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We are lucky that we live an area where we are surrounded by woods and we have our own wood , but the going rate here is 40euros per metric cube for three year old dried oak in one mtr lengths if you buy it cut to 50cm it is 42 euros. there is of course a delivery charge if you buy from an enterprise, but normally the locals don't charge for delivery, well other than coming inside to have an aperitif or four.

They sound like my kind of neighbours

That's just so cheap Oldfella and that's what I meant by living in the most expensive part of France for firewood.

I can't even get one year old chestnut for that. I'd gladly pay that price for just cut wood!

KeithBC wrote: I built a large woodshed that will hold a two-year supply.

Keith,
I am jealous of your wood storage building. I attached a few photo's of my modified Tarp covered Car port style wood storage.

Another Frenchie here - I pay 43€ a stere (1 cubic metre) for small wood of various types and 50€ a stere for bigger stuff mostly oak with some chestnut and cherry. We burn about 12 stere a year and this is our sole form of heating but we do cut some of our own to supplement what we buy.

Our prunings provide enough wood for a stove, cooker and pizza oven, so I can't complain. It's sold by the quintale over here (100kgs) and I reckon 5Q's is around 1m3. Olive ranges from € 14-20 per quintale and almond a couple of euros less.

We just found a supplier and are having a bogeyload delivered on Wednesday. It will cost £85.00 and is ready chopped for the Rayburn. I have asked him if it would be cheaper to buy several loads and he said it will when he gets a bigger wagon.
We have split it ourselves in the past but it came cheaper that way. They say wood warms you twice

Hello there ,

just got an offer from an Ukraine supplier .
If I buy 44m3 it works out to be 65 € /m3 .That is inclusive transport from Ukraine to Rotterdam .

For Europe I guess that is an average price , if you would buy directly there it would work out cheaper ,
only to find a trustable agent there .........

regards ,
Paul

Hello there ,

like I allready stated ,it seems to be a really dull site .People do not respond to subjects posted.
This is a real hot subject but no response in four days ? Is ye all watching eastenders ?

Starting to get bored , not very much interest here ,

r

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respectfully, this is not a real hot topic, especially this time of year
yur funny paul123456.

paul123456 wrote:Hello there ,

like I allready stated ,it seems to be a really dull site .People do not respond to subjects posted.
This is a real hot subject but no response in four days ? Is ye all watching eastenders ?

Starting to get bored , not very much interest here ,

r

p

This is an old thread started on Jan 31st which has died a natural death because we've already had our discussion! You've come into this topic after everyone else has had their say and now you are complaining because nobody is adding to it? Maybe you should have joined in then instead of complaining about it now. Or were you too busy watching Eastenders during February?

OK, I'll bite.

What does it do to your carbon footprint transporting wood hundreds of miles, to save a few dollars, instead of getting that which may cost a little more but is grown locally?

Do you have a sawmill within a reasonable distance? The reason I ask is because we have been burning the slabs for years. For free.

Slabs are the round edges of the log that are cut off first to square the log before boards are cut. Bark on one side, flat on the other.

The slabs are a waste product to the mill, they either burn them in bonfires or give them away after taking enough for their own use.

Other people I have talked to seem worried about the seasoning of the wood. I think salt and pepper are ok with a bit of curry in mid winter. Seriously, the logs are cut when the sap is down and they must be left to season a while before cutting or the blades gum up. If they aren't seasoned enough they will overheat the blades, ruining the metal, and sometimes the slabs even catch fire.

To burn slabs efficiently, make sandwiches of them with the bark out, like a log. It does take two extra minutes to load the fire, but again, they are free.

If you get your slabs in the summer and leave them to get plenty of air, they should be fine for winter burning. The mill might have two year old slabs as well which would clearly be the better choice.

You are very lucky because I have bought firewood from a chap with a sawmill for several years and we had to pay for whatever shape the wood came in! He gave up both the sawmill and the firewood business because he wasn't making any money out of it.

Well, I am in the US and we (speaking in a generality about my clueless compatriots) do still consider our forests to be these things which sprout up inconveniently where people want shopping malls and too large too expensive houses.

I imagine things are a bit more crowded on your side of the pond and I like to believe people have grown to respect their resources a bit more.