy bill, call us, burn our logs instead

We are all going through a cost-of-living crisis at the moment. Nearly everything that we go to purchase has increased in cost.

Therefore, it is imperative to start thinking about ways to offset your living costs. One way is to buy a large quantity of logs from us.

This is why so many people in Cardiff and surrounding areas contact us to have our high-performance logs delivered to their homes.

Still taking bookings now before Christmas

If you would like a large quantity of logs delivered to the house before Christmas, why not give our company a call today?

 

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What is the best type of firewood to burn within your home?

Introduction

Regardless of the kind of firewood you purchase, you will undoubtedly want it to offer exceptional heat and burn for as long as possible.
Some types of firewood are very popular here in the United Kingdom, such as ash firewood, oak and birch logs.

In this article, you’ll discuss the different varieties of logs and which ones are popular in the United Kingdom for use as a solid fuel to help heat your home.

 

Ash firewood

You might think all firewood is the same if you recently bought a log burner? That all logs does the same job in terms of burning and generating heat.

However, homeowners who have owned a wood-burning stove or had an open fire for many consecutive years often find a type of firewood that they like the most. This means different firewood offers different qualities; some can produce a slow and rather dull burn, but it burns for much longer. However, the all-rounder, one of the most popular type of firewood, is ash firewood simply because it offers brilliant and bright heat generated over a sustained period.

Another great quality of Ash firewood is that it often leaves minimal residue once burnt. The heat that it produces is so bright, it’s so intensely hot, that you may find that in the bottom of your wood-burning stove, in the ash collection tray, that when burning ash there is very little ash because of the huge amounts of heat this firewood generates.

This type of firewood, because it burns intensely and hot, produces fantastic heat when used in wood-burning stoves and open fireplaces.

 

Oak firewood, another great option

Even if you don’t know what oak firewood looks like, you will feel the difference as you pick up the log in your hands. This is because Oak is much denser and heavier than some other types of firewood.

 

Benefits of burning oak firewood

The benefit of oak firewood is that it can burn for a long time, which many people like. If you were to burn other types of firewood, you may need to opening the door on a wood-burning stove and add more firewood to keep the fire burning.

However, the main benefit of oak firewood is that it’s very dense timber and burns for a long time.

Therefore, you don’t need to add logs directly to your wood-burning stove as often, when your burning oak logs, because it burns for a long period. Whether you’re busy in the kitchen or working on your laptop, therefore you don’t need to check on wood-burning stove as often to see if another log needs to be added.

 

Birch firewood

Many people like birch firewood because it burns brightly and intensely, producing a great heat.

Birch firewood is well-suited to for burning in a log burner. It is ideally suited for solid fuel burning within your home because it produces a very abundant and bright flame. Many people also comment that it’s straightforward to ignite; therefore, you can ignite this type of wood with just a few firelighters and in a short period of time.

 

Delivery to your home

When you look at many Christmas cards delivered at this time of year, often featured on the Christmas cards is an open roaring fire.
Therefore, many people like to enjoy an open fire during November and December. Our firewood can therefore create a great atmosphere and makes the house feel nice and cosy.

We could deliver our firewood to your home, we can tip our logs off onto your driveway or perhaps at the rear of the property near the garage. Therefore, give us a ring if you want high-quality logs delivered to your home before Christmas.

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Benefits of having a wood-burning stove installed

 

Introduction

More and more of our customers have started using their wood-burning stoves more often. Due to the recent rise in natural gas prices, our solid fuels are in high demand.

In this article, we are going to explain the benefits of owning a wood-burning stove and using our very high-quality logs to heat your home.

 

No unforeseen shocks when the energy bill arrives

Some people who don’t have an energy meter, which tells them how much they use per day, maybe somewhat in the dark about how much they have used that month until they enter their meter readings.

Some homeowners can experience a nasty shock when a large energy bill hits them.

Many people use our logs: You can buy an ample amount of our logs upfront, then know how much you have spent, and you can, therefore, budget your use.

Many of our customers comment how affordable it is to heat their homes with our quality logs; many of our customers have large properties, and therefore, using our logs has become essential, as their energy bills may have risen substantially.

