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Are you worried about gas prices next year? Why not purchase solid fuels from us?

 

With natural gas prices spiking this week, many U.K. residents are concerned about what their bills will be next year.

Many residents in the U.K. will be coming off fixed-price gas plans, which means some people’s gas prices will be higher.

 

Why not purchase your solid fuels in advance?

We therefore anticipate that, due to the conflict in the Middle East, natural gas prices could be higher. We therefore believe that the winter of 2026/27 could be our busiest period.

This means that we would encourage our customers to book well in advance. This will allow us to deliver our logs before you may need to buy them.

 

Why not purchase this summer?

Naturally, as you would expect, the summer period is one of our quieter times. People typically purchase firewood only a few weeks before they need to burn the logs in their home.

Therefore, with 2026/27 anticipated to be our busiest period, we encourage our new and returning customers to place orders well in advance.

Helping you gain greater clarity over your bills

Many homeowners in Cardiff and Newport purchase firewood from us in advance to give them greater control over their monthly energy bills.

Given the conflict in the Middle East, it’s hard to say by how much energy bills could rise.

Therefore, by purchasing firewood from us, you can have an ample amount of firewood in stock at home, ready to burn.

This allows you greater clarity regarding budgets and how much firewood you need.

 

Buy quality firewood

We fully appreciate that this coming autumn and winter, more households are likely to open their fireplaces and buy a wood burner.

Therefore, more homes than ever will be looking to purchase firewood because of the increase in gas prices that could be coming next winter.

However, as many homeowners who have purchased firewood numerous times from different suppliers will tell you, the quality of firewood can vary massively.

Sometimes you purchase from a company, and the wood can be damp, which means the heat the wood generates once placed in a wood burner can be rather minimal.

Not to mention that, trying to ignite wet wood or damp wood is a very frustrating task. Therefore, we would encourage you to shop around, that is, to find a local firewood supplier that will sell you quality wood.

You, as a homeowner, may well decide this forthcoming winter not to put the central heating system on much at all. With the rise in energy prices, as some predict, this is understandable.

Therefore, if you are going to use solid fuels to heat your home, we would encourage you to consider purchasing kiln-dried firewood.

 

What makes your kiln-dried firewood so good?

We retail high-quality kiln-dried wood.

We offer some of the best prices in Wales.

 

Do you deliver during the summer?

We anticipate that 2026 will be our busiest year. Therefore, we would encourage you to get your firewood delivered as soon as possible. Our delivery vans are out delivering right through the summer months. Therefore, we can deliver ash, oak and beech wood anywhere within South Wales.

We offer some of the best prices, so why not call us?

Why not give us a call?

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Which type of wood burns best in a wood-burning stove?

Introduction

We get it, you want to burn wood that gives you the maximum bang for your buck.

You don’t want to be burning firewood that produces a dull burn, a ton of ash, and so much smoke being generated that you start to fall out with your neighbours.

Therefore, if you’re about to purchase a brand-new wood-burning stove, or you’ve had one for quite a while, yet wondered what wood is best to burn, well, this is the article for you.

 

Seasoned vs kiln-dried

For those who use their wood-burning stove a lot, they will know there is a lot of debate over which is best: kiln-dried wood or seasoned wood.

For some people, they prefer seasoned wood; they like to dry it, rotate it, and make sure there’s adequate airflow over the logs.

For some people, they haven’t got the time or space to have logs hanging around getting seasoned.

Instead, they want a local company to deliver their kiln-dried wood. For those who don’t know how the kiln-drying process works, do let us elaborate.

It’s basically when the logs are blasted with heat for a sustained period. The logs are pretty much treated like a loaf of bread: they are put in a giant oven and cooked until the moisture evaporates.

However, whether you purchase seasoned logs that have been seasoned in a farmhouse barn or kiln-dried logs, it doesn’t really matter.

What matters is that the wood is dry and that the logs have a reduced moisture content. Then they have been stored in an airy, dry place.

Which types of logs are best for burning

This does boil down to what you want the logs to do; for example, ash burns very differently from oak. However, some people prefer oak, even though it doesn’t offer the most intense heat; it burns for longer.

Let’s jump into the three most popular types of logs our customers frequently ask us to deliver in Wales.

Ash Logs

By a country mile, ash is the type of wood that our customers ask us to deliver the most. We can see why Ash is fantastic for burning; its heat is hard to beat. Plus, ash when it’s correctly dried can last for a long time, and it burns so efficiently that there’s rather minimal ash in the bottom of the wood burner once burnt.

