Advantages of Cordwood Building

[@thomasnagel4772]

Thank you for spreading alternatives to the current mainstream building approach. Having just finished a cabin I have learned that anything built conventionally is highly unsustainable, expensive and dominated by petroleum bi-products and toxic chemicals. Here's to spreading the light!

[@thomasnagel4772]

Next one will be chord wood!

[@kitrinakearfott1056]

@@thomasnagel4772 cannot wait to hear this one!

[@jennifermullins277]

I live in Harlan county and would love to come and visit your property. Thank you so much for all the fine work you're doing! God Bless!

[@kitrinakearfott1056]

Harlan county is not that far away.

[@marysmith-oz3ei]

I wish I knew about this type of building 20 years ago.

[@alejandrapaz1786]

I'm really amazed at the fact that it can be constructed by only one person, or one woman, like me! It's quite an important aspect since in these times I'm not earning so much money to hire people to help me. Thanks for this helpful video. Greetings from Neuquen city in the Argentinian Patagonia.

[@lambanmartyr]

Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@johnstrong6593]

Loved your video and I'm reconsidering my cabin build now!! Very well done and shared. Thank you!!👍👍❤

[@thearchitect5796]

Beautiful. Great job brother

[@lunamartinez8181]

Me enamore de estas edificaciones.Gracias

[@sweetea3272]

Can you cover the walls with a solid surface like adobe?

[@MichaelBrown-zp1sf]

Another advantage I see is that logs that would typically not be suitable to mill into dimensional lumber can be used for this type of construction. Basically, you could use the stuff a logging company would leave on the site.

[@backinthewoods2022]

Iam starting my cordwood home in Wisconsin this spring. I will be cutting the white pine as soon as the snow melts and the sap runs. I will be documenting it on my Channel. Thank you for the video nicely done👍

[@backinthewoods2022]

Charlie Delta very cool how will you go about it? Type of wood? Single or double stack? How thick?

[@backinthewoods2022]

Charlie Delta gotcha some advice don’t let the trees sit more than a few weeks the bark will be harder to peel and you don’t want the bugs to get in there and start eating the wood. Once the bark is off that won’t touch it. Also some trees are better than other Check out some cordwood books like Cordwood Best Practices I believe it’s called they have charts inside and explain it well. Maybe you can find them on the internet also not sure. Good luck with the project👍

[@semih331pro9]

Beautiful

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I like that you can use all of the tree. There is very little waste of wood because you can use really large and really small pieces of wood as long as they are the same length. 😊🐝❤

[@damonthomas8955]

Wow, that's great, I currently live in a mobile home, I have been wanting to replace it with a cordwood structure, but I had never even thought of covering this one with a cordwood cladding, what an outstanding idea!

[@lambanmartyr]

This is gorgeous and beautiful. I’m loving this. No noxious chemical off gassing!!!! 🥰 I may be inclined to do some stucco on some parts. 😬

[@s.e.fernandez4002]

VERY Informative! Thank you very much for taking the time to create this video and for sharing it with us. I think cordwood construction is lovely.

[@ПавелДьяков-н1г]

Круто буду строить такой же👍👍👍

[@danclmb]

I want to build a shed this way .

[@johnlynch6695]

All the products used in it's construction , all natural build , can return to the earth.

[@juneday1605]

I'm enjoying you channel very much. Love the content.

[@earthhealing4090]

Thanks for supporting us - we love cordwood!

[@joeromano9788]

Thank you for the information!!

[@kitrinakearfott1056]

I have seen e very nice cordwood house constructed in a Louisville back yard.

[@jorgedario1000]

Great material to build a house I wondering why people in Canada pay so expensive for wood-drywall-vinil house ?

[@LonsdalePalmer]

where do you get the sawdust?

