Firewood Price Guide

Gracieacey

Local log person....they aren't cheap @ £135 per 1m3 but they're reliable

MultiFuelBurner

sisisimoore said:

Probably a bit late but where are you all getting your firewood from these days? Now that the temperature has taken a turn for the worse..

Local suppliers in fact 200 yards down the road. Always good quality and burn for a long time.

We are working our way through a tree we cut down 2 years ago but like to mix it in especially as it seems we are in for the 7 year cycle of beast from the east given the recent start to winter.

Qyburn

sisisimoore said:

Probably a bit late but where are you all getting your firewood from these days? Now that the temperature has taken a turn for the worse..

A bad time of year to buy. We got caught out last year because I found hibernating bats in the stack I intended to use, putting it out of bounds. However we struck lucky with a supplier with dry wood even in January, so were able to pick up a couple of cu.m ready to use.

Normally if buying in I do so late Spring so it has all Summer in our storage to ensure it's as dry as it's going to get.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

In 2015 we purchase softwood at £21 m3 and hardwood at 41 m3 + £360 delivery for 48 m3, was chatting to someone the other day who deals in firewood and softwood delivered would be around £65 m3 now (these prices are for unprocessed wood).

We were lucky to get hardwood at £57 a tonne delivered (again unprocessed) around 4 or 5 years ago via a private sale, I dread to think what the next load will cost, we have about 2 years worth stored so I guess we'll find out soon. 

Cheslea2010

No choice but to burn kiln dried timber now. Anything over 20% in moisture is illegal to burn due to the new air quality regulations.

FreeBear

Cheslea2010 said:

No choice but to burn kiln dried timber now. Anything over 20% in moisture is illegal to burn due to the new air quality regulations.

Oh dear.... It is illegal to sell firewood with a moisture content of more than 20% in quantities of less than 2 cubic metres. Even then, it does not have to be kiln dried. Left to season outside under cover, it is quite possible to get below 20%, and if you stack it in a shed for the summer, it could even get down to 10%.

Bought in some 4-6m³ of freshly felled logs last spring, most were in excess of 35%. Cut, split, and stacked under cover, some of them are ready to burn now. But will stick some in the shed to get a final bake in the summer sun.

Qyburn

Cheslea2010 said:

No choice but to burn kiln dried timber now. Anything over 20% in moisture is illegal to burn due to the new air quality regulations.

That's a myth spread by kiln dried suppliers and importers. Fortunately incorrect as it's perfectly possible to produce properly dried firewood without a kiln, as people have done for thousands of years.

Kiln drying benefits the producer from faster processing and therefore less storage space and inventory. They may also still be receiving RHI payments, actually being paid to consume fuel to heat their kilns. That was a major driver behind expansion of the industry.

Intoodeep

Qyburn said:

Cheslea2010 said:

No choice but to burn kiln dried timber now. Anything over 20% in moisture is illegal to burn due to the new air quality regulations.

That's a myth spread by kiln dried suppliers and importers. Fortunately incorrect as it's perfectly possible to produce properly dried firewood without a kiln, as people have done for thousands of years.

Kiln drying benefits the producer from faster processing and therefore less storage space and inventory. They may also still be receiving RHI payments, actually being paid to consume fuel to heat their kilns. That was a major driver behind expansion of the industry.

A word play but not strictly correct, however the wood is dried the following applies "the Firewood sales are to be regulated to outlaw the burning of wet wood and help the UK government meet its air pollution ambitions. By May 2022, all sales of firewood in England of 2cu m or less must have a moisture content of 20% or lower to be fit for sale. This rule is already in place for larger supplier"

subjecttocontract

Our property backs onto a 10 acre woodland so we wait for a storm (there are usually a few each year) and then cut the fallen trees and timber (all hardwood) for storage. We store the logs outside in a log store with a roof, to keep the rain off, for 3 years before burning.
I've usually got 3 years worth of timber at any time. Had a log burner since 2008 and never paid a penny for firewood.

Intoodeep

subjecttocontract said:

Our property backs onto a 10 acre woodland so we wait for a storm (there are usually a few each year) and then cut the fallen trees and timber (all hardwood) for storage. We store the logs outside in a log store with a roof, to keep the rain off, for 3 years before burning.
I've usually got 3 years worth of timber at any time. Had a log burner since 2008 and never paid a penny for firewood.

I take it you OWN the woodland ?