Conversion Guide – Inches to Millimetres and Cord to Cubic Metres
- Timber
Our website lists timber in millimetres (mm) for width/height and metres (m) for length. Here is a conversion table which explains how this corresponds to inches.
1 inch = 25 millimetres (mm)
Millimetres (mm) |
Inches |
25mm |
1 inch |
50mm |
2 inches |
75mm |
3 inches |
100mm |
4 inches |
150mm |
6 inches |
200mm |
8 inches |
250mm |
10 inches |
300mm |
12inches |
So a 4x2 is 100x50, an 8x2 is 200x50 and so on.
200mmx100mm (8"x4") Garden Sleepers
- Firewood
Our firewood truck can hold a volume of six cubic metres (6m3).
1 cord = 3.625 cubic metres
Therefore, our 6m3 truck can hold 1.65 cord of firewood.
Cubic Metres |
Cord |
2m3 |
0.56 cord |
3m3 |
0.83 cord |
4m3 |
1.10 cord |
5m3 |
1.38 cord |
6m3 |
1.64 cord |
Our truck which holds six cubic metres of firewood.