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Everything we get asked on the phone, written down properly. No filler, no affiliate links, and honest about the bits where the wood we sell isn’t the answer.

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How much do I need for the winter?Is kiln dried worth the extra?Which wood burns hottest and longest?Why is my stove glass going black?Can I burn wood where I live?Where should I stack it?How do I dry my own logs?What does it all cost?
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Forty-odd questions on ordering, delivery, access, payment, volumes and what happens if nobody is in. Searchable, and rather more practical than philosophical.

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The Five We Get Most Often

What moisture content should firewood be?
Under 20%, and that is what everything we sell as seasoned or kiln dried is dried to. Above about 25% you start losing a real share of the heat to boiling off water; above 30% the fire struggles, the glass blackens and creosote builds in the flue.
How much firewood does a house use in a winter?
For a 5kW stove burning most evenings through a Dorset winter, 3 to 4 cubic metres — roughly a full transit load. Weekend-only use is nearer 1 to 1.5. A regularly used open fire can reach 6 to 9, because most of its heat goes up the chimney.
Is seasoned firewood ready to burn?
Yes. Our seasoned range is air-dried under cover until it is ready and sold ready to burn. The only product that needs further drying is our unseasoned firewood, which is sold deliberately green at a lower price for people drying it themselves over 12 to 18 months.
What is the best wood to burn?
Ash, if you want a single answer — high heat, long burn, lights easily and barely spits. Oak gives more heat still and burns longer but is much harder to get going. For most people a mixed hardwood load is the best buy, because it gives you light timber to start the fire and dense timber to hold it.
Do you deliver across Dorset?
Free across 23 postcodes — BH1 to BH18, BH21 to BH24, BH31 and SP6, covering Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Wimborne, Ferndown, Ringwood, Verwood and the rest. Beyond that we still deliver and quote the run before you commit to anything.

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