Firewood Questions, Answered

Call (814) 883-9444 or fill out the contact form on our site with your address, which option you want (rounds or split), and roughly when you’d like delivery. We’ll confirm the price, confirm we deliver to you, and lock in a drop date. Payment is due on delivery — cash or check.

Stack off the ground (pallets, 2x4s, scrap lumber) so the bottom layer doesn’t rot. Top covered, sides open — the wood needs airflow more than it needs to be dry. South-facing is ideal but any sunlit spot works. Stacks roughly 4 feet high stay stable; rows about 16-20 inches deep (one round’s length) let you pull from one end without collapsing the rest.

Green firewood is freshly cut wood that still holds the tree’s natural moisture — typically 40-50% water content when we deliver. It needs time stacked outside (called seasoning) to dry down to the 15-20% range that burns clean. Green wood is priced lower because you do the seasoning work yourself, in your stack at home.

If you have somewhere to stack it now, buy now. Green wood needs months to season — typically 6-12 months for most species, longer for the densest pieces — and the earlier in the year you take delivery, the better it burns next winter. Buying in spring or summer for the following winter is the textbook move and the whole point of our pricing.

Three signals: (1) the ends show radial cracks (checks) running from the center outward, (2) two pieces knocked together sound hollow, like a baseball bat, not dull like a thud, (3) the wood feels noticeably lighter than when it was delivered. A moisture meter ($15-25 at any hardware store) confirms it: 20% or below on a freshly-split face is ready. Denser pieces take longer than lighter ones — give the stack a full season under good airflow and re-check.

Central PA mixed hardwoods — the exact mix in a cord depends on what we’re cutting that week. For practical burning, all of it works: denser pieces burn longer and hotter, lighter pieces light easier and warm a room faster. We don’t separate by species; one cord is a working mix.

Rounds are logs cut to firewood length (16–20”) but not split — they look like short stumps. Split is cut and split into the pieces you’d actually put in your stove. Rounds are $350/cord and you split them yourself. Split is $500/cord and ready to stack. If you own a maul or a splitter and don’t mind the work, rounds save you $150. If you’d rather skip that step, buy split.

Yes to all three, once it’s seasoned. Wood stoves and fireplaces both want low-moisture wood (under 20%) to avoid creosote buildup in the chimney — burning unseasoned wood is the leading cause of chimney fires. Outdoor fire pits are more forgiving; you can burn less-seasoned wood there if smoke isn’t a problem. Never burn anything that hisses or steams a lot — that’s water cooking out and it’s robbing you of heat.

Depends on how you burn. A wood stove as primary heat in central Pennsylvania typically goes through 3–5 cords a season. A wood stove as supplemental heat: 1–2 cords. Weekend fireplace use: half a cord to a cord. First-time buyers usually underestimate — if you're not sure, start with a cord and see how fast you go through it.

No — full cords only. A full cord is 128 cubic feet (a stack 4' x 4' x 8'). We don't sell face cords, half cords, or "truckloads" of indeterminate size. If a full cord is more than you need and you have a neighbor who burns, splitting an order with them is a common move.

Yes. $350/cord rounds and $500/cord split, delivered free within 10 miles of our location. No fuel surcharge, no delivery fee inside the radius, no seasonal markup. The price is the price.