“Logs For Sale” Website Sections:
Firewood Log Delivery: This section details and considers the ins and outs of firewood delivery, what works and what doesn’t.
Buy Firewood Logs Online: here we discuss the purchase of logs online, what to look out for and the benefits and problems.
Cheap Logs: So many questions around what constitutes cheap logs or value for money firewood. How cheap is cheap?
Firewood Log Seasoning: Seasoning of logs. This refers to the drying of timber ready to burn. How do we measure water content? How dry should logs be to burn? How do you dry your own firewood?
Some firewood log basics:
Why Use Logs?
Think of a log fire, crackling away, in an old-fashioned grate, warming a rug with a lazy cat stretched out on it and then ask yourself, why this image is so attractive? Real fires have a romance about them that your average central heating radiator seems to be lacking! Firewood logs sending out tiny sparks and then sinking into a red glow are visually warming as well as physically a very effective heat source. Watch how people in a pub with a real log fire, stretch their hands out to be warmed and smile as the heat takes effect. Many pub owners have cleaned out old chimneys tracked down good suppliers of firewood logs for sale, and resurrected their log fires. They are relatively cheap to run; fire logs when burning are much cleaner than coal and most landlords get their logs delivered so for them this is a convenient way to heat the lounge bar and it attracts custom.
Environmental Aspects
Some people are concerned about the environmental impact of burning wood, though they do not think twice about driving to their local shop to pick up a pint of milk! The Forestry Commission oversees, through the Woodland Trust, most of the forests in the United Kingdom and is only interested in planting for industry what is known as sustainable wood. All the wood sourced for the firewood for sale on this site is firewood UK sourced from sustainable forests. Larch has been deliberately chosen as the wood in our logs for sale and wood pellets. Larch is one of the few trees that, because it grows on poor soil, is not competing, like other Biomass products for food land. It is also a very fast growing tree, so is low cost which can be passed onto our customers in the form of savings, and larch has a very good “Effective Heat value”, meaning that it burns hot, keeping houses warm more efficiently than other types of timber. The firewood delivered by our company is the timber that the sawmills reject for furniture making, so it is, in effect, a waste product which we recycle into logs and firewood.
Other Firewood Products
It is not just firewood logs we have for sale and delivery, but also something called wood pellets, which have uses other than for burning in stoves and fireplaces. As a simple way to help you get your fire burning, wood pellets are a great product, which do away with the need to use paraffin or lighter fuel, both of which are rather dangerous and smelly. In fact, this summer you may find that a bag of wood pellets could be a much better alternative to fire lighters to get that barbecue going, and will not make your sausages smell like the local petrol station! There are now a wide range of wood pellet burners on the market, efficient boiler stoves that can heat your house, including hot water for up to 86 hours before being refilled. Horses like wood pellets too, they are a very effective horse bedding, low in dust and contaminant free.