Blog updating the late winter firewood stock and company news

I have blogged before around the use of a kiln to get the new standard firewood log moisture content of under 20% (Firewood Moisture Content Facts) for use in wood burners. It would be nice to be able to season logs down to that moisture, unfortunately it would require vast open side sheds and 2 …

  Our yard is stacked full with both Hardwood and Softwood ready to process I think it’s fair to say that the new firewood buying season is now open for business. Our early autumn sale that finished recently, was spectacularly successful. The poor yard guys have been run off their feet getting the record breaking …

  As the number of woodburners increases and more people than ever before new to wood burning are having them fitted, we need to keep our advice up to date with all the incoming regulation changes. If you want to know which is the best type of logs for woodburners, we have specific blog page …

That’s us into June now, so time is starting to get short even to get larch dry for early Autumn. If you need firewood for burning then, best get it procured now.   Semi-Seasoned Larch Offer     New splitting Blades   After reviewing the splitting quality of our new firewood machine (after a couple …

What strange weather we are having, swinging from extra low -7 deg C to a positively balmy 11 deg C. Unfortunately our local skiing hasn’t really got going at all this year, with a few patchy days on a couple of runs. Today, I wanted to pick up on a comment made on our Trustpilot …

As previously noted (details) the demand by the large biomass power plants, the roadside price of timber, including softwoods, is climbing relentlessly. We are trying to keep our prices down as much as we can in the face of this pressure. However there have been small price rises over the last month. However, our value …

Like clockwork, that’s the Festive Season upon us. Mike, Cara and all the staff here wish you a Happy Christmas and a Good New Year. We also wish to express a big thank you to all our loyal customers for making 2018 a good year for us. Hopefully everything is settling in well for you …

Just a note to keep you informed of the current firewood trade. The construction and commisioning of some very large woodchip powered power plants across the UK is causing significant ripples in the forestry chain. The demand from these plants is extremely high and is consuming huge quantities of our input material. They are consistently …