Cordwood Construction Best Practices - April 2024

Cordwood Construction Best Practices

Updated 2017: Hundreds of color photos, diagrams and formulas will take the novice or experienced builder from house plans to cordwood home occupancy. Sections include: mortar mixes, R-values, code compliance, types of wood, drying wood, shrinkage tables, foundations, how we became mortgage-free, post & beam framing, formulas for estimating materials, homeowners insurance, Cordwood Conferences 2005 & 2011 & 2015, Best Practices with cordwood construction, lime putty mortar, cob, paper enhanced mortars, Permachinking walls, building codes, color photo album, making stained glass bottle ends, ho... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0615592708
• ASIN: 0615592708
• ISBN: 0615592708
• Manufacturer: Cordwood Construction Resources

Cordwood Building: A Comprehensive Guide to the State of the Art

Cordwood masonry walls are low-cost, easy to build, aesthetically pleasing, and score high environmental points for making use of low-impact materials.This fully revised second edition of the most widely read and used book on cordwood construction presents the latest innovations and on-the-ground experience from four decades of cordwood building and research.New chapters cover the practical how-to and the full depth and breadth of cordwood construction, including load-bearing and non-load-bearing walls, integrating electrical wiring, innovations on corner designs, new mortar options such as li... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0865718288
• ASIN: 0865718288
• ISBN: 0865718288
• Manufacturer: New Society Publishers

Essential Cordwood Building: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide (Sustainable Building Essentials Series)

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. Yet until now, there has been no trusted, practical guide to cordwood construction using the material in a wide variety of construction projects. 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 b... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0865718520
• ASIN: 0865718520
• ISBN: 0865718520
• Manufacturer: New Society Publishers

Complete Book Of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding: The Earthwood Method

Build a low-cost, energy-efficient home! Rob Roy, cordwood's most famous builder, with the help of nearly 300 photos and how-to illustrations with easy-to-follow directions, shows how and how not to build your very own stunning log-end home. Full-color photos throughout. 264 pages (8 in color), 290 b/w illus., 8 x 10.

• ASIN: 0806985909
• ASIN: 0806985909
• ISBN: 0806985909
• Manufacturer: Sterling Publishing Co.

Wilderness Life DIY: A City Family Bumbles Towards Self-Sufficiency

Can a clueless city couple learn to build a house in the wilderness completely by themselves? What is life like on 525 watts of power? When is the right time to change a toilet bucket? The answers to these questions and more are in 'Wilderness Life DIY', the tale of a city family who leaves a comfortable city existence to make a home in the Australian Tasmanian wilderness.

• ASIN: B01GC1Y7RC
• ASIN: B01GC1Y7RC
• Manufacturer: Blythe Tait

Building Green, New Edition: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs (Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative)

The best-selling and highly regarded reference to sustainable construction gets an update! It’s refreshed with a completely revised introduction, a bright new cover, and extensive online resource tie-ins.  This groundbreaking book doesn’t just tell you about “green” house-building techniques: it actually shows you, with more than 1,200 step-by-step photographs that follow the actual erection of an alternative building from site selection to final-touch interior details. Readers will get a clear sense of the real world challenges as Snell and Callahan create a lovely country cottage us... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1600595340
• ASIN: 1600595340
• ISBN: 1600595340
• Brand: Lark Books NC
• Manufacturer: Lark Crafts

Cordwood Masonry Houses: A Practical Guide for the Owner-Builder

Includes B&W and full color pictures, notes and index. Very clean and tight copy. Size: 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". No marks. Binding is tight, Bottom of spine is slightly rubbed. All edges are clean. Not Ex-Library. All books offered from DSB are stocked at our store in Fayetteville, AR. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Architecture; ISBN: 0806989440. ISBN/EAN: 9780806989440. Inventory No: 025499.

