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What are the main benefits of purchasing kiln-dried firewood rather than seasoned wood?

 

Date: 22/10/2025

Subject: Kiln Dried Logs | Cardiff & Newport delivery of high-quality solid fuels, such as logs

 

Introduction

As winter is just around the corner, so are those freezing winter nights; it’s natural for people to start thinking of more cost-effective ways to heat their homes.

Kiln-dried firewood offers superior burning qualities and much higher heat output than some other types of logs.

Kiln-dried timber is often slightly more expensive than, say, seasoned firewood, prompting customers to question its benefits.

Within this article, we are going to explain the benefits of this type of firewood.

 

How are kiln-dried logs produced?

Quite often, the logs are placed in huge industrial kilns, and the wood is then baked just as you would bake a loaf of bread.

The intense heat generated during this kiln-drying process allows us to reduce moisture content significantly.

Most firewood companies aim to get the logs to a moisture content below 20%.

Is it worth paying extra for these types of logs?

There are considerable benefits to purchasing this type of firewood, namely that it burns much better, producing more heat.

We will now explain the many benefits of purchasing kiln-dried logs.

 

Low-moisture content

We highly recommend avoiding wet wood and purchasing only firewood with a reduced moisture content.

 

Consistent quality

Businesses that produce kiln-dried firewood have often done so for an extended period of time.

They have therefore often perfected the process of knowing how long to bake the logs and how different varieties of firewood, for example, oak versus ash, need to be baked for varying lengths of time.

 

Cleaner burning

Just as an inefficient engine produces too much soot and smoke from a tailpipe, so can a wood-burning stove that’s burning wet wood.

The consequences are that logs that are not properly dried result in more soot buildup in the wood-burning stove itself and within the chimney lining.

Too much soot and poor maintenance significantly increase the risk of a chimney fire occurring.

 

Kiln Dried Oak

Oak is well known for burning for a long time; it’s a very dense type of firewood.

This is therefore one of the main reasons why so many homeowners choose oak: the wood-burning stove needs to be replenished less often than with softwoods such as pine.

Pine burns very quickly; it produces fantastic heat, yet because it burns so quickly, if the wood-burning stove is left for too long, it will simply go out and need re-lighting. This is why people prefer oak: its long burn times make it better suited for homeowners who don’t want to keep getting off the sofa to tend to the stove.

 

Ash wood

Ash wood is known for burning hot and producing little ash.

 

Kiln-dried birch logs

Kiln-dried birch logs burns hot and are ideally suited for use in a wood-burning stove.

 

Would you like logs delivered to you this winter?

We can deliver firewood to you this winter. We also deliver our high-quality logs throughout the entire year.

If you would like to arrange a suitable delivery time, please get in touch with us on 079 668 420 12.

We discuss what the main benefits of purchasing kiln-dried firewood are

We discuss the main benefits of kiln-dried firewood compared to seasoned firewood.

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Why is beech such good firewood?

 

 

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.

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