Ash produces a fantastic heat; this is why, when customers burn this type of wood, they often don’t want to burn anything else.

 

Oak Logs

Oak is an extremely popular type of firewood here in the U.K. One of the most common reasons this type of firewood is so popular is simply that, well, Oak burns for a really long time.

Therefore, if you are fed up with the softwood you’re buying burning too fast, then you might want to opt for oak. A lot of people like the fact that when they’re watching TV at home, they don’t have to keep replenishing the wood in the wood-burning stove so often when they’re burning oak.

That’s because oak burns for a longer period of time when compared to some softwoods.

 

Beech Logs

Another type of firewood that we are regularly asked to supply is beech wood. This type of log again produces a very bright and intense burn.

 

Would you like to place an order with us?

We can supply all of the log varieties noted above. We supply all of these types of logs and more.

The best part is that the wood is kiln-dried, and we make sure all of our logs are dried to the right standard before we deliver them to our customers.

Therefore, if you live in Cardiff or Newport, we are always out delivering our high-quality logs in these cities. Therefore, why not give us a quick ring to arrange for delivery.

 

 

 

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Where can I buy kiln-dried logs for heating?

 

 

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.

 

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7 reasons why it’s so important to purchase quality firewood

 

Introduction

There are now so many log suppliers here in South Wales to choose from. This stands to reason because ever since gas prices increased substantially, there has been a significant rise in the amount of log suppliers out there to choose from- yet a question we would ask is, are all of the logs for sale actually high-quality?

Theres a reason why so many of our customers keep returning every single year to us to purchase their logs, because they know we sell a superior and higher quality product when compared to some of our competitors.

Therefore, the quality and heat output of the logs can vary widely depending on which log supplier you choose in Wales.

Where one company can supply you with logs that generate fantastic heat output, some other companies can provide you with wood that’s a total waste of money!

Therefore, we thought it was an excellent time to discuss what makes our logs superior:

 

1) Value for money

Our logs might actually be slightly more expensive than some of our direct competitors.

However, there’s a very good reason for that: the quality of the wood and the need to ensure it’s been “kiln-dried” to a level that the logs will produce a fantastic heat output.

This means we charge a slightly higher price when compared to some log suppliers- however our logs are superb quality.

No customer wants a wood that’s difficult to ignite or smokes excessively once placed in the wood burner!
Certain low-quality woods, once ignited, can actually smoke and sizzle, as the customer hears the moisture causing excessive smoke during the burn.

This is a sign of low-quality wood; on the other hand, we only stock high-quality wood that burns hot.

 

2) Hotter burn

What separates our logs from some of our direct competitors is that ours burns much hotter.

Damp logs, or “wet wood”, as many log suppliers refer to this type of wood, produce a very dull burn indeed.

This is a total waste of money and time.

Therefore, this is why so many of our customers return to us every single year, as they know the wood is dried correctly and produces excellent heat output.

 

3) Easier to ignite

Have you ever purchased logs from a supplier that were extremely difficult to ignite? This can be massively frustrating, as you could lose say 30 minutes trying to get the fire started!

After using multiple packs of firelighters, you might actually have wanted to give up?

Then, after using multiple firefighters and the expense attached to this, the fire might actually extinguish itself because the wood is wet!

This can be highly frustrating. When you return home from a busy day at work, you will want the fire on and the home to be warmer as soon as possible.

Therefore, this is another reason to switch to us: we can supply firewood, making it easy to get the fire started.

 

4) Greater heat output = better value for money

People who have had a wood-burning stove for a long period of time, often know that a single piece of kiln-dried wood can start to heat the room and make a difference to the room temperature. The stove can warm up nicely, and then that lovely warm glow will emerge from the glass of the wood-burning stove.

However, when you purchase cheap firewood, well, it often needs a large amount of wood to be burnt before you start to feel the heat output that’s been generated. The reason is simple: if the wood is wet, it will produce a very dull burn, yet won’t produce the heat output the person anticipated.

 

5) Smoke and soot

Another reason wet wood, or unseasoned wood, is a total waste of time and money is the excessive smoke it produces.

This smoke will actually damage what is often a rather expensive wood-burning stove.

It can also damage the chimney and annoy the neighbours and the surrounding area if clouds of smoke constantly bellowing from a nearby chimney!

 

Good quality wood, the type that we sell here at Forestry Firewood Ltd, produces such an excellent level of heat.

When you look at a chimney, there will often be no smoke emerging at all.
Usually, you won’t even be able to tell the stove is on; this is a sign of good-quality kiln-dried timber.

