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Essential Cordwood Building
Rob Roy
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- Book Synopsis
- Build Beautiful, Durable, and Low-impact Homes with Cordwood Construction Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Cordwood Building is the complete guide to using log-ends set in insulating mortar for versatile, economical, and environmentally friendly construction. Learn how to create structurally sound, aesthetically unique homes with minimal environmental impact. What You'll Learn Durable and Low-maintenance Walls: Proven longevity, fire and pest resistance, and excellent thermal mass for naturally regulated indoor temperatures. Material Selection and Preparation: Choose wood species, log lengths, seasoning, and mortar types for optimal performance. Step-by-step Building Techniques: Detailed, illustrated guidance for wall construction, window and door installation, chinking, pointing, plastering, and finishing. Design Flexibility: Decorative features, special designs, and integration into modern or traditional building projects. Budgeting and Planning: Estimates, code compliance, and building science guidance for safe, high-performance construction. Rigorous yet Accessible: Ideal for homeowners, builders, designers, and natural building enthusiasts. Written by Rob Roy, a world-renowned expert in cordwood construction, this guide combines decades of hands-on experience, workshops, and best practices for both DIYers and professional builders. Explore the full Sustainable Building Essentials series for highly illustrated, step-by-step guidance on natural and sustainable building techniques that deliver durable, high-performance results.
- About The Author
- 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 ten books on alternative building, presented four videos-including two about cordwood masonry-and has taught cordwood masonry all over the world.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780865718524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers, (18 January 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 144
- Weight
- 418 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 279 x 216 x 7 mm
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