This Is Wisdom Radio - Retire Early with a Cordwood Home
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Albert Roes discusses Cordwood Construction technique he used in his (and Dulia's) Cordwood home. His cost for construction in 1996 was $26.00/ft2 or $52,000 for the 2,000 ft2 house. This house is not only inexpensive to build but it is very inexpensive to operate. Smart Living.....
You could really build an inexpensive home like this. Thank You for your knowledge and time!
Thanks for sharing these insights, very helpful and inspiring. I work in Ghana as a Youth Development Officer and I am currently recruiting volunteers with knowledge, skills, and passion for alternative-ecological building to build a Youth Community Center in a village with Cob or Cordwood - this center will run After-School Programs that will serve 3 surrounding villages
If anyone on here has skills and the passion for alternative building, my doors are opened.
Cant wait to build the first Cordwood house in Ghana .............. I could use all the help there is
I am moving to Malone. I am going to try and get one of those workshops I want to build a cordwood home all by myself. I have 10 acres of woods. Fun times.
I love how he did the windows to let in more light! This is a beautiful home inside and out.
He said he had a different mixture of mortar for the point masonry than he did for the regular masonry and this was the secret to keeping it nice and tight...would love to know the recipes!
WHY make a how to video with the only part that matters a SECRET !!?
@@jimmymarshall7572 no secrets...just a lot of variables
More than likely it was more Portland cement added to the mix
Amazing craftsmanship! Bravo!
My concern, and we see this more in America, is how easily people use cement. You can find lime mortar and that is what cordwood homes are primarily built with in the UK and elsewhere. In fact, the cost of lime mortar is comparable to portlant cement, if not lower.
This guy is an inspiration.
It is a beautiful place congratulations to the owners and thank you for showing it to the public. It's made me see the possibilities
Overall, an outstanding project and presentation...thanks.
What a lovely home!!!
this is truly amazing. i think you are some kind of construction genius, as well as a talented artist! your home is unique and beautiful. God bless you and your family.
Yes i agree....
Very beautiful home ALBERT!!!!!!
+Bill W Yes it is something else Clearly a labour of love. Hes obviously very happy with how it turned out too.. Good on him.
Danke schön für dieses informationsreiche Video.
I'm curious about the two different recipes for mortar you mention for construction. could you share the differences in composition ?
Beautiful home by the way, nicely done ...and a huge inspiration for me
thanks
a rock house would look cool, theres been one built in our town that is still there possibly over 100 years old. only one wall not two and insulation in center as was mentioned by someone i have seen on you tube. like the look of this home.
Thank you for sharing! Beautiful home =)
Just Gorgeous!
So beautiful....elegant and warm
Amazingly beautiful. I will try my luck at building a house like this
Start with a cabin or shed....
Thank you.
Very good thanks!
This is my dream / retirement home .
Linda casa.
I like this style of building and the do it yourselfness of it. Could I get this permitted in a county to build as a residential property? I'd live in a cordwood house
did you add saw dust for insulation between the mortor or mixed into the mortor? did you use a water sealant over the wood n cement?
Very nice
Albert,
how did you get the cedar post on the outside and window framing to that color and finish? And what motor did you use to get the white finish.
Nice job there I must say.
The wood you mentioned is just natural. The mortar is two different mixes one for the construction then it is pointed with a finish mix...you could add a little paint to get any color you want.
Para fazer uma casa dessa com torrinhas de madeiras posso eliminar o cimento? E fazer de barro e capim seco?
Oi como o Sr fez para as paredes ficar brancas entres as madeiras? Obrigada
what kind of material did you ise for the mortar?
Its a secret
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Did Albert video record the construction? Great Job.
No video of construction but a few still photos
doesnt anyone understand that any given area at any time can be struck with weather... however a home is built any building can collapse due to weather. there is no such thing as an indestructable structure. As far as termites they can appear anywhere and if treated does no damage. cord wood is infact is wood, though most want to complain about what kind is better? everyone at some time is controlled or "brainwashed"to believe in societies choosing most of us have no choice. as far as structure is concerned if any home is built poorly, itll eventually fail. the cord wood look amazing and following the "permit"requirements makes it "legal" no matter how it is built. i feel it is always up to someone to try to get us to choose their way and have their hands in our pockets, just sad now that people try to make us believe that we cannot be self sufficient and that weren't capable of making decisions by ourselves. In fact we all are and as soon as others choose to make their own home and feed ourselves, without someone making us do what they want. sorry for those who will lose out on the money...
White cedar is not subject to termites....they don't like it. Weather wise this house is 2 or 3 times more capable of withstanding heavy weather. Its not perfect but cordwood has many advantages
Terry Nicholson beautifully said!!!
nice design
How is this off the grid if they have electric hook-ups where they are reliant on a traditional electric grid system? Looks like they get their water from the city too. Where do they grow their own food at?
They have a well.....they use considerably less electricity (energy) than most houses because the walls are 24" thick. Their cost of operation is less thaan 30% of other homes making it somewhat of the grid and they do grow their own food in their garden.
They are not off grid. Apparently it's just a saying some use.
50000 is still to expensive if you do the work yoursekf and you are resourceful can be much cheaper
Does any one have a floor plan i can get for this house?
Alfa Romeo - You are asking questions which is find but don't anticipated the answers. Stack wall construction has many benefits but you have to do your homework and convince yourself that this is a great building opportunity. There are always naysayers for anything new. If you are open to "new" you will find out there are better ways to do things.
The Forerunner Project my only question that I am unable to find an answer to is "the oldest cord/cob build in history?" They say they can last as long as maintaining is continual!! ??????????
