Seems like a good deal on firewood....

herrdood · 13-03-2021 7:53pm

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.

The beetles freaked out my wife a bit.

Oak from dairygold too.

POBox19 · 15-03-2021 11:05am

herrdood wrote: »

The beetles freaked out my wife a bit.

Oak from dairygold too.

Was the wood kiln dried?
One of the reasons for kiln drying wood is to kill off any bugs and larvae growing in it so we don’t import any nasties. Seasoning timber doesn’t achieve this effect and should not be imported.

herrdood · 15-03-2021 12:19pm

POBox19 wrote: »

Was the wood kiln dried?
One of the reasons for kiln drying wood is to kill off any bugs and larvae growing in it so we don’t import any nasties. Seasoning timber doesn’t achieve this effect and should not be imported.

Hi,

It was sold as kiln dried. I don't have a meter so cannot indicate any particular moisture level. First time buying oak and this pallet of wood did not burn as well as the beech we previously used. Very sparky. Needed a lot of draught to get the wood going. I got some beech in the meantime to see how that would go and it burned fine.

Muahahaha · 15-03-2021 2:57pm

POBox19 wrote: »

Was the wood kiln dried?
One of the reasons for kiln drying wood is to kill off any bugs and larvae growing in it so we don’t import any nasties. Seasoning timber doesn’t achieve this effect and should not be imported.

yeah I dont know what this beetle is but if its not native to Ireland would have thought that the Dept of Agriculture have regulations about importing them. And if the logs went through a kiln in Lativia or whereever the logs came from then any insects would surely have been killed. It could also be the case that its a native beetle and it infected crates of logs while sitting in a yard for weeks on end.

razorronan · 15-03-2021 8:05pm

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CHJKLY7

35 litre box of Kiln dried Ash.

Fighting Tao · 15-03-2021 8:37pm

razorronan wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CHJKLY7

35 litre box of Kiln dried Ash.

Seems a little expensive. I can buy 20L locally for €6.

OmegaGene · 15-03-2021 11:07pm

razorronan wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CHJKLY7

35 litre box of Kiln dried Ash.

Reviews are very poor and it’s not very cheap either in my opinion

deandean · 16-03-2021 12:39am

POBox19 wrote: »

Was the wood kiln dried?
One of the reasons for kiln drying wood is to kill off any bugs and larvae growing in it so we don’t import any nasties. Seasoning timber doesn’t achieve this effect and should not be imported.

'Kiln dried' is probably the most abused term in this business.
I know of a timber supplier in Nth Dublin, he stacks the wood in a big polytunnel for a few weeks and then he says it is 'kiln dried'. LOL!

aw · 16-03-2021 1:11pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

yeah I dont know what this beetle is but if its not native to Ireland would have thought that the Dept of Agriculture have regulations about importing them. And if the logs went through a kiln in Lativia or whereever the logs came from then any insects would surely have been killed. It could also be the case that its a native beetle and it infected crates of logs while sitting in a yard for weeks on end.

The wood might have been kiln dried.
But the soggy old pallet lying out in their yard for a month that the wood was wrapped into was probably not kiln dried.

webels · 16-03-2021 3:31pm

deandean wrote: »

'Kiln dried' is probably the most abused term in this business.
I know of a timber supplier in Nth Dublin, he stacks the wood in a big polytunnel for a few weeks and then he says it is 'kiln dried'. LOL!

Solar kiln.

joujoujou · 18-03-2021 4:22pm

Today in Lidl:

bailey99 · 24-03-2021 10:10am

do the coop or the other stockists have clearance sales to get rid of crates of wood at all? They hardly store them for the year til September or October again do they? From April onwards would there be sales in a given year?

Fighting Tao · 24-03-2021 10:24am

Not sure if it’s a good deal or not. A local traditionally coal company (Richie Watters) in Dundalk is selling 1.2m of kiln dried Silver Birch for €190 delivered. How does it burn compared to ash?

Henry Ford III · 24-03-2021 10:29am

Smaller scale but I buy 5 large net bags of firewood and a bag of kindling for €20 locally.

vicwatson · 24-03-2021 3:48pm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Smaller scale but I buy 5 large net bags of firewood and a bag of kindling for €20 locally.

Softwood or hardwood?

Henry Ford III · 24-03-2021 5:04pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Softwood or hardwood?

I wouldn't know the difference tbh. It burns pretty well in the stove.