 

Nice atmosphere

Many of our customers like a wood-burning stove, not just because it’s helping to heat the room, but because of the cosy atmosphere a lovely wood-burning stove can generate. It has become fashionable to have a wood-burning stove, and it creates a nice atmosphere in any home.

 

Amazing heat

Once your wood-burning stove has risen to temperature, the heat a good quality wood-burning stove can generate is incredible.
Some stoves are more energy efficient than others, yet the warmth generated by good quality stoves can be simply incredible.

It helps to heat the room in a short period. This is why we always say to buy good quality, kiln-dried timber that’s ready to burn. The reason is that some people purchase wet wood, and they are disappointed by the generated heat and are annoyed sometimes by how long it takes to ignite the logs.

Wet wood can damage your chimney, the connecting flu as well as also the wood burning stove itself.
Plus, when it takes a homeowner a long time to ignite and too many fire-lighters, many homeowners get annoyed with low-quality firewood.

However, our firewood is better; it’s a high-quality product ready to burn. With some kindling and firelighters, igniting our logs is a piece of cake.

 

Extra warm home

Some of our customers may use the central heating for, say, a few hours a day, yet then also use this in combination with their wood-burning stove, producing a lovely, hot home.

 

Ready to burn

Many homeowners are sometimes deterred from buying logs because sometimes they think that wood needs to be aired or stored before it’s burnt. However, with our logs, you don’t need to season them; instead, you can burn our firewood straightaway.

Our logs are, therefore, ready to burn, meaning you don’t have to store our logs in a wood store for a long period. Instead, you burn our wood whenever you are ready to.

 

Cost-effective way of heating your home

Because of the rise in energy prices, many people are looking for alternative ways to heat their homes rather than solely relying on the central heating system.

This is why we recommend having a wood-burning stove professionally installed, as it can offer a great way to heat your home. We can supply many logs, which are provided at very affordable prices. Here in the U.K., some of the most popular types of logs are Ash firewood and Oak firewood; we can supply both to your home.

Both types of firewood produce a fantastic amount of heat; oak, in particular, burns for an extended period and produces excellent heat. If you would like to arrange for us to deliver our firewood to your home, why not call us? We regularly make deliveries across Cardiff, Newport and the surrounding areas.

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Do you have enough firewood to see you through this winter?

 

Introduction

 

The nights are getting much colder, so many homeowners across South Wales now need high-performance firewood to help heat their homes.

With high natural gas prices still high, many homeowners currently depend on solid fuels to heat their homes.

This article explains why we are the company to choose when you need high-performance firewood delivered to your home in Wales.

 

An ample quantity of logs delivered at a fair price

Do you think firewood is expensive?

Some firewood suppliers are expensive; buying firewood only in small plastic bags can sometimes be expensive way of purchasing your firewood.

However, you could have a large load of logs delivered to your home when you call us. Plus our prices are very affordable.

We can deliver a vast quantity of firewood at once; our high-performance logs mean you will gain a large amount of firewood at a very reasonable price.

 

What type of logs do you sell?

Many homeowners want two main types of logs delivered in the United Kingdom: oak and ash firewood.

We regularly have many of these types of logs in stock and other firewood varieties of logs as well.

 

How do you ensure that you are not selling wet firewood?

 

The firewood needs to be dry before it can be burnt, and as logs will have come from a living tree, the timber is used to sucking up water from the ground for potentially decades.

Now, depending on the variety of timber, it can take a different amount of time for the wood to reduce its water content. One way of reducing the water content of firewood is to dry the firewood by seasoning it, often done in a large corrugated iron barn.

The alternative is the kiln drying the firewood, which means placing the logs in a small enclosed space and blasting the logs with heat for a sustained period of time.

 

kiln-drying firewood

Therefore, firewood is placed in the kiln, often for many consecutive days, and is subject to scorching temperatures, reducing the moisture content of the logs substantially.

You might see a slight rippling effect or crackling on the side of the logs that have been subjected to very high temperatures and which have been kiln-dried.

 

Our firewood is kiln-dried and moisture-checked with digital moisture meters to ensure its good quality and ready for shipment to our customers.

