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Massive Demand for Firewood This Year

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Massive Demand for Firewood This Year

Firewood suppliers say they are dealing with unprecedented demand for fuel, with the market being driven by spiralling fears of winter fuel shortages among families and pensioners. With oil, gas, electricity and coal prices soaring, thousands of Irish householders have turned to firewood as a guaranteed heating source. But the surge in demand has led to some retailers imposing quotas on pallets of stove-ready cut hardwood logs, with prices for delivered firewood in some urban areas rising by 50pc plus. Firewood processors are struggling to cope with the unprecedented demand and some have even had to close their order books....

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Benefits of using a log splitter

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Benefits of using a log splitter

During winter, it becomes important to keep your home and yourself warm. Using firewood in a wood-burning stove for keeping your house warm is a cost-effective and eco-friendly solution. In comparison to oil, gas and electricity, wood is way cheaper and being carbon-neutral it is friendly for environment too. In order to use your maximise your wood-burning stove, you would need to have a store of logs split ahead of time so that they are seasoned and ready to burn. To get the job of splitting logs done using less time and energy, a log splitter is the most beneficial tool. This tool offers convenient splitting and...

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Very good article here about the right kind of wood to burn

Posted by Claire Hartnett on

Check out this article on burning the right kind of wood to maximise efficiency from your fuel. https://burnright.co.uk/what-to-burn/wood-as-fuel/

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Get Splitting

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Get Splitting

Sunshine and a nice breeze, perfect conditions for drying your winter logs.  Splitting your logs now is the best time of the year to do so.  Once split, the logs dry much quicker as they have a greater surface area to expel moisture.  Stack them carefully so that there is plenty room for airflow around the logs.  This ensures that come winter, you will have nicely seasoned logs ready for burning.  Well seasoned logs mean you have a more efficient burn and less smoky emissions.  Buy a log splitter today from Hartnett Products, Cork.  Best value log splitters for sale...

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Log Splitting Season

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Log Splitting Season

The log splitting season is well and truly here and now is the best time to start sawing up your wood and splitting it into firewood for burning next winter.  As Game of Thrones likes to remind us "Winter is coming!".  Ideally, a chainsaw for very large wood lengths and a petrol log saw bench for anything under 10.5 inches in diameter.  Using the petrol saw bench makes sawing your wood much easier and safer.  You can accurately measure the length of each log with the telescopic arm measure on the saw.  The Hartnett Petrol Log Saw is one of...

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