Cordwood Building: A Comprehensive Guide to the State of the Art - Fully revised Second Edition

• First edition sold 20000 copies • Rob Roy has been building with cordwood masonry since 1975 – 40 years – and has taught cordwood workshops all over the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Chile, British Columbia, Labrador and 14 U.S. states • He has written numerous magazine articles and 4 books specifically about cordwood masonry • Brings all of the latest cordwood masonry techniques and methods together in one comprehensive volume • Provides basic and advanced how-to techniques for building with cordwood masonry: homes, saunas, garages and other outbuildings • Special design features, integrating electrical into the walls, insulation options, and various mortar choices are all explained • Exciting new case studies from around the world are shown • Building a low-cost cordwood home and code issues round out the book • Cordwood makes use of wood which might otherwise go to waste, even tipped into landfills. • Easy to build. Children, grandmothers, and beavers can all build with cordwood masonry • Built properly, and with a wall thickness appropriate to the local climate, cordwood homes can be easy to heat in the winter and keep cool during the summer • Cordwood masonry walls are low in cost, particularly when the owner-builder has a local source of appropriate wood

© 2016 New Society Publishers (Ebook): 9781550926231

Release date

Ebook: October 1, 2016