This quality control process gives you peace of mind about the firewood you’re purchasing from us in that it’s ready to burn as soon as it’s delivered.

 

Would you like to place an order with us?

If you want to order with us, why not ring us today?

We can dispatch one of our delivery drivers to deliver high-quality logs to your house.

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We also supply the trade with quality logs

 

Introduction

We supply many residents throughout Cardiff and Newport with very high-quality kiln-dried firewood.

However, as my company has expanded and grown into a large firewood retailer, we also complete and fulfil commercial orders for logs.

 

Trade enquiries are welcome.

Therefore, if you are looking for a U.K supplier of quality kiln-dried firewood, do not hesitate to contact us today.
We have invested heavily in modern machinery and have a large warehouse, so we always keep a large amount of firewood in stock every year.

Therefore, We can fill large artic lorry full firewood, and all trade enquiries for to supply firewood are welcome.

 

Consistent high quality

What is essential for residential and also our commercial customers is that the quality of the firewood is consistently high.

Therefore, there’s no point in supplying one load of firewood that is perfectly good and ready to burn and then delivering another load that has not been dried enough and, therefore, has a very high moisture content.

Therefore, we have strict quality control processes in place to ensure that all our loads of firewood are high quality and ready to burn.

 

We’re always open to trade inquiries.

Whether you’re a small retailer or a large distributor, we’re here to meet your firewood needs. Don’t hesitate to reach out.

If you’re considering retailing firewood, we make it easy for you.

You can purchase a large quantity of firewood from us and start your business. Get in touch with us today to discuss your needs.

We understand the importance of competitive pricing in your business. That’s why we offer very competitive prices and supply firewood to many retailers throughout the UK. You can count on us for quality at a great value.

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Stock up on your firewood now for the festive period.

 

 

 

Introduction

It’s that time of year again, where even when we pop along to the local supermarket, the is filled with Christmas items.

Some people complain that it’s too early to think about Christmas, while others think that it’s a great time of the year in the build-up to Christmas Day.

 

Why you should order your logs today

Firewood is in significant demand across Wales as more homeowners are burning logs as their main way of heating their homes.

However, those of us who have owned a wood burner for an extended period of time will know that there are logs, and then their logs- so what do we mean by that statement?

Some logs, like those you can source from Forestry Firewood Ltd, are of excellent quality. They burn bright and produce a fantastic amount of heat.

On the other hand, there are rubbish-quality logs supplied by some companies, and the wood is still wet. This means that it’s extremely hard to ignite, and when lit, it produces excessive amounts of smoke and soot, which will eventually clog up the wood-burning stove and the chimney.

This is why so many of our customers return yearly: We offer a consistent supply of high-quality firewood. You know that when you purchase from us, the firewood is ready to burn, and it’s a type of wood, such as ash or oak, that is superb for burning in, say, a wood-burning stove.

 

Stock up now for Christmas

Many homeowners in Cardiff, Newport, and all of the surrounding areas use their wood-burning stoves more often during the Christmas period.

Therefore, you will likely want ample firewood stacked up in your wood store, ready to burn over Christmas.

It costs less than you might think

Some firewood suppliers charge a lot more than we do. However, we have always kept our prices down because this allows our customers to buy in quantity, as many of our customers use their wood-burning stoves to warm their homes.

Because our prices have always been kept low, our customers can buy a considerable amount of firewood, sometimes a full van load, at a very fair price.

 

Stock up on your firewood today from us:

If you would like to arrange a time when we can come and deliver a load of ash or perhaps oak, or you might want a different type of wood, we can help you.

 

Call us today

Call us today, and we will be able to tell you when we can deliver our kiln-dried firewood to your home in Wales.

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What do you say are the main advantages of choosing kiln-dried firewood?

Introduction

Here in the United Kingdom, homeowners often purchase two main types of logs.

Those two varieties of wood are oak logs and ash logs. Here at Forestry Firewood, we can supply both types of firewood to your home.

Then, a firewood company has two main ways of reducing the moisture content of logs: seasoning the wood, often in an open barn, or kiln-drying the firewood.

All of our firewood is kiln-dried; in this article, we will explain the benefits of this process.

