Cardiff, a large city, naturally has many homeowners looking to purchase the best firewood that they can obtain this winter.

Often they don’t just want firewood; they want premium firewood- this is where Forestry Firewood can help.

The difference in wood quality should not be underestimated. Some wood can be wet and have too much sap, which can damage the wood-burning stove. The smoke and soot means that the actual cast iron wood burning stove can become clogged up, damaged and result in it needing repair.

This is the same as the chimney itself, it can also become damaged by burning unseasoned and wet wood.

However, as this guide will illustrate, we have some of the best premium firewood on sale in Cardiff today this is why so many businesses and the general public buy their logs from us.

This guide will cover

• What type of firewood do I need?
• What’s one of the more affordable ways of purchasing logs?
• How do I ensure I am purchasing dry wood?
• What’s the best type to burn?
• But we have no vans or collection method in Cardiff; what should we do?
• What are some of the best log deals in 2026?
• How much experience do you have selling firewood?
• What’s best: Ash, Oak or Beech?
• How much does firewood cost?
• What type of firewood is best for a cast iron log burner?
• When can our wood be delivered in Cardiff?

What type of firewood do I need?

There are so many varieties of firewood to choose from; quite often, what species of wood is available is dependent on which country you are based in.

As we are in the United Kingdom, our most common wood is Ash, Oak and really good option is beech.

A massively popular option for firewood in Britain is Oak logs; the simple reason is that you can add an oak log and leave it to burn for quite a while. In comparison, with softwoods, such as pine wood, you have to keep adding to the log burner much more regularly to prevent the fire from going out.

A lot of people therefore like oak, as it burns much longer than other types of wood.

What’s one of the more affordable ways of purchasing logs?

Customers buy firewood in many ways, from net bags at the local petrol station to large tipper loads from Decland and the team.

We recommend buying loose, kiln-dried wood, from us, this offers good value. Do also ask the firewood supplier how many builder’s bags of wood you will receive. This lets you estimate roughly how much firewood you are receiving.

Therefore, ask your firewood merchant how many builder’s bags that is equivalent to.

This allows you to compare prices on a like-for-like basis.

The reason is that many firewood retailers in Cardiff sometimes refer to cube sizes or, for example, net bag equivalents.

This makes it harder for the customer to understand how much they will be getting.

How do I ensure I am purchasing dry wood?

Ask your firewood supplier whether the firewood is kiln-dried or seasoned.

All of our wood is baked in giant kiln, its therefore ready for burning straightaway, and no further seasoning of the timber is required. This is quite different from wet wood you may purchase elsewhere, that’s just come from say a Ash tree that’s just been cut down. This wood wont be seasoned, therefore shouldn’t be burnt.

Respected firewood suppliers, like Forestry Firewood, use a moisture meter to check the moisture of our logs. We use a digital moisture metre, therefore before Decland loads the logs onto the van, they are checked to make sure that the moisture of the logs is low, so that they firewood can be burnt straightaway.

This means placing prongs into the wood, then reading the moisture level on a digital readout.

What’s the best type of wood to burn?

This often comes down to personal preference; for example, some customers prefer oak because it burns for a long time compared to softwoods.

Then you have woods that burn much more brightly and produce intense heat, such as kiln-dried ash.

So it depends on what the customer prefers.

However, at our warehouse, we often have the following types of wood:

• Cherrywood
• Ash
• Oak
• Beech
• Elm

But we have no vans for collection of the firewood in Cardiff; what should we do?

We can deliver our logs directly to your home or your business anywhere within the city of Cardiff totally free of charge! That’s why so many people choose Forestry Firewood.

What are some of the best log deals in 2026?

Ash at £120.00 a bag supplied by our company currently offers superb value for money. In fact, it’s one of our best-selling log types, not only because it’s offered at a great price, but also because of the quality of our logs.

Our quality is hard to beat because our logs are kiln-dried for longer than some other companies.

The extended drying process means our firewood is drier, burns much hotter, and offers better value than what some other companies can offer.

How much experience do you have selling firewood?

We now have over 3 years of experience in selling firewood. Therefore we know what makes good-quality kiln-dried wood, and we only sell premium-quality logs to our customers.

What’s best: Ash, Oak or Beech to burn?

We would say all three are very popular with our customers. In the Cardiff area, we are always out delivering all of these types of wood as our customers often order different types of wood from us.

If we had to say which is most popular of the three, we’d say Ash.

This type of firewood burns with a very intense flame, producing good heat output.

How much does firewood cost?

Firewood costs can vary; we would therefore encourage you to check our current price list on our homepage for up-to-date prices or to give us a call.

We will always aim to offer our customers some of the best value for money.

We don’t base value for money on price alone.

We also think that to offer the customer a really good deal, the wood needs to be superior to many other firewood suppliers.

This means some suppliers could be much cheaper, yet if the wood is damp or has a high sap content, it won’t burn well. Therefore, the price might be low, but it won’t offer good value for money.
Our prices are very reasonable, considering how dry and how high quality our kiln-dried wood is.

What type of firewood is best for a cast iron log burner?

All of our logs are ready to burn because our firewood is kiln-dried for long periods of time.
This means whether you use our logs in an open fireplace in say your living room or within ia wood-burning stove, they are ready to burn.
For a cast iron log burner, you could use any our logs, whether that be ash, oak or perhaps for example beech firewood.

When can your firewood be delivered to us in Cardiff?

We would encourage all our customers to call us in advance of wanting their firewood delivered.

Sometimes, we can deliver the same day or within a few days of you calling. For some other times of year, when we are very busy, say in the run up to the Christmas holidays, it can be over a week sometimes before we can deliver in Cardiff for our customers.
Please do give us a call on: 079 668 420 12 we will do our best to get to you as soon as we can.