Author Archives: Elliot Smith

Latest Stove developments To follow up my last blog post about the change in laws about wood burning and the evidence of harm from stoves, I thought I would review some of the recent changes that have been made to stoves to improve their emissions. Any stove manufacturer reading this, please contact us with details …

The final legislation is now in place for England for the changes in what firewood can be legally sold. New Air Quality Legislation This is the reason we went for our Woodsure certification this past year. You must not burn wet or badly seasoned firewood. We have had a look at the implications for our …

Image is of Scandi Birch fresh off processor this afternoon, away into kiln Hopefully you are enjoying the spring-like weather some of us have had lately. What a cold period that was, from mid-December right through to the snows of a few weeks ago. Our farm staff are finally gearing up to get going, cutting …

As you may know we received our Woodsure approval this year as are more and more professional firewood suppliers. The scheme has governmental backing in the drive to lower air polllution. The scheme is now being boosted by publicity drives to ensure that consumers are both aware of the regulations that are now in force and …

Thanks to everyone for making 2020 the strangest but busiest firewood year yet. I can assure you all that our recent “crunchy” service should be back to its normal smoother self in the new year, after the pandemonium of the pre-Christmas rush this year. Deliveries start again on the 11th of January. Make sure and …

Firewood Express are delighted to announce that we have had our production systems and firewood audited, inspected and approved as meeting the Woodsure Ready to Burn standards. We have introduced robust systems to our quality management system to ensure our firewood meets or exceeds the Ready to Burn standards at all time. The Ready to Burn …

Silver Birch in Scandinavia In the winter I know we are all in different states of lockdown across the country, but we wanted to let you know it is business as usual with us. We are all socially distancing and being extra careful here. Cara, one of the partners here has ensured hand sanitisers are …

The image above was taken during the summer when we had the woodchipper in preparing woodchip for the daffodil drying season, but it shows the scale of our log seasoning yard. Thanks to Scott Cameron (who is our Blacksmith by day) for the drone photography. Our softwood (larch and Pine) sale ends tomorrow night, Halloween, …

Firewood Express have been involved in the processing and sale of softwoods for over 10 years. We consider our two top softwood species; larch and pine, to be the best value firewood available. As well as being excellent value (because of their premium burning properties and low pricing), they also have a better environmental profile than …