housing:natural_building_methods:cordwood_masonry
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionNext revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
housing:natural_building_methods:cordwood_masonry [2018/12/14 02:19] – puffinux | housing:natural_building_methods:cordwood_masonry [2018/12/14 06:16] – piponhouse | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
This page is a work in progress. In the meantime here is a brief description of cordwood masonry and some relevant links. | This page is a work in progress. In the meantime here is a brief description of cordwood masonry and some relevant links. | ||
- | A cold climate building technique. In sustainability harvested forests cordwood masonry is a long lasting building technique that provides breathable | + | A cold climate building technique. In sustainability harvested forests cordwood masonry is a long lasting building technique that generates |
Cordwood Masonry is a wall building method that involves using split and dried softwood logs as bricks and lime cement plaster as mortar, logs are laid with the ends exposed from the mortar. This makes it relatively easy to build and much faster than stone masonry. This building method has been used in North America since the eighteen hundreds. Farmers would often build houses and barns using this method and cover the walls with wood siding. Despite having a significant thermal mass, wood does not provide much insulation value. To rectify this a new method of cordwood masonry was designed. | Cordwood Masonry is a wall building method that involves using split and dried softwood logs as bricks and lime cement plaster as mortar, logs are laid with the ends exposed from the mortar. This makes it relatively easy to build and much faster than stone masonry. This building method has been used in North America since the eighteen hundreds. Farmers would often build houses and barns using this method and cover the walls with wood siding. Despite having a significant thermal mass, wood does not provide much insulation value. To rectify this a new method of cordwood masonry was designed. |
housing/natural_building_methods/cordwood_masonry.txt · Last modified: 2018/12/15 02:51 by piponhouse