Kiln dried firewood

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With the amount of trees down earlier in year from the storms there is a huge amount of "seasoned" wood on the market. It needs 2 years seasoning to be fit for a fire.
 
JoeRoberts said:
With the amount of trees down earlier in year from the storms there is a huge amount of "seasoned" wood on the market. It needs 2 years seasoning to be fit for a fire.
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If it came down earlier this year then it won't be seasoned (dried out?) until 2027?
 
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They do to an extent. But it's much easier if you write clearly. It would be much easier if you said

"It takes two years to season wood so the trees which fell this year are not properly seasoned although they are being sold as such".
 
JoeRoberts said:
Drying out means the sap. A shower of rain on the wood is not an issue.
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Drying or seasoning timber for firewood means reducing the overall moisture content of the wood. For a stove, you want the moisture content to be between 15 and 20%, going above 20 can void the warranty due to the build up of deposits. Rain wetting the wood before burning will be a problem if it is not given sufficient time to dry again as that moisture must be evaporated before the wood can burn and that results in a lower fire temperature and more smoke / deposits.

Moisture meters are cheap, it's best split a log and test at a couple of points to see how well seasoned your stock is.
 
JoeRoberts said:
With the amount of trees down earlier in year from the storms there is a huge amount of "seasoned" wood on the market. It needs 2 years seasoning to be fit for a fire.
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No, most of the logs on the Irish market are imported. To my knowledge only Kildare Logs are selling logs from their own forestry. There are surely others.
 
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lff12 said:
No, most of the logs on the Irish market are imported. To my knowledge only Kildare Logs are selling logs from their own forestry. There are surely others.
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True, but my point is there will be a large local supply this year due to the amount on trees felled. And it won't be regulated wood.
 
Sol28 said:
Ive used these guys to deliver Bags of firewood to me - found them excellent. https://www.ecofuel.ie/
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The kiln dried oak is working out at about €869 per tonne ( Assuming there's actually 800 kg in the crate. )

If folks are burning wood to help reduce Ireland's 0.1% contribution to global emissions then fair enough.

But for comparison purposes a tonne of smokeless coal bought in the North , including delivery, cost me €511 which is some difference tbf, given the heat that the coal produces versus wood.
 
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