Tell me more. What are kiln-dried logs?

When purchasing logs to heat your home during the autumn and winter months, it’s important to purchase seasoned or kiln-dried logs.

When trees are cut down, say, for say forestry management purposes, the logs, depending on their species, can still hold a large amount of water beneath the bark.

The logs may appear dry from the outside; they may look like the normal logs when you chuck them onto the fire.
However, well beyond the bark, the wood could be water-saturated. Now, it’s fair to say that different types of wood burn better than other varieties of wood. The reason is that timber, such as Ash, has a lower moisture content than say pine.

However, as a general rule, you don’t want to burn the wood straight after the tree has been cut down. Instead, the wood needs to be dried.

Wet wood can cause a range of problems; firstly, it can increase the amount of smoke from the chimney. Your neighbours, for one, won’t be happy if you’re burning wet wood that’s constantly causing excessive smoke blowing all over the street!

Then there’s the wood-burning stove and chimney linings; both can be damaged if they’re clogged with large amounts of soot from burning wet wood.

Then there’s the level of heat generated; wet wood is simply a waste of time to burn. It produces very little heat, (produces a dull burn) and the fire may keep going out. For example, you might use firelighters to light the wood, then make dinner after work. When you return, the fire could have gone out if you use wet wood, and the wood-burning stove will be stone cold producing, well absolutely no heat output.

So, you need to invest in kiln-dried wood, because you need firewood that’s been adequately dried so it does what it is supposed to, heat the room.

 

Where can I purchase kiln-dried logs locally?

If you live in the fantastic cities of Cardiff, as well as the neighbouring city of Newport, South Wales then you can purchase as much firewood as you like from us.

We have a warehouse; from the roof to the floor, we keep a huge amount of firewood in stock so we can quickly dispatch it to our valued customers throughout both cities.

What’s great about choosing us is that we are an established business. We know our Oak from our beechwood.

We appreciate how the wood burns differently, how different woods “pop’s and crackles” like a bowl of Rice Krispies!

Plus, we also know how very dense wood such as English oak is well excellent for burning for long periods.

If you place a large lump of oak onto the fire, well, it could be burning away for in excess of an hour sometimes.

What are the other advantages of burning kiln-dried logs?

Well, there are many different types of kiln-dried logs to pick from; if they have been dried as much as possible, then the heat produced from kiln-dried firewood can be intense. It can go from feeling like a cold, bleak winter time in a living room to so warm you might even feel you have been transported on your holidays!

Our firewood produces incredible, rather fantastic heat; every year, our phones are busy.

 

Can we purchase in a large quantity- we have a large house?

You most certainly can. If you have, say, a large detached house, all exterior walls will get cold in winter, requiring large amounts of firewood to keep the home nice and warm. Whether you have a Victorian home with a large open fireplace or a brand-new house with one of those designer, freestanding stoves, we have an ample amount of firewood for you.

Would you say that kiln-dried logs are better than seasoned logs?

This depends on the seasoned wood; if properly seasoned, it can burn very well. Kiln-dried wood can also burn superbly if properly dried.

 

What it all boils down to is quite simply, how dry is the wood when you receive it?

If the firewood company uses a moisture meter to measure the moisture content within the logs, they can control moisture levels. If it’s too wet, for example, the logs can be returned to the kiln for further baking.

If the moisture content of the wood is important, how do you ensure your logs are dry?

We use a moisture meter; therefore, if the logs have been stored for a long time, they may have reabsorbed moisture from wet, damp conditions we have here in the U.K.

So, even if the wood has been in a kiln, baking away for, say, a week, it’s possible that, over time, the logs reabsorb moisture from the atomosphere, and you’re back to square one!

So, a good firewood supplier will place prongs into the logs and measure its moisture content.

This is a bit like how an electrician would use a multimeter to check the current running through a wire.

How long will we have to wait for delivery of our logs within Cardiff?

When you call us, we can check the earliest time that we can deliver logs to you in Cardiff.

 

How long will we have to wait for delivery of firewood within the city of Newport?

We also deliver our logs right throughout Newport, so if you want our brilliant logs delivered from Rogerstone to Pill, why not call us?

How much do your logs cost?

We have a full breakdown of our current prices on this link:

Call us today:

Call Decland and the team today, and we can help you. Perhaps you would like to arrange delivery, instead, perhaps you would like a chat about which firewood is best, ash, beech or oak. Our team are on hand to help.