For a wood stove to burn as the manufacture intended, YOU MUST use wood with a moisture content of 20% or below. Most suppliers of seasoned logs will only supply you with logs that have a moisture content somewhere between 35% and 50%, this obviously is much to high to burn straight away and MUST be suitably stacked for a number of months in some sort of log store (see below) to season it ready for burning.
Once your store of wood has seasoned down to 20% or below in terms of moisture content it will burn cleanly on your stove producing lots of heat with very little in the way of deposits into the chimney.
At Stone & Fire we are able to supply you with Kiln Dried logs which have been specially dried to about 11% moisture content and are suitable for burning immediately. Available in handy size pre-packed takeaway bags or in larger 1.2m3 and 1.6m3 loads these are the ideal way to start your new wood burning adventure, allowing you to get your new stove up and running straight away.
Call us on 01243 373300 for prices and availability
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