[Moorf]

Could someone advise us of the best firewood to use (i.e optimum heat / burn etc) and what prices to expect? How much will we need a month? Also, anyone in Chch who has a woodburner - can you recommend a supplier of firewood?

Taa
Moorf

[Beach Kiwi]

Tea-tree, or Manuka/Kanuka is a commonly used firewood in New Zealand. It burns long and slow, and gives off good heat. Pine is also a common source of firewood. Prices vary depending on where you buy firewood, but you can get trailer loads for under $100. A good sized Tea-tree log of about a foot long and 6 - 8 inches in diameter should last for about an hour and a half, maybe more.

A trailer load should last about a month, if the logs are a reasonable size.

[Beach Kiwi]

Whoops, looks like I was quoting on the low side, especially for Manuka/Kanuka, which is a hardwood. Price for about two trailer loads worth: CLICK ME (http://www.firewoodsupplies.co.nz/shop.php?category=Firewood&sub_category=Selection) . Split pine is the cheapest option.

A Christchurch supplier (http://www.woodsupplies.co.nz/)

[richard]

Could someone advise us of the best firewood to use (i.e optimum heat / burn etc) and what prices to expect? How much will we need a month? Also, anyone in Chch who has a woodburner - can you recommend a supplier of firewood?

Taa
Moorf

We used http://www.cityfirewood.co.nz/woods.html. We have only ordered one lot so far and they turn up in a truck and dump the load on your drive. We bought the kiln dried off cuts as we are tight. They look like pine and I suspect burn quicker than your average log.

We have only used half of it as we are trying to be brave at the moment and not use the wood burner. Might crack soon though as the mornings have been a little chilly of late. :wah

[Moorf]

Thanks All... will check out the prices.

Richard... chilly?? :eek This is nothing mate :laugh

[Nicola]

Tea Tree interesting, does it give of a nice smell as it burns or is it the same as pine.

Nic

[Tanya]

Thanks All... will check out the prices.

Richard... chilly?? :eek This is nothing mate :laugh

Not cold yet??? :eek I am working at home with clothes, jacket and winter dressing gown on and I am still cold. My hands are like icecubes and I am may end up having to buy some fingerless gloves to keep typing!

This rental has no insulation in the walls and the room I work in, only gets the sun in the afternoon in time for me to pack up and get the kids from school :wah . I want my central heating back :wah :wah :wah

Tanya

[Moorf]

I recommend you have the curry tonight to warm up! Sat here in my t-shirt with the patio doors open! :eek

[eric_amanda]

Oh guys, sorry to here things are cooling rapidly down there on the south island! :P Things are very warm up here in the north, not cool enough for even a jumper in the evening yet!! :laugh

If your struggling for firewood, you could always pop up here to warm up, bring your trailer and you can take back a load of our firewood aswell!! ;)

:cheers

A

[Moorf]

It's been 20 degs here today :nice1 although obviously slightly cooler in Ilam where Tanya is! :laugh

[Beach Kiwi]

Tea Tree interesting, does it give of a nice smell as it burns or is it the same as pine.


It got that name from Captain Cook, after he used the trees leaves to make tea after his ship ran out of the real stuff.

The wood doesn't really have a smell. :cool

[Beach Kiwi]

Not cold yet??? :eek I am working at home with clothes, jacket and winter dressing gown on and I am still cold.

I'm still wearing nothing but a pair of shorts most of the time! :nice1

[Carol]

Thanks All... will check out the prices.

Richard... chilly?? :eek This is nothing mate :laugh

Not cold yet??? :eek I am working at home with clothes, jacket and winter dressing gown on and I am still cold. My hands are like icecubes and I am may end up having to buy some fingerless gloves to keep typing!

This rental has no insulation in the walls and the room I work in, only gets the sun in the afternoon in time for me to pack up and get the kids from school :wah . I want my central heating back :wah :wah :wah

Tanya


Tanya......go and buy Polyprops...........QUICKLY!!

:eek :eek :eek

[Diny]

I'm still wearing nothing but a pair of shorts most of the time

:eek :laugh :eek :laugh :eek :laugh :eek :laugh

Too much info BK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Beach Kiwi]

Shorts are what we call, well, short pants, *not* the other kind of shorts. ;) :mrgreen:

BTW, I'm still only wearing shorts right now, and it's nearly 9-00pm - no heaters, or anything else on, either! :cool

[kiwi]

get some blue gum or macra. it will burn slow and hot (hopefully, although it will depend on your burner) pine will be hot but will be gone in about 5 mins!
We are getting 6 mets (we go through about 9 mets from march - nov and it is our only source of heat ) delivered of macra for $340

make sure it is dry and I dont just mean rain dry but not green. Blazing firewood has macra for $360 but it has only been down 11 mths and still a bit green and as we had some off them last year that they had to come and take back cos of that problem, we are not risking it again.

If you want the marca guys number email me,
Nic

[Moorf]

Cheers Nic, I'll email you :nice1

[Moorf]

It must be the time to order firewood - huge piles are appearing on driveways and on pavements outside houses all over Sumner!! Delivery is free from most companies that I have now contacted - but it looks like it will take 2 days for us to wheelbarrow it all into the garden and stack it!!

Hope they don't run out before we get ours!!

[jonSE]

nearly a month since beach Kiwi's wearing shorts post and here on Waiheke, The Pope and Prince Rainier have passed away, Charles and Camilla have postponed there wedding day, our next door 74 yr old neighbour has threatened to report us to the police for having noisy cars (I admit it they are) Fortunately we are aware that she has been escorted of other properties by the police before now when she has complained about noise, and I am wearing shorts, at 9 in the evening.

And there is nothing worth watching on the TV Roll on Kath and Kim on Sunday followed by Billy Connolly.

Jon

[Simon & Emily]

Tea Tree interesting, does it give of a nice smell as it burns or is it the same as pine.


It got that name from Captain Cook, after he used the trees leaves to make tea after his ship ran out of the real stuff.
:cool

This is, I assume, the same tea-tree that we use over here as an antiseptic? That tea must have tasted sooooooo good :laugh :laugh :laugh

Emily

[Moorf]

Having ordered 6m of macrocarpa we then worried about how we would stack it (they dump it on your drive :eek and you move it to the storage place yourself) I today found out it costs just $20 per 3m for them to supply a person to stack it :nice1 Handy to know....

[baboonworld]

I'd get a trailer and have a nice beach walk to find interesting drift wood (logs!)

Or down at the river??

(Or is all of the above illeagal now?)