Winter log prices

[Onelife]

Winter logs delivered today......2 builder bag loads costing £100 which has to be a bargin compared to what l paid last year for the same quantity (£140).

A good mixture of well seasoned soft and hard wood which is ideal for our multifuel stove.

So what do you pay for your logs?

Ok' I'm a nosey bugger but it will be interesting to hear what price variations are like around the country.

Regards

Onelife

[GillD46]

A large builders bag of well seasoned logs for £50. We only use the sitting room - where the wood burner is - at weekends, so that will last us some time. But as my brother-in-law has a smallholding with lots of trees he prunes annually, we have plenty of dried wood waiting for us whenever we need it.

[Manoverboard]

The size of a builder's bag varies of course. We used to get a lorry load for £150 from a timber company but now we get 3 cu metres for the premium price of £260. They are completely dry and without moss, minimum two years matured and only 10 inch cut hardwoods cut from 8 to 10 inch trunks .... no huge knotty bits nor trimmed small branches. Slow burning / high heat Ash and Beech are in plentiful supply right now.

So .... why do we pay top dollar ?

During the past 10 years or so we have been checking with our ' Sooty ' chum the amount of soot that he is collecting and how much is accumulating on the ridge / shelf at the base of our chimney, since we started to use the expensive logs the tar / carbon deposits have been minimal as compared to what we used to get from forest offcuts for example. This, we think, is important because a chimney fire is something that we are happy to pay a little extra to avoid having.

ps ... these we stack along the long wall in our garage, floor to ceiling and during the entire winter we will use approx 80% of one delivery. This equates to £200 and is, by co-incidence, the same amount as Uncle Government gives us for our Winter fuel allowance.

Keep the home fires burning

[Mervyn and Trish]

My brother has a log burner and a big, log fired gizmo, with a huge well insulated water tank, which acts as a heat reservoir, which can run central heating and provide hot water for a couple of days once up to temperature without further input. And he lives among several acres of trees which provide fuel for nothing. And he gets some kind of forestry subsidy! So his net costs are less than nothing.

[Onelife]

Hi Mob....when l started reading the first part of your post l thought to myself "that's expensive" but then reading on it became clear that better quality logs can work out cheaper in the long run if say you have to replace the chimney liner.

The builder bag size that we had delivered were 1 cubic metre bags so doing a quick calculation of what you pay/use then £50 extra for top quality logs seems a fair price to pay.

P's. ...We also stack ours logs along the garage wall and have a upturned box sofa that we use as our coal bunker.

Regards

Keith

[Onelife]

Oh....and when you've read both posts can you delete one of them......

Tis done

[qbman1]

"How was your day, dear?"

Oh, I read an in-depth discussion on the price of logs.

Mrs C will think I have finally lost it !!

[Stephen]

Only finally.

[Stephen]

Log prices.

I ordered a one ton bag of hardwood logs from our regular supplier a few weeks ago. The then price was £80 a bag, now I notice it's gone up to £90 Will have to look for a new supplier me thinks.

[Mervyn and Trish]

"How was your day, dear?"

Oh, I read an in-depth discussion on the price of logs.

Mrs C will think I have finally lost it !!

Serves you right. Get on with some work

[qbman1]

Yes, mother, right away, mother

[Manoverboard]

Well, I feel truly sorry for the ' Cubies ' if they have never experienced the pleasure of sharing a log fire in their lounge / living room / drawing room / caravan during the depths of winter ... why, I can recall vividly Mobietta pleading " Shall we put on another log dear " and me responding " Certainly not, do you think they grow on trees ".

[david63]

he then price was £80 a bag, now I notice it's gone up to £90

Probably because of Brexit

[qbman1]

Well, I feel truly sorry for the ' Cubies ' if they have never experienced the pleasure of sharing a log fire in their lounge / living room / drawing room / caravan during the depths of winter ... why, I can recall vividly Mobietta pleading " Shall we put on another log dear " and me responding " Certainly not, do you think they grow on trees ".

...and we've never had the dubious pleasure of clearing up all the dust, deposits and debris from an open fire that seems to find its way into all those important little places - including the lungs!

I feel truly deprived !

[oldbluefox]

I'm glad we live up here where we've got gas and electricity and don't have to go scavenging around for logs to burn.................

[qbman1]

I'm glad we live up here where we've got gas and electricity and don't have to go scavenging around for logs to burn.................

Just as well - an open fire would probably set light to your wattle and daub !

[Stephen]

We have our open log fire going in the evening. You don't know what your missing QB. You can't beat an open log fire. No dust or mess in the house either. And it is worth the ten minutes or so preparing it each day.

[qbman1]

I remain to be convinced

[GillD46]

We have our open log fire going in the evening. You don't know what your missing QB. You can't beat an open log fire. No dust or mess in the house either. And it is worth the ten minutes or so preparing it each day.

We have friends that say they couldn't tolerate the dust and mess. What dust and mess?

We clean our wood burner out about every 2-3 weeks, it actually burns better with plenty of ash in the base. We have no dust whatsoever and our chimney sweep, who came last week, got less than a tablespoon of soot and claims we are burning logs extremely well.

[Onelife]

We have our open log fire going in the evening. You don't know what your missing QB. You can't beat an open log fire. No dust or mess in the house either. And it is worth the ten minutes or so preparing it each day.

Very true Stephen...and cubie will have never tasted toast smoked in front of an open fire either...yummy!!

[Onelife]

Oh....and when you've read both posts can you delete one of them......

Tis done

Hey Mob....thinking back....l suppose any price is worth paying considering your experiences with a chopper

[GillD46]

We have our open log fire going in the evening. You don't know what your missing QB. You can't beat an open log fire. No dust or mess in the house either. And it is worth the ten minutes or so preparing it each day.

Very true Stephen...and cubie will have never tasted toast smoked in front of an open fire either...yummy!!

And the fact that should there be a power cut, a log burner will heat the whole house AND allow some limited cooking.

[qbman1]

We have our open log fire going in the evening. You don't know what your missing QB. You can't beat an open log fire. No dust or mess in the house either. And it is worth the ten minutes or so preparing it each day.

Very true Stephen...and cubie will have never tasted toast smoked in front of an open fire either...yummy!!

I'm not over-keen on charcoal

[Stephen]

You don't know what's good for you.

[Onelife]

We have our open log fire going in the evening. You don't know what your missing QB. You can't beat an open log fire. No dust or mess in the house either. And it is worth the ten minutes or so preparing it each day.

Very true Stephen...and cubie will have never tasted toast smoked in front of an open fire either...yummy!!

And the fact that should there be a power cut, a log burner will heat the whole house AND allow some limited cooking.

Hi Gill....l'm sure with a little improvisation e.g. tin foil container on glowing embers you could cook up a real tasty meal

Regards

Keith