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Cordwood masonry is an ancient building technique whereby walls are constructed from "log ends" laid transversely in the wall. It is easy, economical, aesthetically striking, energy-efficient, and environmentally sound.
Cordwood Building collects the wisdom of more than 25 of the world’s best practitioners, detailing the long history of the method, and demonstrating how to build a cordwood home using the latest and most up-to-date techniques, with a special focus on building code issues.
Author/editor Rob Roy has been building, researching, and teaching about cordwood masonry for 25 years and, with his wife, started Earthwood Building School in 1981. He has written 10 books on alternative building, presented four videos—including two about cordwood masonry—and has taught cordwood masonry all over the world.
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Cordwood Masonry: A Vernacular Architectural Tradition | 3 |
| 2 | My 25-Year Love Affair with Cordwood Masonry | 13 |
| 3 | Cordwood Masonry 101 | 21 |
| 4 | Stackwall Construction: The Double Wall Technique | 37 |
| 5 | The Lomax Corner | 43 |
| 6 | A Round Cordwood House with 16 Sides | 49 |
| 7 | Octagons, Hexagons, and Other Shapes | 57 |
| 8 | Bottle Designs in a Cordwood Wall | 63 |
| 9 | Patterned Cordwood Masonry | 71 |
| 10 | Electrical Wiring in Cordwood Masonry Buildings | 79 |
| 11 | Using Cement Retarder with Cordwood Masonry | 85 |
| 12 | When It Shrinks, Stuff It! | 93 |
| 13 | A Mobile Home Converted to Cordwood | 99 |
| 14 | A Shop Teacher's Approach | 103 |
| 15 | Paper-Enhanced Mortar | 109 |
| 16 | Stonewood: A Love Story | 117 |
| 17 | Woodland Treat | 121 |
| 18 | Cordwood on the Gulf Coast | 127 |
| 19 | A Cordwood and Cob Roundhouse in Wales | 133 |
| 20 | More Cordwood and Cob | 139 |
| 21 | Cordwood in Chile | 147 |
| 22 | One Old and One New in Sweden | 151 |
| 23 | Creating with Stone, Wood, and Light | 157 |
| 24 | The Community Round House at Pompanuck | 167 |
| 25 | A New Home on an Old Foundation | 177 |
| 26 | The Mortgage-free Cordwood Home | 183 |
| 27 | Cordwood and the Building Inspector | 193 |
| 28 | Cordwood and the Code | 203 |
| 29 | Cordwood and the Code: A Case Study | 207 |
| 30 | Cordwood Code Issues: Strength and Insulation | 213 |
| Afterword: Where We Go from Here | 221 | |
| Bibliography | 223 | |
| Glossary of Terms | 227 | |
| Index | 231 | |
| About the Authors | 239 |
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Overview
Cordwood masonry is an ancient building technique whereby walls are constructed from "log ends" laid transversely in the wall. It is easy, economical, aesthetically striking, energy-efficient, and environmentally sound.
Cordwood Building collects the wisdom of more than 25 of the world’s best practitioners, detailing the long history of the method, and demonstrating how to build a cordwood home using the latest and most up-to-date techniques, ...