Why are logs so expensive??!!

[WillyWonkaIsAWanker]

We got a log burner thinking it would be the cheaper way to heat the living room which is freezing and huge (Victorian house). Bags of logs from the shop in town are costing a fortune! Does anyone know where to get them cheaper? In bulk if necessary, and either in a shop or online... thanks in advance!

Whereabouts are you?

I get them from Logs2U. Probably not the cheapest but they’re kiln dried and are delivered in a massive bag (1m cubed).
I also gather our own, but these need to be stored for a couple of years, plus don’t burn as hot.

Most of the people I know with log burners (jealous by the way) have them delivered by the tonne. I would imagine buying small bags from a shop would be expensive.

Round the villages here there are often signs up where people are selling logs/eggs/honey etc. Has your town got a Facebook page, could you ask there?

Plenty of tree surgeons who will deliver bulk loads, ask friends or FB for local recommendations.

Because they take years to grow?

I get logs for free!

Never buy logs from a shop or supermarket. They cost a fortune, are poor quality and ultimately will compromise the amount of heat your burner can generate.
We buy ours online from a trusted supplier, buying the biggest load we can. You need kiln dried wood. We pay around £200 which will last us all winter, around 4 months.
Don't be tempted to use pallets or wood tats been treated in any way. It's got to be hardwood.

If you buy from a tree surgeon, you need to season them for at least a year!

Mil had trees cut down and advertised on gumtree that anyone who wanted them was welcome as long as they picked them up. A man turned up with a trailer and mini chainsaw and said the wood was going to be dried for his log burner.

I buy them ready seasoned from a local source if I can. Hopefully from sustainable management of woodlands.

I buy millions of these, bit cheaper than advertised, as my house isn’t accessible by anything much bigger than a roller skate

www.homefire.co.uk/kiln-dried-hardwood-logs-large-bag.html

Is your stove multifuel? Smokeless coal is often much better value

We buy from local tree fellers, much cheaper than the bags of logs from places like B&M. Keep an eye out on Facebook and Nextdoor for people advertising logs, we get ours delivered and stacked in the shed.

Oh they are so expensive! We have a company around here who deliver and they are fairly reasonable, plus it's kiln dried really nice wood which burns well. So I can cope with parting with £100 per delivery (ten large bags).

Never buy from supermarkets / petrol stations, you might as well just chuck the money on the fire

Are they imported? Huge crisis in BC in the logging industry several mills closed down & hundreds of loggers laid off just last week

A log fire warms you twice, once from the chopping and stacking and the second from the burning. They always arrived on a trailer when I was growing up, then the heap had to be carried and stacked in the store. Heating houses with solid fuel is hard work, and adds extra cleaning with tgey ashes and soot. It's not ideal to store logs inside as they can bring wood worn into the house.
Bloody love my central heating.

If you're going to store them outside (in a shed etc) there's no point buying kiln dried as they'll just reabsorb the moisture. Most kiln dried is also brought in from overseas, so there's both a transport and an environmental cost with them

This place is pretty good for anyone living north of the Tyne

thewoodfuelcentre.com/pricesdelivery.aspx

Look in those local advertiser magazines that come with the post or ask around.
If you can collect the logs they’ll be cheaper.
Pallets and wood off cuts are fine to burn ( I’ve burnt a lot of skirting boards recently) but they’re best chopped up into kindling.
A bit of coal or smokeless fuel will make the logs go a lot further

Our neighbour has a log burner. A local tree-feller guy comes to empty his transit van (literally full!) once a year - dumps them on the drive and the neighbour then spends several hours moving them by wheel barrow to their shed. I think neighbour says they charge him £100 per van load.

We've managed to source free logs for a number of years (dh can hear a chainsaw a mile off and is there in a flash with the trailer!!) but it's a lot of work and it's messy; we have a chainsaw and log splitter and plenty of space to store logs. It's easier to get them delivered from a supplier or tree surgeon on the back of a lorry, but make sure they're hard wood and seasoned. Soft woods like pine will bugger up your stove or chimney with resin and they don't give off as much heat, so check what they have available when you order. .

We get logs in bulk and DH chops/splits them. You are basically paying for the service and convenience with the small bags.

Do you have somewhere to store logs? Never buy them from a supermarket and don't expect a logburner to reduce fuel bills is the first thing!

However we have found switching to briquettes is the best choice we ever made. We buy a mixed quarter pallette from this shop (we are v v far from Scotland) and it lasts us much much longer than logs ever did as well as being far easier to manage as a fire and more eco-friendly - they burn for longer and are made of waste product.

www.woodfuel.coop/order-online/

Get coal it's cheaper warmer and lasts longer! Logs an be used as well but you'll use far less logs

Op just go on line and find a kiln dried log suppler near you, it's normal to buy by the ton. Which isn't as much as you'd think, but you need someplace to store as you can only burn seasoned wood.

We are self sufficient, but we bought when we first moved in, think it's about a hundred pounds a ton. If you want the person to stack them etc it's slightly more, s cheaper supplier turns up with a flat bed lorry and dumps it.

We tend to pay about £75 per bulk bag for kiln dried. Use scrap for kindling