How To Measure A Cord Of Wood

Most people visualize a cord of wood as a stacked pile 4 high 4 wide and 8 long 4 x 4 x 8 128.

How to measure a cord of wood. A full cord face cord and rick of firewood all typically have the same size frontage of the stack of logs measuring 8 wide by 4 high. The standard cord is a pile of wood 4 feet high 4 feet wide and 8 feet long. For full cords the length must be 4 feet 12 m.

Weve all seen the advertisements when searching for a cord of wood near me which can be vague or misleading in what theyre offering. The standard dimensions of a cord is 4x4x8 feet. The universally accepted size of a full cord of wood is 4-0 deep x 40 high x 8-0 long and a cord of wood cost between 300-450 US Dollars not including any delivery charges.

Measuring your firewood A standard full cord of wood is a volume of 128 cubic feet measured as a pile 8 feet long 4 feet high and 4 feet wide. It occupies 128 cubic feet of space but does not actually contain 128 cubic feet of wood because of the air spaces. Fuel wood and pulp wood wood used to make paper are measured and sold by the cord.

A face cord has the same general measurements but the depth of the pile is the length of the firewood logs not 4 feet ie 4 feet by 8 feet by 20 inches assuming each log is 20 inches long. In the end its only an approximation because there will be space in between logs not accounted for. Take your tape measure or yardstick and measure the depth of the pile or the average length of each piece of firewood in that pile.

The common dimensions for a face cord or rick of wood is 8 feet long x 4 feet high x any length of wood. Although the common length of wood is typically 16 inches there is no exact length requirement. That is the way a cord of wood is typically sold.

You cut the tree into 4 lengths and cut those lengths twice making 3 sticks of wood 16 long. A cord is 128 cubic feet. 4x4x4 is 64 cubic feet divided by 128 is5 or 12 cord.