In June I posted a few pictures and a brief explanation of Steve & Sharon Lee’s cordwood floor. After showing the pictures to the editor of Backhome Magazine, he asked if we would work up an article that would explain the process of laying a cordwood floor. Here are a few more pictures and the article at my cordwood website https://www.cordwoodconstruction.org Go to the Articles Menu click on “Cordwood Flooring.”
Steve and Sharon in front of their cordwood floor, their masonry heater, their wood cookstove, Roadkill the Beaver and the rock walled bathroom with claw-footed tub.
5/8″ hardwood slab of maple that was used for the floor. It was very dry and hard.
Here is where the masonry heater begins (in the basement), it is a two storey brick and block stove and heats the whole 1600 sq. ft. house with one firing a day!
Steve is rightly proud of his accomplishments. He is a master craftsman and works to reuse, recycle and repurpose.
Here is the full article with instructions
https://www.cordwoodconstruction.org/img/Backhome_Article_Cordwood_Floor_LeesCOMPRESSED.pdf
published with permission of Backhome Magazine [Hendersonville, North Carolina] If you like this article take a look at their magazine https://www.backhomemagazine.com
If you are interested in Cordwood and literature on cordwood the best place to find it is at https://www.cordwoodconstruction.org Click on the Online Bookstore link to find the available books on cordwood plus how to register for cordwood workshops!
