Consumers are increasingly turning to sustainable wood in the search for environmentally friendly renewable energy resources. Logs Direct provides premier kiln dried firewood available by the loose load or boxed.
The benefits of kiln dried wood are considerable:
- Generates greater heat output
- Better fuel efficiency
- More economical
- Minimum stove and flue problems
- Aesthetically pleasing and give off the perfect wood fire aroma
- Cleaner and easier to handle and store
To season wood naturally can take up to 2 years. Kiln drying is the process of artificially drying out hardwood logs in a kiln chamber reducing the drying time needed to produce wood fuel of suitable moisture content.
The wood is stacked in a kiln chamber that is carefully controlled in terms of humidity, temperature and air circulation rate.
Kiln drying was first introduced for commercial timber to offset defects caused by the natural drying process, but is now the preferred method for seasoning wood fuel. It offers a number of advantages over natural air dried wood (see the advantages tab) but the bottom line is it produces far superior wood fuel.
- Does your wood or multi fuel stove tar up?
- Is your wood burner difficult to get started?
- Is heat wasted drying the wood rather than heating your home?
- Does your chimney or flu blacken, or require frequent cleaning?
- Is your wood burning stove slow to produce heat once it gets started?
- Does your stove require frequent cleaning an sweeping?
If the answer is yes to one or more of these questions then you should try kiln-dried wood as your current wood source is poor quality and has too high a moisture content.