Wood and Woodburners

[guern]

We have bought a new Woodburner

can any one tell us how wood is sold ? quantity  price etc

what type of wood is the best to use any information would be appreciated

In Ponterson .......  Pleine Fougere area

Best Regards   

Guern

 

[Val_2]

Usually by the corde, we pay 160€ delivered and cut into 40cm lengths. Only burn hard woods like oak,beech and fruit etc NEVER any pines. Wood should be at least 2 years dried before burning.

[JohnM]

Round my way (73) the wood seems to be sold by the stere, which if you have it in 1m lengths is 1m3, however, if it is cut into 0.5m lengths it is only 0.8m3 and if 33cm it's 0.7m3. (Well that is what the letter that came with my last delivery said anyway) Guess who will be looking for a chain saw on the next visit!

 

[Clair]

We get ours by the "cane": it's a local measure which is 1m high by 1m depth by 4 m long, in other words, it's 4 cubic metres!

The last lot cost us just under €28/m3; it was a mixture of oak, beech and birch, all dried for 20 months or so in the farmers' field.

We bought 4 canes and they are now all neatly piled at the top of our field, cutting the wind down as well as drying some more.

We also got a delivery of bales (no better word comes to mind right now) made of trunk offcuts of varying sizes from the local wood yard: they were delivered by lorry ( we had to have a lorryload) and deposited at the front of the house.

Some were dry, most were not, but as we had the space, we were able to store them for drying before burning them. That was oak, birch and beech again.

We never burn pine as it's too resinous and would clog up our fantastic (and expensive) Jotul...

[Teamedup]

For all I could have bought by the stere here, we have always tried to buy dry wood by the tonne. Trick is ofcourse is getting someone to sell dry wood, as wet wood obviously is heavier. And in spite of that we always knew that it would need drying even more.  So we always used to buy a year in advance too.

[Teamedup]

Guern,

 

damp wood doesn't burn very well and doesn't give out much heat. Avoid pine etc as for all it burns hot, the sap clogs everything up and makes an awful mess and I mean really awful. AND I reckon it is also a fire hazard too, as in your chimney catching fire.

[The Riff-Raff Element]

[quote user="Val_2"]Usually by the corde, we pay 160€ delivered and cut

into 40cm lengths. Only burn hard woods like oak,beech and fruit etc

NEVER any pines. Wood should be at least 2 years dried before

burning.[/quote]

The exception seems to be ash. Ash, is far as I can see, is absolutely

the best firewood, and it will burn quite cheerfully when green.

Unsurprisingly, ash (frène) is not always easy to come by.

[crdale]

[quote user="jond"]The exception seems to be ash. Ash, is far as I can see, is absolutely the best firewood, and it will burn quite cheerfully when green. Unsurprisingly, ash (frène) is not always easy to come by.
[/quote]

 

Hence the old saying ash green fit for a queen

Chris

[guern]

Many Thanks for all the information

You are a great people to know

Guern

[Bob]

A bit late now but heres another old saying

Beechwood fires are bright and clear

if the wood is kept a year

Chesnut is only good they say

 if for a year 'tis laid away

Birch and fir logs burn too fast

blaze up bright and do not last

It is by the Irish sed

Hawthorne bakes the sweetest bread

Elmwood burns like churchyard mould

even the very flames are cold

Poplar gives off bitter smoke

fills ya eyes and makes you choke.

Applewood will scent your room

with an incense like perfume

Oak if mainly dry and old

 helps to keep out winter cold, but

Ashwood wet or Ashwood dry

A king can warm his slippers by.