1 Your measurements

Type feet and inches the way you'd write them, like 12' 6" or 30 3/8. Decimals work too.

ft
ft
in
The depth of one row. Stove wood is often 16 inches; a full cord uses 4 ft pieces or several rows.
Count the rows from front to back, if the wood is stacked more than one piece deep.
$
For this stack. We work out the price per full cord so you can compare quotes.

2 What you have

Full cords
0.33
about ⅓ of a cord
Volume
43 cu ft
stacked wood and air
Heat in the wood
6.7 million Btu
Not sure / mixed (EIA average cord)
Stack1 row of 16 in pieces, 16 in deep
Full cords (128 cu ft)0.33 cords
4 × 8 ft faces ("face cords")1; each one is 33% of a full cord at this piece length
Heat in the wood6.7 million Btu (Not sure / mixed (EIA average cord), 20 million Btu per cord)
Heat into the houseabout 4.7 million Btu in an EPA-certified stove at 71% efficiency

A "face cord" or "rick" of 16 in pieces holds only 33% of a full cord. NIST Handbook 130's model regulation, which many states have adopted, says sellers should not use "face cord", "rack", "pile" or "truckload", so ask for the amount in cords or fractions of a cord.

Measure the stack tightly piled, with the pieces parallel and touching. A loosely thrown pile has more air and less wood.

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