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Why do I need a log store?

WHY DO I NEED A LOG STORE?

Most new users do not appreciate how many logs they might burn on their new stove.  A log store where you can keep logs dry is essential to keep fuel ready to burn, or season it for the future.

It also cuts down the trips to the log pile every few hours.  Dedicated log stores come in all shapes and sizes, from traditional rattan/wicker baskets to steel boxes or racks.  We always have a good selection of log storage options in our showrooms.

For keen DIY enthusiasts recycled pallets make an excellent base for constructing wood storage.  Air needs to circulate around the wood and a cover created to protect against the weather.

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Looking to fill your new log store? We offer a range of carbon neutral wood fuel and kiln dried logs sourced from sustainable managed British woodland. We also supply sawdust logs, by-products from local furniture manufacturers, and coffee logs made from coffee grounds.

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View all of our wood fuel products, prices and availability on our dedicated site:

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WOOD FUEL

Beat electricity, gas and oil price rises by using our carbon neutral wood fuel and kiln dried logs sourced from sustainable managed British woodland. We also supply sawdust logs, by-products from local furniture manufacturers, and solid oak offcuts from a nearby joinery workshop.

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View all of our wood fuel products, prices and availability on our dedicated site:

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Bulk purchase and delivery available. Collecting? Find us here.

Wood energy is CO2-neutral

Wood is the world’s most climate- and environmentally friendly raw material. Heating with wood is CO2-neutral – unlike fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. As such, heating with wood does not contribute to the greenhouse effect.

Wood does not generate more CO2 when burned than when it decomposes as part of its natural cycle in the forests. When utilising wood energy, fossil fuels become unnecessary.

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Whether you season your own wood or buy ready seasoned or kiln dried wood it’s vital to store the wood properly to avoid burning inefficient damp logs or causing creosote in your chimney.

Burning wood you’ve sourced from your garden? It’s worth remembering the lessons in this old poem:

The Firewood Poem By Lady Celia Congreve
First Published in the Times newspaper in March 1930

Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year.
Chestnut’s only good they say,
If for logs ’tis laid  away.

Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be.
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold

Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
Blaze bright and do not last.
It is by the Irish said,
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.

Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E’en the very flames are cold.
But ash green or ash brown,
Is fit for a queen with golden crown

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke.
Apple wood will scent your room,
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom.

Oaken logs, if dry and old,
Keep away the winter’s cold.
But ash wet or ash dry,
A king shall warm his slippers by.