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Hotties heat logs are a fuel-efficient alternative to regular logs, made from compressed woodchips and sawdust. Densely packed and with a low moisture content, Hotties heat logs burn cleanly and produce generous amounts of warmth. They last longer than standard logs and leave minimal ash residue, making them the ideal fuel for burning in fireplaces, wood stoves, wood burners and chimineas.

Fuel has been used for heating and lighting for a long time. In the past, kiln-dried and seasoned logs were used for these purposes. With the evolution of technology and the need to find more environmentally friendly alternatives, fuels like Hotties Heat Logs have come into the picture.

When burning firewood, it is important to use the right quality of wood with less moisture content. Not only does this help the environment but also logs with a lower moisture content burn for a longer period of time.

If you are trying to buy firewood for your log burner or fireplace it can be quite overwhelming. How do you decide on which firewood is best for your requirement and how much will you need?

In the past wood was typically purchased loose in as much quantity as required. This was a major hassle for the buyer as well as the seller. The seller was only able to sell a limited quantity as carrying it back was difficult for the buyer.

With unseasoned wood we face a lot of issues such as difficulty to light it since it holds a lot of moisture content. A lot of energy gets wasted to first remove the moisture from the wood before it can actually burn properly. This is one of the primary reasons why it is always better to go for well-seasoned wood.

Smokeless coal, just like your traditional coal, can be used on open fires and burns quite efficiently in a fireplace or for open fires. If you need coal for a smoke-controlled area, smokeless coal might be your only option. Even if that isn’t the case, smokeless coal is still a great option as it is efficient and has a high heat output.

We have recently been asked about some articles in which chimney cleaning logs are suggested as an alternative to a chimney sweep, promising a super clean chimney after use. Chimney cleaning logs are excellent products, helping to prevent chimney fires and also treat and reduce creosote build-up in your fireplace chimney. But they definitely do not replace the occasional need for a professional chimney sweep service.

When burning firewood, it is important that you burn fire logs with a moisture content ideally less than 20%. Burning moist logs is not only bad for the environment but also for your appliances. It creates high levels of smoke, ash and pollutants leaving a bad residue behind.

Ash and birch are both hardwoods that are commonly used as firewood. Whilst birch is slightly softer than ash, there isn’t much of a difference between the two and when kiln dried to a low moisture content both of these woods make an excellent firewood option.

We sell bags of wood shavings which are created out of recycled pallets using our unique shredding machine. This machine has magnetic conveyors which allows us to remove 100% of nails. Each nail is removed whole and completely intact, ensuring there aren’t any nail particles or metal shards remaining. These wood shavings can be used in many different ways

Good quality hardwood or softwood chopping blocks are necessary for chopping wooden logs. While we do our best to cut and split your wooden logs, they still might be a particular size that does not suit your requirements or preference. Alternatively, you might also need to split logs with excess moisture content for quick drying.  

The UK is currently facing a major firewood shortage. The disruption caused by the global pandemic and the subsequent domestic increase in demand for firewood during the lockdown has affected its availability. During the period from February to March 2021, the availability of firewood is expected to be lower than usual. There is an overall shortage of supply of not only firewood but building timber and other wooden products due to the sudden surge in demand during the lockdown period.

At Four Seasons Fuels, we’ve got a great range of firelighters from which to choose.
 
If you are looking for conventional paraffin-based firelighters, you might well go for the Burner Fire Starter Fire lighter. This is an odourless option, suitable for stoves and fireplaces, as well as for outdoor use like BBQs and campfires.

At Four Seasons Fuels, we produce our Charcoal on-site at our yard near Billingshurst, West Sussex using our own design of Charcoal Retorts that offer a number of advantages. A by-product of our charcoal production is  BioChar that contains charcoal pieces. BioChar has been used for years by professional gardeners to improve nutrient availability, soil structure and to produce healthier plants. This essentially means that the entire production process is eco-friendly and with minimal and unavoidable waste.

At Four Seasons Fuel, we offer eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable solutions as much as possible. For instance, we have coffee logs that are made from waste coffee grounds. We also have smokeless coal, nuggets and heat logs and many other similar items manufactured and sourced in ways that are better for the environment.