• ASIN: 0806989440
• ASIN: 0806989440
• ISBN: 0806989440
• Brand: Brand: Sterling Publishing
• Manufacturer: Sterling Publishing

Stoneview: How to Build an Eco-Friendly Little Guesthouse

Stoneview is an octagonal, cordwood masonry timber-framed guesthouse with a living roof located in upstate New York, fully constructed and finished for just $6,000.In response to the enormous interest in this unique little home, author and builder Rob Roy has written Stoneview.Over 130 clear line drawings and step-by-step images provide the reader with all the information needed to build this three hundred-square-foot cabin from start to finish, and a full-color section shows off the beautiful design features of this charming “green” cabin. All design considerations are covered, as well as... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0865715971
• ASIN: 0865715971
• ISBN: 9780865715974
• Brand: Brand: New Society Publishers
• Manufacturer: New Society Publishers

Cordwood Construction: Best Practices: A log home building method using renewable resources and time honored techniques: Volume 1 by Richard Flatau (27-Feb-2012) Paperback

• ASIN: B012HUMOFO
• ASIN: B012HUMOFO
• Manufacturer: Cordwood Construction Resources (27 Feb. 2012)

The Sauna

• ASIN: 0930031873
• ASIN: 0930031873
• ISBN: 0930031873
• Brand: Brand: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
• Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Pub Co

Safety Fundamentals and Best Practices in Construction Industry - eBook

This book intends to help safety practitioners, project managers, construction managers, and craftsmen who are determined and self-motivated persons to strengthen their knowledge in safety, which is a prime importance of a construction company in

• UPC: 419074127

Operator's Guide to Rotating Equipment : An Introduction to Rotating Equipment Construction, Operating Principles, Troubleshooting, and Best Practices

Every operator who is responsible for monitoring critical rotating equipment will greatly benefit from this handy reference book. The goal of this book is to present proven techniques that will enable rookie and veteran operators

• UPC: 53102642

Operator's Guide to Rotating Equipment : An Introduction to Rotating Equipment Construction, Operating Principles, Troubleshooting, and Best Practices

Every operator who is responsible for monitoring critical rotating equipment will greatly benefit from this handy reference book. The goal of this book is to present proven techniques that will enable rookie and veteran operators

• UPC: 510366123

Industrial Project Management : International Standards and Best Practices for Engineering and Construction Contracting

Industrial Project Management : International Standards and Best Practices for Engineering and Construction

• UPC: 299502408

Best Practices for Commercial Roof-Mounted Photovoltaic System Installation - eBook

This SpringerBrief presents information on a wide variety of hazards and the damage potential caused by installation of a photovoltaic (PV) system. The current installation practices for PV systems on roofs create electrical, fire, structural,

• UPC: 388821383

Fireproof Construction; An Authoritative Presentation of the Fire Prevention Problem, Giving the Historical Development of the Art of Safe Building, and the Best Modern Practice in Fireproof and Fire-Resisting Construction, by F. W. Fitzpatrick... and Theo

Fireproof Construction

• UPC: 674055409

Fireproof Construction : An Authoritative Presentation of the Fire Prevention Problem, Giving the Historical Development of the Art of Safe Building, and the Best Modern Practice in Fireproof and Fire-Resisting Construction, by F. W. Fitzpatrick... and Theo

Fireproof Construction: An Authoritative Presentation of the Fire Prevention Problem, Giving the Historical Development of the Art of Safe

• UPC: 924500362

Fireproof Construction : An Authoritative Presentation of the Fire Prevention Problem, Giving the Historical Development of the Art of Safe Building, and the Best Modern Practice in Fireproof and Fire-Resisting Construction, by F. W. Fitzpatrick... and Theo

Fireproof Construction: An Authoritative Presentation of the Fire Prevention Problem, Giving the Historical Development of the Art of Safe

• UPC: 406172889

Safety Fundamentals and Best Practices in Construction Industry

Safety Fundamentals and Best Practices in Construction

• UPC: 820135851

Managing Complex Construction Projects - eBook

To many program, project, or construction managers, a complex project seems to be a labyrinth with many hidden dangers. This book is a guide through that labyrinth. It explains best practices and provides insight so

• UPC: 749444950

Cordwood Construction Best Practices by Flatau, Richard

• UPC: 143137965386
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 39 USD

Cordwood Construction: Best Practices: A log home building method us... NEW BOOK

• UPC: 372033800858
• Category: Non Fiction
• Price: 20 GBP

CORDWOOD CONSTRUCTION BEST PRACTICES By Richard Flatau **BRAND NEW**

• UPC: 183855539703
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 46 USD