Seems like a good deal on firewood....

With the increase in timber over last year how much of an increase are we expecting to see on firewood this year? Havent spoken to my supplier yet but expecting some sort of an increase like everything else

Wood used for burning is a different type to timber used in houses. Only larger logs are used for saw logs. Its more pallet or staking timber is used for firewood. Actually a demand for saw logs could encourage more forestry wood into the market and prices for pallet, stake, firewood and fibrewood could actually fall a bit at wholesale level

It would be what are called saw logs. these generally are the bottom part largest trees at clear fell. You may take some out at the last thinning as well .It would soft woods used in nearly all construction unless you need structural strenght in the wood or are leaning timber exposed on the inside of the house and you use hardwood for visual effect

Ive never burnt larch but read before that it is known as a 'hard softwood' which is good for stoves. That said before buying such a massive trailer load Id pick up a bag or two of it and test it at home for both how quickly or slowly it burns and its moisture content. But if it burns well and has moisture below 20% then 250 euro for 4m3 delivered is a very good deal.

Larch is not a good timber for burning. I have access to plenty of it but only it in small amounts with other timber.

It’s my own larch that I’ve burned in the past, no amount of seasoning and drying makes it burn clean. The soot in the flue after larch is horrendous.

I only use it in the brazier now, and only then because I have so much of it.

I wouldn’t give someone a present of larch for their stove.

Apologies for asking question on thread but great contributions from people to OP question so far on best type of wood to burn and how whether it’s dry or not matters.

I had 4 or 5 medium sized trees that had come down in storms last Winter lying on fences here,mix of Ash and Sycamore mainly.

Got a man in to do the initial sawing up of them in field around a month before the real hot spell in July.

Circumstances meant I couldn’t get the wood lifted from fields then but will do so in next week.

Will then be getting loan of a wood splitter to block the big stuff into manageable pieces to fit into Stove we use it in over the Winter. At moment a lot of it is still in big circular blocks from when cut up for base part of trees iykwim.

With the very wet weather we have had since the wood was cut up I’m just wondering how long it would take to dry out sufficiently to use in stove without moisture going up into flue and leading to a buildup of stuff in it.

Would be building the blocked timber into a garage that you can leave the big door open in to help dry it out.

Apologies for long post and thanks for any replies.

Ordered a pallet of kiln dried beech from the co-op superstore.

Headline price is ok at 189, but the ridiculous delivery brings that up to €239. A good €30 more expensive than tjomahony. There's slightly less wood in it too, so more expensive again really.

I guess it would depend on your location too though. Delivery for me was free with TJ, not sure if the co-op is distance dependent.

Only other concern I'd have with burning wood is if you mix it with coal. The moisture in wood can combine with some of the combustion gases in the coal and create acidic compounds which in turn can eat your stove.

Burn one or the other rather than a mix.

What's a good idea?

That looks great, I can't order it for delivery though, in store only. Might be worth while to give them a ring.

They hardly expect people to sling that in the back of their Micra's.

That's a shame. Was some deal.

It's great timber. Two in the stove at the start of the evening and one block an hour from then on in.

Keeps a 6kW stove throwing out great heat.

Just got a text earlier from Monahan's saying that their prices are going up on September 17th. It didn't say how much the increase is.

Last year I paid them before an increase in September but didn't actually take delivery until mid November so they should be okay with that for others who want to avoid the price hike

The stuff I got the past two years had a Polish address on it. The parent company was French. Kind of makes sense as they use a lot of wood for winter heating.

Could have been just a forwarding depot though and might have originated elsewhere.

Got a pallet of beech from TJ O'Mahony today.

The delivery driver was very sound and shifted it round the side of the house into a covered area with the pallet truck so no need to break the pallet down, can just take the logs from the pallet as I need them. Still have the last of last year's logs too, very happy with how they burned in our stove.

Coughlan Fuels was recommended here before by poster @OmegaGene for those in Cork. He got a crate of oak from them last winter and was happy with it. However they dont deliver to all areas, it depends on where you are. Best to ring and find out.

Another option might be Topline who have stores in Cork.

Check out those two and then balance it against what TJ oMahony are offering.

Yeah I remember you saying at the time that Coughlans were good to deal with.

Are you going to order from them again for this winter? Ive enough logs there to get me through to early Jan so wont be ordering till then, likely with Monahans the same as the last couple of years.

Paid €60 for one of those tonne bags of softwood last weekend. Similar in ash /oak hardwood is €130 around here.

Any opinions on which would be a better deal .

2m Square crate of Silver Birch delivered for €350

or the TJ O'Mahony 1.2m of Beech €199 + 9.99 delivery = €210

thanks

Beech would be a slower burning wood. It more dense. The slower a tree grows the better it's great output when burnt. The beech and birch are working out the same price per cube