BioChar is often used by professional gardeners. It can be used in tubs and pots for aiding healthy seedling growth. This also helps improve the nutrient content in the soil to produce healthier plants.
 
BioChar is regarded as the best supplement for healthier and more productive plant growth. Suitable for herbs, flowers, vegetables and also hanging baskets. Created using a pyrolysis process, this involves heating of the biomass in a low oxygen environment.

Hotties are an innovative UK product that are comprised of 100% recycled wood and manufactured in a bespoke Suffolk factory based near Bury St Edmunds. Hotties are an eco-friendly product sourced in the UK from sustainably managed forests with a green manufacturing process too - powered from an anaerobic digestor!
 
Heat logs make a compelling alternative to coal and wood, on their own or alongside. These are cheaper than the traditional fuels and make the perfect wood for burning.

Hotties or compressed wood chips are a clean and fuel-efficient alternative to logs. There are several attributes of hotties that make these a better alternative when compared to logs.
 
    • Woodchips are made from 100% renewable, clean recycled wood, making them very environmentally friendly.
    • They are denser and drier when compared to a traditional log.

The main cause of chimney fires is creosote deposits that form in the chimney after prolonged use. Creosote deposits accumulate over time when the wood burns and releases unburnt gases. The unburnt gases condensate on the chimney walls and form tarry creosote deposits. If allowed to collect and the chimney is left unclean for a long time, this creosote build-up can become quite hazardous and could catch fire at some point.

Hardwood or softwood chopping blocks are useful for chopping your wooden logs. While we do our best to precut and split your wooden logs, they still might be a particular size that does not suit your particular appliance. You may find you need to chop these into smaller pieces to get the right size.

Oxbow Glow briquettes make an excellent choice for multi-fuel stoves. High performing, environmentally friendly and very competitively priced, they are ideal for open fires, multi-fuel stoves and with suitable room heaters.

Do you have a fireplace or stove in your home? If you do, at Four Seasons Fuels we have all the accessories in one place to maintain, clean and importantly keep your fireplace or stove safe.
 
A fireplace can get quite dirty with creosote build up after prolonged use and with little or no maintenance or lower quality fuel. To tackle this common problem, we have helpful chimney cleaning logs. ......

Kerosene is a type of domestic heating oil which is one of the most widely used fuels for homes that are not connected to the main gas network.

This fuel type is extremely versatile with a number uses. Kerosene oil is light in colour, a thin and clear liquid with a density of around 0.81 g/cm3 (gram per cubic centimetre).

BBQ Smoking Wood Chips are a great way of giving your food the perfect flavour to enhance the whole barbecue experience.
 
At Four Seasons Fuels we have a fantastic range of BBQ/Smoking Wood Chips for either hot or cold smoking. The variety of smoking wood chips flavours includes....

Our hardwood logs are premium quality and are supplied in convenient netted bags.
 
Four Seasons Fuel is a one stop solution for all your firewood and fuel requirements. We supply quality locally sourced logs that are seasoned or kiln dried, coal, charcoal, briquettes, Biochar, paraffin and bottled gas.

Smokey flavour for your grilled food can be achieved in more ways than one!
 
Did you know that there are specific wood logs that can be used for slower cooking and grilling and add a unique flavour to your food?
 
We have a few smoker fuel wood options that add a pleasant taste to your grilled food. BBQ wood chunks are suitable for use in charcoal BBQs, grills and in smokers, and can be used all year round!

Domestic heating oil or Kerosene is a type of oil which is one of the most commonly used heating fuel for homes that are not connected to the main gas network. 

This fuel is the most popular choice for homes that use oil fired boilers. Kerosene is a non-corrosive fuel type and hence isn’t dangerous when compared to the other types of fuels. It can also be safely stored for long periods. 

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A Carbon Monoxide Alarm is necessary in every room that has a fuel burning appliance. Our CO-9X 7 year life CO alarm system at Four Seasons Fuel provides you a warning of the presence of CO in your home through the alarm and LED display system.

Why choose smokeless fuel briquettes
Our smokeless fuel briquettes at Four Seasons Fuel make the best quality fuel option for domestic use. There are various advantages to the smokeless briquettes that make them preferable over the other fuel options. Here are a few.

