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The price of logs and smokeless

If the price of energy is going down in April will the price of logs and smokeless likely to do the same?
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  • Probably. The price of all heating fuels tends to go down in the non-heating season.
  • The price of logs is mainly linked to shipping prices. Most logs sold these days are kiln dried in Eastern Europe and shipped over here by container.
  • The price of logs is mainly linked to shipping prices. Most logs sold these days are kiln dried in Eastern Europe and shipped over here by container.
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  • Dustyevsky
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    The price of logs is mainly linked to shipping prices. Most logs sold these days are kiln dried in Eastern Europe and shipped over here by container.
    Maybe this is true in urban areas, but in the countryside logs are often sourced locally, and if there's plenty of room for storage, the extra cost of kiln drying isn't worth it. I've seen no increase in the cost of my logs this winter, but neither do I expect the price to decrease, or find they fluctuate according to the time of year.

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    I get mine kiln-dried from Hereford. And very good they are, too.
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    My log supplier is my local tree surgeon.
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    The price of logs is mainly linked to shipping prices. Most logs sold these days are kiln dried in Eastern Europe and shipped over here by container.
    Got a reputable source of statistics for this ?
    The overall market for firewood according to the Stove Industry Association (SIA) and Defra is thought to be in the region of 1.75m tonnes per annum and of this, it is thought approx. 200,000 tonnes are imported from Eastern Europe.
    So about 11½% of total UK consumption coming from Eastern Europe.

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    My local borough council wants to widen its smoke control restricted area to the whole of its jurisdiction. I live in a small village with a very large number of houses that have big non-defra wood burners. I haven't lit my stove since the Russian invasion due to the high cost of smokeless fuel now so I'm not really as affected as the many here that really rely on their stoves for heating.
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    I notice smokeless at Wickes has come down to £7.00 per 10 kg from £11.00 making it the same price as my coalman.......
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    I notice smokeless at Wickes has come down to £7.00 per 10 kg from £11.00 making it the same price as my coalman.......
    End of ‘the season’ as you might say. Wickes want the space taken by fuel so they can put gardening compost in its place! 🤣
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