The reason is that the heat output is so great that it produces practically no smoke.

 

6) Less damage to the wood-burning stove and chimney

You know, when someone truly loves their car, they often keep refilling it with the same petrol or diesel at the same forecourt. The reason is that they have often done their research and know the fuel is high-quality so keeping returning to the same petrol station.

The reason, therefore, that the car owner is often happy to pay more for quality fuel is that they know they are getting a higher-quality product that is better for the car’s engine.

Well, this is the same with our logs: often, our customers are willing to pay that bit more for quality logs that prevent excessive smoke.

Excessive smoke can damage the internal parts of a wood-burning stove and clog the chimney lining.

Therefore, it’s always a good idea to purchase quality logs, because they should be kiln-dried.

This kiln-drying process means the wood-burning stove will be better protected, as less soot and smoke is building up inside.

 

7) Better for making kindling

A lot of our customers like to make their own kindling, which means splitting some of the larger logs with an axe.

However, splitting wet logs is a waste of time, as even if the kindling is made, it doesn’t necessarily mean the wood will be easy to ignite.

Wet kindling will be hard to ignite, produce excessive smoke, and may mean that an excessive amount of firelighters is actually needed!

Therefore, if you want to make kindling yourself, you again need to purchase quality firewood that’s been kiln-dried. We highly recommend purchasing ash, as it produces a high level of heat and can be used to make kindling.

 

 

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Why more households are purchasing wood-burning stoves to obtain greater control over their energy prices

Introduction

It will come as no surprise to say that energy prices in the United Kingdom have soared.

Many homeowners have opted for having a smart meter, to try and gain a much better understanding of how much they are spending per day, week or month on their energy consumption.

However, greater monitoring of the energy consumption doesn’t result in the price per unit of energy reducing.

This is why many home owners right across the United Kingdom are looking for ways that they can heat their homes, be less reliant on the grid, and have the flexibility of using alternative ways to heat their homes if they so wish.

Wood burning stoves

A wood burning stove doesn’t occupy much space within the living room, or area where its placed at all.

In matter of fact, a lot of people like the appearance of a wood burning stove as it looks at home in any Bristish living room.

Wood burning stoves therefore allow homeowners across the U.K to be less reliant on their central heating system. For the vast majority of the customers we talk to, they like to have the flexibility of perhaps using the central heating system and also to use the wood burning stove when they want to use it.

As gas and electric costs have increased in recent years, this has resulted in more and more people wanting to look at the benefits of using a wood burning stove.

Less reliant on the energy grid

A lot of people simply don’t want to pay the current costs of natural gas in the U.K. therefore this is why our business has seen a much greater demand for our kiln-dried firewood.

If your thinking of using kiln-dried firewood to heat your home, stay tuned, and read the rest of this article, where will be discussing the benefits of purchasing kiln-dried fire-wood from us.

Simply a great way to heat your home

A lot of people, when they experience the awesome heat output of a wood-burning stove, often want to use it as one of the main ways to heat their home for many years to come.

A good quality wood burning stove, for example, the stoves made by Aga for example, they are fantastically made and allow for awesome heat output.

Therefore, if your looking for an alternative way to heat your home, why not purchase a quality stove. We can then supply you with a large amount of affordable, low cost firewood.

Energy independence

A lot of our customers simply don’t want to pay the current gas prices. Therefore, they want to use their wood burning stove because they are then simply less reliant on their energy supplier.

Great if the boiler goes out of action

Imagine the situation, most of us have unfortunately experienced this, that is the boiler not working.

It can be a huge inconvenience, it can mean sometimes waiting for a plumber to come out and for spare parts to be ordered.

In the middle of winter, where jack-frost has covered everything in deep layer of thick ice, this means that the home can be incredibly cold.

However, if you have a wood burning stove, even if you don’t use it as the main way to heat your home, if its there, it could be used as a standby way to heat your home.

Therefore investing in a high quality wood burning stove is always a good idea.

Sustainable

The trees will naturally grow, and if the wood comes from a sustainably sourced forest, then new trees should be planted in their place.

This therefore means that the trees, and the logs that they produce for firewood, can be a sustainable source of heating, if the forests are correctly managed.

Do ensure that you purchase an energy efficient stove

If your reading this article, you might be correctly mulling over and considering whether to purchase a wood burning stove or not.

What we would say is, when you purchase a high-quality stove, do look at how energy efficient that stove is.

If you purchase a good brand, they should offer you a long guarantee period.