Choosing the right kind of firewood for burning is very important as this choice of wood determines the kind of fire your will have. Kiln dried logs are those that have been dried out properly and hence burn clean and hot produce very little smoke.

Heat logs also known as wood briquettes and hotties make a great fuel option to heat up homes and other uses.
These hold several benefits over other forms of fuels.

There are many advantages to using wood briquettes as fuel for your wood burning stove.
Here we list the main advantages

Four Seasons Fuel is the ideal place for all your firewood requirements.
Here in West Sussex we produce 3,000 tons of seasoned and kiln dry firewood every year. Our premium range of firewood includes Kiln Died and Seasoned Firewood packed as netted, bagged or loose.

At Four Seasons Fuel we supply both firewood and briquettes.

Firewood is either as kiln dried logs or as seasoned logs. The seasoned logs are premium quality dry ASH firewood logs. These are dried all summer in our barns and all are cut to approx 9.5 inches. The moisture content of our seasoned logs is +/- 22%.  

At Four Seasons Fuel we supply premium both options... seasoned logs and wood briquettes.

Here is a comparison between the two fuels.

A periodic chimney sweep is necessity in order to ensure that the chimney remains clean which in turn reduces the fire hazards. A clean chimney reduces health issues as also ensures that the smoke has a clean outlet and does not enter the room.
At Four Seasons Fuel we provide chimney sweep services that will ensure that your chimneys remain clean and soot free so that you can sit back and relax enjoying the open fireplace or wood burning stove. 

Fire lighters are the best means to ignite wood quickly without too much of a hassle. (Not needed form lighting our charcoal as it is such good quality)

Getting the fire up and burning can at times prove to be a tedious job which is made easy by these lighters. Here are a few advantages and how our Fire Lighters come in handy while starting up your log or coal fires:
 

At Four Seasons Fuel, we provide different grades of coal to suit different requirements. Our coal comes in convenient sized bags for ease of use. The variety of coal we provide includes traditional house coal, Maxibrite Bricketts,
Homefire ecoal, Homefire ovals and  Taybright smokeless fuel.

When it comes to deciding whether to buy a gas fired BBQ  or stick to the traditional charcoal fired ones the debate continues.
Which grill is are better?
If you decide it is Charcoal then what charcoal is best?

At Four Seasons Fuel we sell a wide variety of wood splitters. All our products are of AMR Wood Splitters (Vogesen Blitz), a French company that produces log cutting solutions of highest quality and reliability. These log splitters are the best solution for firewood splitting. All our log splitting machines are rugged, highly dependable and durable and have been designed for maximum functionality.

Log Splitters in general are categorized as follows:
 
Electric horizontal
Electric vertical
Petrol vertical
Petrol tow behind
Hydraulic Gas powered Log Splitters
 
Between the Horizontal and Vertical Log Splitters what is the best choice? This obviously depends on your requirement. The smaller horizontal log splitters are ideal in case of lower volumes and logs of smaller size. These can easily be operated at floor level or even on a bench or table making it the ideal choice for domestic use.

At Four Seasons Fuel we provide 5 Litre buckets of 100% Bio Char. These are ideal for keen gardeners, allotment users or small scale commercial growers. The handy re-sealable bucket can be easily carried around in the garden or allotment. If you have never tried Bio Char before try it now

The benefits of BioChar as a soil enhancer and conditioner for healthier, more productive plant growth that makes it ideal for flowers, herbs, vegetables and hanging baskets are well known. BBC Countryfile featured its suggested properties of helping the prevent dieback in ash trees.

If you are relying on solid wood fuel to provide your home with warmth, you probably know that it can be pricy to stock up on kiln dried logs. However, with Firewood and Logs, heating your home does not have to be expensive if you follow our quick guide on how to stock for winter and heat your home more efficiently.

Frequent winter storms often mean that there are plenty of fallen trees around that are ideal for firewood. Open fires and wood burning stoves provide wonderful heating and comfort during winter months but they do tend to use a lot of firewood and these loads of fallen trees could be your answer to fulfilling this particular requirement.

Have you ever considered co-firing as an option for the open fires or your wood burning stoves?
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Form this winter 2014 we will be bagging our own coal also open 50KG loose sacks. (READ MORE)