The walls are almost maintenance-free , requiring neither paint nor wallpaper. The building style had a big influence on the lives of Rob and Jackie Roy, who came to America from Scotland more than 25 years ago looking to lead a self-reliant lifestyle. They found cordwood masonry to be so easy and beneficial that they founded the Earthwood Building School to teach the technique to others. When we learned about cordwood masonry, we said, 'Oh yeah. We can handle that.
Some people can do it better than others.
Roy adds that women tend to be better than men at cordwood masonry construction . He says they seem to have an eye for selecting logs, and they also tend to be more patient with the masonry than men are. Agnes Evans would probably agree. She and her husband, Bob, had planned on building a cordwood masonry house and had gathered and dried the cordwood to build their home . Suddenly Bob's plumbing business took off, and he didn't have time to spend on construction .