Ready to Burn Firewood

Hovingham Estate Firewood is proud to be a certified member of the Ready to Burn Scheme.Please see our certificate below. Because of this certification you know you are getting a quality wood fuel product with low moisture, low smoke emissions and improved heating performance.

If you have any questions regards Hovinfgham Estate Firewood and its Ready to Burn certification please contact David Teasdale on 01653 628037 or david.teasdale@hovingham.co.uk

What is the Ready to Burn scheme?

The Ready to Burn scheme, is a government backed scheme designed to promote the burning of dry firewood. To be classed as "Ready to Burn", firewood must have a moisture content of below 20%.This is important because by burning Ready to Burn firewood you could reduce smoke emissions by up to 75%, when compared to burning wet wood.

With poor air quality a contributing to the premature deaths of 40,000 people every year (WHO, 2011), switching to Ready to Burn Firewood can have a positive effect on air quality, the environment and your health.

In addition to the environmental benefits using Ready to Burn firewood is also better for your appliance as wet wood can lead to a blackening of the stove glass and a build up of soot in your chimney.

Benefits of the Ready to Burn Scheme

Ready to Burn wood, is wood that has been dried sufficiently so it has less than 20% moisture conten. This means that when burnt, the amount of smoke is reduced by up to 85% when compared to non-dried wood.
This reduction in smoke is much better for the environment and is a significant step to cleaner air.
With the introduction of smoke control areas across the UK, people should choose Ready to Burn wood and burn in a modern appliance so that they are staying within government air pollution regulations.