Mother's Stackwood Barn

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November/December 1981
By the Mother Earth News staff 
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The walls of the feed storage room and the milk room (as well as the partitions between stalls) are formed from stack wood set between the post-and-bea framing. The logs for the cordwood partitions were cut to 12" lengths at the sit and then carefully mortared into th spaces between the timbers. Our star wood walls are (we think) very attractive, and there's no question that building them was inexpensive.

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About 5,000 board feet of lumber wet into our barn, but we were able to obtain 3,800 feet of it from trees that had to be cut to make room for the structure. Thus we managed to get the bulk of our lumber at $75 per 1,000 board feet, the cutting fee charged by a local sawmill.

All told, we invested $8,200 in the materials and backhoe work for the Eco-Village's stackwood barn (or about $3.00 per square foot), and the building is proving to be a favorite of visitors an staff alike! !

The Cordwood Barn Plan, number 761, is available online or by calling 800-234-3368.

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