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S J Firewood is a family owned firewood business located in Upper Hutt, Wellington.

We are experienced, friendly, prompt and provide a reliable delivery service 6 days a week, or you can pick up from our Upper Hutt yard.

We service Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt and the larger Wellington region all four seasons of the year.

All our firewood is seasoned.

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If you are wanting to buy dry wood at this time of the year you should be looking at a hard wood species like gum, mac or manuka these woods are not porous so do not suck up moisture like pine does.

You can still purchase pine however it will not generate as much heat or last as long as your hard wood species will.

Happy Burning!

 

Our Firewood Prices

All our firewood is well seasoned.
We offer free, friendly delivery to Upper Hutt

Single Wood
  • From $140 m3
  • Pine $140 m3
  • Macrocarpa $220 m3
  • Gum $250 m3
  • Manuka $320 m3
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Mixed Wood
  • Mixed wood is available on request. For online orders choose from our single wood options, or call to request mixed orders. 2m3 is our minimum order

Bagged Wood
  • From $15 per bag
  • Pine $18 per bag
  • Gum $22 per bag
  • Macrocarpa $20 per bag
  • Manuka/Kanuka $25 per bag
  • Kindling $15 per bag
  • Oak $25 per bag
  • Talk to us about wholesale prices for more than one bag
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Delivery Charges
  • Upper Hutt FREE
  • Stokes Valley / Lower Hutt $30
  • South Lower Hutt $40
  • Wellington $60
  • Minimum order of 2 cube
  • Next day orders must be received and paid for by 4.00pm the day before Mon-Fri
  • Please note our drivers do not carry money with them so exact change is needed when paying COD.

Bank Account No: 38-9022-0688927-00

Please note firewood will not be delivered until funds have been cleared in our bank account or other arrangements have been made.

We accept cash on delivery, internet banking transfers and welcome WINZ quotes.

Flexible Payment Options
Take advantage of our Laybuy now deliver later service

We are happy to receive a regular payment or automatic payment for your future firewood deliveries. Spread out the payments to make your winter warmth affordable.  A non-refundable administration fee of $20 will be applied to all Laybuy payments.

Email us to set up a Laybuy purchase or contact us to discuss your options

Firewood FAQs

Our firewood is seasoned and stored outside.

We sell by cubic metre, for those using old measurements a cord is 3.6 cubes.

Is It Dry?
  • Our wood is seasoned dry, meaning the sap has dried out of it allowing it to burn. It can take up to two years for some woods to season dry. As it is stored outside you may end up with some rain wet pieces, put these aside to dry for a week or so.
When Should I Buy My Firewood?
  • It is always best to plan ahead, we recommend you buy your wood and have it stacked away before Easter
How Should I Store My Firewood?
  • Do NOT store your firewood in an enclosed place such as a garage.
  • All firewood should be stored off the ground, in a well ventilated but covered area, ideally where the sun can get into it.
  • It needs protection from the rain but open to the sun and air.
  • Pine especially sucks up moisture and will mould regardless of how seasoned it is, white mould does not affect the burning ability. Note if you are sensitive to mould or suffer asthma we recommend storing this wood outside of your home until you need to burn it.
How much Firewood Do I Need?
  • Everyone's firewood needs differ, someone who is home all day, uses the fire for cooking and heating and has no other heating options, or only buys light wood will use more firewood than someone who only lights their fire at night or on the weekend.
  • You may need anywhere from 2 cubes to 10 cubes or more.
  • We recommend for a family of four who only lights their fire at night and weekends 1 cube pine, 4 cube mac / gum or manuka - a total of five cubes.

Types of Wood

Our Most Popular Woods

Pine
  • Our pine is plantation pine, a soft/medium wood, good for starting and burning, but burns quickly
Mac
  • A hotter burning wood with a higher density giving off a hotter heat and burns cleanly.
  • It is known to spit so is not recommended for open fires.
Gum
  • A common high density hardwood that has very tight fibers, hot and long burning clean wood, takes up to two years to season. Recommended to add to fire once it is burning well.
Manuka / Kanuka
  • Very dense, hard and hot long burning wood.

Other Types of Wood

Poplar / Willow
  • Very soft porous wood recommended for kindling to allow easy quick start of fire.
Old Man Pine
  • Known as dirty wood and environmentally unfriendly, we do not sell it.
  • Old man pine is a more medium density because it is older than 45 years, but it often has resins that will soot up your chimney/flue quickly.

Although denser harder woods have a higher price they provide signinficantly more heat and burn longer than the softer firewoods so cost less in the long run.

How Do We Deliver

Handy Truck Size
  • Our handy sized trucks hold 2 cubic metres of firewood.
  • They are perfect for hard to access areas, and their tipping trays means our deliveries are fast and friendly.
  • They have a split cage for smaller 1 cubic metre orders or mixed loads.
Big Orders
  • Our Big Truck is capable of holding 7 cube.
  • As it has a split cages we have the option of 3 cube, 2 cube and 2 cube.
  • This truck is great for our big orders!

Payment Options

LayBuy
  • Take advantage of our laybuy now deliver later service
  • We are happy to receive a regular payment or automatic payment for your future firewood deliveries. Spread out the payments to make your winter warmth affordable.
  • There is a one off non-refundable Administration Fee of $20 for all Laybuy setups.
WINZ Quotes
  • We accept WINZ Quotes.
  • Come in and see us or email us for a quote.

 

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Orders for next day delivery need to be submitted and money in our bank account by 4:00 p.m. the day before.
 

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Contact Information

Preferred Date and Time (Mon-Fri)

Currently closed Saturdays for sales and deliveries

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Delivery and Payment Information

Payment Options:
Cash or online banking. Please put in delivery instructions how you plan on paying – if paying online delivery will be made once payment shows in our bank account
Bank account 38-9022-0688927-00. Please use your surname as reference.