Seems like a good deal on firewood....

RainInSummer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119954895#Comment_119954895

If you were asking me then they are reliable and the wood is quality.

In terms of price I was getting it for €200-220 the past few years, but the €339 represents the going rate at the moment. If you beat it you won't beat it by much.

Pistachio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119955471#Comment_119955471

@OmegaGene I tried for a full refund but that was only going to happen if I loaded up the crate again, that was not an option. I got half refund and will hopefully be able to use half of the load but very bad form and won't be ordering from that supplier again.

SteM

I would have loaded it up, told him to come and get it for a full refund. Even if you can burn half you still have to dispose of the other half.

OmegaGene

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119959132#Comment_119959132

same

kil

I bought some olive firewood for a 'green' retailer in Galway last year and had a similar experience. I was so disappointed with it - sizes where everything from a pencil size to a football. Impossible to split by hand, impossible to stack, dusty. Really slow burning with a low flame and low heat output. Never again.

logistic

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119959816#Comment_119959816

Ive had the opposite from the same retailer. Been buying olive wood for the last 3 years. I find it produces a longer burn time and greater heat output than other wood such as oak, ash, birch etc. Yes they are all difference sizes but Ive never had to split. Olive is so dense i would find it extremely difficult to split. Could be down to the stove as im burning in a stovax riva 50.

tabby aspreme

Seen it mentioned a few posts back, that elder is not a good fire wood, I burn it from time to time and it burns hotter and slower than most timbers, probably as hot as whitethorn, but it needs to be seasoned for at least 3 years untill the bark falls off it, I'd usually throw it a big lump of it with other timber if I wanted the stove to stay in all night, it put a fire out if you tried to burn it fresh

lenscap

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119959816#Comment_119959816

I have bought olive wood from Green Fuels in Galway and found it to be great. I have burned it in a Charnwood Island IIIB which is a large 16kw backboiler stove.

The olive wood burned as good as coal, gave great heat, and lasted a long time. I times the burn time of one log, 25cm x 20cm x 20cm (approx) and it lasted for 4 hours. With this olive wood, I found that you do need to give it plenty of air in the stove.

I would suggest you get the briquette cut olive wood. These are smaller sizes and logs that are split to a smaller size than the normal (which can be big and I found unsplittable)

Gus75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119767385#Comment_119767385

I am finding wet logs in Aldi "burn & glow Irish firewood" bags as of December. Before they seemed as good as Lidl's or Stafford's air dried. Now some logs come so damp that they can put off a well lit stove. Lidl's are same price and so far not bad.

OmegaGene

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120012087#Comment_120012087

isnt that a very expensive way to buy firewood ?

gaiscioch

I bought logs on www.buyfirewooddirect.ie - which has an address in Stillorgan Road, Blackrock (but seems to be an Irish outlet of a British company as I rang up wondering when delivery was).

The logs are good, and the price was better than most others. I've now got two large empty pallets in the garden which I'll have to cut up as the delivery driver told me he just delivers rather then returns them. I can't use the pallets in the Stovax wood-burning stove I have so it seems a bit of a waste.

Anyway, there's a competitively price alternative supplier of kiln-dried wood for the Dublin area.

OmegaGene

Advertise the pallets on done deal or adverts for free collection and they will be gone today

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120020935#Comment_120020935

Why can't you burn the pallets in the stove is it made of some special material that disintegrates when you burn pallets.

Stovax just include the standard warnings about pollution if you burn timber with paint or preservatives. Ideally don't heat the house with old garden fence panels soaked in preservative but the odd pallet isn't going to much harm. Blue pallets are treated but if you can find the letters HT on the pallet that means its been heat treated, no chemicals used and is safe to burn. The nails can always be a pain and get stuck in the riddler.

cfeeneyinterior

I've a stovax and burn pallets all the time. Some have good heavy wood and burn well and then mix in logs, others go back on a lorry. Good priced on that site

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120021031#Comment_120021031

If you've nothing else they often make good chop wood for kindling.

lordgoat

Looking for some ready to burn logs, Kildare area, what's the best option at the moment?

Bobeagleburger

Anyone buy of this crowd before?

www.buyfirewooddirect

Impossible to get them on the phone.

vicwatson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120083207#Comment_120083207

Try monahans in Straffen

bailey99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120108706#Comment_120108706

Is that not a warning sign for you???

Fighting Tao

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120109717#Comment_120109717

I got them on the phone yesterday. Took about 6 attempts but they answered. However, they do have an annoying feature when on hold. It disconnects after about 30 seconds. I haven’t bought from them yet though so this is not an endorsement. It was a query about delivery that I had.

Bobeagleburger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120109717#Comment_120109717

No idea, I was ringing to enquire.

Fighting Tao

Ordered last night from Buy Firewood Direct for the first time and it arrived today. Unfortunately the courier dropped the crate off the van (tipped over) when trying to take it down 2 planks on a pallet trolly. It was about 40 metres from the shed. So I had to hand load it into a tonne bag and drag it to the shed before stacking it. I wouldn’t mind but he could have pulled around the back of the house within 6 metres of the shed.

Ash was well stacked in the crate and had very little bark. It was also good sizes too. There were very few small pieces. Very dry too. There is a discount for referrals too.

tnegun

I bought from them before and got the wrong wood ash v oak and the wrong quantity once I measured the pallets. They tried to tell me what I'd gotten was more expensive and that it was weight not volume I should use as a guide.

Bobeagleburger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120108706#Comment_120108706

Just a follow up on this.

I ended up buying a crate of Ash. It arrived in 3 days.

The quality of the wood is superb, great heat of it.

Heighway61

For anyone who burns heat logs, be careful if buying from Premium Pellets. They advertise Premium Blazers but deliver an unlabeled inferior product.

Derpados23

Hi,

I recently got a new stove and I am thinking about getting a 1m3 crate of hardwood. Would anyone know how many logs are in the crate. I don't want to order to much or too little. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks

OmegaGene

the crates are usually delivered with the logs split and kiln dried and rammed with wood, much better value than the builders bags

to give a gauge on the number is very tricky

Derpados23

Hi, thanks for that. I've got tonne bags and they ranged drastically from say 150 logs to 230 logs. Some of the wood has been wet also. So I want to go for Kiln this time.

OmegaGene

With a bag you are paying for air because the logs are not tightly packed, once you get kiln dried in a crate you won’t regret it

OmegaGene

A few of us used this company and were very happy with the service

https://premiumpellets.ie/product/oak-firewood-logs-in-1-2m3-crates/