Question: What is a Cord of Firewood?
What is a cord of firewood? How much wood is in a cord of firewood? What is a face cord of wood?
Answer: When it comes to burning wood in a fireplace or wood heat stove, the firewood supply is usually sold in a measure called a cord. Regulations as to the sale of firewood cords vary by state and country.
Although there are many names associated with a cord of wood, the legal definition of a cord of firewood in the US and Canada, is a full or bush cord, which measures 4' wide x 4' high x 8' long and is 128 cubic feet in volume.
Other names not defined by statutes for a stack of firewood are a face or rick cord which often refers to a stack of wood 4' high x 8' long and on the average about 16" wide, or the size of the firewood pieces.
Therefore a face or rick cord is usually much smaller and could even be half of a full or bush cord.
Another wood stack measure is a sheldon cord, which varies in size and is often bigger than a full cord.
When buying firewood, you may want to confirm the stack size you are actually buying.
Read More About Burning Wood for Heat:
Heating With Wood
Before You Buy a Wood Heat Stove
Where to Find Free Firewood
What Not to Burn for Heat
Best Burn Woods
Go to Home Page
Although there are many names associated with a cord of wood, the legal definition of a cord of firewood in the US and Canada, is a full or bush cord, which measures 4' wide x 4' high x 8' long and is 128 cubic feet in volume.
Other names not defined by statutes for a stack of firewood are a face or rick cord which often refers to a stack of wood 4' high x 8' long and on the average about 16" wide, or the size of the firewood pieces.
Therefore a face or rick cord is usually much smaller and could even be half of a full or bush cord.
Another wood stack measure is a sheldon cord, which varies in size and is often bigger than a full cord.
When buying firewood, you may want to confirm the stack size you are actually buying.
Read More About Burning Wood for Heat:
Heating With Wood
Before You Buy a Wood Heat Stove
Where to Find Free Firewood
What Not to Burn for Heat
Best Burn Woods
Go to Home Page
