How much firewood should we order to see us through the winter?
How much firewood/logs are needed for a household to cover the winter?
Introduction
It’s fair to say that here in Great Britain our winters seem long and very cold; this, therefore, begs the question: how much firewood is needed for a household to cover the winter period?
In this article, we will provide you with some food for thought in terms of some of the considerations that you need to make when purchasing firewood from a local supplier.
How many wood-burning stoves do you have? And of what size?
If you plan to use multiple wood-burning stoves, then you will need a larger quantity of firewood.
However, you must consider the size of the actual wood-burning stoves. Some stoves have a small internal burning area, meaning that your firewood supply will last longer.
However, in larger properties, it’s common to have some wood-burning stoves that are quite simply very large. This will have very large internal burning areas within the stove.
To keep these large stoves burning at maximum output, the area within the stove requires more logs and often burns through the firewood more quickly. Then in depends on how efficient your wood-burning stove is; some wood-burning stoves are more efficient and better at producing more heat than others.
For example, when you purchase a more expensive wood-burning stove, the quality of the cast iron and the design are usually better.
Therefore, when shopping for a stove, ensure that you choose a wood-burning stove with good heat efficiency. Good online retailers of wood burning stoves will typically mention this heat efficiency score on their websites.
The type of firewood
Just as a general rule, if you’re purchasing softwood, such as pine, this will burn much faster when compared to hardwoods.
Therefore, your stack of firewood will be depleted much more quickly, if your burning softwood. That’s because softwood is far less dense.
Therefore, talk to your firewood supplier about what types of hardwood they have in stock.
Certain varieties of firewood burn for longer; however, some softwoods, when kept nice and dry they can burn very bright and really offer an intense heat. It’s therefore a balance between whether you want the wood to burn hotter or for longer?
Are you planning on using an open stove?
An open stove is excellent choice, especially at Christmas time, as it creates a pleasant, homely atmosphere.
However, there is a slight problem with burning wood on an open fire, and that is that an open fire is much less efficient when compared to modern cast iron wood burning stoves.
Therefore, if you plan to burn wood in an open fire, we encourage you to purchase more firewood from your supplier.
Find a firewood supplier that delivers in large quantities.
Many customers purchase firewood in small net bags; however, purchasing firewood this way often means that the customer burns through their supply of logs very quickly and then has to keep reordering to replenish there log store over the winter.
However, what we can do here at Forestry Firewood Ltd is we can come to your home and tip a large quantity of loose logs. This offers good value for money, as will be purchasing a large amount of firewood delivered to their house in one go.
Would you like us to deliver logs to your home this winter?
We can deliver quality logs as well as kindling wood to help you get your fire started in a short period of time. We offer to deliver logs all over the city of Newport.
Does it matter if the wood is kiln-dried?
It most definitely matters whether you’re purchasing kiln-dried firewood or not. That is if you buy wood that’s been dried, that is kiln dried, and has very little moisture content, then this wood will burn much hotter.
The firewood will burn hotter and it will normally last longer.
Wet wood, on the other had will just damage your chimney, the stove, and will just produce a large amount of soot.
Yet, I can purchase a greater quantity of wet wood” surely that would offer better value if I dry it myself?
Typically, social media marketplaces, a lot of people will sell firewood, often produced from trees that have just been cut down in their own gardens.
To save money on the removal of those logs, they may actually try to sell the logs cheaply on social media marketplaces.
However, this will be wet wood, which you should not burn. The logs needs to seasoned, or kiln dried, otherwise what happens is that an excessive amount of soot builds up in the chimney when burnt, it then damages the airflow of the stove, it actually clog up the chimney lining, it can also produce an excessive amount of smoke, which will undoubtably annoy the neighbouring homes.
Therefore what is needed is firewood that has been seasoned for a long period.
Therefore, you are left with the option of seasoning the firewood yourself if you buy wet wood.
How long it takes to dry varies depending on the type of firewood that you’ve bought.
We can also deliver throughout Cardiff.
Why not get a large quantity of our logs delivered to your home this winter?