Kiln Dried Logs UK - 1.2m3 Crate of Silver Birch/Oak Firewood
Our crates of silver birch/ oak mixed are a 50/50 split between silver birch and oak logs. Perfect for those more experienced in making fires!
Kiln dried Silver Birch is easy to light due to its natural oils in the bark, making it user friendly and easy to light. Kiln dried silver birch produces a fierce flame and get up to temperature quickly. Kiln dried oak logs are very dense making for a much longer and hotter burn, due to this they can be difficult to light from scratch, which is why we mix them with the silver birch.
Starting your fire with the silver birch first allows to you to easily light your fire and bring it up to temperature. Once you have got your fire hot and a good base you can proceed with the oak.
Ideal for:
- Wood burning stoves
- Multi-fuel stoves
- Chimineas
- Open fires
- Fire pits
Dimensions of the current crates : width 116cm, height 118cm, depth 83cm
Weight Approx: 1/2 ton
Why Kiln Dried Logs?
More often than not the local made firewood is either fresh or seasoned wood. Fresh wood can hold up to 60% moisture (water) depending on the time of year and seasoned can mean anything from 60% moisture down. For wood to be seasoned to a moisture of 20% or less can take anything up to 3 years kept in a dry building. All of our logs are dried in specialised kilns and are all less than 20% in moisture content, usually around 15%.
Wet wood or wood containing a high moisture does not burn properly or even at all, is very difficult to light, does not burn very hot and can soot or tar wood burners or flues, causing very expensive repairs and chimney fires. Wet or very damp wood also causes dark smoke and extra pollution to the atmosphere. Wood burning heating systems can be very expensive to buy. The only wood guaranteed to burn correctly is kiln dried hardwood.