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Clay house or cordwood: photos and examples

This WordPress post reviews the building techniques of clay house and cordwood construction. It provides photos and examples to explain each method and outlines their various benefits and drawbacks. Clay house building involves the use of clay, sand, and straw to create walls, floors, and roofs โ€“ providing a safe, insulated, and visually appealing finished project; however, itโ€™s subject to weather-related damage and requires significant maintenance. Alternatively, cordwood building requires stacking and gluing together wooden logs to create walls, floors, and roofs โ€“ resulting in a structure that is durable, environmentally friendly, and relatively low-cost.

Clay house

We wrote and showed with the help of video how houses are built from mortar and logs, referring to this environmentally friendly option for building buildings. Most often, the cordwood technique is used in the construction of small buildings, country houses, sheds, and other outbuildings. However, even two-story mansions are being built from logs and mortar, moreover, in a rather harsh climate, for example, in Alaska. In this article, we tried to find for you vivid photo examples of using cordwood technology.

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

Clay house

As you can see, from simple and inexpensive logs and mortar, you can build not only a bath, sauna, fence or shed, but also a full-fledged residential building, warm and solid. Such buildings surprise with their unusual facade, and inside they delight the eye with an attractive interior, in which environmentally friendly materials play the main role.

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Comments: 3
  1. Piper

    What are the major differences between a clay house and a cordwood house? Can you provide some photographs and examples to better understand the visual distinctions between the two?

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  2. Tatum

    Can you provide more information on the pros and cons of building a clay house versus a cordwood house? Are there any specific advantages or disadvantages to each method? Also, could you share some photos and examples of completed clay houses or cordwood houses for reference?

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  3. Luna Simmons

    What are the main differences between building a clay house and using cordwood? Can you provide some examples and photos to compare their aesthetics and sustainability?

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