The Complete Cordwood DVD - Rob Roy

Besides combining all of the material from our two cordwood masonry videos, The Complete Cordwood DVD with Rob and Jaki Roy has plenty of new material, including the use of paper-enhanced mortar with Jim Juczak, the 16-sided post-and-beam frame (a good way to build a round cordwood home under cover), and the use of commercial cement retarders.An extensive captioned slideshow rounds out the DVD, showing examples of round, post-and-beam and stackwall buildings, as well as construction details and special features. 205 minutes."*Buy New At http://www.cordwoodmasonry.com/ OR At Corner-Stone Bookstore Plattsburgh-Downtown

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The Sauna... Rob Roy

"I've completely rewritten my 1996 sauna book, added two new chapters (Siting and Design and Building a Conventional Sauna), and, now, over 90% of the 160+ pictures are in color. (None in the former edition.) Sorry about the price increase, but I think you'll find it's worth it. It's a much bigger full-color book.
Here's what Chelsea Green Publishers says about the new edition: 'The Sauna, now revised and expanded, contains everything you ever wanted to know about the famous Finnish bath. Rob Roy shares his infectious enthusiasm for the sauna and provides a complete, detailed guide to sauna building, along with resources for equipment and supplies. The Sauna is replete with history, tradition, health benefits, and instructions for proper use and maintenance, as well as step-by-step instructions for building a variety of cordwood masonry saunas and, new to this edition, conventionally framed saunas. The beautiful color photographs, also new to this edition, will inspire you to create your own sauna haven. Rob Roy is the author of twelve books, including Stone Circles and Mortgage-FREE! With his wife Jaki, he founded the Earthwood Building School, where they teach cordwood masonry construction, timber framing, earth-sheltered housing, and stone circle building.'"
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Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable Underground Home, by Rob Roy

This is the first new major book on earth-sheltered housing to be written and published in the U.S. in 20 years. It combines information that appeared in two of my earlier out-of-print books with a wealth of new information, including case studies and lots of new images.

Everything you need to know about the earth sheltering details and the earth roof for both the Log End Cave and Earthwood designs are in this single volume. The light-weight living roof appears for the first time. A Bibliography and comprehensive Sources list update earth-sheltering for the 21st century. Order now for delivery in March of 2006. You'll get it from us faster than anyone else. This will be the new textbook for our Earthwood Techniques workshops."
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Cordwood and the Code: A Building Permit Guide ... edited by Alan Stankevitz, Richard Flatau, Rob Roy and Dr. Kris Dick.

Here is the long-awaited documentation for presenting a cordwood masonry project to your local building inspector. The kinds of questions that code enforcement officer's most frequently ask are answered here, in a professional manner.

Topics include thermal monitoring (R-values) of a cordwood wall by Dr. Kris Dick, fire resistance of a cordwood wall, certified compression tests of cordwood mortar, cordwood in a seismic 3 zone, REScheck (energy) analysis, and an excellent paper by Richard Flatau called Conversations with a Wisconsin Code Official. In fact, Wisconsin's top code official has called this the best document of its kind that he has seen produced for any alternative building system. The 17-page Appendix includes a copy of Alan Stankevitz's own successful building permit application. You can use the CD supplied with each book to download that application to your computer, and make changes for your own application. This is the definitive document to leave with your local building inspector at the time of permit application."
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2005 Continental Cordwood Conference Papers (CoCoCo/05) ... edited by Richard Flatau, Rob Roy and Alan Stankevitz.

"This new collection of papers reports on the latest innovations in cordwood masonry since CoCoCo/99, the previous conference. It is an excellent supplement to Cordwood Building: The State of the Art.
In this volume you will find new papers on cordwood saunas, cordwood on a frost-protected shallow foundation, log-end treatment and insulation techniques, accenting light in a cordwood home, R-value studies, papercrete revisited, cordwood on a basement, 'wraparound' log-ends, cordwood mortar, lime putty mortar, the use of foam insulation, and several case studies from around North America. There is some beautiful work here, what we think of as the next generation in cordwood building. There are 27 articles in all, including four by Earthwood's Rob Roy, two by conference host Richard Flatau, two by Dr. Kris Dick, P.E. and two by Daycreek.com's Alan Stankevitz. Highly recommended."
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Cordwood Building: The State of the Art by Rob Roy

...with a little help from his friends.
This new book (March 2003) collects the experiences of 25 of the world's leading cordwood masons, from early pioneers Jack Henstridge (who writes about Lomax corners) and Cliff Shockey (the double-wall technique) right up to modern visionaries writing about paper-enhanced mortar, cob as mortar, and more.

author/editor Rob Roy's new contributions include a basic cordwood primer; more about cordwood and cob (cobwood); code issues; a personal retrospective; and an article about cordwood's future. This is the book we now use as a textbook at Earthood's Cordwood Masonry workshops."
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Timber Framing for the Rest of Us: A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam Construction - Rob Roy

Many natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled with straw, cob, cordwood, or more conventional wall materials. But traditional timber framing employs the use of finely crafted jointing and wooden pegs, requiring a high degree of craftsmanship and training, as well as much time and expense. However, there is another way…

Timber Framing for the Rest of Us describes the timber framing methods used by most contractors, farmers, and owner-builders, methods that use modern metal fasteners, special screws, and common sense building principles to accomplish the same goal in much less time. And while there are many good books on traditional timber framing, this is the first to describe in depth these more common fastening methods. The book includes everything an owner-builder needs to know about building strong and beautiful structural frames from heavy timbers, including:
the historical background of timber framing
crucial design and structural considerations
procuring timbers -- including different woods, and recycled materials
foundations, roofs, and in-filling consdierations
the common fasteners
A detailed case study of a timber frame project from start to finish completes this practical and comprehensive guide, along with a useful appendix of span tables and a bibliography.
Highly illustrated, this book enables 'the rest of us' to build like the professionals and will appeal to owner-builders, contractors and architects alike."

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Stoneview: How to Build an Eco-Friendly Little Guesthouse - Rob Roy

by Rob Roy
"Stoneview is an octagonal cordwood masonry timber-framed guesthouse with a living roof, located at Earthwood in Northern New York. It cost $5000 to build, complete, about $16/SF for its usable 320 SF of area."
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Over 130 clear line drawings and step-by-step images provide the reader with all the information needed to build Stoneview from start to finish, and a full-color section shows off the beautiful design features of this charming “green” cabin. All design considerations are covered, as well as a thorough discussion of the geometry of the octagon. Separate chapters are devoted to: site prep, forming and pouring the slab, timber framing, the light-weight living roof, and the cordwood masonry walls. Instructions for the interior slate & concrete floor and wall finishing are included, as well as a basic plumbing system featuring Joe Jenkins’ “humanure” composting system. Stoneview concludes with a performance evaluation of the building and a complete costing analysis.

You don’t need any of my other books to build Stoneview. It’s all here. And the building, which could also serve as a studio, office, or workshop, is appropriate for any climate.& target=_blank

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