Introduction

If you’re looking for a new firewood supplier, you are most likely on Google asking the question “firewood near me.

This can mean that you’re presented with a vast number of local log suppliers to choose from.

The sheer number of companies to choose from can therefore be overwhelming. As a highly experienced business supplying quality kiln-dried firewood, we thought it would be a good idea to outline some areas you should consider when choosing a local company.

How dry is the wood?

When selecting a firewood supplier, we recommend that your top consideration is how dry the wood actually is.

If the wood is wet, which is often the case when the tree has just been felled, it can mean the wood takes a very long time to season.

Then there’s kiln-dried firewood: basically, the timber is blasted with intense heat in a massive kiln. Just as you heat your pizza in an oven, so too do firewood suppliers bake kiln-dried firewood.

The purpose of baking or kiln-drying firewood is simple: to reduce its moisture content. To subject the wood to such intense heat that the moisture evaporates and is removed from the wood.

However, some firewood companies do an excellent job of removing moisture from their logs; others do not.
Some companies, on the other hand, do not do a good job, which means the firewood is not kiln-dried or baked long enough.

What, therefore, happens is that the moisture is still within the log, meaning that because of the amount of water saturation, the logs shouldn’t be burnt.

However, if the firewood that has been correctly seasoned or kiln-dried is burnt, it can damage the chimney.

Damage to the chimney, the chimney lining and the stove itself can occur when there’s too much soot and smoke produced from burning wet wood.

Also, wet wood, or wood that hasn’t been seasoned, is simply a total waste of time.

It’s a waste of time, simply because it will create a dull burn, which means nowhere near the same amount of heat will be emitted from the stove if kiln-dried firewood were used instead.

What’s the delivery charge to deliver the firewood?

Do check with the log supplier to confirm their delivery charge. Some companies offer free delivery included in the cost of the logs, while others offer cheap firewood, yet the delivery charge can be pretty high.

How long have you got to wait for the delivery of the logs?

For some companies, during, say, the frigid weeks in December, well, there could be over a month’s wait for delivery of firewood.
Therefore, do check with the log supplier to confirm when they can deliver before you send payment for the “buy it now” button on their website.

The reason is that the follow-up e-mail could mean the next delivery could be a long way off.

What type of firewood is going to be delivered- will be Ash, Oak or Beech?

Also, consider the firewood you’re purchasing. Are you buying hardwood or softwood? We recommend the best types of firewood are kiln-dried ash, oak and beech.

Does the company use a moisture meter to check the timber’s moisture levels before it’s delivered?

If logs have been stored outside for an extended period, they can reabsorb moisture. For example, logs that have been put in the kiln-dried oven could be ready to burn straightaway.

However, if those same logs have been stored outside, let’s say for a few months when the weather has been very wet, the timber can reabsorb that moisture.

Therefore, your reputable firewood suppliers should conduct a moisture check on the firewood before delivery.

This means sampling each timber delivery to ensure the moisture level is low enough for the wood to be ready to burn.

How our company can help:

We are an established firewood business and have been delivering high-quality firewood for many years.

If you would like to arrange delivery of our firewood, why not give us a ring?

It’s at this time of year that many homeowners are afraid to find out how much their monthly gas bill will be.

This is one of the main reasons why so many households in the United Kingdom are switching to solid fuels.

What exactly are solid fuels?

To burn solid fuels, homeowners often need a high-quality wood-burning stove installed. Solid fuels can therefore be seasoned firewood or kiln-dried firewood. There are also other types of solid fuels, such as artificial coal and manufactured heating blocks, which are often made from compressed sawdust.

All of these are great options; however, whichever company you choose, ensure the wood is dry.
You need to purchase firewood with very low moisture content. Plus, make sure the logs or the product that you are buying are sourced from environmentally friendly sources, such as FSC-certified forests.

Why do your logs offer such good value for money?

Our firewood here at Forestry Firewood Ltd offers excellent value for money, which is why so many of our customers keep coming back year after year. Our customers keep coming back to buy from us because we sell superior-quality firewood, which burns hot and delivers an incredible amount of heat.

Why not offset some of your energy bill with our logs?

If your energy bill is currently very high, you might be thinking, “How can I reduce my gas consumption and my monthly energy bill?

If you think this, you need to consider whether you can have a professionally installed wood-burning stove within your home.
Instead of the central heating running for long periods of time, you can instead use your wood burner to start warming your home.

Why should we purchase our firewood from you?

If you are fed up with high monthly energy bills, you might like the idea of buying solid fuels, such as our logs that are offered at a very competitive price. You can have a large amount of firewood delivered all at once, then replenish your wood store. Customers will then get fantastic value for money from our logs. The reason is that our logs are incredibly dry, meaning that they produce a high level of heat output from your wood burning stove.

Our logs are therefore used to heat many properties across Cardiff, as well as in Newport and the surrounding areas. Our logs are drier than some other companies ‘; thus, our logs offer better value for money, as the heat output is greater.

Why not arrange for a delivery of our logs today?

Its important to know that during the months of November and December are our most busiest periods. Therefore, we would encourage you to call us well in advance, so that we can deliver our firewood to you as soon as possible.

We deliver right throughout the city of Cardiff, we also deliver right throughout Newport as well.

Introduction

Here at Forestry Firewood Ltd, we regularly have a vast supply of beech firewood that’s ready to be delivered to our customers.

Within this article, we will explain why beech wood is such a popular type of firewood in the United Kingdom and why it is so effective at heating our customers’ homes.

High heat output

Beech is a very dense type of hardwood; this means that it can, when correctly dried, provide extreme heat when burnt in your wood burning stove. What’s great about choosing a hardwood is that you can heat your room for an extended period. With certain softwoods, this means that the firewood will burn much more quickly when compared to how much longer hardwoods can often burn for.

