We supply
dry seasoned hardwood logs by the trailer load, delivered to your door
and stacked if required.
Vist the contact page for a quote. You may find the following list of burning qualities of a range of timbers interesting.
When fully seasoned, it may burn quickly, but gives off relatively little heat. It is a firewod with a sluggish feel to it. Nevertheless it makes an excellent, steady burning charcoal.
Ash
An old rhyme says: "Ash, mature or green, makes a fire for a Queen."
Even unseasoned Ash will give a good fire and ash wood produces excellent
heat, a good flame and it lasts reasonably well.
Beech
A very good firewood which produces both heat and flame. Beech can sometimes
give off a few sparks but it is easy to chop.
Birch
Produces a lovely fire with good heat but it burns up quickly, so it may
be a good idea to mix it with longer lasting firewoods. The bark of Birch
was traditionally known as "the campers friend". Patches of
the thin skin can often be peeled from the tree without damaging it. They
contain an oil, which makes it a wonderful aid in kindling a fire, especially
when all other wood is damp. Can be burned unseasoned if nothing else
is available.
Blackthorn
Blackthorn wood burns steadily and slowly with an excellent heat and little
smoke.
Cherry
Burns slowly as with Apple, Blackthorn and Hawthorn but with lots of heat.
Elm
The famous firewood rhyme says that Elm burns like smouldering flax. The
other rhyme says that it burns like 'churchyard mould'. This is probably
because it is one of the woods with the highest water contents. It has
more water (140%) than wood when it is green, as opposed to Ash wood,
for example, which has only 50%.
Hawthorn
One of the very best and hottest firewoods. A bunch of hawthorn branches
from trimming the many hawthorn hedges we are lucky to have in the UK,
makes a classical faggot bundle good enough to heat old-fashioned bread
ovens. Like the other woods in the Rose family, Hawthorn burns hot and
slow. The smaller twigs are also well worth using.
Hazel
Hazel is a good all-round fire wood for different purposes but burns up
a bit faster than most other hard woods.
Holly
Holly logs make a lovely warm fire. The famous firewood rhyme says they
burn like wax when green.
Hornbeam
This is a very hard wood and so it may be sensible to prepare it before
seasoning. Makes a hot slow burning fire.
Horse
Chestnut
Produces both heat and flame but tends to spit a lot.
Maple
A good fuel.
Oak
A great firewood but one that needs serious seasoning, ideally for 2 years.
It then becomes a good slow burning fuel, which gives of lots of heat,
but produces little flame. Oak, which has not been fully seasoned may
give off an acrid smoke. The fire may also need the addition of a few
faster burning logs to liven it up.
Pear
Like Apple, Pear wood produces an excellent heat.
Pine
Burns well when seasoned but tends to spit, so it's best in a stove. All
resinous woods makes good kindling. They also tend to leave an oily soot
in the chimney.
Poplar
Like Willow, Poplar needs patient seasoning to become a good firewood.
Rowan
Like all its sister and cousins in the Rose tree family, Rowan makes a
good hot fire, which burns slowly.
Sycamore
Sycamore tends to grow prolifically and is therefore often abundant. Many
people do not like this tree because it is seen as a 'weed tree'. The
thinner branches make great kindling wood and they are are easy to break
by hand once they've dried for a while. The logs burn well but do not
give quite as much heat as some other woods like Ash.
Sweet
Chestnut
Not the best of firewoods and needs careful seasoning. It spits a fair
amount.
Willow
Trying to burn willow when still green is a waste of time because of its
high water content. After sufficient seasoning it is quite good.