Seems like a good deal on firewood....

ablelocks wrote: »

co-op superstores have this online @ €189 (€50 delivery though)


Crate of Kiln Dried Beech Logs 430kg
Kiln-dried beech logs are perfect and ready to use in most stoves and fireplaces. Product is made from FSC certified wood from well managed forests in EU. The moisture content of Beech Log is less than 20% and log length less than 25cm. Pallet Dimensions, 110 x 80 x 100cm. Pallet size 0.97M. Volume of Firewood 0.80M

edit : Limerick store has 2 of these for €360 and an 850kg crate for €349 :-

I think some one put up earlier in the thread that the centers are wet. If you could buy and open pallet and leave in an open shed to dry they be grand next winter. Small trailer would allow you to collect

Moisture metres in Aldi this Thursday 25/02 for €12 for those interested


https://www.aldi.ie/ferrex-moisture-sensor/p/803173437477202

are the fans any good ?

Sasso wrote: »

Moisture metres in Aldi this Thursday 25/02 for €12 for those interested


https://www.aldi.ie/ferrex-moisture-sensor/p/803173437477202

For anyone buying keep your receipt, my one from Aldi stopped taking readings after a year. Brought it back under the 3 year warranty and got a refund with no problems

Bass Reeves wrote: »

I have a stove fan a d it definately helps to heat the room faster and more evenly than without it. However if you are letting the stove go out later in the night it's a good idea to remove fan from stove

Why so?

Bass Reeves wrote: »

As at that stage it start to create a draft as the air cools

But does it not just stop moving when the heat dissipates?

Scruff wrote: »

€350 for 1.8m3 kiln dried oak delivered (probably external measurements)
works out at €195/m3 delivered

https://eireecofuels.ie/product/kiln-dried-oak-firewood-double-pallet/

1.8m3 did indeed turn out to be the external dimensions of the pallet.
1.45m3 is the actual internal dimensions so price is really €241/m3 stacked delivered.

Will be trying truck/trailer loads in future methinks..

Scruff wrote: »

1.8m3 did indeed turn out to be the external dimensions of the pallet.
1.45m3 is the actual internal dimensions so price is really €241/m3 stacked delivered.

Will be trying truck/trailer loads in future methinks..

Its a fair whack off, by my calculation the difference between the external and internal dimensions there is just over 20%. I've still to measure my own 2m3 crate internally before I break it down for kindling but would expect similar numbers. The pallet base alone is about 20cms in height so you're already down a bit on that.

I think if you have the storage space then buying in bulk by the trailer load is the way to go. There is a fair saving on price when buying it in that kind of bulk and would definitely work out good bit cheaper than 241/m3. Question though is can you get trailer loads of kiln dried oak or ash? Maybe theyre out there but anytime Ive seen trailer loads advertised it seems to be locally grown softwoods like pine.

bogman wrote: »

Timber is like a sponge, Kiln dried timber has a MC of around 7-10%, leave this outside and the MC will increase to between 20-25% over the winter I guess.

Just to confirm this I bought the Aldi moisture meter earlier today just to have it. I was topping up the indoor log store and did a few tests with it. Everything coming from the outside log store was around 20-24% moisture content. The few logs that were still indoors had been lying there for about a month and I checked three of them- the meter read them at 9.2%, 8.4% and one was as low as 6.3%. So they're clearly getting a lot drier when left indoors for a few weeks before burning.

We are cutting down trees at the minute

- Is it best leave the wood out in the open from now until September
- Then move it indoor over the winter

Muahahaha wrote: »

I think if you have the storage space then buying in bulk by the trailer load is the way to go. There is a fair saving on price when buying it in that kind of bulk and would definitely work out good bit cheaper than 241/m3. Question though is can you get trailer loads of kiln dried oak or ash? Maybe theyre out there but anytime Ive seen trailer loads advertised it seems to be locally grown softwoods like pine.

That's the big problem, only softwoods from what i can find from commercial suppliers that do truck loads. Only other hope is donedeal/adverts for farmers or people clearing land and then ye dont really know what you are getting. If sustainability is a factor in your purchasing decision then best skip the private suppliers altogether. I've a great drying shed so seasoning myself isnt a problem, it sourcing.

Connolly saw mills will do truck loads of kiln dried hardwood but they only take off the cost of the delivery if you order the equivalent of 3 x 1 ton bags and you need to be within 20km. So not much of a saving there.

Hi Guys,
I got a few pallets of coal and a double pallet of Hornbeam wood from Coal Warehouse last month. We split the wood amongst three households and we've noticed over the passed two weeks a large amount or red bettles or Lilly beetles coming out from the wood.

Have any of you purchased the Hornbeam and noticed this?

kil wrote: »

I got a pallet of oak from Dairygold Co-op and the sample happened. Never happened me before, freaked the **** out of me - I went through the wood at a rapid rate just to get of them. I don't think it affects the burning performance.
Would we worth giving the feedback to Coal Warehouse.

I did indeed give the feedback to them and they said that the supplier hasn't noticed any insects. They also said they contacted someone who also buys wood from that supplier and he also hasn't had any issues.

I said I would check here to see if anyone else came across the issue.

Were the beetles in your wood the same as the ones in my picture?

vicwatson wrote: »

Picture?

Apologies, here is the picture

Apologies, here is the picture

If its a potential Alien species try get a decent picture and contact Bio diversity Ireland to record the sighting , kill them as you find them. I had a similar problem in work a few years ago with vans coming from England for refurbishment and finding colonies of Harlequin Ladybirds behind the fittings on the vans.
https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/record/invasives#7/53.455/-8.016

The wood is from Latvia originally