Therefore, if you want a longer burn time, it’s always a good idea to use denser firewood; such as beech, that way, you won’t have to keep topping up the wood-burning stove as often.

Minimal smoke

Another reason beech is such a popular firewood here in the United Kingdom is that, when correctly dried, it burns very cleanly.

Therefore, many homeowners appreciate the fact that beech, when properly dried, burns very hot, meaning it will minimise creosote buildup in the chimney.

Very easy to split

Many homeowners make kindling themselves once our logs have been delivered.
Therefore, beech is often selected as the firewood that the customer wants delivered, because this type of wood can be split relatively simply using the right axe.

Other types of hardwoods, such as oak, are, in our opinion, much harder to split with an axe.

However, beech wood often has fewer knots, and is generally a type of firewood that’s super simple to split and therefore to make wooden kindling from.

Less soot and tar

Homeowners often prefer to select a type of firewood / logs that has less sap and resin.

For example, certain softwoods sometimes contain a high amount of sap, which, if the wood is not kiln-dried sufficiently, can produce excess soot when burned in your stove.

Therefore, this is one of the reasons why homeowners often select beech wood, as it emits less soot after its been kiln-dried compared to other softwoods.

Do you have beech firewood in stock now?

Here at Forestry Firewood Ltd, we keep in stock a wide range of hardwoods in stock, as well as many quality softwoods.

Our stock is constantly updated with new deliveries arriving regularly.

Please call us, and one of our friendly team members will be able to tell you what timber we have in stock at the moment.

We regularly stock ash and beech and oak firewood, as these types of firewood are very popular in the United Kingdom and in high demand.

How do you ensure that your beech firewood is ready to burn?

All of our firewood, whether its softwood or hardwood, is kiln-dried for an extended period to ensure it offers the customer a consistently high quality timber.

As soon as you see our quality firewood, you will notice slight cracks on the sides, which indicates that the wood has been subjected to intense heat for a sustained period.

This makes the firewood extremely easy to ignite, and many of our customers also make kindling out of our firewood.

Because beech is so easy to split, and because it has been kiln-dried for an extended period, it becomes super simple to ignite.

How long will we have to wait for the delivery of our beech firewood?

This depends on the time of year; our busiest period is typically in the winter months. We would encourage you to ring us as soon as possible, so that we can book you in as

Which areas do you deliver beech firewood to?

We can deliver beech firewood anywhere within the city of Newport and the surrounding areas such as Rogerstone and Bassaleg.

We can also deliver to Cardiff.

Can we order different types of firewood on the same order?

Yes, you most certainly can. We often deliver firewood of various types, including oak, beech, and ash.

Often, our customers prefer to have different types of logs to burn, as each type of firewood burns at a different rate. For instance, ash burns differently from pine.

Is your wood seasoned, or is it kiln-dried?

All our firewood is kiln-dried, and therefore, you have the reassurance that the firewood is nice and dry and ready to burn as soon as it’s delivered.

Introduction

When purchasing firewood, the quality can vary massively. One company may supply logs that are bone-dry and ready to burn, another company may supply damp logs that sometimes even have mould attached!

It’s essential to take your time when choosing a firewood supplier.

The two most important aspects we think customers should consider are whether the logs come from a sustainable managed forest. For example, does the wood come from a forest that is FSC certified?

The next factor is whether the logs have been dried correctly and have a low moisture content.

This can mean the burning performance of the logs can vary massively depending on where you purchase your logs. One company for example may sell logs that will leave very little ash in the wood burning tray, the ash left is then fine. This can often mean that the wood has been burnt hot and correctly.

For another business that sells wet logs, you may be stuck for an extended period trying to ignite the wood. Then, an excessive amount of smoke may emerge from the chimney! The ash left in the wood burning stove can be excessive and the soot can actually damage the stove and the environment.

Therefore, you do have to choose your log suppliers carefully.

In this article, we will discuss some of the firewood certifications available to ensure that you are getting high-quality try logs or purchasing a quality wood burning stove. Also, it’s essential to buy logs from a sustainable source as well.

FSC Forest Stewardship Council

When you see FSC certification on a pack of logs or a log supplier’s website, this means that the company has sourced its logs from a supplier that is committed to responsible forest management.

Being FSC certified means that the company is committed to sustainable forest management.

If the forests from which the timber is sourced are responsibly managed, this means that there will be trees to fell in the future to produce wood or solid fuels again.

HETAS Certification

You may see a HETAS sticker applied to wood-burning stoves as well as fuels. Some customers may not know what this sticker or logo means—having a product that is HETAS-certified means that the product has been produced to work efficiently and to be environmentally friendly.

It is therefore a sign of quality if you are buying, for example, fuels that are HETAS certified.

Woodsure Certified

As we mentioned earlier in this article, purchasing wet wood can be both annoying for customers and harmful for the environment. Damp wood, that’s wood with a high moisture content, simply produces an excessive amount of smoke.

Instead, you want the logs to be as clean-burning as possible.

Therefore, many log suppliers in the United Kingdom hold Woodsure Certification, ensuring that the firewood or biomass fuels are of good quality.

Buy quality

There will always be log suppliers that compete solely on price. However, it’s important to note that if the wood is not correctly dried, it will not produce the heat that the customer would expect from the logs or kindling.

Wet wood can therefore be a total false economy.

However, as this article illustrates, not all firewood is the same. Firewood and logs from suppliers like Forestry Firewood are of exceptionally high quality, having been dried correctly.

This results in a much easier ignition and a hotter burn for the customer.

Call us to arrange delivery.

We don’t just deliver in the winter months; our delivery team also delivers logs during the winter.