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.