Contact:

Alex Miller Contracting

Layer Road

Abberton

Colchester

Essex CO5 7NH

 

EMAIL(preferred)

AlexMillerContracting@yahoo.com

 

Phone: 07709 228392

            01206 735522    

 

We will aim to get back to within 2-3 working days     

 

What's new?

*SMOKELESS COAL AVAILABLE*

 

*WANEY EDGE/SAWN TIMBER*

 

   CUT TO ORDER SEASONED (FOR 2YRS +)LOGS.            **ALSO AVAILABLE-  KILN DRIED LOGS **                     Scroll down for all our prices.                 

Moisture levels vary in our logs depending on the season. Our logs will be much wetter in the winter months than in the summer.

Our logs are particularly wet if we have had large amounts of rainfall so we recommend that you buy your logs early to allow them to fully dry out before burning.

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KILN DRIED LOGS-ready to burn

We now offer KILN DRIED logs that we dry in our specially built log drying kiln. It is powered by renewable resources such as straw and waste wood. The logs are guaranteed to have less than 20% moisture and are ready to burn. All for just an extra £20 a cubic meter!

CURR

KILN DRIED LOGS per cubic meter:

 

OAK LOGS : £130

 

GRADE 1 LOGS :                                £115 

 

GRADE 2 LOGS : £105

 

GRADE 3 LOGS : £95

 

SEE BELOW FOR WOOD GRADE DESCRIPTIONS.

SEASONED LOGS-CUT TO ORDER

OAK- £110 per cubic metre

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GRADE 1  ( ash, hornbeam, birch,hawthorn & Blackthorn)

                   This category is the highest

                   quality wood we supply,

                                                        best suited to open

                                                        fires as it doesn't spit. 

                                                     £95 per cubic meter                 .................................................................................................................

           GRADE TWO (sweet chestnut logs)
                 Sweet chestnut is a good
                 quality log best suited
                 for logburners.
                 We recommend grade two for
                 logburners as it spits.

                      £85 per cubic meter

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                GRADE THREE(softwood)

                    Softwood is a budget wood,

                 ideal for mixing with coal,

                 starting your fire or just

                 burning on its own.

                        £75 per cubic meter

 

                                                      SEE SPECIAL OFFERS PAGE

ALL PRICES INCLUDE 5% VAT AND DELIVERY ( PLEASE NOTE -additional delivery charges may apply depending on distance)

We deliver logs to Colchester, Mersea Island, Tollesbury, Maldon, Tiptree, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Great Horkesley, Alresford, Elmstead Market, Ardleigh, Wivenhoe areas and further.

DELIVERY CHARGES APPLY TO SOME OF THESE PLACES DUE THE DISTANCE/TIME FROM OUR YARD.

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This photo shows our tipper truck with a 2 cubic meter load.

 

  • There are approximately 325 logs in a cubic meter of loose filled loads if the logs are cut to 10 inch lengths.
  • We can cut logs to a length from 8 inches up to 24 inches long to suit your wood burning needs.  There is a £10 charge for cutting to lengths shorter than 10 inches, due to the extra time it takes.
  • Multiple cubic meters can be ordered.
  • Order in the summer and get it in the log store to make sure that you have dry,  ready to burn wood in the winter, if you order more than you need don't worry it doesn't go out of date.
  • DURING WINTER THERE MAYBE A WAIT FOR DELIVERY OF YOUR LOGS DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF ORDERS.