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Corwood Building Workshop

Friday, February 26, 2010 - Monday, March 01, 2010

Rob and Jaki Roy
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Cordwood building (masonry)
February 26th-28th 2010
Turangi

Cordwood masonry is an old building technique whereby walls are constructed of short logs (log-ends) laid up widthwise in the wall within a special mortar matrix. The wall derives excellent insulation and thermal mass characteristics from insulation sandwiched between the inner and outer mortar joints. Cordwood houses are low in cost, use indigenous materials, and are easy and fun to build....

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