Logs ‘n stuff
So what are you going to burn in your new stone fireplace? Assuming you have a dog grate or other variation of open fire, then you can burn anything really: Logs; coal; peat; your furniture! If you have stove you are a bit more limited but not much. Obviously you can only burn what you can get throught he stove doors, so really large logs ( or large pieces of furniture!) are out. Coal’s no problem, assuming you have a multi-fuel grate in your stove, but these days everyone wants cheap heating, so wood burning is preferred as it is eco friendly (carbon neutral) and it is sustainable (I think) and it’s also good fun, and gets you some exercise!
Logs are best dried for a minimum of 12 months, but 2 years is even better. This means that you have to have space to store a year’s supply of logs, and this may not be possible? Wherever you store your wood, it needs protecting from the rain. A perfect location is to stack the logs against a south facing wall (so the sun dries them out) put something over the top to keep the rain off, and stack them on pallets or something similar to keep them off the damp ground and aid air circulation and assist drying.