Our best advise to you would be, don’t purchase a cheap stove, don’t purchase a low-quality wood burning stove. The reason is, your paying for the quality of the glass, or the cast-iron, and you want the stove to be as energy efficient as possible.

When you pair a high quality wood burning stove, with our kiln dried firewood, well this is a winning combination. Many homeowners in

Newport, South Wales compliment and say how good our fire wood is. The level of the heat output generated is often so intense, that many of our customers say that our firewood is the best that they have ever purchased from any firewood supplier out there.

Very economical

Our firewood therefore, that we deliver across South Wales offers residents a way to heat their homes this winter in a very economical way. If you are simply fed up with high energy bills, why not contact us, and get a large load of ash firewood delivered?

Why not call our team today

Talk to our expert team today, we can advise on when the earliest time we can come out and deliver our firewood to you is.

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Firewood Near Me- How do I know which local business to choose?

Introduction

If you’re looking for a new firewood supplier, you are most likely on Google asking the question “firewood near me.

This can mean that you’re presented with a vast number of local log suppliers to choose from.

The sheer number of companies to choose from can therefore be overwhelming. As a highly experienced business supplying quality kiln-dried firewood, we thought it would be a good idea to outline some areas you should consider when choosing a local company.

How dry is the wood?

When selecting a firewood supplier, we recommend that your top consideration is how dry the wood actually is.

If the wood is wet, which is often the case when the tree has just been felled, it can mean the wood takes a very long time to season.

Then there’s kiln-dried firewood: basically, the timber is blasted with intense heat in a massive kiln. Just as you heat your pizza in an oven, so too do firewood suppliers bake kiln-dried firewood.

The purpose of baking or kiln-drying firewood is simple: to reduce its moisture content. To subject the wood to such intense heat that the moisture evaporates and is removed from the wood.

However, some firewood companies do an excellent job of removing moisture from their logs; others do not.
Some companies, on the other hand, do not do a good job, which means the firewood is not kiln-dried or baked long enough.

What, therefore, happens is that the moisture is still within the log, meaning that because of the amount of water saturation, the logs shouldn’t be burnt.

However, if the firewood that has been correctly seasoned or kiln-dried is burnt, it can damage the chimney.

Damage to the chimney, the chimney lining and the stove itself can occur when there’s too much soot and smoke produced from burning wet wood.

Also, wet wood, or wood that hasn’t been seasoned, is simply a total waste of time.

It’s a waste of time, simply because it will create a dull burn, which means nowhere near the same amount of heat will be emitted from the stove if kiln-dried firewood were used instead.

What’s the delivery charge to deliver the firewood?

Do check with the log supplier to confirm their delivery charge. Some companies offer free delivery included in the cost of the logs, while others offer cheap firewood, yet the delivery charge can be pretty high.

How long have you got to wait for the delivery of the logs?

For some companies, during, say, the frigid weeks in December, well, there could be over a month’s wait for delivery of firewood.
Therefore, do check with the log supplier to confirm when they can deliver before you send payment for the “buy it now” button on their website.

The reason is that the follow-up e-mail could mean the next delivery could be a long way off.

What type of firewood is going to be delivered- will be Ash, Oak or Beech?

Also, consider the firewood you’re purchasing. Are you buying hardwood or softwood? We recommend the best types of firewood are kiln-dried ash, oak and beech.

Does the company use a moisture meter to check the timber’s moisture levels before it’s delivered?

If logs have been stored outside for an extended period, they can reabsorb moisture. For example, logs that have been put in the kiln-dried oven could be ready to burn straightaway.

However, if those same logs have been stored outside, let’s say for a few months when the weather has been very wet, the timber can reabsorb that moisture.

Therefore, your reputable firewood suppliers should conduct a moisture check on the firewood before delivery.

This means sampling each timber delivery to ensure the moisture level is low enough for the wood to be ready to burn.

 

How our company can help:

We are an established firewood business and have been delivering high-quality firewood for many years.

 

If you would like to arrange delivery of our firewood, why not give us a ring?

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What is the best firewood to burn over the Christmas holidays?

 

At Christmas, many homeowners in the U.K. like to have a real fire. A real fire creates a great atmosphere, and it’s also a very economical way to heat your home when you purchase the right firewood from the right supplier.

Which firewood is best to burn at Christmas?

We would recommend that, whichever firewood you buy, you ensure it has been correctly kiln-dried for an extended period. After that, the firewood also needs to be stored correctly, otherwise it’s possible for the timber to absorb water again.

