WELCOME TO "CORDWOOD"(ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHTED)...A WISE CHOICE IN ALTERNATIVE HOUSING.THERE ARE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS BY THE CORDWOOD AUTHORS,OF CORDWOOD STRUCTURES OVER 1000 YEARS OLD STILL IN USE.[NONE HAVE OFFERED ANY PROOF HOWEVER TO A CHALLENGE I MADE THEM YEARS AGO.]CORDWOOD REQUIRES VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE AND IF YOU RUN INTO ANY PROBLEMS.THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS OPEN TO THE BUILDER TO CORRECT THEM.NO OTHER SYSTEM HAS AS MANY FAIL SAFE FIXES.THATS WHY IT`S A GOOD CHOICE FOR THE DO IT YOURSELFER.I THINK IT HAS THE LOWEST SKILL REQUIREMENT OF ALL THE SYSTEMS.[THAT`S PROBABLY WHY THERE ARE NO PRIVATE CORDWOOD CONTRACTORS.IF ANYONE COULD BUILD ONE;WHY WOULD YOU NEED A CONTRACTOR?]

THIS IS A PAGE FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN INFO ON CORDWOOD /STACKWALL/LOG END HOMES.HERE I DISPELL THE MYTHS AND MISINFORMATION FOUND IN THE BOOKS.A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS...HOPEFULLY.[IF NOT I`LL FIND THE ANSWER].I BRING 31 YEARS OF CORDWOOD KNOWLEDGE TO THIS BOARD .SO TRY MAKE USE OF IT...FOR NEWBEE`S SHY ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS GET THE BASIC`S OFF MY "NEWBEE BOARD" READ ALL THE POSTS AND THEN JUMP INTO THIS ONE.I`M THE ONLY ONE WHO POINTS OUT THE FLAWS IN THE SYSTEM,BUT I ALSO EXPLIAN HOW TO BYPASS OR CORRECT FOR THE FLAWS.I CALL WHAT I TEACH , REALITY CORDWOOD.BACK IN THE LATE 70`S I CO-OWNED A LOG BUILDING SCHOOL AND WAS LICENSED TO TEACH CORDWOOD.I`M THE ONLY ONE I KNOW OF WHO HAD A PROVINCIAL LICENSE TO TEACH CORDWOOD

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