actually I did think that you are right, but weigh in cordwood guy about a foundation up to the window height. and the full height corners....wow I'll have to...
JELLYLORD.......LETS JUST SAY THAT IT TAKES 60 LOGS TO BUILD A HOUSE. AN UNEDUCATED BUILDER WOULDN`T BE ABLE TO TELL A SPIRAL GRAINED LOG FROM A PIANO. =lol. A...
Okay I did a little digging and I agree with you. Saw some amazing pictures of a concrete wall that had heaved due to ice ...wow. basements I think are a must,...
Does anyone live in or know of any cordwood buildings in Arizona or New Mexico that I might check out ? I'm moving out that way in a couple of months and would...
SHILOH.............I`M THE ONLY ONE WHO RECOMMENDS FULL CONCRETE BASEMENTS.HERE IS MY LOGIC...AND I`M SURE YOU WILL SEE THE RATIONAL LIVING IN NORTHERN...
... SHILOH..........NOW JUST IMAGINE THAT SAME WALL BUILT OF STONE.THE CONCRETE WALL MOST LIKELY HAD REBAR TO STRENGTHEN IT.IN ONE SOLID MASS OF CONCRETE YOU...
... EMCIOZ............CHECK AT DAYCREEK FOR THEIR NEW CORDWOOD DIRECTORY. CHECK UNDER NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA.[ITS NEW AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUT YOU MIGHT FIND...
... answer. How ... basement ... walls? ... nothing else. ... how can ... flopping we've ... GARDENGREETINGS......THIS WAS ONE OF MY FEW HOLD BACKS ON...
ASKED ABOUT COBWOOD. MY REPLY:IF REPLASTERING IT EVERY YEAR APPEALS TO YOU THEN GO AHEAD. AS FOR BOOKS GO ON COBWOOD CHECK OUT TONY WRENCH`S BOOK. CORDWOODGUY ...
HI, I have a couple of questions for you, the first pertains to the subject heading. Let me refresh your memory of what we are planning, a poured concrete ...
CWG, What is your experience using this supposed wonder tool? Seems like just what i've been looking for. Would the planer type blades work just as well on...
Privately to CWG: The message I posted a few minutes ago with no subject should have had Re: Cordwood Compromise in the subject box. Would you mind inserting...
Till_shiloh: There is a book entitled "AMERICAN LOG HOMES" by Arthur Thiede and Cidy Teipner, published in the U.S. in 1986 by The Rodale Press (republished in...
CWG: In response to your comments: ....THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF KNOTCHING INVOLVED... CWG.......Better for a beginner to be end-cupping 4, 5, and 6 foot logs ...
GARDENGREETINGS......THIS WAS ONE OF MY FEW HOLD BACKS ON CORDWOOD. BUT I DID MENTION IT IN ANOTHER POST. Sorry, I must have missed it. ... OK, here is where...
I am very much for peeling, because of what I have experienced by not peeling. Especially softwood. Yesterday I went past the U of M to look at the strawbale...
If wood rots when in contact with soil, then why is the wood burried by the backhoe that dug my ditch, still as good as the day it was burried 10 years ago....
... concrete ... CAPT......DID YOU MEAN A SINGLE CORDWOOD WALL?IF NOT EXPLAIN CORDWOOD FLOOR. ... CAPT............I HAD A STRUCTRUAL ENGINEER FRIEND O.K. MY...
... SHILOH.....TO BE TRUTHFUL,I`M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY SCHOOLS FOR CORDWOOD NOW.THERE ARE MANY CONVENTIONAL LOG BUILDING SCHOOLS.ANYONE CAN TEACH A...
... YUKON PAUL......I`M AN OLD FART AND PEELING SPUDS AND DRAW KNIVES WERE MY TOOLS.I`VE SEEN THE LOG WIZARD BUT HAVE NEVER USED ONE. DID YOU SEE THE VIDEO...
... not ... look at ... shed not far ... handbook. To ... shifted ... quality ... intact. The ... place. ... was in a ... (I assume ... been ... was ... ...
... burried by the ... 10 years ... Many less ... VICTOR....FOR WOOD TO ROT YOU HAVE TO HAVE OXYGEN.THEY HAVE MINED LOGS FROM AN ANCIENT BOG.THEY DREDGE THE...
SHILOH.....TO BE TRUTHFUL,I`M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY SCHOOLS FOR CORDWOOD NOW.THERE ARE MANY CONVENTIONAL LOG BUILDING SCHOOLS.ANYONE CAN TEACH A WORKSHOP...
... SHILOH.........I FORGOT ABOUT A CURRENT CORDWOOD SCHOOL IN ONTARIO.THE OWNERS ARE/WERE MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD BUT NEVER POSTED. ... GET ... SHILOH...CHECK...
WE SEEM TO HAVE HAD A JUMP IN MEMBERSHIPS.I HAVE A VISUAL DISABILITY IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING ABOUT MY UPPER CASE.I`VE TRIED EVERYTHING ON MY COMPUTER TO...