 

Suitable for use in wood stoves, outdoor fire pits and open fires

A huge range of benefits to choosing kiln-dried firewood is that a company can produce consistent quality firewood.
For example, firewood companies that frequently kiln-dry logs, such as ash firewood, will know how long they need to keep the wood in their kiln.

The time it takes to dry the wood through the kiln drying process depends on the kiln size, the way the company generates the heat, and the type of wood.

We use a bio-mass boiler in our purpose-built kiln.

 

Reducing the moisture

Therefore, kiln-drying logs, whether ask, oak, or any variety of logs, are a perfect way of reducing their moisture content. It allows companies like Forestry Firewood to produce a consistent quality product because they can bake the logs for an extended period, ensuring the moisture content of the logs is significantly reduced.

So, what are the main benefits of purchasing kiln-dried firewood from you:

 

Lower moisture content

The last thing you want to do is try to burn green wood. The reason is that it will massively damage your stove and chimney by causing excessive soot. So we sell kiln-dried firewood instead, which has been dried and had the moisture reduced so that it’s ready to burn.

 

Easier to ignite

Our logs are much simpler to ignite. The reason for this is that by reducing the moisture content of the logs, they are ready to burn. With just a small amount of softwood kindling and fire lighters, you can have your fire up and running in seconds.

As many wood-burning stove owners will know, it can be extremely frustrating if the wood has a high moisture content. It then produces excessive amounts of smoke, damaging the stove and chimney, and it also takes a very long time to ignore the firewood.
This is why we sell only kiln-dried firewood that’s ready to burn.

 

Hotter burn

If you were to purchase wet wood, it would produce a lot of smoke but also a dull burn. The wood may take a long time to burn, and it will not burn that bright, meaning not much heat is generated.

Our kiln-dried logs are entirely different. They produce a fantastic amount of heat, so some customers have switched to using our logs as the only way they heat their homes.

 

Would you like to have our logs delivered?

If you want quality, kiln-dried, top-quality logs delivered to your home or place of business, if you run a pub or restaurant, then why not call us?

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Which type of logs should we be burning in our wood burner?

 

Introduction

Many homeowners across the country may have had a log burner in their living room for some time.

The log burner might have been used, say, over the Christmas period, and this helps to improve the room’s ambience.

Yet, in recent years, natural gas prices have spiked, and people’s energy bills have increased as a direct result. This means more and more people are looking for ways to heat their homes and improve their homes’ energy efficiency.

In this article, we will concentrate on recommending the two main types of logs that you should purchase for your wood-burning stove.

Kiln-dried firewood

So, a common mistake that homeowners can make is to think that as long as the wood is cut to the correct size and not soaking wet, it’s good to burn.

This is not the case, and we shall explain why.

When trees are cut down, the timber can be very wet inside. This moisture doesn’t evaporate quickly; it’s actually held in the wood for a very long period of time.

There are only two main ways to reduce the moisture content of timber logs: correctly season the firewood for a long period. How long the wood needs to season depends on the time of the logs.

Then there’s kiln-drying, blasting the logs with hot air, forcing the moisture to evaporate.

 

What type of firewood do you sell?

We sell kiln-dried firewood. The reason for this is that we have built our own kiln, which allows us to quality-control the wood at our business premises.

If the logs are not dry enough, they will not be delivered.

Therefore, all of our logs undergo an extensive drying process, which involves placing them in metal cages and then in a giant kiln for a long period of time. We open the doors on the kiln, use a moisture meter to check the moisture content, and if it’s below a certain threshold, we can sell the wood.

If the moisture content of the logs is too high, we simply return them to the kiln and bake them for even longer.

Just like pasty placed in the oven, our logs emerge from the kiln hot and baked, and the moisture has gone.

 

Cracking of the wood

A sure-fire way of seeing that the logs have been subjected to a very high temperature for an extended period is that the logs will be cracked.

These deep cracks appear along the logs, showing that they have been baked for a long time in our ovens.

 

Would you like to purchase quality logs?

Our order books are quickly filling up for our deliveries this year. So why not give us a ring today? We can dispatch our quality logs to you at a convenient time.

 

 

 

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