ROT RESISTANT: FIRST CHOICE: [1]NORTHERN/EASTERN WHITE CEDAR[*@EM] EASTERN RED CEDAR[*E] WESTERN RED CEDAR[*E] ALASKA CEDAR[*] REDWOOD* CYPRESS SECOND CHOICE: ...
BUILDERS......PLEASE LIST YOUR CORDWOOD PROJECT AND GET SOME FREE LABOUR...NEWBEE`S VOLUNTEER FOR THE WORK EXPERIENCE.EVERYONE BENEFITS. [BUILDERS IF YOU DON`T...
Hi all, I'm working on an alternative house design involving rammed earth and ferrocrete and have a dilemma that might help someone else... I have an acre to...
... Hi Dan; 6 of them are windows 50" x 84" the other 9+ are "replacement" sliding glass doors 48 " x 80" with a white aluminum frame. Welding may be a...
Yes, Larch, thats' the synonym here for Tamarack. I will follow the advice you mentioned about locating it. I am hoping to follow a similar schedule myself...
Just joined and am interested in the discussions re: cordwood construction. I am interested in all types of low cost housing. I sell "high cost housing" for...
got the info on that stove manufacturer. Seems I recalled a couple numbers wrong...not 88% like I thought but more like 73%. But the effluent is like 1.3 grams...
I have just found a source of white pine, possibly some larch. The owner is clearing a lot fr a kit log home, and was diaapointed, as most of the pine is less...
FIRST OF ALL LET ME WARN YOU ABOUT BUYING PLANS FROM COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE YOUR STATE /PROVINCE.THEY WILL NOT WORK IN MOST AREAS UNLESS THE COMPANY...
Turns out that white pine was poplar and oak. I recommended they season and burn it, and politiely declined. I am back to square one on the wood again. The...
Greetings and salutations, Does anyone know if I can successfully use Osage orange wood for cordwood construction? I sure have a lot of it. Any comments...
An article titled "Variations from Round-Log Construction" by Bill Wolf was printed in the 1954 Sports Afield Cabinbuilding Annual (cover price: 75 cents.) ...
Does anyone have any information about the probability of termite damage in cordwood construction in the Deep South? Not wanting to have to poison the ground...
I`M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY ORIGINAL E-MAIL ADDRESS.I CAN`T GET INTO IT FROM NETSCAPE OR INTERNET EXPLORER.SO THEY ARE UP GRADING OR DOWN FOR A PROBLEM.THIS...
What is cheaper, conventional footings and slab, or preparing area with #2 stone or snad and then a floating slab? Given similar building sites, which is the...
hello all, just the list a few days ago. I'm currently in the planning phase for my new home. I know for certain, that not being too familiar with the cordwood...
just a note real quick. When using a mac at home (eww i know hate em) and signing my name off at the end....I was very careful the second time..it spit out the...
Does anyone have any suggestions about the best options for footings, foundation, floor, etc. for a 16 sided house on a very irregular granite base that varies...
Just finished up putting the post on paper so to speak. Attached is a jpg of what I came up with. Sorry to flood y'all with an 80k msg, lemme know if this is...
I HOPE ROB ROY HASN`T LEFT US...BUT I BELIEVE HE JUST UNSUBSCRIBED TO CUT DOWN ON HIS E-MAIL WHILE HE WAS AWAY. HE MENTIONED THIS TO ME RECENTLY AS I WAS...
Hello There I am new to this group. Let me introduce myself. My name is Dee and I live in Prince Edward County on the north shore of Lake Ontario. I can see...
DEE...I APPROVED ALL THE POSTS...BUT YOUR ONE TO ME DIDN`T POST FOR SOME REASON???ANYONE ELSES????MAYBE IF I RE-BOOT??? I`LL WING IT FROM MEMORY.....THE DETAIL...
Hi ya'll, Thanks for the feedback on osage. I am going to try a test wall after the weather breaks some and I am going to use the osage fairly green. I'll...
Daniel, Thank you for your kind words. I am leaving for a 4-month sabbatical with Jaki and Darin (15) to the southern hemisphere. Our oldest son, Rohan, will...
I JUST FOUND A REPORT I TALKED ABOUT WHERE THEY STATE THAT THE R- VALUE OF WHITE PINE IS R=2.0 PER INCH[AS HIGH AS R=2.1]...IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1978 BY...
