Kiln-Dried Logs Delivered Across Cumbria & the Lake District
Welcome to Lakes Kiln Dried Logs
Locally sourced wood, delivered by local log suppliers
Lakes Kiln Dried Logs works in partnership with our sister company Greaves Tree Services to provide the highest quality firewood delivered direct to your door and ready to burn accredited.
Working in partnership this way ensures we have a steady supply of raw timber all year round, offering a more cost-effective solution than suppliers who transport from other areas of the country or import from overseas.
Our goal is simple – creating high-quality, environmentally friendly fuel using as little energy as possible on the way.
Quality kiln dried firewood is the perfect fuel for open fires and fire pits, log burners, multi-fuel and wood burning stoves, chimeneas and pizza ovens. It’s low moisture content (we keep ours to less than 20%) makes your fire burn hotter and with minimal smoke.
We deliver our dumpy (bulk) bags from our base in Barrow-in-Furness, north to Ambleside and Grasmere, east to Kendal and south to Lancaster, Carnforth and further east to Sedbergh and Dent. Delivery charges vary by area and postcode.
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Why are kiln dried logs environmentally friendly?
The key reason log burning is more environmentally friendly is due to the timescales it takes to create the fuel.
Trees take in carbon as they grow and release it to the atmosphere when they are burned, or die. Managed in a sustainable way, the trees that grow take up the carbon released when wood fuel is burnt. This is called a ‘closed carbon cycle’ and means there is no net increase in atmospheric CO2.
This is not true for fossil fuels as there is no replenishment of oil, gas or coal when these fuels are burnt. Plus it takes millions of years to produce fossil fuels.
Although wood burning is a ‘green’ choice, burning ‘green’ wood is not. When trees are freshly felled they are known as ‘green’. The moisture content of freshly felled green wood varies by species but can account for as much as 67% of the total weight of the wood. Generally softwoods have a higher green moisture content than hardwoods. Ash has only around 33% moisture content when felled – making one of the best species for seasoning as it dries relatively quickly.
The heat generated when wood is burned is directly linked to the moisture content of the woodfuel. The higher the moisture content the lower the usable energy, or calorific value. This is simply because more energy is used to displace the water in the wood, through evaporation, before the wood generates heat.
For example burning high quality wood at around 20% moisture content generates more than twice as much heat as burning ‘wet’ firewood with a 50% moisture content. Looking at it another way… you would need to burn twice as many logs to get the same amount of heat.
Dry wood also gives off less smoke and emissions, making it a cleaner, greener fuel.
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