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How big are the builders bags? Alot of them are half Cube so £50 is quite abit, round leeds £80 gets you 1M3 of split cordwood.
I think alot of people also use the firewood for decorative purposes! Just sits in the living room at Xmas, looks all seasonal and then in Jan the gas Boiler comes back on!
Nets of logs at garages etc are a rip off but there are people who buy them - the christmas burners or when the central heating has broken and they want a few to tide them over until the engineer comes to fix.
It's a case of convenience for busy people who earn enough not to be bothered by the price. With gardens getting smaller i suppose many people dont have space to be storing alot of logs especially if there are kids playing in the garden or wifey does'nt like the look of them.
Personally i log up all wood from jobs down to about 1" diameter and save some of the smaller twigs for kindling. Most of my customers dont burn wood so i get to take it home and use it myself. Most of the price of logs is costs from processing. Plus the rise in demand for logs has pushed prices up (simple supply and demand) with many log suppliers running out before the winter is over.
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I appreciate it will be seasoned but any problems with Leylandii tarring?
Pro Gard said:
Received wisdom says Ash is as good as it gets. If Leylandi is anything like pine it will give off a lot of tar but it's OK to mix a bit in with other stuff.
i have a lot of corsican pine offcuts from a job a few years ago i burn them in the workshop burner there is soooo much turps sap in it bloody hell it smokes but you can light a big lump with one match LOL
A good efficient stove, with good air mixing, should burn pretty much any seasoned wood, with a high enough temperature to deal with any tar build up, Leyandi included. Alot of poorly maintained stoves need a more forgiving fuel, so I suppose thats where alot of the old rhymes and wifes tales about diff woods come in.
LOGS TO BURN
Logs to burn, logs to burn,
Logs to save the coal a turn
Here's a word to make you wise,
When you hear the woodman's cries.
Never heed his usual tale,
That he has good logs for sale,
But read these lines and really learn,
the proper kind of logs to burn.
OAK logs will warm you well,
If they're old and dry.
LARCH logs of pine wood smell,
But the sparks will fly.
BEECH logs for Christmas time,
YEW logs heat well.
SCOTCH logs it is a crime,
For anyone to sell.
BIRCH logs will burn too fast,
CHESTNUT scarce at all
HAWTHORN logs are good to last,
If you cut them in the fall
HOLLY logs will burn like wax
You should burn them green
ELM logs like smouldering flax
No flame to be seen
PEAR logs and APPLE logs,
they will scent your room.
CHERRY logs across the dogs,
Smell like flowers in bloom
But ASH logs, all smooth and grey,
burn them green or old;
Buy up all that come your way,
They're worth their weight in gold.
One of my burners chomping it's way through a mixture of year old olive, almond and mulberry:-
I haven't swept the chimney in five years.
I started supplying hay logs
we use them too and they are really good pleanty of benefits
hay fire logs
I think you need to get the weights clarified Ofer,
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