Wood for fuel

Awareness of the environmental damage caused by our use of fossil fuels has led to a growing interest in using wood as a sustainable, renewable, low carbon fuel. Wood is a major source in renewable heat energy and burned efficiently it produces virtually no smoke.

Hardwood

Hardwoods are often considered to be superior firewood because the wood is very dense. This dense wood creates a hot, long lasting fire without a lot of smoke or sparks.  The wood also creates hot coals which give out radiant heat for a long period of time. A negative to hardwood is that the dense wood takes longer to season or dry out (typically between 1-2 years) and it’s harder to light compared to softwood. You can also expect to pay more for hardwood compared to the same amount of softwood.

Softwood

Softwood is a less dense wood which typically burns faster than hardwood, with more flame but can spark. Therefore we would suggest it is not suitable for open fires but for wood burners it makes an economical choice compared to hardwood. Typically softwood is used for kindling but also works well when mixed with hardwood to help freshen up a slow burning fire.

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