Is it OK to bring firewood in from another county or state?
In Waynesville, source firewood right here in Haywood County — at nearly 2,650 feet your heating season runs weeks longer and burns through more cordwood than lower WNC towns, so what you buy matters. Trucking wood in from another county or state risks importing tree-killers like the emerald ash borer; local wood keeps Haywood's forests intact.
A long, cold season means a lot of wood
Waynesville sits high and cold — Hazelwood's older homes with their big open fireplaces can run ten to fifteen degrees colder than Asheville and heat for about three extra weeks a season, which adds up to real cords over a winter. The more wood you burn, the more it pays to know where it came from: a single infested load can seed bark beetles or ash borer into the stands along these ridges, and once they're established the damage runs for years.
Haywood is forest country — don't move the problem
This is national-park and forest gateway country, and the campgrounds around here post the same warning at the gate: leave your wood at home and buy it on site. The rule of thumb is to source it where you burn it, ideally within about fifty miles, and Haywood has plenty of seasoned hardwood without going any farther.
Certified kiln-dried, heat-treated wood is the exception — the heat treatment kills the pests, so that's the load allowed to travel to a campsite or cabin. If you've already brought wood up from off the mountain, burn it this season instead of letting it sit and release something into your yard. Call (828) 545-0525 for help matching wood to a new stove or insert.
Fireplace help in Waynesville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Waynesville and the rest of Haywood County — just 35 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.