On Dec 17, 8:03*pm, Steve Barker wrote:
wrote:
How much firewood you split in your life? And stacked?
If the "rounds" are straight they pack in very compactly - and
splitting them, unless split VERY fine, will not take any less space,
and unless extremely carefully stacked, will take roughly 10% more
space. If split down to 3" on the side, it can be stacked in a smaller
space than if split to 5 or 6 inches on the side (pie shaped) and
even, perhaps, smaller space than the straight rounds.

If the rounds are knotty or not straight, or not round, splitting can
reduce the overall volume marginally.

Either way, the difference is relatively minor.
And a stack of split wood can settle as much as it sits and dries.

to answer your question, about 15 cords a year.

And still you believe the pile shrinks. Odd. try that experiment
yet?

Harry K