by Richard Flatau | Jan 21, 2025 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Uncategorized
Cordwood Dream Home Shines Brightly in Virginia Winona and Donnie share details about their wonderful cordwood creation in Virginia. This is both a work of art and a cordwood home built using Best Practices. Since the house site is in the 100 yr flood zone we had...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 7, 2025 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
The Story of the Square Cordwood Sauna in Minnesota by Charles Yeager Cordwood Instructor In October of 2023, I was helping clear the Banadad Ski Trail, near the Gunflint Trail in Northern Minnesota, to ready it for cross-country skiers. One of the volunteers, who...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 8, 2024 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Wave house in Nova Scotia by Michael Fuller. [Update] Michael sent me a few pictures of his beautiful cordwood cabin in Nova Scotia about 10 years ago. His photos have been very well received and admired by folks researching cordwood. He has recently sent an...
by Richard Flatau | Nov 10, 2024 | Alternative Building, Cob, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Tiny home
How to Break Open a Wall in a Cordwood House by Peter Kulich The cordwood cabin we bought in 2015 was lovely – and listed in Lloyd Khan’s Builders of the Pacific Northwest. Nestled in the trees it was sheltered from the worst of the beach weather and never...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 27, 2024 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
Dennis Laper built this cordwood cabin (pictures below) AFTER he constructed a gorgeous Stackwall Garden Shed. He built the “Stackwall Corners” first and used them like corner posts. The Stackwall Garden Shed The posts, trusses, and roof were installed...