Therefore, it’s an excellent idea to buy your firewood from a local supplier who ensures the wood is not only kiln-dried but also stored in a dry, well-ventilated location afterwards.

This is why at Christmas time in Cardiff and also Newport, it’s our busiest time of year, not just because the weather is colder outside, but because people want high-quality wood to be burning over the festive period, whether that’s at a local Bistro pub, or perhaps your living room, as you watch a festive film.

Ash, Oak and Beech

The vast majority of our customers ask us to deliver either ash, oak or beech. Each is fantastic for burning in a wood-burning stove over Christmas.

Oak

Oak is very dense type of wood, is burns slowly but it burns for a very long period of time.

Ash
Ash wood burns with a very intense level of heat, the ambers also can glow for a long period of time

Beech
Beech wood offers an exceptional level of heat, a lot of people also like it because it’s a type of wood that can be split with an axe very easily. Therefore if you want to make your own kindling, we would recommend using kiln-dried beech.

 

What exactly is kiln-dried firewood?

Kiln-dried firewood is simply timber, mostly logs that are placed in a giant kiln. The wood is subjected to intense heat, not just for a few hours; sometimes the baking process can last for many days. The wood then dries, sometimes even splits, and is baked to a level where it emerges with much less moisture content. This means the wood is less saturated with water and, therefore, more suitable for burning and use as a solid fuel.

 

Would you recommend burning seasoned firewood or kiln-dried firewood over Christmas?

Both types of firewood, whether seasoned or kiln-dried, can deliver excellent heat if properly dried. However, people often select kiln-dried firewood because, if the firewood producers have a set period to dry the wood, they can usually control how dry it is in each batch.

This allows for consistency in quality, as the firewood producer has a set time to dry, for example, different types of firewood such as oak, ash, and pine. Other types of firewood require different drying times. This depends on the wood’s density; for example, is it hardwood or softwood?

Can you deliver now before Christmas?

We would encourage you to place an order with us as soon as possible. Our delivery trucks are out working extended hours over the

Christmas period to ensure that we can deliver throughout South Wales.

However, during the build-up to Christmas, it is our busiest time of the year, so please try to book with us as soon as possible. If not, we can

consistently deliver in the New Year, as our firewood company delivers logs throughout the entire year.

 

Call us today to arrange for your firewood to be delivered
 

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How our firewood can help you reduce your monthly energy bills

It’s at this time of year that many homeowners are afraid to find out how much their monthly gas bill will be.

This is one of the main reasons why so many households in the United Kingdom are switching to solid fuels.

What exactly are solid fuels?

To burn solid fuels, homeowners often need a high-quality wood-burning stove installed. Solid fuels can therefore be seasoned firewood or kiln-dried firewood. There are also other types of solid fuels, such as artificial coal and manufactured heating blocks, which are often made from compressed sawdust.

All of these are great options; however, whichever company you choose, ensure the wood is dry.
You need to purchase firewood with very low moisture content. Plus, make sure the logs or the product that you are buying are sourced from environmentally friendly sources, such as FSC-certified forests.

 

Why do your logs offer such good value for money?

Our firewood here at Forestry Firewood Ltd offers excellent value for money, which is why so many of our customers keep coming back year after year. Our customers keep coming back to buy from us because we sell superior-quality firewood, which burns hot and delivers an incredible amount of heat.

 

Why not offset some of your energy bill with our logs?

If your energy bill is currently very high, you might be thinking, “How can I reduce my gas consumption and my monthly energy bill?

If you think this, you need to consider whether you can have a professionally installed wood-burning stove within your home.
Instead of the central heating running for long periods of time, you can instead use your wood burner to start warming your home.

 

Why should we purchase our firewood from you?

If you are fed up with high monthly energy bills, you might like the idea of buying solid fuels, such as our logs that are offered at a very competitive price. You can have a large amount of firewood delivered all at once, then replenish your wood store. Customers will then get fantastic value for money from our logs. The reason is that our logs are incredibly dry, meaning that they produce a high level of heat output from your wood burning stove.

Our logs are therefore used to heat many properties across Cardiff, as well as in Newport and the surrounding areas. Our logs are drier than some other companies ‘; thus, our logs offer better value for money, as the heat output is greater.

 

Why not arrange for a delivery of our logs today?

Its important to know that during the months of November and December are our most busiest periods. Therefore, we would encourage you to call us well in advance, so that we can deliver our firewood to you as soon as possible.

We deliver right throughout the city of Cardiff, we also deliver right throughout Newport as well.

 

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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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