How many pieces of imitation timber are in 1 cube?

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Why know the quantity?
How many boards of different sizes are in a cube?

Imitation of a bar - a board that, after laying, resembles a bar in its appearance. Beam - timber with a square section. Laying cladding, for example a brick wall, resembles a wall made of real timber. When ordering imitation for timber, as well as buying any other board or wood board, it is useful to know how many boards are in a cubic meter.

Why know the quantity?

Timber imitation is a board with longitudinal technological and decorative gaps, resembling a real timber in its appearance.

An example is a 6-meter (according to GOST) imitation with a thickness of 20 mm, with a width (taking into account the spike that goes into the groove of the neighboring one) of 195 mm, with three "lumber" grooves on the outside.

How many pieces of imitation of timber are in one "cube", you need to know for two reasons.

The amount to be paid for the ordered timber or its imitation, necessary for the promotion and completion of the current construction. By indicating the cost of one such specimen and its dimensions, the seller gives the buyer the opportunity to calculate on the spot how many cubic meters of material it will take to wall the house from the outside (or from the inside).
The buyer will calculate the total number of items for which he will pay the seller.

A fast and efficient transaction is one of the keys to fast and high quality work.

How many boards of different sizes are in a cube?

In 1 cubic meter m. specimens of timber are measured by a number that depends on the specific volume occupied by a certain standard size.

Product centimeter	The volume of one board, cubic meters m.	The number of units of goods per cubic meter, pcs.	Coverage area, sq. m.
2x10x600	0,012	83	50
2x12x600	0,0144	69
2x15x600	0,018	55
2x18x600	0,0216	46
2x20x600	0,024	41
2x25x600	0,03	33
2,5x10x600	0,015	67	40
2,5х12х600	0,018	55
2,5х15х600	0,0225	44
2,5х18х600	0,027	37
2,5х20х600	0,03	33
2,5х25х600	0,0375	26
3x10x600	0,018	55	33
3x12x600	0,0216	46
3x15x600	0,027	37
3x18x600	0,0324	30
3x20x600	0,036	27
3x25x600	0,045	22
3.2x10x600	0,0192	52	31
3.2x12x600	0,023	43
3.2x15x600	0,0288	34
3.2x18x600	0,0346	28
3.2x20x600	0,0384	26
3.2x25x600	0,048	20

How to calculate correctly? This table shows the samples of products that are in the highest demand. The manufacturer does not always indicate the dimensions of the decorative gaps. They are only a confirmation that the customer was delivered exactly those products of the type of building material of his choice, which he had hoped for.

Knowing the cost of one simple board and its dimensions, it is easy to calculate the volume by converting cubic millimeters into the same (in terms of measurement) meters.

The length, width and height (thickness) of the board are multiplied by each other. Then the cubic meter of space is divided by the volume occupied by one board. The number of cubic meters is multiplied by the obtained value. This is how not only the number of boards per cubic meter is calculated, but also their total number.

This formula does not work for boards with cross sections other than rectangular and square. If a log or an original board is taken, for example, with a cross-section of a regular hexagon, air gaps formed in the gaps left between the boards make their own adjustments. At the sawmill, the amount of the same imitation of a bar is counted.

The sawmill, cutting out boards from tree trunks according to the desired shape, section and dimensions, already has its own design (and installed on the device itself) standards. The latter are valid for each unit of wood of a certain type, produced by the same supplier of wood. But when there is no such calculation, they help to find out the useful volume of production for each cubic meter of space spent:

wood density - depending on the degree and quality of drying;
its type - pine, larch, aspen, etc .;
dimensions of the board, timber or log processed on the sawmill, specified by the customer.

By the useful volume, knowing the dimensions of the board, the number of boards per useful (unoccupied) cubic meter is calculated. Imitation of a bar, along with a grooved board, is another variant of a non-standard board.

For the calculation, take the total space spent, without taking into account the external gaps, without inserting the boards of one row with spikes into the grooves during transportation.

In a pack, these boards are located one above the other - and not side by side, "joint to joint", since the spikes could be damaged.

For example, the volume of a board 20x145x6000 mm takes up a volume of 0.0174 m3. But the timber varies significantly in length, width and thickness. For example, an imitation of a timber 140x200x6000 will already take a volume of 0.168 m3. It is enough to cover 1.2 m2 of walls.

The number of "squares" of the wall surface is calculated according to the length and width of a particular board - its thickness is no longer important here. But this estimate is rough - the spike of the board goes into the groove of the neighboring one, and the width of the products decreases by 1 cm.For example, the same board 20x145x6000 mm has a useful (visible after lapping) width of 135 mm - this can be seen from the detailed description of the drawing (sketch ), which indicates all technological values.

This means that the useful area, calculated according to a sample of 190 * 6000 mm, will already be 1.14, and not 1.2 m2 of the wall. This subtlety must be taken into account by the buyer - when calculating the project.

Such nuances allow you to avoid unnecessary deliveries, saving a little money on them.

The owner of the site on which a new residential building is being built, a farm building, a fence is being erected from an imitation of a bar (and products of any other form factor), not wanting to bother himself with a tedious and targeted calculation, he can buy a little more imitation than initially seemed sufficient. The material remaining from the construction will sooner or later find its use - or it will be sold cheaper to another owner.

However, the most scrupulous users clearly calculate how many copies of timber imitation they need.

Calculating the number of imitation timber products is a slightly more complex calculation than calculating the number of a conventional board. Practice shows that it is not in vain that the manufacturer indicates all the technological dimensions of the board with special signs. This makes it possible not to stretch the delivery date of the object for a day from the expected date.