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• Title:Cordwood building : a comprehensive guide to the state of the art / Rob Roy.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Roy, Rob, 1947- author, editor.
  
• Published/Created:Gabriola, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2016]
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TH4818.W6 C67 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Log-end houses--Design and construction.
  Log-end houses--History.
  Building, Wooden.
  
• Genre/Form:History.
  
• Edition:Fully revised second edition.
  
• Description:xxiii, 263 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"From various wall-building methods and new mortar options to electrical wiring and code compliance, and augmented by fresh case studies from around the world, more than a dozen new chapters cover the array of innovations in cordwood construction since the first release nearly 15 years ago. Cordwood Building remains the most comprehensive book available on cordwood masonry construction methods."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780865718289 (paperback)
  0865718288 (paperback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: What is Cordwood Building?
  But Why Build with Cordwood?
  How?
  pt. 1 Cordwood Basics
  1. Three Cordwood Masonry Styles
  Cordwood Infilling Within a Strong Timber Frame
  Cordwood as Curved Load-bearing Walls
  Cordwood with Stackwall Corners
  Door Frames
  Summation
  2. Wood
  What Kind or Species of Wood Is Best?
  How Long Should the Wood Dry?
  Should I Bark (or "Debark"
  -Means the Same Thing) the Wood?
  How Much Wood Should I Cut?
  How Thick Should the Walls Be in a Cordwood Home?
  How Should I Cut the Wood?
  Split Wood or Round Log-ends?
  Can I Mix Species of Wood in the Same Wall?
  3. Building Cordwood Walls 101
  Mortar
  Insulation Options
  Building a Cordwood Wall
  Window Bucks
  Pointing
  Cleaning the Log-ends
  4. Building with Cordwood 202
  Wood Expansion
  Wood Shrinkage after the Build
  Mortar Cracks
  When Everything Shrinks
  -A Solution
  Building Thicker Cordwood Walls Within a Timber Frame
  Time Efficiency
  Stand Back from the Wall
  pt. 2 New State of the Art
  5. Is Cordwood Green?
  Sustainability
  Leaving Little Impact on the Planet
  Low Embodied Energy
  Energy Efficiency
  Healthy Home
  So, Is Cordwood Masonry Green?
  6. Double-wall Cordwood / Rob Roy
  Introduction
  Solar Design
  Foundations and Under-floor Radiant Heat
  Double-wall Cordwood Technique
  Evolution of Double-wall Cordwood
  7. Foam Insulation with Cordwood
  Open Cell Foam
  Soy-Based Foam
  Foam Insulation with Single-wall Cordwood
  8. Bottle-ends and Other Design Features
  Making Bottle-ends
  Creating Bottle-end Designs
  Design Features at Mushwood
  9. Electrical Wiring in Cordwood Masonry Buildings
  By Paul Mikalauskas, Mike Abel and Rob Roy
  Wiring Mushwood
  10. Lime Putty Mortar / Bruce Kilgore
  Short History
  Lime Putty Mortar Versus Portland-based Mortar
  Making Lime Putty and Lime Putty Mortar
  Pay Attention to Detail
  11. Cobwood Revisited
  Cobwood at Earthwood
  Our Latest Cobwood Wall Building
  To Summarize
  12. Paper-enhanced Mortar / Rob Roy
  Papercrete, or Paper-enhanced Mortar (PEM)
  My Paper-enhanced Mortar
  Cellulose-enhanced Mortar
  Paper-enhanced Mortar Observations
  13. Cedar Eden: Design Considerations / Tom Huber
  Pattern that Connects
  Place-based Design Considerations for Cold Climates
  Hobbit Way of Homesteading
  Cabin with Four Doors
  Intentional Patterns
  -The Nature of Order; Building as Sacred Practice
  Retreat from the World
  14. Cordwood-to-mortar Ratio: An Analysis
  Consistency in Cordwood Build Quality
  Varying Wood-to-mortar Ratios
  Impact of Wood-to-mortar Ratio
  15. Cordwood Cutoff Table for a Chainsaw / Bruce Kilgore
  Fabrication Skills Needed
  You Will Also Need
  Frame
  pt. 3 Case Studies from Around the World
  16. Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership by Studio Gang Architects
  Why Wood Masonry?
  Learning from the Experts
  Playing by the Rules
  Thermal and Structural Constraints
  Pushing the Limits with Digital Tools
  Mixing It Up
  Not the End
  17. My Cordwood Construction Evolution / Geoff Huggins
  Cordwood Constants... and Why
  Cordwood Embellishments... and Why
  18. Adirondack Cordwood Cabin / James Conway
  If I Was to Do It Again
  19. Ravenwood: A Labor of Love in Northern New York / Nancy Dow
  Our Cordwood Odyssey
  Five-year Plan
  Trisol Design
  Breaking Ground
  Racing to Get the Roof On
  Cordwooding Commences
  Closed In!
  What Worked... and Hard Lessons Learned
  20. Hexadecagons in Hawaii and Tasmania / Ben Oliveros
  Builder Ben
  Australia's First Council-approved Cordwood Residence?
  21. Hermit's Hut
  Cultivating Coincidence
  Siliconized Sealer
  22. La Casa del Trunco
  Cultivating a Coincidence in Nicaragua
  Solentiname's Cordwood Homestead
  Cordwood Dorm Room
  When We Got Home
  pt. 4 Economics and Code
  23. Mortgage-free Cordwood Home
  Grubstake
  Land
  Temporary Shelter
  Keep It Small
  Keep It Simple
  Use Recycled Materials
  Work Parties
  Add-on House Strategy
  24. Getting a Building Permit for a Cordwood Home
  pt. 1 Engineering Viewpoint / A.M. Lansdown
  pt. 2 Code Enforcement Officer's Viewpoint / Thomas M. Kwiatkowski
  pt. 3 Other Cordwood Code Issues / Rob Roy.