Burn wood occasionally and you can tolerate extravagant prices on little bundles at the supermarket. Burn wood more often and you’ll need to buy larger quantities. And as fuel prices continue… ...

A face cord—more commonly used to measure firewood racks—is a stack 4 feet high, 12 inches wide or more, and 8 feet long (depending on the firewood length).

Rick, rank, face cord, truckload and pile are not legal units of measure for sale of firewood,” said Schultheis. Q: How much is a cord of wood? A: A cord of wood measures 4 feet high, 4 feet ...

If unsure how much to order, keep in mind a "full cord" of firewood fills a space equal to eight-feet-long-by four-feet-high-by-four-feet-deep. A "face cord" is equal to a single stack of firewood ...

What you describe sounds more like half of a face cord. A cord of wood goes for about $150, according to the state's energy assistance program. The agency helps those whose main source of heat in ...

Terms such as face cord, stove cord or furnace cord are sometimes used to describe a stack of wood measuring 4 feet high and 8 feet long with a piece length shorter than 4 feet.

FACE CORD. Smaller than a full cord, a volume of firewood that, stacked, measures four feet high, eight feet long, and as deep as the length of a log — usually 16 inches, though some suppliers sell ...