News

The cost of living crises are still affecting a lot of our customers and the pound can only be spent once.

​

That is the reason, why we recommend to see exactly what you get. Buy fact-based, which means 

• type of wood 

• volume in 1m3 (cubic metres)
  bulk bag, dumpy bag can be misleading

• moisture content 

​

Permeable firewood bags are normally 1m3, while the others without mesh are available in all sizes. Sitting outside in this years weather condition they could easily serve as swimming pool.​

​

LFS bags are 1m3 and they weigh approx. 350kg for hardwood. Bags with a measurements of

• 900mm are only 0.73m3 and hold just 250kg of logs

• 850mm are only 0.61m3 and hold just 214kg of logs.
   

That's why the retailers must show the cost per weight or cost per cubic metre.​

​

As the Scottish say: Buy cheap and pay dear.​  

Quite often we are asked: "Should I buy kiln dried logs?" Here are some facts: 

• 1kg of softwood oven dry has a calorific value of 5.3kWh
  (theoretical moisture content MC of 0%)

• 1kg of firewood MC 20% or lower is about 4.3kWh
  to kiln 1kg needs approximately 1kWh (-25% of energy)

• Natural drying helps to fight global warming because

  1. No additional energy is used

  2. Logs are always trying to reach a equilibrium with the ambient air. 
      

• The reverse process happens when the kiln dried or seasoned logs are exposed to a ambient air that contains higher humidity (fog, periods of rain). The moisture content is raising again.
  ​

• Years ago we experienced that kiln dried products shipped by container were affected by condensation. That is the reason why these days we only sell local grown logs and we do not sell kiln dried firewood.

Therefore kiln dried firewood may be an option if the products are not stored outside at the merchant's or at your premises (not even if sheltered from rain) and if you don't mind (financially or ecologically) about the additional energy that is used.

As a business we are not political. But some people don't seem to be aware of what it means to ban stoves in rural areas. It is

• damaging the credibility of those making the rules, when every ten years the goals and rules are changing 180 degrees (Renewable Heat Initiative = tax payers money)

• throwing invested money down the drain (biomass-boilers, stoves, flues, accreditations)

• ignoring that the power supply is in certain areas not always guaranteed

• sustainably managing forests are a necessity 

• ignoring the amount of jobs adding value and top-up retirement money which is involved (farmers, forest owners, harvesters, haulers, firewood / wood-fuel producers).

If you agree and want to have a nice warming fire, please sign the following petition

​

https://action.scottishconservatives.com/save-our-wood-burning-stoves/
​