Stacked → solid m³

Real wood volume inside a stacked pile

Stack

A stacked m³ includes air gaps; solid m³ is pure wood. Solidness factor: split 0.68–0.7, round 0.62, loose-poured 0.4–0.5. Sellers often sell a 'loose cubic meter' as a cube — it's really 0.4–0.5 m³ of wood. Heat value: oak/hornbeam ~2100 kWh/m³, pine ~1700, alder/aspen ~1400. Dry wood (20% moisture) gives twice the heat of green.

Solid volume

Stacked volume
1 м³
Solid wood
0.68 м³
Air gaps
0.32 м³