Essential Cordwood Building: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide - Roy, Rob
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The essential fully-illustrated, comprehensive guide to building with cordwood Rob Roy is the world¿s foremost expert on cordwood construction and his new book is the best and most comprehensive guide to the subject ever produced. ---Lloyd Kahn, author Shelter, Tiny Homes, and Small Homes Contains all the information that a newcomer would need to delve confidently into a wide variety of cordwood projects. --- Kelly Hart, founder, www.greenhomebuilding.com Full of information and stories. A great read. ---Maddy Harland, editor and co-founder, Permaculture Magazine , author Fertile Edges More…mehr

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The essential fully-illustrated, comprehensive guide to building with cordwood Rob Roy is the world¿s foremost expert on cordwood construction and his new book is the best and most comprehensive guide to the subject ever produced. ---Lloyd Kahn, author Shelter, Tiny Homes, and Small Homes Contains all the information that a newcomer would need to delve confidently into a wide variety of cordwood projects. --- Kelly Hart, founder, www.greenhomebuilding.com Full of information and stories. A great read. ---Maddy Harland, editor and co-founder, Permaculture Magazine , author Fertile Edges More than enough here to get you started down a long, creative, satisfying path as a self-builder. ---Tony Wrench, author, Building a Low Impact Roundhouse Cordwood construction ¿ log-ends set in insulated mortar ¿ is a versatile, economical, low-impact, and beautiful building method. Its durability and performance has been proven in beautiful, centuries-old buildings in North America and Europe. Distilling decades of experience and best practices, Essential Cordwood Building is the first fully illustrated, step-by-step guide to cordwood building. Ideal for the DIYer and professional designer and builder alike, it covers: * Wood species selection, log-end length, and seasoning * Cement, lime putty, and cob mortar options * Wall cavity insulation options * Budgeting and estimating * Highly illustrated, step-by-step building techniques * Window and door frame installation * Pointing and chinking, finishing, and plastering * Special designs and decorative features * Code references, compliance, building science, and best practices * Troubleshooting and maintenance Rob Roy is widely recognized as a leading authority on cordwood building. He is Director of Earthwood Building School in West Chazy, New York, which teaches owner-builders how to build with cordwood masonry. Rob and his wife Jaki have built four cordwood homes and numerous outbuildings, and have conducted workshops all over North America and around the world. Rob has authored and edited 15 books including Cordwood Building , second edition, Timber Framing for the Rest of Us , Earth-Sheltered Houses , and Stoneview . New Society¿s Sustainable Building Essentials Series aims to provide the highest quality information on sustainable building methods and materials. Editors Chris Magwood and Jen Feigin have scoured the world of sustainable building to bring you the techniques and systems that deliver measurable benefits in terms of greater energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact. Written by the world¿s leading sustainable builders, designers and engineers, these succinct, user-friendly handbooks are indispensable tools for any project.
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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.