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Our timber is processed in a couple of ways into the firewood logs we deliver. Before the timber is processed we leave it in the stacks you can see below for 12-18 months to help with the seasoning process (and reduce the risk of us running out of stock which has never happened so far in our 33 years).

When delivered the timber lengths will be stacked into sections with timber small enough to go straight through the processor stacked together and the larger timber stacked together so it can be further split before it is ready to go trough the processor or cut into rings for our little splitter (whom Jake calls triggers brush if you know you know, there are not many orginal parts left on the little thor splitter).

Once the timber fit to go straight through our Posch 375 processor has been adequately seasoned in its…

Woodsure is a not-for-profit organisation wholly owned and subsidised by HETAS.

DEFRA appointed HETAS & Woodsure to run the 'ready to burn' fuel certification scheme.

To be awarded a Woodsure certification a suppliers firewood has to be under 20% moisture content.

This includes annual inspections with pin metre readings at time of inspection alongside firewood samples that are taken away and oven tested in a lab environment to check the Wet basis moisture content.

The Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations stop small quantities (under 2 cubic metres) of firewood from being supplied where the moisture content is above 20%.

For more information please go to the Woodsure website.

The moisture content of a piece of wood is defined in two ways:

Wet basis which is a measure of the water in a log, expressed as the weight of water as a percentage of the wet/unseasoned log. (i.e. wood and water) Dry basis which is a measure of the water in a log, expressed as the weight of water as a percentage of the completely dry log. (i.e. just the wood)

Firewood is measured on a wet basis and although the new law does not mention what basis is used it is relating to fuel so it can be assumed the moisture content should be 20% wet basis.

We do recommend that you store your logs in a purpose built log store or storage area either inside or outside.

Whether it be one we have made for you, one you have made yourself or purchased elsewhere.

The ideal log store has three ventilated sides, an open front, a raised floor and a weatherproof roof with air gaps in the floor and sides to aid ventilation and protect the logs from direct rain.

Avoid closely covering logs with a sheet/tarpaulin type material as this would stop the air ventilation needed.

If you do not have a log store an ideal location is where they will be sheltered from the weather and where there is good ventilation. We would advice that for this reason not to store logs in a damp locations like a cellar.

If storing your firewood inside your home unless your stove is designed with inbuilt log…

Yes, all our logs are are seasoned for 12-18 months and have a moisture content below 20%. We are certified by the HETAS Woodsure ready to burn scheme, as all firewood suppliers who sell less than 2m3 should be under the new legislation.

What type of woods do we use?

We use a mixture of the hardwoods, such as Beech, Ash, Oak, Silver Birch and Sycamore.

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Is the wood sourced from the UK?

Yes, all our wood is sourced from within the UK and mostly from Yorkshire.

Log suppliers in the UK are not permitted to sell logs based on weight due to the nature of wood and it’s inconsistencies.

Different hardwood/Softwood species vary greatly in weight naturally due to the tightness of the grain, the time taken for the tree to grow, moisture content along with many other variables.

For example - if you had the same size logs with the same moisture content - one ash log and one oak log - the oak log would weigh substantially more due to its tight grain than the ash log which has a looser grain.

So a cubic metre bag of ash logs would weigh a lot less than a cubic metre bag of oak logs HOWEVER the volume of logs would be the same ie both cubic metre bags would be full of logs despite having a different weight.

(Please note we only used separate…

How we deliver our Loose Cubic Metre of Firewood logs.

Our cubic metre loads are delivered loose tipped out of a cubic metre bag from either one of our pick-up trucks or their attached trailer as seen below. We offer Free delivery over £50 up to 10 miles radius please see the delivery page for more information on delivery areas including delivery map and a list of places we deliver to.

We store & transport the logs in their special ventilated bags however we deliver the logs loose as seen in the picture below. One cubic metre fits on the pick-up truck and a further three cubic metres fit on the trailers.

We take a maximum of four cubic metres out at a time.

We use a pick up truck & trailer that both have hydraulics rams that tip. The bags are chained into the vehicle so when tipped up…

There are numerous methods to start a fire and they will work differently depending on your stove and the location/amount of air vents it has, if it is multI-fuel or a wood only burner.

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Traditional:

The most traditional method to start a fire is to get one to two firelighters or some crinkled newspaper and place this in the Centre of the stove. Then get a good handful of kindling and make a tepee like structure. Get two smaller logs and prop these over the kindling tepee. Make sure all the air vents in the stove are open. Finally Light the newspaper/firelighters with a match.

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