Introduction

When we think about logs and firewood, we often think of cosy living rooms being heated by a lovely log burner.

Traditionally, therefore, we consider logs just for use during the colder weather. You may think that logs and firewood are a seasonal business, where their products are not in demand during the summer. However, our logs are in strong demand right throughout the year.

This article will, therefore, highlight how our logs can also be utilised throughout the summer months.

Hot tubs

Have you seen hot tubs which are heated via logs? They are amazing.

In many Scandinavian countries, people often enjoy the great outdoors while admiring the view from a hot tub. Now, hot tubs, or Jacuzzis in general, are usually heated via electric elements.

However, as electric costs have increased substantially in recent years, this has led to a rise in popularity for hot tubs heated using logs.
People we talk to, therefore, like the fact that once they have bought their firewood from us, they can control how much the hot tub costs to heat, as they can visibly see how many logs are in their log store. The great thing about this is that it’s very different from having an electric hot tub, where you could be surprised at the cost at the end of the summer for heating it.

Fire pits

Our summers in Great Britain are relatively short. Before you know it, and in the blink of an eye, we are back into winter. Therefore, many homeowners like to sit outdoors, enjoy a bottle of wine, and perhaps toast some marshmallows by an open fire.
Therefore, many homeowners in Cardiff have firepits or open fires in their gardens, which are dedicated spaces often built by landscapers.

These spaces allow homeowners to safely enjoy a fire pit and look at the stars while heating themselves by an open fire.

Who likes pizza?

Everyone loves pizza.

Therefore, it’s great to have a purpose-built pizza oven, built by a specialist company.

Then, the homeowner will often need a high-quality kiln-dried log to heat the pizza oven. This is where we can supply a large quantity of logs, plus, because our firewood has such a low moisture content, it is very easy to ignite.

We don’t just supply our logs to residential customers, who then use the logs in their pizza ovens; we also deliver the logs to businesses.

These businesses, such as authentic Italian pizza establishments, require a very high-quality log to get the kiln up to a high temperature.

Therefore, our firewood business is also supplying logs/firewood to pizza businesses across Cardiff. The companies are aware that we take great care to ensure the quality control of our logs. This means that each batch will have a moisture meter placed on the logs, and we ensure that all our firewood is ready to burn as soon as it is delivered to the customer.

Why not place an order with us today?

As you can see, Forestry Firewood is delivering firewood right throughout the entire year. This means whether you need logs for your pizza in July or a large quantity of firewood to heat your farmhouse in December, we can help you.

We have high-quality firewood in stock at our warehouse throughout the entire year. We also offer a wide range of wood types, such as ash, oak, and softwood pine firewood. We can deliver most types of firewood to your home in Cardiff.

Call us today to arrange delivery.

Please note that during the colder months, we are often at our busiest. Therefore, we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible so that we can arrange a delivery to you as quickly as possible. You may even want to set up a recurring order, so that we deliver on a specified date every other month, for example.

Do you have any further questions?

If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact us today for help and advice.

Introduction

Whether you live in a period property or a brand-new home, many homes can be enhanced by installing an oak floating mantel. This can often then become a focal point within any living room, adding character and instantly enhancing any living space.

Standing the test of time

In a world where many products are disposable, people want to enhance their homes with objects that instead stand the test of time. If you go back to many period pubs, cottages and many old properties that have lasted centuries, they often feature oak beams.

This is because oak beams are durable; therefore, they are very long-lasting and a construction material that many builders use to add instant character for any living thing.

Why choose an oak floating mantel within your home?

Floating mantels are an inexpensive way of instantly adding a focal point to any living room.

For example, many British properties have large chimney breasts, which are often smooth-plastered finish.

Therefore, many people have installed an oak floating mantel to enhance the living room space, to act as a focal point.

These can be installed in a living room in a few minutes, adding a sense of warmth and character. These are often offset by sanded floorboards, which add further character to the room.

Both methods can be inexpensive, meaning the room can usually be transformed at minimal cost.

Therefore, floating mantels have become very popular throughout the United Kingdom.

Many different sizes are available

What’s great about choosing our company is that we can offer you many different-sized oak beams.

These don’t have just to be used as a floating mantel; therefore, there is a wide range of different construction uses.
Therefore, they can be used for everything from building an ornate porch to constructing a gazebo and for construction purposes such as floating beams within your house.

We have many different-sized oak beams available here in Wales; people travel to us far and wide to purchase these beams.

We only supply top-quality beams.

Therefore, you can rest assured that you will receive high-quality timber.

We also sell kiln-dried firewood

When you look at many glossy home design magazines, such as interior design magazines, the period properties that often get shown will have an oak beam installed above the fireplace, creating a pleasant, cosy atmosphere within the living room.

Therefore, we can supply the mantle and kiln-dried firewood to help heat your home.

As we all know, natural gas prices have increased in recent years; therefore, many people have switched to solid fuels, such as oak, ash, or perhaps beech, to heat their homes.

Many people like the positive and warm feeling that a real roaring fireplace or a wood-burning stove can generate.

Oak beams Wales

Therefore, if you’re renovating a property or building a brand-new house, you might want to install our quality oak beams into your property.
We can supply high-quality oak beams to our customers throughout Wales.

