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Double Wall Cordwood

by Lucy_51018 | Oct 20, 2018 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

In the mid-70's Cliff Shockey of Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, Canada decided to build an energy efficient home of recycled cordwood, but since he lived where the temps would go down to -50, he decided to build "double wall." He built a post and beam framework and laid up 8"...

Cordwood Timber Framed Sauna in Michigan

by Lucy_51018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, solar, Workshop | 0 Comments

Charles Yeager built himself a gorgeous timber-framed cordwood sauna on Cooper Lake, near Ishpeming, in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Here are the details, as Charles explained them. "I took a timber frame class at the North House Folk School in Minnesota several...

Most Beautiful Cordwood @ Ravenwood (New York) Part 1

by Richard Flatau | Sep 3, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Off grid, Workshop | 0 Comments

One of thee most beautiful cordwood homes I have ever had the pleasure of seeing is the lovely home of Bruce Kilgore and Nancy Dow in the Adirondacks near Saranac, New York. This home is energy-efficient to the max and uses only 2 full cords of firewood to heat this...

Cordwood Conference 2011 Winnipeg, Canada

by Richard Flatau | Sep 2, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Continental Cordwood Conference 2011 University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Canada June 11-12, 2011 This was the first sight we encountered as we crossed the border from North Dakota into Manitoba. Hundreds of wind...

Cordwood Sweat Lodges & Dog Houses

by Richard Flatau | Sep 1, 2018 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Cordwood lends itself to many types of buildings, including ones that keep a person clean and a dog sheltered. Below is a cordwood sweat lodge in the Pacific Northwest. It is built with Western Red Cedar which makes for a beautiful cordwood wall. A tiny sweat...

Best Wood for Cordwood?

by Lucy_51018 | Aug 24, 2018 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

One of the Frequently Asked Cordwood Questions (FACQ) is: "What type of wood can I use?" At one time, the answer was, "Anything you got." But over time folks realized that there were good, better and best options for wood selection. To narrow down your choices...

Cordwood Sauna in Sweden (Part 2)

by Richard Flatau | Aug 16, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building, Off grid | 0 Comments

Pelle Henriksson has added these wonderful pictures of his backyard sauna in Sweden. The foundation (ring beam), framing (post & beam) and cordwood infill are very well done using "best practices" throughout. Pelle recently uploaded a video about his sauna. It is in...

Cordwood Cabin/Rock Wall, Birch Bark & Cordwood Tables

by Lucy_51018 | Aug 15, 2018 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Monte Loomis built a gorgeous cordwood floor in his octagonal cordwood cabin. He proceeded to add a rock wall (fire resistance for his wood stove), cabinet doors made of birch bark and cordwood tables. In the top right-hand corner, you can see birch bark used as snow...

Hungarian Cordwood by Tamas Abel

by Richard Flatau | Aug 14, 2018 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Workshop | 0 Comments

Tamas recently sent some new photos of his finished cordwood cabin. Enjoy them and thank you Tamas for sharing. His logs are pine cut from the surrounding forest and he did the work on weekends. He has made himself a wonderful get-away cabin. Tamas sent a message...

Cordwood classroom houses Cloud Forest Conservation in Guatemala

by Richard Flatau | Aug 11, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Tara & Rob Cahill have been working in the rain forests near Coban, Guatemala for decades. They have built a beautiful infrastructure that includes a cordwood school for middle and high school students. Here is a brief walkthrough video by the architect Charles...