Muahahaha · 24-03-2021 5:29pm

bailey99 wrote: »

do the coop or the other stockists have clearance sales to get rid of crates of wood at all? They hardly store them for the year til September or October again do they? From April onwards would there be sales in a given year?

Ive never seen the Co-op offering any sales in the summer so would imagine they carry over their stock and sell it the following winter. They probably have lots of storage space and with forklifts can stack them 2 or 3 high. That said I would say you could haggle 10 maybe 20 quid off a crate of wood if buying it out of season, no harm in trying anyway.

Last summer Monahans sent me a text around the start of July offering 10% off crates. I didnt take it up at the time. If I get another text this July I'll post up here for others to take advantage if they want.

bailey99 · 24-03-2021 5:51pm

ya i thought independent places might be open to a bit of haggling, but i didn't think the CoOp would haggle.

vicwatson · 26-03-2021 2:42pm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

I wouldn't know the difference tbh. It burns pretty well in the stove.

Yeh softwood I'd say at that price.

wersal gummage · 03-04-2021 3:11pm

Thought I'd timed it quite well this year, all logs gone about a fortnight ago....

Anywhere around Dublin I could pick up a small bag of kiln dried logs? Will hold off till September now for a big stock up and don't want the stuff off the petrol station forecourt

Muahahaha · 03-04-2021 3:20pm

Try Woodies or B&Q but check the label to make sure it is kiln dried hardwood. Aldi have bags of logs for sale too but they are softwood and from experience they burn very quickly with not much heat, similar to the stuff the petrol stations sell so I would avoid them.

Heighway61 · 05-05-2021 3:34pm

Anyone spot a current deal in hardwood crates? I had noticed that supply was limited over recent times due to covid. Has this got any better?

Would there usually be a decrease in price for the summer months?

matchthis · 06-06-2021 12:22pm

Heighway61 wrote: »

Anyone spot a current deal in hardwood crates? I had noticed that supply was limited over recent times due to covid. Has this got any better?

Would there usually be a decrease in price for the summer months?

Was also just thinking this with the weather being good

vicwatson · 06-06-2021 6:48pm

Worth checking in with Monaghan’s

Must love hardship · 05-07-2021 11:15am

Was looking at getting some timber into the shed before the Winter rush.

Has anyone spotted any good deals available for hard wood for a stove?

Are these lads good value or over priced?

https://www.ecofuel.ie/collections/kiln-dried-firewood/products/kiln-dried-ash-firewood-double-deck-pallet

Muahahaha · 05-07-2021 3:28pm

Must love hardship wrote: »

Are these lads good value or over priced?

https://www.ecofuel.ie/collections/kiln-dried-firewood/products/kiln-dried-ash-firewood-double-deck-pallet

At 455 euro for 2m3 they are very over priced, I forget what that company were charging last winter but it wasnt that high (might have been 420-430 ish) so their prices have gone up.

2m3 of wood here (but oak instead of ash) for 370
http://monahans.ie/kiln-dried-logs.php
Ring and ask them if they will do a discount, in previous years they have reduced firewood by 10% in July

If you specifically want ash you should be able to find the same quantity of 2m3 for about 350-380

aw · 05-07-2021 8:16pm

As an aside, I was talking to a firewood vendor who is placing his wholesale orders for the season ahead.
Said prices have gone up a lot. The raw material has increased and also the cost of shipping a container of fuel from the Baltics has gone way up.

Seems unavoidable that prices will be much higher this year.
If you see a good deal now and can store it, go for it.

mjp · 05-07-2021 10:34pm

Must love hardship wrote: »

Was looking at getting some timber into the shed before the Winter rush.

Has anyone spotted any good deals available for hard wood for a stove?

Are these lads good value or over priced?

https://www.ecofuel.ie/collections/kiln-dried-firewood/products/kiln-dried-ash-firewood-double-deck-pallet

Nothing cheap about ecofuel or them prices.

2forjoy · 05-07-2021 11:51pm

The jumbo bag from surefire 185 delivered. No need to pay extra for couriers .
A bag of genuine blocks uniform size .

pumpkinpie86 · 15-07-2021 6:17pm

Would it be better to get all oak, or a mix of ash and oak? I have some softwood cut that should be ready for the winter, want to supplement it with hardwood and a bit of coal.

I'm looking at Monahans (243 euro for the 1.2m/450kg crate of oak) or my local Topline (199 euro for 400kg of mixed hardwood, I'm told ash and oak). Not sure which to go for.

Seems like a good deal on firewood....

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