Want premium kiln-dried firewood delivered to your Chicago home or business? Lumberjacks has been delivering Chicago firewood for over 25 years. We kiln dry each neatly split piece of hardwood so that it ignites easily and creates the hottest, cleanest fires. We also deliver cooking wood and hardwood mulch to the Chicago region.
Chicago may be a big city, but it’s still a great place to live for rugged outdoor enthusiasts who appreciate top-quality firewood. The city boasts many beautiful trees, including the European Buckthorn, Green Ash and Black Cherry. We especially appreciate the region’s cherry and oak trees because they’re great for firewood.
The city also features no shortage of opportunities for enjoying Chicago firewood. You’ll have a great time roasting marshmallows over our kiln-dried wood at nearby Camp Ground Road Woods or Camp Bullfrog Lake. We also supply kiln-dried cooking wood to some of the Chicago area’s finest wood-fired restaurants.
We had only one location when we started our business in 1993. From Woodstock, IL, we did our best to reach as many customers across Chicagoland as possible. Word spread to people who didn’t know where to buy Chicago firewood, and they’ve enjoyed our products for three decades.
The 60-mile trek from Woodstock to Chicago takes a bit more than an hour. The grand opening of our second location in Lake in the Hills, IL, shaved a couple miles off the commute and gave us another place from which to process firewood and mulch deliveries. For many of our Chicago customers, same-day shipping might be in the cards.
We hope that our product makes you appreciate the outdoors as much as we do. We know we offer the best Chicago firewood and mulch, so don’t settle!
Most wood on Earth is terrible for kindling because fresh or natural wood is too moist. To combat this, most companies who sell firewood in-bulk resort to seasoning, a drying process that can take months. Seasoning is little more than leaving wood in a dry, well-ventilated area, but a lot of moisture may persist after a couple months of seasoning, which is why using a kiln is more effective.
Our kiln-dried hardwood is the best firewood to burn because it’s the driest and the densest. Its moisture levels rest below 20%, while seasoning virtually never achieves this level of dryness. Also, we sell some of the densest hardwood species available, including oak and hickory.
For only two days, our kilns remove moisture, mold and insects from our hardwood logs, after which each log can be part of a crackling fire.
Chicago, IL, and its citizens show a great commitment to local parks, but landscaping efforts can go to waste without killer mulch. Cheap bags of mulch from the depths of the hardware store contain potent chemicals that can kill plants and sterilize soil. The cheap stuff doesn’t even look good.
Meanwhile, our mulch is available in different colors and textures. Also, because it’s made of hardwood exclusively, it nourishes the soil, keeps weeds from popping up and beautifies gardens of all kinds.
If you want Chicago firewood or mulch for your home or business, we streamline the process for you. Follow these steps to have us deliver premium firewood or mulch to your doorstep.
Whatever your needs are, we likely have a great option. For Chicago’s homeowners, we suggest our hardwood blend of cherry, oak, birch and hickory. These woods prioritize heat and provide the longest burns. For restaurant owners, we suggest our cooking wood blend to bring the smoky notes of fruitwood to your dishes.
If you’re looking for mulch instead, choose among premium bark, premium hardwood, red-colored (a hint of red) and chocolate. If you’re not sure which mulch to buy, call us, and one of our representatives would be happy to offer suggestions.
Our firewood and mulch order sizes accommodate most customers. The firewood order options include ¼ face cord (4’x2’), ½ face cord (4’x4’) and 1 face cord (4’x8’). As for mulch, you can order by the cubic yard.
We make it simple to get your Chicago firewood or mulch with convenient delivery to your location. Delivery orders to Chicago typically take between 1-3 days to arrive, and you will receive an ETA when you call. Your wood will arrive on time and in the location where you requested it.
You can also come to one of our two locations to pick up your wood if you’d prefer. Below are some driving directions to help you get here.
To get to our Woodstock location (5013 Sunnyside Rd, Woodstock, IL 60098):
To get to our Lake in the Hills location (8195 Pyott Rd, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156):
“Excellent firewood – lights quickly, burns hot, very little smoke, and very little ash left behind.”
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The short answer to this question is you get what you pay for. Other firewood sellers can undercut our prices because they don’t put extra effort into the firewood production process like we do. We dry our wood in massive kilns to purify it and reduce its moisture below 20% for the easiest, hottest and cleanest burns possible. So, while you may save money on that lesser firewood, you will pay for it in subpar burns and a lot of dirty smoke in your eyes! Kiln-dried firewood prevents these problems for a better fire burning experience!
Hardwood species make the best firewood because they are denser and contain less sap than their softwood counterparts. These properties make hardwood burn hotter, longer and with fewer sparks than softwood. At Lumberjacks, we only sell the hottest and cleanest burning hardwood species, including oak, hickory, cherry and birch.
There are many best practices to follow for proper firewood storage. The most important steps are to keep the firewood off the ground and allow plenty of space around your stack for airflow. Also be sure to stack the wood in a single row with space between the pieces for air to flow through them.
With our amazing products, we hope to help you start hot fires and maintain beautiful gardens. Before placing an order, please look at what we have and give us a call.