How To Make A Cordwood Floor

Sand both sides using a belt sander.

How to make a cordwood floor.

Glue the layout you have chosen. Using one of these may save time from sanding to get floor even once installed. Begin to layout disks on the floor. Seal the top of the slices so they don t get stained by the grout.

We re using loctite pl premium construction adhesive. A band saw would be helpful to get uniform sizes. I have used a scroll saw to make a floor out of cedar strips that weren t thick. Work in 2 sections.

Try to get them as close as possible. As long as the limb will fit under the arm either should work. We are gluing the slices directly onto our concrete slab. Prepare floor surface by sweeping and mopping.

A beautiful blood red thick shaggy mat. You can get step by step instructions from sunny pettis lutz tony over at cordwood construction tags. Our house was built in 1979 and many rooms and hallways still had what appeared to be the original carpeting. Glue the slices to the floor.