@@nannaskare8149
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwood_construction
so.... i didn't see a single solar panel or wind turbine... there was no mention about power generation... how is this 'off-grid'
Why would someone keep a mortar mix a secret? Obviously a great builder but the whole point is to pass that knowledge down a bunch of youtubers aren't going to steal your business. Could have taught hundreds of thousands of people something useful but instead he's just showboating. Maybe he just adds extra lime? I've also heard of people using plasticiser.
There is nothing secret about the mortar mix but there are multiple ways to mix with different applications. Secondly, Albert has had some health challenges and he is unable to answer. Run some tests...nobody owes you a turn key formula just because its posted on UA-cam.
to me this is the most idiotic concept to build a house. what about tensile forces and shear stress? it can take only so much of compression forces. is it safe during earthquake? is it termite proof ? mold proof ? what about outside invasion of carpenter ants? i have supervised over 2000 custom houses since 1978 most were 3 to 4 story high, all were Load bearing solid masonry with steel reinforced concrete columns and beams, all were echo friendly, hygienic, relatively economical , durable , safe and 90% maintenance free. guaranteed 100 + years roof life. From my point of view as a civil engineer consultant I can laugh at this stupidity. only good thing is the aesthetic view here.
So you simply assume and don't even try to find out any facts? It is an ancient building technique and 1000 year old cordwood buildings still stand today, good luck matching that with your steel concrete builds. To laugh at things you don't know anything about, are we supposed to be impressed by that? Stop making a fool of yourself. It is ok to ask questions but to ask and then proceed to condemn without finding out the answers to those questions makes you look foolish. Yes cordwood is a proven, safe, durable and economical technique. If it isn't your thing, fine, but it is good practice to try to achieve at least some minimal level of knowledge about a subject before presuming to offer an opinion on it. Yes this is the internet, that doesn't obligate you to act like a cretin.
memmi sure people can make igloos and straw huts, mud huts or teepees and live in them, for how many years have you studied the subject of Strength of Materials, or soil mechanics? or structural design? and for how many years have you worked in the construction Material testing labs? if this cord-wood construction style is used for composite filler as whimsical ornament, it may be a choice, but as a reliable construction material, it will be a very difficult task to obtain building permits for such construction. for a good reason it is not any part of the international schedule of rates. Do you even know what i am saying? and good luck getting any financing for this. as an investment you will have a cord-load of paper work to do Disclosure for this type of property. marketability, equity, and appreciation of investment will be poor. the Golden rule in engineering is that you cannot sacrifice safety for the sake of economy.
Alfa Romeo
So you stumble across a video of a building technique that you know nothing about, and ask a bunch of questions about it, such as how much stress it can handle, termite resistance, mold proofing, etc. Then - without acquiring answers to ANY of these questions - you assume that the technique must indeed perform poorly on these variables. Hmm pardon me for not accepting your word as authority on this subject.
As it stands, you are clearly in the *so ignorant that you don't even know that you don't know* category. Perhaps you are as you say very experienced with the materials and techniques that you use, but fact is you have yourself admitted that you have no clue about building with Cordwood - you don't know how much compression force it can take or what the termite resistance level is. It is all conjecture on your part. If you were actually interested in determining the safety and reliability of this technology you'd try to find out if these evaluations had been made and then you would have based your opinion on facts and results, not "knee jerk assumptions".
I know exactly the answers to those questions I had posted and asked from the person who had built this house. many many years ago i was teaching Engineers. of course i know all this. but when i see some student making blunders i just politely ask them some questions to see if they know the answers , and if they come up with wrong answers then i offer them guidance. so many PhD student still consult me to do their research work. I would have had fun teaching you in my class, but it is UA-cam and you are not an engineering university student. your replies do show your academic level. this is what makes me laugh.
Alfa Romeo
You do NOT know the answers to the questions, because you have not conducted an evaluation of cordwood building, nor have you looked up the evaluations that exist. Be honest, you are not even interested in the answers. For you this is clearly an ideological issue, where you are very firmly invested in the mainstream and for some reason feel threatened by alternative approaches (I must say it is also rather disconcerting to find a person in the building sector show such ignorance concerning, and disrespect and disregard towards, the cultural history of architecture and heritage building traditions). Am I supposed to be impressed that you have consulted engineering PhD students, and thereby ignore your behavior in this thread? That information just makes me think this ought to be beneath you. I hope you advised those students to actually look up facts and numbers when faced with an unknown material or technology, and not settle for "assuming" that the material behaves as you might expect based on experience with other, different, materials. Please don't attempt to lecture me about academics, because I have had plenty of opportunity to observe the way you approach a subject that you are unfamiliar with, and it is not impressive. If you were any kind of academic worth your salt you'd be aware that knowledge in one specialty of a field cannot merely be transplanted onto a different one in that field. You have let your bias and presuppositions stop you from learning about a subject - that is the antithesis of the academic or scientific.
doesnt anyone understand that any given area at any time can be struck with weather... however a home is built any building can collapse due to weather. there is no such thing as an indestructable structure. As far as termites they can appear anywhere and if treated does no damage. cord wood is infact is wood, though most want to complain about what kind is better? everyone at some time is controlled or "brainwashed"to believe in societies choosing most of us have no choice. as far as structure is concerned if any home is built poorly, itll eventually fail. the cord wood look amazing and following the "permit"requirements makes it "legal" no matter how it is built. i feel it is always up to someone to try to get us to choose their way and have their hands in our pockets, just sad now that people try to make us believe that we cannot be self sufficient and that weren't capable of making decisions by ourselves. In fact we all are and as soon as others choose to make their own home and feed ourselves, without someone making us do what they want. sorry for those who will lose out on the money... they trying to make it seem that a home built with our own two hands is worth less then others,.maybe so since we cut out labor cost and time of "builders" as value i believe that these are just as good on resell, that is if someone chose to ever sell...