Seems like a good deal on firewood....

I split them on the ground myself as said above you hat a batter swing, never used a block but I’ve seen others use one of the bigger logs as a block

Anybody have suggestions for good value kiln dried logs in Dublin?

I saw a bag in Aldi two weeks for €5.49 - https://groceries.aldi.ie/en-GB/ALDIIE/p-irish-firewood-logs-25l-burn-glow/4088600416991 - which seemed very cheap compared to Woodies [https://tinyurl.com/yc68xpx2]. Has anybody tried them?

I tried a bag from Lidl -they cost about €4.80 , nice and dry but the softwood burned quite quickly. Wasn't too upset as I'm running in a new stove and didn't want it too hot until the paint vapor disappears. Couldn't resist buying a few bags in Aldi today until I buy decent hardwood. The aldi logs I got had some dampness in them - not good at all, more smoke than fire.

i was called the afternoon before delivery and given a time of delivery and the driver also text me on the day of delivery to let me know he was 20 minutes away, i was waiting about ten days from checkout

How you finding them? Thinking of getting a pallet myself as have no joy getting the Thorntons ones.

Great @gillamandango, half pallet was 58 packs although I thought it would be 48. I counted them 😁

Finally got a call back from the distributor for the Thorntons ones, currently €7.90 retail, €7.60 for a pallet delivered. Not sure its worth it for the €40 saving considering they may drop if price of Gas drops. Was buying same packs for €5.50 back in June.

I started buying Kiln-dried beech last Xmas after we got a new stove. Got two orders of 450Kg for around €220 at the time. One from TJ O'Mahony's and one a couple of months later from Stakelums. Very happy with both orders. Price has gone up by €100 since and you need to add delivery on top.

I was in the Co-op in Raheen in Limerick on Sunday and they had 10kg boxes of the same stuff for €7.49 but buy 5 and get the 6th free, making the net 10kg cost €6.24. If I was to buy 450kg of it this way it would add up to €280.

Strange that the small unit price ends up being so much better than bulk. Also each 10kg comes in a cardboard box so easy to transport and less mess in the garage I would imagine. I'm thinking of buying 120kg worth as my existing stock is running out. Am I missing anything on why this is turning out to be such a good deal versus bulk buying?

Ended up picking up 1m3 (x2) of an Ash/Oak kiln dried pallet mix, looks mainly Ash. Burns good and was €245 a piece, would say based on the weight about 425-450Kg. Based in Clare.

Birch (looked a slightly bigger pallet) was €270 but burns too fast imo.

Yes. I just bought 12 boxes today :-)

1. bagged wood vs stacked in a crate is not a good comparison, you are buying air in the bag because they are loaded in loosely
2. oak vs mixed wood it’s up to you but I prefer oak as I feel they burn longer and will pay extra for it and was lucky to even get some this season.

just my 2 cents worth

Thanks, longer burn time makes a difference (though would be interesting to find out the difference in burn time). Prob little between the volume given the air-gaps as you mention 👍

Any alternatives on wood , I'm open to suggestions 🙂

So with unstacked bags of firewood you can assume 30% is fresh air so the 1.4m3 is equivalent to just under 1m3 stacked for 295 euro. Pro rata that works out at 342 if it was 1.16m3 like the oak crates. So there is basically 8 euros in the difference between the two when adjusted for an equal quantity of 1.16m3. So with that in mind Id go for the oak crate everytime as it burns hotter and longer compared to being mixed in with beech and birch. You can find charts online of various hardwoods comparing their densities, calorific value etc and oak & ash are well up there in terms of heat output and how long they burn.

Plus the bag of mixed hardwoods might only be 10% oak, 10% ash and then 80% beech & birch, you just dont know because they dont say. So for me the crate of oak wins out plus you can chop up and burn the crate as well.

That's a great comprehensive breakdown - thanks for that M! Will go with the recommendations, and oak it is. -I'm presuming when the truck arrives they'll wheel it into a garage ...hopefully they'll give me a heads-up so I'll be home.

BTW, I returned the bags of softwood logs I bought to Aldi -I had white bin liners wrapped around the net bags as my car was clouding up like a rainforest with the moisture (I had 2 bags left in the boot overnight). Won't be getting logs from there again & lesson learned.

Not a bargain but some interesting comment on how wood burning in Europe is increasing and prices going up.