The sun is out, the BBQ’s lit, and the last thing on your mind is firewood. We get it.

But if you own a log burner or open fire, hear us out – because the customers who have the easiest winters are almost never the ones scrambling for logs in between November and January. They’re the ones who ordered logs in the summer – and forgot about them entirely until the first cold evening arrived and everything was already sorted.

Here are 8 reasons why summer is genuinely the best time to stock up.

1. Your logs have longer to settle before you need them

Ready To Burn certified kiln dried logs arrive at under 20% moisture content, independently verified. They are ready to burn from day one – that’s what the certification means.

But storage conditions still matter. Logs kept off the ground, under cover, with good airflow around them will always burn better than logs that have been sitting in a corner still sat in the bulk bag. Stocking up on logs in the summer gives your wood the best possible conditions before it ever touches a flame. A log that has spent three months in a well-built log store on a warm September evening is a better log than one that arrived last week in the rain.

2. You pick your delivery date – and from September, that gets harder

We deliver with our own in-house drivers and Luton vans across Shropshire, North Wales, Cheshire, and Merseyside. At checkout you choose three preferred delivery dates and we confirm which one works best for our routes. That process doesn’t change in winter – but availability does.

From September onwards the vans fill up quickly. If you need a specific day when you’re home to stack your log store – summer is when we can accommodate that most easily. By late October we are much busier and lead times stretch considerably. Ordering in the summer means the delivery can work better around you, not the other way around.

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3. It is a good time to think about what you actually need

If you’re relatively new to log burning, summer is the moment to think about the mix of wood you use – not just how much.

Softwood and hardwood logs do different jobs. Softwood is less dense and more resinous, which means it catches quickly and builds heat fast. Hardwood is denser and burns longer once a good bed of heat is established. A fire started on hardwood alone is hard work. A bit like lighting a brick! A fire sustained on softwood alone burns through quickly and needs constant attention.

The savviest log burner owners end up using both. Our One Of Each Bundle – one hardwood bulk bag and one softwood bulk bag – is the most straightforward way to get the right mix of logs in a single order. It is consistently our most popular bundle for good reason.

4. Autumn demand arrives fast

We produce thousands of tonnes of firewood every year. But demand in September and October does not arrive gradually – it comes in quickly when the first cold nights arrive, and it comes from a lot of customers all looking to buy logs at the same time.

We don’t manufacture urgency. But realistically, we also can’t add van capacity overnight, and delivery slots in peak season go faster than they do in the summer months. Customers who order in summer get the dates they want, the quantities they want, without the stress. It is a straightforward reason to act now rather than later.

That’s why you’ll often hear us say: Buy now. Thank yourself later.

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5. Ordering more saves more – and one delivery beats three

The more you order, the lower the price per bag. And a single summer delivery of three or four bags is a lot easier to plan around than multiple urgent autumn and winter orders.

There is a practical logic to this beyond the saving. One delivery of several bags takes the same slot in your diary as one delivery of one bag. If you have the storage space of course. The logs go into the log store once. That’s it. Splitting it across two or three orders across the season means more deliveries, more stacking sessions, and more time spent thinking about firewood instead of enjoying it.

One delivery. Job done.

6. Stacking logs in the summer is considerably more enjoyable than stacking them in the winter

This one doesn’t really require much explanation! Unloading and stacking two or three bulk bags is physical work. Doing it in warm, dry weather – firm ground underfoot, daylight at seven in the evening – is a different experience to doing it in the dark on a cold night with driving rain..

It sounds obvious. It is also one of the most consistent things our returning customers mention when they tell us why they switched to ordering in summer.

7. Or play the longer game – season your own wood from scratch

For those who prefer to season their own firewood, summer is the only time of year it makes sense to start.

Unseasoned hardwood needs at least twelve months of good airflow and dry conditions before it reaches a moisture content suitable for burning cleanly. That clock starts the day it is delivered and stacked. Order now and it is ready for next winter. Order in October and you are looking at the winter after that.

We sell unseasoned logs for customers who prefer to season their own wood. We call it Dry-I-Y! It is a lower price point than our Ready To Burn certified bulk bags, and for the right customer – someone with a lot of log store space, who’s happy to play the long game and save a lot of money in return, it is a genuinely satisfying option.

A few things worth knowing before you go down this route though. Unseasoned wood is not Ready To Burn certified and is not suitable for use in smoke control zones until it has been properly seasoned and moisture tested to below 20%. We supply it on a minimum order of three bags, which is a Clean Air Act compliance requirement. And storage conditions really do matter here: off the ground, under cover, with plenty of airflow on the sides, away from driving rain. Stack it well this summer and it will warm you up next winter.

8. A full log store by September is one less thing to think about

This is the one that many of our customers come back to most often when we ask them why they decide to order early.

A full store at the start of the burning season means you’re not watching the weather forecast in January and wondering whether to place an urgent order. You’re not checking what you have left in February. You’re not doing that thing where you convince yourself there are probably enough logs to last another couple of weeks, when all of a sudden an unexpected freeze hits, to then discover there aren’t enough logs after all.

The wood is there. The season is handled. That is worth quite a lot.

Our bags are 0.9m³, independently verified under Ready To Burn certification, with free delivery on orders over £100 across our delivery area.

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