Blackwattle – Seasoned (Bulk Bag 20kg)
4.9 from 700+ Google reviews · since 2001
R109.00
In stock
Delivered on your area’s route day. We carry your bags in and stack them, still bagged, in one spot you choose. One flat delivery fee per drop — your area’s fee and route days.
Prefer the wood unbagged and stacked? Add unbagging for R10 a bag when you add to cart.
Dry Guaranteed — if a bag isn’t dry, we uplift it and exchange it.
NEWNow delivering to the West Coast, Wellington and Franschhoek. See dates & fees
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10, 20, 30 or 40 bags
Same price per bag whatever you order. Wood only, excluding delivery.
| Bags | Weight | Wood | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 bags | about 200 kg | R1,090 | Select |
| 20 bags | about 400 kg | R2,180 | Select |
| 30 bags | about 600 kg | R3,270 | Select |
| 40 bags | about 800 kg | R4,360 | Select |
Delivery is one flat fee per drop for your area, whatever the load, so forty bags cost the same to deliver as ten. Not sure how many? Let us work it out for you: Build my order for me →
Black wattle wood is seasoned local firewood in a 20kg bag of about 20 pieces: denser and hotter than blue gum, with better cooking coals, for the fireplace, the pizza oven and the braai. The Firewood Company delivers it from Parow across Cape Town, the Winelands and the West Coast.
Black Wattle at a glance
- Quick facts: 20kg bag, about 20 pieces (the count depends on the size of the blocks) · denser and hotter than blue gum · recommended for closed-combustion units and pizza ovens · covered by our Dry Guarantee
- Wood: blackwattle (swartwattel), harvested in the Western Cape from invasive alien clearing, seasoned
- Best for: open fireplaces, closed-combustion units, pizza ovens, the braai
- Not for: a small firebox, a Weber
- Lights and burns: dense and slow to catch; burns hotter than bloekom
- Delivery: one flat fee per drop for your area, from R200; carried in and stacked within 50 m of where the truck offloads
Best for / not for
- Best for fireplace wood that also cooks: it leaves the kind of coals you can cook a whole chicken over.
- Just the nightly fire? Blue gum wood. Small hearth? Short firewood.
- Both woods in one load? Our firewood combo: 10 bags of each.
- Covered wood store? Loose black wattle wood for sale all year, 250 to 3,000 pieces, without the Dry Guarantee.
- Weber or kettle braai? Use briquettes.
How to light it
Swartwattel hout is dense: put a firelighter under a handful of untreated kindling, add a few pieces with gaps for air, and let it catch before you add more. In a pizza oven, build the fire with blackwattle, then add Swarthaak for extra heat.
Black Wattle: common questions
Black wattle or blue gum: which is better firewood?
Black wattle for heat and cooking coals: it's denser and burns hotter. Blue gum for the nightly fire: it lights readily and settles into a strong, even burn. We recommend both for a closed unit.
Is black wattle wood good for a pizza oven?
Yes. Black wattle burns hotter than blue gum, and with Blue Gum it's the pizza oven wood we recommend; add a few pieces of Swarthaak for extra heat.
Is black wattle good for a closed-combustion fireplace?
Yes. Blackwattle and Blue Gum are the two woods we recommend for a closed-combustion unit.
How much is black wattle wood?
Today's price for a 20kg bag is on this page, and the shop keeps it live. Add one delivery fee per drop for your area, from R200, whatever the number of bags.
Stocking up for winter? Build my order for me works out how many bags your fireplace needs, and our delivery page lists the fee for your area. The Firewood Company, Parow, Cape Town: firewood delivered since 2001, with 4.9 stars from 700+ Google reviews. Need LP gas too? Order it from our sister company Help U Gas (helpugas.co.za). Curious where black wattle comes from and why it burns the way it does? Black wattle firewood explained →
