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!

Also don't burn coal etc unless you've a multi fuel burner.

I'm stunned you've been buying bags from s shop in town, it must be costing you and arm and a leg.

We had a multi fuel as coal was cheaper and easier to store !!!

Do a google search for bulk wood in your area.
Supermarket wood is both dreadful and super expensive.
You will need a log store if some kind but these are easy to buy online as well.

Have a house with a huge garden? Sawmill? Just remember you need to store them for at least a year too

We get them for free, but not revealing my source. Need cutting to size but all dried hardwood

Find a local dealer, we get 2 tonne of logs delivered for £105

Buying by the bag is £madness.

We also use a mixture of local logs and eco briquettes produced locally by a sawmill. They're basically compressed waste.
Can confirm they're much easier to light, burn hotter and are cleaner than logs, less tar on the glass even at a lower temperature and much less ash. I just put a log or two on top of the briquettes for effect.

The logs we get a pick up to deliver in bulk and store under cover, but it's been about three years since we had the last drop.

Buying from shops is a very expensive way of buying logs. Get them from suppliers of hardwood kiln dried logs if you have somewhere to store them. [They're ready to go, rather than buying cheap unseasoned wood and having to wait for 1-2 years for them to season]. The next year chop up the crate they were delivered in to make kindling.

I light my log burner every night for 5+ hours and a £200 load will last about 4 months...as a PP has also said.

However I have a large garage [right next to the house] to store them in. Access to it is good [level] so the delivery guy can put the crate into the garage using a pallet truck. Any form of steps/steep slopes between the road and your storage place and the whole delivery process won't be so straightforward.

We have our own wooded area so we use fallen branches etc. We have a multi fuel though.

Waste pallet wood from DH's workplace. Enough to get us through a winter, but not enough for the company to get them disposed off ecologically. Saves us burning a fossil fuel.

We chopped 3 trees down this summer and made our own logs which will last all winter. We don't bother seasoning them. Buying logs costs a fortune!

Yes we also use waste pallet wood from work.

Get them from a local farm- we get a flat bed truck full locally for £140.
Lasts us for about a season and a half.( 3 fires a week.)

We have an open fire and I think one of those metre squared builder bag things full of logs was £65. We found the guy on our local facebook group. Our local farm shop delievers big bags as well. We store them in our garage. We now put a layer of coal on the bottom, saves on the logs!

If you are burning pallets please ensure you are only burning the ones marked with HT!!! If they are marked with MB they are NOT SAFE to burn!!

Find someone that will deliver them. I get a trailer full for £60 delivered. I also use coal. I would never buy those little bags unless it was an emergency. I also collect kindling while walking the dog

Second the Woodfuel centre for anyone living near Newcastle/Northumberland. It's a charity and they employ people with mental health challenges. Super kind people who unpack the logs for you.

I live 350 miles from the Woodfuel Coop.

I found them online when our local garden centre stopped stocking the briquettes we liked and I googled about briquettes vs logs

They have an excellent national delivery service, each briquette lasts loads longer than a log, most of the briquettes are products of timber waste, the coop is really interested in its environmental impact and we are very happy customers

We have discovered coffee logs this year, so we use them with logs (keep meaning to buy in bulk but never quite make it so use local farm shop) the coffee logs have halved our use of logs and are made from collected coffee grounds

I would think buying in bags was likely to be very expensive.
We have free logs sourced locally but have to store them until they are seasoned. Then we buy a truck of kiln dried from a local sawmill to boost the temperature of the fire as the free logs aren’t always as efficient as kiln dried. I’d think we spent about £250 a year. FIres every night usually.