[@markspencer7134]

Sawmills will often sell a pickup truck full for under $10 dollars. Woodworking shops also have bags of sawdust for the taking, but you must know the wood-type it comes from.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

What types of sawdust would you consider unsuitable and why? What is your favorite for cordwood construction and why do you recommend it specifically? Thank you lovely home

[@offgridlife8448]

thanks for the info

[@iasimov5960]

Here in Arkansas we have a saying, "I'll leave the latchstring out" but it is fading away due to lack of relevance.

[@bambooron3161]

I like the idea of the cordwood siding on the Mobil home I have an old one I would like to improve. From what I can see in the vid, looks like there is a foundation and support posts. Does the MH also sit on the foundation and is there insulation between the wall and cordwood? Thank you for putting this video up!

[@lindabell125]

Bamboo Ron it is very primitive. What he don't tell you, is the wood shrinks leaving a big gap between the wood and the cement. That's why you don't see many of them around. If it were as good as he says it is, more people would be doing it.

[@josephmclennan1229]

@@lindabell125 I think you have debark the wood first and let it dry for at least a year. Debarking logs is a lot of work. They don't mention the preparation of the wood first. I have all the wood on my land to build one. Figuring cost over time is the question . Buying wood prepared in debarked dry firewood cords can get expensive .You have do a cost analysis.

[@frankieroberson3398]

Beautiful!!!

[@yuantronz45]

What’s the name of the music @ the end? Thanks.

[@earthhealing4090]

The song is called Nevada City, by Huma-Huma & was free from the KZbin Audio Library. Thanks for watching.

[@nathaliem7901]

beautiful

[@ethelpepper]

Wood expands and contracts, it takes up moisture and releases it. How do you prevent gaps from forming?

[@laurafuller6744]

Ethel Pepper the wood is dried out after cutting, the softer the wood you use the better, also the mortar you use between the wood is a mixture of sawdust, lime, sand, cement and water, it makes it flexible so it doesnt crack, look up Rob Roy, he is the director of the Earthwood building school and has written books on the subject and traveled all over the world helping people build cordwood homes

[@SamuraiSwimmer]

Also using split log segments over rounds help. People fill in cracks that develop sometimes with color matched chinking which has an elasti property but then again the mortar mix itself has some flexibility.

[@minthuhh3196]

I live in Myanmar.Now I need a building for Living and teaching to students.So How can you help me? I need technical.

[@ygoldberg1287]

Al how do you know it will handle a forest fire ? What would it look like afterward ,cement with holes?? Just curious

[@Saskguy20]

Haha... How would that sound on a windy day I wonder?

[@SamuraiSwimmer]

Log end grain doesn’t catch fire very easily .

[@kookia213]

For those who know... one thing i don't understand: The logs on the outside part of the home (exterior wall) => can't mold go through them and ruin the logs' integrity (and mold coming inside home via the other end of the log?).

[@allancrow134]

I'm sold, the next house I build will be cordwood.

[@My2Drumsticks]

The building won’t burn, but it also makes a great home for Carpenter bees, powder post beetles, carpenter ants and termites.

[@josephmclennan1229]

I'm in E. Texas, you can stucco it and paint with elastomeric water proving masonry paint. I think a good concrete footing a foot off the ground will help.

[@thomasnagel4772]

Which climate are you in?

[@ygoldberg1287]

Al seems to have made the vid and left

[@learning2levitatethroughdr685]

💙💚💙💚💙💚

[@AnthonyJohnson-qv5nc]

That mobile home is now a static home :-/

[@thomasmckennie8771]

What if you had a big back door?? Then you could back it in and out, and then even add to the stationary structure...

[@ivanshayka9384]

I love the construction. He is 90% right about the construction. But he is completely wrong about lifting a log by yourself or 1 person. I lifted 88 of them, 1 huge ridge pole, and 32 solid log rafters. Also, look at his roof overhang, it’s too short, and at risk for bottom logs rotting.

[@vsvicente]

Oh man! The voice of this guy is so depressing. Ok nigga! Cool house... But you could write some text - better than keep speaking lol

[@joannelaferriere1211]

No one put a gun to your head and made you watch it.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

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