It is operated by the two Cotter brothers, Jack and Nick, with a little help from their father who co-owns Mid Western Forestry. In recognition of the quality of their firewood and the quality assurance process they operate, Jack and Nick Cotter received WFQA Certification on behalf of Cotter Bros Firewood from Minister Tom Hayes TD at the 2013 Ploughing Championships where they were exhibiting fo
r the three days of the show. Cotter Bros Firewood is a local home-grown business, based on producing and selling, high quality ready to burn WFQA Certified Firewood, at very competitive prices, down to 4.75cent per kW/hr which is less than half the price of oil and less expensive than coal. Cotter Bros Firewood is ideally located on a 100ac farm in Dromtrasna North, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick, where we have over 10,000sq feet of indoor drying, processing and storage space in 6 sheds devoted to our firewood operation. In addition we have over 5 acres of outdoor storage area where we air-dry the round logs down to between 25 and 30% moisture content before we process them into firewood. After processing the logs into firewood, we then allow the firewood to dry naturally indoors until it is under 25% MC at which point we put it through our cleaner to remove any loose bark, small fractions and dust. We then package the clean, WFQA certified, ready to burn firewood for storage or delivery to our customers. We produce 20cm long ready to burn firewood which is sold in a wide range of branded packaging from 45x65cm small net bags, 53x84cm large net bags, 90x90x90cm builder bags and in 10m3 and 20m3 truck loads. We also produce 40cm long ready to burn firewood which is sold in 10m3 and 20m3 truck loads. To provide confidence and transparency to our customers we publish a Public Price List which not only guarantees all our firewood is under 25% moisture content, but also guarantees minimum volumes and weights for all our products. We state the cost of our firewood products in 'cent per kWh' so customers and prospective customers can compare the cost of heating with Cotter Bros Firewood against the cost of heating with oil, coal, gas and electricity. We believe this will give home-owners the information and confidence they need to make the change from heating with imported fossil fuels to locally produced firewood, a move which is good for the environment, will create local jobs and which will save them money. We also sell both truck/artic loads of freshly cut forestry logs (3m lengths, 7-20cm diameter, 13.5-26T) which are suitable for processing into firewood. Please visit our albums section where you can see what our product looks like and our very competitive prices. For further details please call the office on 068 32577, Jack on 086 7398107 or Nick on 086 3301490, you can also message us on this page or you can contact us via email at [email protected]