Call us for help and advice
We are a friendly, family-run business in South Wales. We dedicate ourselves to supplying high-quality firewood and oak beams.

Introduction

By a country mile, the most popular type of firewood is kiln-dried firewood simply because the logs are ready to burn immediately.

Many homeowners still do not know some of the benefits of burning kiln-dried firewood.

Therefore, we thought we would write an FAQ explaining the benefits of this type of firewood.

Kiln-dried firewood FAQ:

What makes kiln-dried logs so suitable for heating a home?

Kiln-dried firewood is when the logs are placed in a kiln and baked for some time. The purpose of this is to reduce the water content of the logs significantly. Most log retailers are looking to bring the moisture content of the logs below 20%. The more you can reduce the moisture, the better and hotter the burn will be.

It’s important to note that different types of wood will have vastly different moisture content.

For example, some logs will have a much lower moisture content, so they do not need to be baked for so long in the kiln.
Why should a customer buy kiln-dried firewood if it’s more expensive?

Generally, kiln-dried firewood will be a bit more expensive than green or seasoned wood.

However, there is a good reason for that.

Kiln-drying firewood involves subjecting the logs to a prolonged period of heat.

This produces superior firewood if the kiln drying process is done correctly.

Do kiln-dried logs burn better?

There are many benefits to purchasing top-quality, kiln-dried firewood.

For example, the firewood ignites much better.

For example, if you purchase green wood, it can take a very long time to ignite, and after that, it can produce an excessive level of soot. This soot will damage your wood burner; it also attaches to the side of the chimney and the flue, which will damage the chimney.

This is why paying that bit more for ready-to-burn firewood is much better.

Ready-to-burn firewood can either be kiln-dried or seasoned for an extended period.
Because many log companies don’t have much space to season wood, it’s often kiln-dried. After drying for a short period, the wood should be shipped to the customer for burning.

How should the kiln-dried firewood be stored?

It is essential that the firewood, once delivered, is stored in a dry and well-ventilated place.

For example, if the kiln-dried logs were stored on a damp floor, moisture would be absorbed, often moistening the surrounding logs on top.

This means that the firewood would not burn.

It can also mean the wood starts to rot, which again causes too much soot once burned in the wood-burning stove.

How can we purchase our firewood in bulk?

Many people are deterred from purchasing firewood or a wood burner because they believe buying the firewood in large quantities is expensive. This might be true with some firewood suppliers, but our company sells in bulk at low prices.

This allows customers to use firewood sometimes as the primary way to heat their homes if they choose to.

This is why our logs are so popular; we deliver in vast quantities, allowing our customers to heat their homes here in Wales at an affordable price.

Call us so we can tell you when we can come out and deliver.

As natural gas prices have been elevated compared to recent years, many homeowners are now using solid fuels.

Therefore, if you are offered some logs/firewood for burning, you will want to use them this year to reduce your overall energy bills.

However, its most definitely not worth burning wet wood, it can cause damage to your chimney.

This can cause lasting damage to your chimney lining, the chimney flue, and the wood-burning stove itself- so this is why we never recommend burning wet wood.

It can, therefore, cause damage to your property, but it can also cause a massive nuisance to your neighbours if the chimney is bellowing thick and constant smoke.

In this article, we explain we suggest an affordable alternative that is much better for use when heating your home.

What is wet wood?

A common preconception when we talk about wet wood, is that we are simply talking about logs left out in the rain.

However, when we don’t describe this type of wood, that’s “wet wood” we are talking about logs that have recently been felled and, therefore, have not been seasoned.

Wet wood, is also wood that’s not been kiln-dried.

This basically means the wood’s moisture content is high, not because it’s been left out in the rain, but because it’s freshly cut brand-new wood that has recently been chopped into pieces by, say, the tree surgeon.

What’s the problem with burning wet wood?

The disadvantage of massive is that it could damage your chimney flue, sometimes substantially, by cloaking it up with excessive amounts of soot. The excessive amount of soot that can build up does increase the chances of a chimney igniting, causing a chimney fire.

This is why it’s essential to get your chimney swept. Ask a chimney sweep how often you should have your chimney swept as this is essential maintenance of your wood burning stove and chimney.

However, wet wood can cause excessive soot buildup quickly before exacerbating the problem and damaging the chimney lining.

Also, the wood-burning stove can easily cost upwards of a thousand pounds per unit, and wet wood can clog up the actual wood-burning stove with soot, if you burn wet wood.

Wet wood is, therefore, a total. False economy

Wet wood is often sold cheaper because the tree surgeon or the person selling it hasn’t allowed it to dry season, and they haven’t kiln-dried.

Therefore, people who know little about firewood might find it tempting to purchase it because it is sold so cheaply.

However, this type of firewood is cheap for good reason. It will damage your chimney, and what many people don’t understand is that it will produce an extremely dull burn. This means that it wont produce much heat at all.

So, what’s the alternative to using wet wood?

The simple answer is to use high-performance, kiln-dried firewood produced by a company with experience producing quality firewood.

The solid fuel should then have a low moisture content.

Why not place an order with us today

We sell high-quality, high-performance kiln-dried firewood. We also stock many varieties of firewood, ranging from cherrywood to oak; we have most of the common varieties that many people like to burn within their homes.