Hello, Cordwood Guy: This is a great board you have going. Thanks for moderating. What would be your top 10 absolutely essential tools for building a cordwood...
Hello, All: I'm wondering if anyone has information about using Perma-Chink or some other similar commercial product as a uniform coating over mortar joints in...
I'm no expert, but it seems to me that part of the savings of cordwood building would be that rustic grade - and often less expensive - building materials...
Water + wood = rot If your only wanting it to last a few years and your building directly on the ground. I'd put down a layer of gravel (drainage), cover it...
... DJAMES.....GOOD QUESTION!HERE IS MY REPLY.BUT I LITERALLY HAVE HUNDREDS OF TOOLS I`VE GATHERED OVER THE YEARS. [1]MORTAR MIXER [2]CHAINSAW[WITH PEELING...
... DJAMES...........ROB ROY HAS USED CINDER BLOCK IN HIS CONSTRUCTION AT TIMES..CHECK HIS BOOKS.TOM HUBER IS A REAL MASON AND HAS USED STONE TO BUILD THE...
... some ... DJAMES...........THIS IS A MORTAL SIN TO MASONRY/CORDWOOD.MORTAR HAS TO BREATH AND PERMA CHINK DOESN`T.THE NATIONAL HISTORIC SOCIETY HAS STATED...
... I`M NOT SURE IF THIS INCLUDES SIDING AND INTERIOR FINISH.BUT THE MAIN SAVINS IS IN LABOUR.I NEVER BELIEVED THE AUTHORS QUOTES SEEING AS A SEPTIC FIELD...
Hello, Cordwood Guy: Thanks for the list. I'm going to be constructing my first cordwood test building this fall - a small 100 sqft. garden shed. The info...
Hello, Cordwoodguy: Thank you for your response. What if Perma-Chink is applied to outside walls only? Will that leave enough breatheability, or is there a...
Hello, Cordwood Guy: Do the unique properties of cordwood mortar affect stone or brick differently than regular bricklaying mud? Thanks! PS. I am going to...
Hello, Cordwood Guy: Are you aware of any good camparisons with hard numbers of the cost of cordwood building versus conventional construction? Thanks! ... ...
... cordwood ... very ... in ... DJAMES........THE CHAINSAW ATTACHMENTS ARE LOG WIZARD FOR PEELING.BUT YOU NEED A 60cc CHAIANSAW.THEN THERE IS A LANCELOT BLADE...
... leave ... DJAMES..........MOISTURE MIGRATES OUT THROUGH THE WALL AND SEALING THE EXTERIOR WOULD BACK UP MOISTURE CAUSING DAMAGE.THERE IS A PRODUCT THATS IN...
KEN K ASKED ABOUT IT ON UP DACREEK.HE ASKED IF PEG WOULD BE OF ANY USE IN PROTECTING/PRESSURVING LOGS. MY REPLY..........PEG IS USED BY CARVERS AND BOWL...
MEGDCL ON UP DACREEK IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HER RUBBLE TRENCH SETTLING. FROM WHAT SHE SAYS IT SEEMS THAT SHE DID MOST THINGS RIGHT. [A]USED WASH STONE BUT...
Hello, Cordwood Guy: Thank again for your excellent information. So, it is only appropriate to use Perma-Chink type products in smaller patches on mortar...
Hello, Cordwood Guy: Thank you for sharing your experience. It can be difficult to know which ones are best when you don't have it. Big Country ... ...
HERE ARE SOME CHEAP ESSENTIALS.......A RIGID SPOON AND AN OLD TYPE BUTTER KNIFE WITH A ROUNDED TIP [BEND THE TIP ON A 20º OR SO ANGLE FOR POINTING THE MORTAR]...
Hello & Good Morning! In the photo album of this group there are 5 pictures of a cordwood house titled "Maine's Alan" does anyone have more informaton on this ...
Hello to all. This group is an open book forum and is being developed so The "CRAFTSMAN" of their trade can share the knowledge and experiences they have...
... this ... how ... 2X4's?? ... this ... as I ... much ... TIM.............THE GUYS NAME IS ALAN ADOLPHSON FROM HOPE MAINE. HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS adolphsonBros...
HERE IS A REPORT ON UNDERSLAB INSULATION THAT I THOUGHT EVERYONE MIGHT LIKE TO READ. http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpud/pdf/63728.pdf NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD ALSO...
I am going on a trip to wisconsin and have heard alot of cordwood houses are located there. If anyone has info could you please email me at hastinggs@......
THERE IS SAD NEWS IN CORDWOODLAND ..JACK HENSTRIDGE HAS PASSED AWAY!HE WAS A TRUE GENTLEMAN AND THE MAN I CALLED MY CORDWOOD GURU.I`M SURE IT WAS APPARENT THAT...
I'm building a cordwood house in southern ontario, near Georgian Bay. I'm about 2/3rds of the way complete. We're using batches consisting of: 6 wet sawdust...
I'm building a cordwood house in southern ontario, near Georgian Bay. I'm about 2/3rds of the way complete. We're using batches consisting of: 6 wet sawdust...
I'm two thirds complete with a cordwood house near georgian bay, southwestern Ontario. I'm using a wet sawdust-lime-portland-bricksand mix. Does curing mortar...
... Bay. I'm ... within mortar ... enough to ... freezing as it ... GRANT..............I DON`T RECOMMEND NOR DO MOST MASONS THE POINTING OF MORTAR LOWER THAN...
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