Our Story
The firewood business is owned and operated by James and Caroline who are third generation farmers based at Overton Grange near York. James' grandparents, coincidently also called James and Caroline, took the tenancy of the farm in 1927 and later purchased the farm in 1933.
Between 1930 and 1958 the farm was predominately a dairy farm. The milk produced was bottled on the farm and sold via doorstep deliveries throughout York. The bottles were originally delivered by horse and cart and later by motorised vehicle - coincidentally to many of the same streets we now deliver logs too!
The Firewood Business
Overton Wood which adjoins the farm was purchased in 2011. We started to extract small amounts of timber from the wood to process into logs and entered into the firewood business in 2012. This was originally as a side line to the farm, mainly delivering the logs on a weekend with a Land Rover and trailer. Twelve years on, the business now has a customer base of over 3500, four delivery vehicles and up to nine people working in the business at busy times of the year.
Firewood Process
Originally we supplied seasoned logs only, increasing the range on offer each year. We source the majority of our timber locally and process the timber into logs on site. The logs are either air dried to season naturally over the course of a year to eighteen months or are now dried in kilns on the farm. The kilns are fuelled by utilising the waste wood produced from the firewood processors.
Delivery
The firewood is delivered by our own drivers with a transit flatbed drop side van with a small crane mounted on the rear of the vehicle. We deliver six days a week Monday to Saturday.
Firewood Logs
All our logs and kindling are very low moisture content making fires a lot easier to light and improves the efficiency and heat output of your fire.
Railway Sleepers
Our timber sleepers have been supplied to customers in Leeds, Harrogate, York and indeed we have delivered wooden sleepers throughout Yorkshire.
Accessories
We stock a number of accessories to accompany your fire such as kindling in large nets, firelighters in boxes of 24,coal in 25Kg bags all these products are available in multibuy deals
Reclaimed Bricks
We buy and sell reclaimed bricks and are one of the largest independent suppliers of reclaimed bricks in Yorkshire having served the region for over 20 years, regularly having over 250,000 bricks in stock. Whatever your project from replacing a handful of bricks to a whole new build we are able to supply your requirements.