Stories & Guides
Heating oil prices can move quickly when global crude markets react to geopolitical events or supply concerns. Woodfuel markets behave differently. Produced through forestry and sawmill supply chains, fuels like firewood and briquettes tend to move with timber and production costs rather than daily commodity trading.
The first sign of March isn’t temperature. It’s light. Delivery runs stretch longer before dark. The road home feels easier. Customers open the shed door and say it instinctively: “Sure, it’s spring now.”
Winter exposes shortcuts. Once the fire is lit and the door is closed, only the quiet details matter. These are the things customers kept noticing, the small signals that make winter fires work without effort.
From Finnish engineers to Kenyan makers and Japanese monks, the world still burns wood, just in different ways. 10 Places Keeping the Fire Alive in 2025 explores how firewood is being reinvented across cultures, from cleaner, smarter, and with more respect for the forests it comes from.
Long before carved pumpkins and party lights, people in Ireland gathered on windswept hills to mark the turning of the year.
In January 2025, I was privileged to visit every B&Q store (our stockist) across Ireland...
