Twice the heat per load
Wet wood spends its energy boiling off water before it warms the room. Dry logs put that heat where you want it.
Barn dried ash and hardwood from South Devon. Seasoned under 20% moisture, delivered free across Torbay, Exeter and everywhere between.
Wet wood burns your money, not your logs. Below 20% moisture, everything changes.
Wet wood spends its energy boiling off water before it warms the room. Dry logs put that heat where you want it.
Damp wood smoulders and lines your chimney with creosote. Dry wood burns clean, so your flue stays clear and safer.
No hissing, no fiddling with firelighters, no half-hour of coaxing. It catches, it burns, you sit down.
Splitting before drying is the part that matters. It opens the grain so the moisture can actually leave, instead of sitting locked inside a round.
Then it goes into an open-sided barn where the wind moves through it and the rain stays off, and it sits there for a full season or more until it's properly down under 20%.
Both burn well and both are under 20%. It comes down to how you use your stove.
If you sell logs on or keep fires lit for guests, we'll keep you stocked without you having to think about it.
The logs are split first, then stacked in an open-sided barn where the wind moves through them but the rain stays off. Splitting before drying is the important part — it opens the grain so moisture leaves properly. Ours sit for a full season or more until the meter reads under 20%.
It's split and barn dried for a full season or more before it goes anywhere near a delivery. If you've got a moisture meter of your own, split a log and test the fresh face — that's the only reading that means anything, and it'll come back under 20%. If you're ever not happy with a load, ring us and we'll sort it.
Rough guide: an evening fire a few nights a week gets through about 2.5 m³ over a season. A stove lit most evenings uses around 3.8 m³ — that's why it's our most popular load. If your stove is your main heating and runs all day, look at 8 m³ or the 12 m³, which works out cheapest per cube. Ring us and we'll talk it through honestly.
Yes. Tipped on the drive is standard and included in the price. If you'd rather it went neatly into your log store we can stack it for a small extra charge — mention it when you book so we can allow the time.
Usually within two to three days, and often the next day if you're local and we've got a load made up. Autumn is our busiest stretch, so if you're stocking up for winter it's worth booking a week or two ahead.
Bank transfer, cash on delivery, or card. Bank details go on your confirmation. Trade customers with a standing order are invoiced monthly.
Give us a ring or send your details over and we'll confirm a price and a delivery day.
Every price below includes free local delivery, tipped where you want it. No hidden extras, no fuel surcharge, no minimum spend.
Pure ash. Split, barn dried under 20% moisture, ready to burn on delivery. The cleanest, hottest burn we sell.
All prices include free local delivery across Torbay, Exeter and the surrounding area.
Ash, oak, beech and birch. Longer, slower burn that holds through the evening, and better value per cube.
All prices include free local delivery across Torbay, Exeter and the surrounding area.
Kiln dried to around 15% moisture. The driest wood we stock, for stoves in daily use and anyone who wants zero fuss.
All prices include free local delivery across Torbay, Exeter and the surrounding area.
Handy barn dried nets for the porch, the log basket or resale. Delivered locally or collected from the yard.
Free local delivery on orders of 5 nets or more.
A rough guide based on what our customers get through in a season.
A fire a few nights a week through the colder months, or a wood burner used mainly at weekends.
A stove lit most evenings from October through March. Our most ordered load by a distance.
Stove running all day, or a bigger house. The 12 m³ works out cheapest per cube by a fair margin.
Still not sure? Ring us and describe your stove and how often you light it — we'll give you an honest answer, even if it's a smaller load than you were expecting.
Send your details over and we'll confirm the price and a delivery day.
Local delivery is free and we turn up when we say we will. Torbay and Exeter both covered, along with everything in between.
Free delivery across the Torbay and Exeter areas and the villages between them.
Torbay area
Exeter area
In between
Not on the list? Give us a ring — if you're anywhere near these areas we'll almost certainly still come out.
Send your postcode and load size over and we'll confirm a day.
Fill this in and it goes straight to Jacob's phone as a text. We'll confirm the price and a delivery day, usually the same day you ask. Prefer to talk? Call 07397 042753.
Usually within a few hours on a working day, confirming the price and checking anything we need to know about access.
Normally two to three days out, often next day if you're local and we've a load made up. Autumn gets busier, so book ahead.
Load goes exactly where you want it, tipped or stacked. Pay by bank transfer, cash or card on the day.
How The Logfather collects, uses and protects your personal data when you contact us or order firewood. Plain English, no jargon.
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