Indianapolis has a real heating season without the extremes of the northern tier. Most households here burn between two and four cords a winter if wood is their main heat.
Defines its units on the page, a rick as 4 by 8 feet at a 16 inch cut and a third of a cord, and a cord as 128 cubic feet. States all hardwood with no softwood, a uniform 16 inch cut and a target moisture of 18 percent or less. Prices and delivery on request.
Sells a single product, a full rick at $325 delivered and stacked. A rick is a third of a cord at the usual 16 inch cut, so check the cut length before comparing that with a cord price. Serves Indianapolis, Carmel, Fishers and Westfield.
Defines a full cord on the page as 4 by 4 by 8 feet and 128 cubic feet, and offers cut lengths of 16, 18 and 20 to 24 inches. Mixed hardwood, oak, hickory, ash and maple seasoned a stated 6 to 8 months minimum. Prices on request.
Every yard here was checked on the date shown, and what it says about delivery and prices is what its own site publishes. Some are based in surrounding towns rather than Indianapolis itself, which is normal: firewood is delivered on a radius of 20 to 30 miles, and the yards nearest the wood are rarely in the city centre. Note that yards quote in different units, some by the full cord and some by the face cord or rick, so get the cut length and the delivered total to your address before comparing two numbers.
Conditions in Indianapolis favour air drying, but only for a stack built to dry. Wood sitting on soil under a full tarp stays wet regardless of the climate.Split it, stack it single row off the ground, leave the sides open to the wind and cover the top only. Check it with a moisture meter on a freshly split face: under 20 percent is ready.
Once you have two or three numbers, put them through thefirewood cost calculator. It converts face cord and half cord quotes to a price per full cord and adjusts for species, which is the only way to tell whether the cheap quote is genuinely cheap or just smaller.
For what moves the number in the first place, and what counts as a fair quote, see the guide to theaverage cost of a cord of wood.
Most firewood in Indianapolis, IN is quoted per delivery, but one of the yards we have verified here publishes a price list, linked above. Use that as a reference point, then call two more yards within your delivery radius for a full cord delivered to your address. Ask what species and how long it has been split, and compare the quotes on the same basis with our cord calculator.
Indiana DNR asks buyers to source firewood within 50 miles, and certified heat treated wood is the exception for longer moves.
Six months to a year for most species, split and stacked off the ground with airflow on all sides and cover on the top only. Dense oak takes closer to two years. Drier air in this region helps, but only if the stack is single row and off the ground.
With a heating season of roughly 150 days, a household using wood as its main heat source in this climate typically burns two to four cords a winter. Occasional evening fires use far less.