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Buy seasoned wood to keep warm

January 28, 2012

For Firewood Kent is the best place to purchase your first load of logs to heat you up. Kiln dried logs are effective as well as inexpensive logs as firewood supply. These logs are moderate in size. They are very easy to install in the log-burner due to this reason. Foremost benefit that one can get by these logs as fuel is that they are renewable and sustainable energy source. Most of trees contain lots of water. So to use the tree logs as the heat source, timber needs to be seasoned.

The logs from just felled trees thus have 50% water. Most of the firewood suppliers advise their customer to buy seasoned wood unless anyone particularly requests for green wood. These freshly cut woods are seasoned for one year then the moisture content drops to 33% and if the wood seasoned more than 2 years the moisture drops to 25% or less. Pine lies in the category of softwood and oak, birth; ash etc. lie in the category of hardwood. Timber that is sourced from hardwood gives more heat than softwood. Poplar, Willow etc. contain very high moisture content. So this wood is not considered as good firewood.

It is possible to choose the suitable firewood for your appliance with the help of suggestions from the local tree surgeons. It then becomes very easy to get good value for money. You should buy the wood from sustainable sources like those who are offering logs which came down during a storm. Using this wood as a source of fuel will not harm the environment. Also it is advisable to buy long-lasting log burners. One can remain warm for a longer period by adding these log burners to the seasoned wood.

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