When it comes to buying wood to burn in your home, it’s imperative to ensure the logs have been properly dried, with a low moisture content of less than twenty percent. When you burn kiln dried logs, you enjoy minimal smoke, a clean burn, and less creosote build up in your chimney or flue.
Most home owners look for the cheapest wood, any wood to burn for heat. But those with experience know that in order to enjoy great heat output and a long burn duration, using unseasoned firewood is not going to provide you with the warmth you need.
Kiln drying reduces moisture content to less than twenty percent. This percentage makes a massive difference to the efficiency of the wood.
The Kiln Drying Process
When it comes to kiln dried logs, oak remains the leading choice, thanks it its outstanding burning qualities. Our kiln dried logs go through a set process, including drying in a controlled environment. The kiln enables complete control over the temperature, humidity, and airflow, which allows the wood to try evenly and efficiently.
Drying times do vary based on the initial moisture content, log size and the kiln used. It usually takes a few days to a few weeks to dry, compared to the months, or even years needed for seasoned wood.
Benefits of Kiln Dried Logs
Kiln dried logs offer numerous excellent benefits, helping you heat your home with confidence this winter season.
Kiln drying speeds up the drying process, which means the wood is available sooner, offering consistent results, thanks to the controlled drying environment provided by the kiln. An added benefit is kiln drying eliminates insects, larvae, and fungi, making it safe and clean for use.
Thanks to the low moisture content, our kiln dried logs are fast and easy to light, burning hotter and longer. If you burn ten kiln dried logs with a low moisture content of less than twenty percent the heat output it will generate is equal to that of thirty three unseasoned logs with a higher moisture content of around sixty percent. It takes three unseasoned logs to generate the same amount of heat you get from one kiln dried log.
When you use our Ready to Burn certified kiln dried logs, your fire will burn hotter for longer, meaning you need less wood to warm your home, saving you money in the long run.
Why You Should Use Kiln Dried logs to Heat Your Home
More homes are now relying on wood burning stoves and fireplaces to heat their homes, especially with the gas radiator ban that is coming into effect on all new builds from 2025. Kiln dried logs are lighter than other wood, meaning you can put more in your wood basket, while reducing how many times you need to tend to your fire. These logs are dry and as such, they are cleaner, which means you can store them indoors with confidence.
Kiln dried logs burn hotter and cleaner, meaning your wood burner stove window is less likely to darken. When burning in a fireplace, you will notice they sizzle and spit less, making them safer for you and your chimney.
Conclusion
Our kiln dried logs are all sustainably sourced, offering you an environmentally friendly fuel choice you can use in your home this winter with peace of mind. From their hot burn to their long burn duration, their easy lighting to their clean burn, producing less ash and smoke, you will find kiln dried logs very advantageous for use in your home. Choose from our boxes, crates, or palettes of ash, birch, or oak kiln dried logs, to heat your home with confidence this winter season.
