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Starwood Cordwood Home

by Lucy_51018 | Dec 5, 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

Some cordwood owner/builders want to build Tiny, others opt for Medium, and some want to go Large (or go home :0). Here is a story about the construction of a gorgeous 4600 square foot cordwood home. Naturally, it took a while and if you read the entire post, the...

Cordwood in Kenai, Alaska

by Richard Flatau | Dec 1, 2018 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 7 Comments

The cordwood home of Mark & Chelsea in Alaska. Here are Mark & Chelsea in front of their cordwood home in Kenai, Alaska. The walls are 14" spruce with foam insulation in the center cavity between the two 3" mortar beads. Mark and...

Cordwood in Oklahoma is OK

by Richard Flatau | Nov 25, 2018 | 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

Alan & Rebecca Barreca sent me the following pictures and information on their beautiful home in SE Oklahoma. For those who are wondering about cordwood in a hot, humid climate, this will help answer your questions. "We moved into our 16 sided cordwood home on March...

Bright & Airy Cordwood Home

by Lucy_51018 | Nov 18, 2018 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Bright & Airy Cordwood Home by Valerie Davidson (condensed) "Another couple has stopped by to view our Cordwood Home in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia. They approach us at the door, “He” smiling brightly, “She” reluctantly following. They enter with us...

Wood Stoves for Cordwood Homes

by Lucy_51018 | Nov 5, 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

Many people are attracted to cordwood construction for the potentially low cost of building materials (wood) and the possibility of heating ones own home with a sustainable natural resource (wood). If you have a woodlot, your cordwood home can be heated for your...

Cordwood Cabin on Stilts

by Lucy_51018 | Oct 31, 2018 | 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

Eric & Beth built their Rendezvous Cordwood Cabin for use during "gathering activities" on their property. They hold Historical Re-enactments, Tomahawk and Bowie knife throwing contests, Muzzleloading target shoots and all manner of woodsy/folksy...

Cordwood Stairways

by Lucy_51018 | Oct 27, 2018 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Folks ask: "Can I mortar logs for a stairway into a cordwood wall." The answer is YES, if you do it using Best Practices. If not done correctly, the stairs will loosen in the cordwood wall and cause degradation of the mortar. Above is an example of a cordwood...

Cordwood as a Highlight

by Lucy_51018 | Oct 23, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Cordwood construction is known as a building style for homes, cottages, cabins, saunas and outbuildings. It can also be used as an "accent wall" or to highlight a portion of a room. When this choice is made the wall is usually called Cordwood Siding. The first set...

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...