Title:
Cordwood Construction - A Log End View
Author: Richard
Flatau
Address: W4837 Schulz Spur Dr. Merrill,
WI 54452
Phone:
715.536.3195
Web Site: Find out more about his book
and order information right here on Daycreek.Go to the
Meet the Masons section.
Email: FLATO@aol.com
Comments: Richard's book has information
about his house, but also expands on topics from the foundation on up to chinking
the walls. There's also a wide range of house photos that give a good representation
of the different styles used to build a cordwood house. Very nicely done.
Title: Cordwood Building: State of the Art
Author: Rob Roy
Address: 366 Murtagh Hill Road, West Chazy, NY 12992
Phone: 518.493.7744
Web Site: www.cordwoodmasonry.com
Comments: Important papers from the 1994 and 1999 cordwood conferences brought up to date include Bill Tishler's historical piece, A Round House with 16 Sides ; Bottle Designs; Patterned Cordwood; Electric Wiring with Cordwood Masonry; Cement Retarders; What to do about Shrinkage; Cordwood Retrofit on a Mobile Home; three other articles on cordwood and the code, and more.
Title:
Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding
Author: Rob Roy
Address: 366 Murtagh Hill Road, West Chazy,
NY 12992
Phone: 518.493.7744
Web Site: www.cordwoodmasonry.com
Comments: This is the first book that
got me started and is easy to find. There's also a video from Rob that I would
strongly suggest to anyone considering building. I may need a second copy
of this book. It gets used a lot! As of January 2004, this book is unfortunately out of print.
Title:
'94 Continental Cordwood Conference Collected Papers
Author: Edited by Rob Roy, Many authors
from those that have built cordwood houses.
Address: 366 Murtagh Hill Road, West Chazy,
NY 12992
Phone: 518.493.7744
Web Site: www.cordwoodmasonry.com
Comments: There's a wealth of information from this conference. I found this
book extremely useful in putting together a pamphlet that I used to get my
building permit.
Title:
'99 Continental Cordwood Conference Collected Papers
Author: Edited by Rob Roy, Many authors
from those that have built cordwood houses.
Address: 366 Murtagh Hill Road, West Chazy,
NY 12992
Phone: 518.493.7744
Web Site: www.cordwoodmasonry.com
Comments: Lots of new information and photographs of cordwood homes from around
the world.
Title:
The Sauna
Author: Rob Roy
Address: 366 Murtagh Hill Road, West Chazy,
NY 12992
Phone: 518.493.7744
Web Site: www.cordwoodmasonry.com
Comments: The Sauna, is really about building cordwood saunas, something a
lot of people are interested in now. Makes a wonderful and useful practice
project.
Title:
Double Wall Stackwall Construction
Author: Cliff Shockey
Address: Box 193, Vanscoy, Saskatchewan,
Canada S0L 3J0
Phone: 306.668.2141
Comments: Well, I thought I knew how I
was going to build our house until I found this book. Cliff's technique for
building a cordwood house involves building two walls with a vapor barrier
and fiberglass insulation in between. This is by far, the most energy efficient
way to build a cordwood house and if you live up North, you might want to
consider his approach. The book is not as detailed as Rob's but he gets his
point across.
Title:
ABC - About Building Cordwood
Author: Jack Henstridge
Address: RR#1 Oromocto, NB Canada
Phone: 506.488.2477
Comments: Jack's book is one of the present
day founders of cordwood house building and he has collected them into this
booklet. Although the illustrations are a little hard to see (photo copies),
there's a lot of good ideas and photos of cordwood houses.
Title:
Stackwall ~ How to Build It (2nd Edition)
Author: Al Lansdown and Kris Dick
Address: Building Alternatives, Inc.,
P.O. Box 22, Anola, Manitoba, Canada ROE OAO
Web Site: www.buildalt.com
Email: krisd@buildalt.com
Comments: Over 100 pages of excellent
information on stackwall (cordwood construction). This book gives a detailed
description of how to actually build a stackwall house. Live from Canada,
it's a book worth adding to your collection.