Seems like a good deal on firewood....

Mine is fine. Same as last year. I'd nearly say the glass is cleaner this year than last, which would indicate less moisture.

I split some of the larger logs down to kindling as they light so easily. I just put a match to the small pieces and off they go. No fire lighters/paper needed. And the small ones catch the big logs directly.

I did feel that the wood store I built to take a pallet was not as full as it usually would be though. Feels like it's less wood for more money.

1.2 cbm Oak from Monahans -

Use discount code OAK20 at the online checkout on www.monahans.ie you will receive an extra €20 off a 1.2 metre crate of Kiln Dried Oak. Code expires 30/11/22

Not to take away from your discount heads up but I'm not happy with the last load of oak I got from Monahan's .

What was up?

Maybe check if it’s actually oak first

People should realise there is more than one oak. Most oak that is used in construction that is not specifically English/Sessile Oak is American Oak. American Oak is much paler wood than English Oak. I've not burnt American Oak but its as dense as English Oak so I suspect it burns much the same.

I've cut up a lot of Spanish Oak which is just rubbish to burn in comparison to English Oak. Spanish Oak looks a lot like English Oak but is much lighter when you pick up a log. Nicest of all is the evergreen Holly Oak (Holm Oak) which produces a very heavy well figured timber that burns really well giving out lots of heat. In Ireland I believe the Sessile Oak (aka Irish or Cornish Oak) dominates but timber wise hard to distinguish its qualities from English Oak. Any oak coming from Europe is more likely to be Sessile Oak but there are still some other European Oaks some of which are not great for firewood.

If your Oak is much lighter in weight than previous Oak and looks someone porous (tiny vascular holes) when you look at the end grain then it might be Spanish Oak.

A sawmill , tree surgeon, or fire wood supplier who processes their own timber

😂This is the funniest post I've read in a long time! You've an encyclopedic knowledge of all things burnable. -Will stay clear of the chipboard. Never knew about the smell issue with elder -interesting! I got a reciprocating saw in Lidl to cut a large pyracantha root - it did the job. Tried it to cut up some wooden planks - not the sturdiest of tools!

My money would be that burning really well ;-) Unless when you pick those "logs" up they are really light. Save some for an open fire or putting in with a BBQ as its supposed to smell great.

If you can leave the stove open for a while and see what the smell is like?

Edit> Only thing that would concern me is the weight if you got 400Kg or not. The wood would need to be quite dense and heavy in that size of crate.

Have you bought from http://premiumwoodheat.ie/?

Lot of it out of stock, no cert on their website when I tested a purchase I got an error from their payment provider.

Haven't looked at burnwise yet.

Cheers. Yeah they look the better of the two on first glance. Not that there might be anything wrong with the other lads, could be just setting up their site.

Tried to order from burnwise. Looks like nothing is happening behind the scenes.

Order page checks out ok.

Payment is cash or card on delivery. Maybe something is happening but no sign of contact from them about delivery.

Is that a decent price and are they considered one of the more reliable suppliers in terms of quality?

If you were asking me then they are reliable and the wood is quality.

In terms of price I was getting it for €200-220 the past few years, but the €339 represents the going rate at the moment. If you beat it you won't beat it by much.

I would have loaded it up, told him to come and get it for a full refund. Even if you can burn half you still have to dispose of the other half.

I bought some olive firewood for a 'green' retailer in Galway last year and had a similar experience. I was so disappointed with it - sizes where everything from a pencil size to a football. Impossible to split by hand, impossible to stack, dusty. Really slow burning with a low flame and low heat output. Never again.

Seen it mentioned a few posts back, that elder is not a good fire wood, I burn it from time to time and it burns hotter and slower than most timbers, probably as hot as whitethorn, but it needs to be seasoned for at least 3 years untill the bark falls off it, I'd usually throw it a big lump of it with other timber if I wanted the stove to stay in all night, it put a fire out if you tried to burn it fresh

I bought logs on www.buyfirewooddirect.ie - which has an address in Stillorgan Road, Blackrock (but seems to be an Irish outlet of a British company as I rang up wondering when delivery was).

The logs are good, and the price was better than most others. I've now got two large empty pallets in the garden which I'll have to cut up as the delivery driver told me he just delivers rather then returns them. I can't use the pallets in the Stovax wood-burning stove I have so it seems a bit of a waste.

Anyway, there's a competitively price alternative supplier of kiln-dried wood for the Dublin area.

Why can't you burn the pallets in the stove is it made of some special material that disintegrates when you burn pallets.

Stovax just include the standard warnings about pollution if you burn timber with paint or preservatives. Ideally don't heat the house with old garden fence panels soaked in preservative but the odd pallet isn't going to much harm. Blue pallets are treated but if you can find the letters HT on the pallet that means its been heat treated, no chemicals used and is safe to burn. The nails can always be a pain and get stuck in the riddler.

If you've nothing else they often make good chop wood for kindling.

Is that not a warning sign for you???