Our wood is considered the best firewood for woodburners; Beech, Oak, Hornbeam & Birch. 

All of our logs and wood fuel is carefully selected from responsibly managed woodlands, using only sustainable supplies.

We often get asked, "How do I tell them apart?" So here is a helpful guide for you!

BEECH
Colour: Light reddish-brown to orange.
Bark: Smooth and grey, often with slight horizontal markings.
Texture: Dense and heavy, making it excellent for long, very hot burns. Perfect for cooking on.

OAK
Colour: Medium to dark brown.
Bark: Thick, rough, and deeply ridged, providing a rugged texture.
Texture: Very dense and hard, producing a slow, long lasting burn with a steady heat output. Used for a smokey flavour when cooking.

HORNBEAM
Colour: Pale yellow to light brown.
Bark: Smooth but slightly textured, with fine ridges.
Texture: Extremely dense and heavy, burns slowly and produces excellent heat.

BIRCH
Colour: Almost white to pale silver.
Bark: Thin, papery with a characteristic stripey pattern.
Texture: Smooth and soft to the touch. Burns hot and brightly, great for a cheaper alternative.

Our wood is split to around 25cm (9.84″) length and 10-15cm (4-6″) wide, as recommended by stove manufacturers to fit most wood burners or multi-fuel stoves and open fires. For smaller wood burners or grates, short logs are available upon request. All product weights and measurements listed are approximate and may vary slightly.

Straight away! Our kiln dried logs and all wood fuel products are delivered ready to burn. Our split kiln dried wood is guaranteed under 15% moisture content, typically 8-12% and is perfect for wood burning stoves and pizza ovens, open fires, fire pits, chimineas, campfires and BBQs etc. Above 25% would mean the logs do not burn efficiently and would produce less heat with more smoke. Split wood burns more effectively as there is a greater surface area to burn.

You are only releasing the carbon that would have been released if the wood was decaying in a forest. So long as you are burning your wood in an efficient wood burner and using wood with a low moisture content, then firewood is a carbon neutral energy source. Open fires are far less efficient than a wood burner and will produce much more particulates. DEFRA exempt woodburners are 80 - 90% more efficient than open fires.

We are legally not allowed to supply wood to households burning wood on open fires unless they are outside the smoke controlled zone specified by DEFRA; this is because open fires produce much more smoke than wood burning stoves. This rule does not apply to BBQs and firepits.

How you burn wood is key to reducing particulate emissions (PM) hence the Government introducing the Ready to Burn scheme which requires that logs should have a moisture content below 20%. Happily, at Well Seasoned Wood, ours are guaranteed below 15% and are frequently around 8-12%. It is also advisable to install an EcoDesign Ready stove which can help significantly in reducing emissions. The government actually sees wood fuel as a sustainable process, one that provides a solution to our future energy needs, not a problem, as long as it is burnt responsibly.

It’s a tricky question and depends on many variables; what is the wood being used for? How often will you be lighting a fire; on a daily basis or just at weekends? If using a wood burner, the stove type, size, heat output and vents will all determine how long the wood will last. The chimney draw, how dry the wood is, who is making the fire, how many pieces are used etc. also make a difference. In an efficient 5Kw wood burning stove, using kiln dried beech for an evening, we would recommend half a net maximum.