Cordwood Workshop - Building the Walls
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- Placing a vapor barrier before mortaring, using a MIM stick, laying logs in a random non-pattern, tuckpointing, keyways, three ways to tuckpoint, etc. Lots of questions from the students. More information and photos at cordwoodconstr...
Found this by accident but I stayed because it's so much good information.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Blessings and more Blessings
Love it!!!!! This is so outside of my normal - but it in a great way! It inspires me to want to learn these spectacular skills you all have! ❤️ cheers from Las Vegas!
Jas D, Yes it is. It's built on a FPSF foundation. Frost Protected Shallow Foundation. Basically a turned-edge, insulating, floating slab. Works very well in Wisconsin as floor and foundation.
Very excellent information given in this workshop. Thank you so much for sharing.
My pleasure!
I have started read books Rob Boy. I think all experience will be good for me. I look for your books free:)
Yes, so as much research as you can.
Interesting! This is the master's story!
we are starting to build our cordwood house this spring in northern wisconsin. still have a lot of work to do, and a lot of learning. I am sure it will be a beautiful thing, but i wish we had the opportunity to attend a class before we got started. unfortunately there isn't anything around us until september, which is when we are planning to be done and moved in by. still, no time like the present to learn
Hi Kenneth, I would love to see pictures and learn about your build. I enjoy sharing successful cordwood projects with others for inspiration and learning.
Hi Kenneth, That is too bad, it would have been a treat to have you at a workshop and work with you on building a cordwood wall. Lots of good things happen on site. Good luck with your build and please send pictures when you are finished.
If you have questions, please ask. The most important things are having dried wood (12% moisture content or less), mixing a good mortar (this video will help with that), learning how to make a random pattern, learning proper tuck-pointing methods and curing the mortar so it doesn't crack. There are many articles and posts about these subjects on my website at cordwoodconstruction.org
I'm looking for land now.....everywhere. leaning towards onway Michigan or Franklin area North Carolina. I want to build a cord wood home...on about 3 to 10 or acres. Have been a fan for years!!! Oh with rock as well!
This is an awesome video. Of course I noticed myself in it, or at least my feet, lol.
It's good to have noticeable feet!
My Great Teacher ROB ROY
THANK YOU MORE! Good LUCK!
Thank you too!
so very cool
Thank you.
Hi guys, Greetings from Ireland, I'm really interested in this method of building, is there any special mortar mix or just the standard mix for making walls, if your logs are 16 ins long does you uprights need to be the same?
You can actually use one 6" x 6" post for each section. The post will be hidden on the inside or outside depending on where you place it in your framework.
If I’m starting with a stone base (18” high to protect against drips) do I still need to add a water proof base like your shingle?
It would be a "best practice" if you can. They say that water can travel a long way via osmosis and it will certainly find your rock wall. In my opinion, it is always best to over-build a little bit so your project will last hundreds of years. Best of luck. -Richard Flatau
We are teaching a class in Baraga, Michigan (UP) on July 14-15, 2018. The registration info is at www.cordwoodconstruction.org We also offer private workshops. My next thought would be to watch the Cordwood Workshop DVD which teaches all the fundamentals of building cordwood houses. If you have more questions please email me at richardflatau@gmail.com Good luck with your project.
This guys a science project
How would you incorporate electrical boxes and wires into this type of wall? How does poplar wood work for this type of construction? I have a barn I might want to try this on.
Thanks
Run the wire in the middle of the post framework and then nail the "box" to the side of the post.
I'm very curious how well hempcrete would pair with cordwood walls.
I believe hempcrete or some form of hemp mortar would work well with cordwood walls. The research is just beginning.
What are your thought on A 12" thick wall with solid hempcrete mortar?
I've been wondering about the same idea, too, for a while! :-) I'd love to put the wood into hempcrete mortar.
I think it's worth a try. We have been researching hempcrete and no one to my knowledge, has done it with cordwood, so you would have to consider it an experiment..
I had this thought as well, I figure hempcrete would work similar to cob and may eliminate the need for the insulating sawdust layer. I could be wrong.
What is the FPSF ( how is it supposed to work) i live in a area with frost going to 14 feet , the common advice is to put piles below the frost line
FPSF explained cordwoodconstruction.org/rubble-trench-the-basics
We have lots of standing poplar dead trees around the farm, could we these trees to build a cordwood house?
Poplar is good to build a shed, but there are better woods to use for a house, like cedar.
Good afternoon! My name is Pavel. I live in Russia. Please. What types of trees can be used and what humidity? Thank you for your help!
Cedar is the best tree for cordwood, but you can use disease and insect free pine. The wood needs to be dried to 12% moisture content.
I notice on some beams u have a single strip of wood and on others u have 2 strips why?
The idea is to surround the mortar bead with the strip of wood. That way the wall can't move in or out. This is an 8" wall so we tried both as an experiment.
They are all supposed to have 2 keyways (strips of vertical wood) to grab the inside and outside mortar joint, so the wall won't tip during an earthquake.
of which the mortar is made?
The mortar by volume: 3 sand, 2+ soaked sawdust, 1.5 Type S hydrated lime and 1 Portland cement.
Is that shed on a concrete slab????
Yes, it is a FPSF (frost protected shallow foundation) which is basically an insulated floating slab upon a bed of gravel.
you talk so much the cement will dry before you even get started.
Guilty as charged. I taught for 30 years so I have a penchant for explaining thing thoroughly. Use the mute button and subtitles.