Firewood Friends is a free UK app that helps people give away and collect free firewood and logs locally, and also lets wood-related businesses create public profiles. Learn more on our free firewood UK page.
Open the app, browse nearby listings, and use your alert zone so you get notified when free firewood is posted in the area you care about. Notifications are sent either as in-app push notifications and/or emails — you decide. See our guide: How to find free logs near you.
First download and install the free Firewood Friends mobile app. Create a user account, then on the listings section (map view) click "I Have Wood". You can either take a photo of your wood in the app (recommended), or upload one that you've previously taken.
First download and install the free Firewood Friends mobile app and create a user account. In the app, open What Wood to take new photos or upload existing ones for analysis. To appear in this public gallery, publish a post from the app when you are ready. Species voting (including on other people's posts) is done in the app; this website view is read-only.
You can browse some public information without an account, but an account is needed to post listings, manage alerts, chat, and create a business profile.
You choose an alert zone in the app, and Firewood Friends can notify you when relevant wood appears in that area, depending on your device notification settings.
Location display depends on the context and privacy settings. Some public views use reduced precision, while signed-in users get more useful location detail for collection and coordination.
Use the in-app chat or contact options shown in the app for that listing or profile, where available.
Always confirm permission, check access and hazards, use appropriate tools and protective gear, and never assume a pile is safe or free to take without clear authorisation.
Not always. A business profile may need to be completed and approved before it appears in the public Business Directory.
Open the Firewood Friends mobile app, tap the Profile icon in the top-right corner, choose Delete Account, and follow the on-screen steps to confirm deletion. Uninstalling the app does not delete your account. If you no longer have the app installed, use our account deletion page to request deletion without reinstalling the app.
That is a common and understandable mix-up. Removing the app from your phone only removes the app from that device — it does not delete your Firewood Friends account or turn off alert emails on their own. Apple and Google both make this distinction clear to users: uninstalling an app is not the same as closing your account with the service behind it, and account deletion has to be requested separately. Google Play also expects apps like ours to offer account deletion outside the app, precisely because many people uninstall first and only then want their account removed.
If you still want alert emails, you do not need to do anything. If you would like them to stop, you need to delete your account (or turn off email alerts in the app if you still have it installed). If you no longer have the app, our account deletion page explains how to request deletion by email under Option 2 — you do not need to reinstall the app.