Polremy Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 now, i know there was a thread a while back about this but then i also know that wood can be much cheaper in other parts of the country so most of it didnt concern us.we had a wood burning stove installed earlier this year and it is brilliant . we havent used our electric heaters at all!! but we cant help wondering if we have paid too much for the wood. admittedly we had to get 35cm logs to fit in which are more expensive than the longer ones, and we paid 80euros for each stere ( cubic metre) we had delivered. very nice man but maybe he was so happy because he made a juicy profit out of us. i reckon 4 stere will be our annual consumption . it will be interesting to see how much reduction there is in our electricity bill ! in the meantime, does anyone know of a cheaper source of wood for next year or can you reassure us that we are paying a fair price. thanks jean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprob Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Jean, we think we paid around 90 Euros in November for the same quantity. That was at Bellevianes, close to Quillan.Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhartley Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Seems costly. Pay EUR50-60 per stere (coupe en 33cm ou 50cm) in Haute-Savoie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boiling a frog Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 25€ a stere for oak in the charente Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 [quote]25€ a stere for oak in the charente[/quote]What !!We paid more than 25€ a M³ way back in 1990 for "mixed timber" not purely OAK , so who's nicking it in the Charente for that kind of price !! We'll have a few thousand steres at that price please !We paid 384€ for 2 cordes last month (50cm cut), that's the dearest we have ever paid in France but we got fed up paying locals cheaper money for wood too fresh and too much "air" in place of wood in the metreage but even so, what we have paid is pretty b****y expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 For 25 euro a stere I shall get the trailor out...give me the address! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 North Dordogne and we paid 135 euros for 4 steres of Oak plus 18 euros for delivery. They stacked it all in the woodstore area too.It's happily burning away as I write this and smells just wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Manxie, yes of course, the Dordogne works in "Bras" (ooh Matron !) and is 4 metres, it is just 3 metres here in Brittany, to a corde.Still flipping cheap at around 38 euros per stere for oak. I really think we were paying more than that in the Dordogne in 1999. I am being told at the moment that oak is getting pretty difficult to get at the right price, I feel oil central heating has to be the next step in the next place ...........Mind you, it has been so mild around here, that we have not had the woodburner going yet and have been happy with just background heating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecabine Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 HiYou think you lot have it bad! I just had to pay £95/ton for a load of logs to fit into out log burner, here in UK, the Garden of England, south east prices! We're not all millionaires!Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sfgraveston Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 I've just paid 170 euros for 3 cubic metres in the Aude. stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joh Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Disgusted with Piprob for spelling of Belvianes.If you are lucky like us (gloat gloat) When we brought our place we had the un-expected bonus of about four acres of land!!! Some of which is forest so we can get our own wood avec chainsaw... Okay so we have to dry it for a year Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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