how much fuel in £££ do you use ?? logs,coal

Gloomendoom

bournemouth_bell wrote: »

must be great if you can source free wood for the majority

i hear wood has risen sharply since the woodburner became popular is this true??

It has certainly gone up considerably although I would say it was more of a steady climb. Based on what my neighbours are paying, it has doubled in the last ten years.

Many sources of free firewood have all but dried up as people realised that there was a value to it. I used to get a fair bit from where I work but I don't get a look in now. There is a lot of competition.

I'm lucky as I still have access to farmland and permission to cut my own. As was pointed out further up the thread, it isn't really free as it involves a fair bit of effort to process as well as a not inconsiderable investment in the necessary cutting and safety equipment.

Edit: I think I have deja vu... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=66663928&postcount=3

chickens11

Im also very lucky sourcing free wood , ive got 2 years supply now , I didnt burn so much last year because it was a milder winter...All my wood is well seasoned and I burn some large lumps of coal to get a good base then burn couple logs for rest part of the evening ....Very cheap form of heating ....

savemoney

Spent this year almost £200 for a stack load of Aspen logs. I normally buy seasoned logs for £130. The briquettes give off more heat so far although its been fairly mild I have had GCH on as well. Pretty pleased with the briquettes will get them again. I normally use seasoned logs and some briquettes I source and B&M, Aldi and local timber supplier

Tonjaren

Last year I spent £167 buying bags of coal and smokeless fuel from B&M and a cubic metre of logs from the local supplier. This was from January to approx May....

I still have lots of logs left, probably more than half, and a couple of bags of fuel.

This year I've stocked up with £30 worth of Virdo briquttes (11 x 6 packs) from Home Bargains and 6 open sacks of coal from the local coal man at £98.

This will be our first full winter so I'm interested to see how much it costs to run an open fire with gas central heating in the background.

suisidevw

Agree, there was a cost to the chainsaw, fuel and my time, but I don't put a value on this when I'm doing something that I really enjoy - cutting and splitting wood is my time and a great way to relax!

silverwhistle

I've installed a stove for the first time this summer but have been collecting wood very locally since last winter's storms.:D It's difficult to tell how long it will last me, but certainly more than this winter, and indeed some of it still needs processing. I quite enjoy the process of cutting to lingth and splitting - saves the cost of the gym! - and so far I've only used the bow saw, although some of the remainder will need the chain saw out.

I've spent about £30 on the Verdo briquettes as they are a reliable standby and easy to store, even indoors. In my budget I've put down £8 pm for the wood burning, and that's to cover some equipment too (axe, grenades and electric chainsaw). It may be next year I actually have to buy wood, but hopefully it will be for burning the year after that.

System

just had my delivery just under 3 builedrs bags seasoned hardwood,6 bags 20kg coal £148

was a good workout moving and stacking in the pouring rain

Kiran

In the last 12months total stove fuel is £55 for 1 cube of hardwood logs, £20 trying various briquettes etc. All other timber is sourced FOC from either scrap construction timber or trees that I would have needed to cut down anyway. Of the purchased fuel I think I've still got just under a quater left in the store. I also discovered at the weekend that my gas accound was £260 in credit. :j