Blackwattle Firewood in Cape Town

Blackwattle firewood in Cape Town: dense local hardwood from the Western Cape, seasoned and bagged at 20kg. Blackwattle is denser than bloekom, burns hotter and leaves better cooking coals, which makes it the local wood for a braai as well as for a fireplace that wants hardwood staying power without a Namibian price. Under the grid it gives a proper bed of coals for chops and boerewors; in a pizza oven it holds the floor; in a kaggel it burns longer and steadier than blue gum, with less topping up. It sits between bloekom and kameeldoring on density, and for most Cape Town households that is the sweet spot for a wood that does both jobs. We deliver across greater Cape Town, the Winelands and the West Coast.

Which blackwattle?

• Blackwattle 20kg bag: seasoned and bagged, covered by our Dry Guarantee. For the fireplace, the braai and the pizza oven. Carried in and stacked, still bagged, within 50 m of where the truck offloads.
• Loose blackwattle by the piece: for homes with a covered wood store. Carried in and stacked within 50 m of where the truck offloads. Sold as-is: loose wood isn’t covered by the Dry Guarantee.

Blackwattle questions

Blackwattle or blue gum? Blackwattle is the denser wood: a longer, steadier fire and better coals. Blue gum lights more readily and is the everyday fireplace wood.

Can I burn blackwattle in a closed-combustion fireplace? For a closed-combustion unit we recommend bloekom or blackwattle. Always follow your unit’s manual. See closed combustion vs open fireplaces.

How much for winter? See how much firewood for winter, or let the calculator build the order.