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Splashback is a no-no for Cordwood walls: How to fix

by Richard Flatau | Mar 31, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Splashback from rain and snow can degrade and discolor the cordwood. Letting snow stand against your cordwood is a recipe for mildew, mold and rot. Lichens will even try to build where water is present before it starts. The reader will notice that the log ends and...

Yooper Cordwood Sauna

by Richard Flatau | Mar 29, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, Tiny home, Workshop | 0 Comments

Yoopers & Finns love a good sauna (and I do, as well)! Here are photos and descriptions about the cordwood sauna that Craig Williams and Kathy Binoniemi built, in Negaunee, Michigan in 2016. Fantastic work using best practices with cordwood. Negaunee is in the...

Cordwood in Kenai, Alaska

by Richard Flatau | Mar 23, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 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 logs with foam insulation in the center cavity between the two 3" mortar beads. Mark...

Cordwood Tool Shed uses Wabi-Sabi

by Richard Flatau | Mar 11, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Workshop | 0 Comments

Brian Bronaugh built this most beautiful cordwood tool shed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Brian said, "I've enjoyed the process immensely and have embraced the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi - which is finding beauty in imperfections. It has beautiful artistry and...

Cordwood Construction Best Practices ebook (updated 2020) on sale for $14.99

by Richard Flatau | Mar 9, 2020 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Newly revised & updated (2020) Cordwood Construction Best Practices ebook on sale for $14.99 https://cordwoodconstruction.org/product/cordwood-construction-best-practices-revised-updated-2020-ebook Cordwood Construction Best Practices revised and updated for 2020. ...

Cordwood Yak & Yow Barn in Homer, Alaska

by Richard Flatau | Feb 28, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Jeffrey H. Dean is a true Renaissance man: a builder, sculptor, painter, metalsmith, potter and jack of all trades/master of all trades. Here is but one of his many projects: a gorgeous timber frame barn with cordwood and board & batten. This serves as a home for...

Tiny Cordwood Cabin in Colorado

by Richard Flatau | Feb 21, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural Building, Off grid, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Peter Debenham and Ann Linquist built a lovely tiny cordwood cabin in Colorado. Their original practice building was a wood shed, but this is going to be a multi-use cabin. They are 10 miles from Estes Park in Drake, Colorado. This is a 15' x 8' post and beam tiny...

Korean Cordwood (Cobwood) Soil Houses

by Richard Flatau | Feb 18, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Workshop | 0 Comments

While surfing the web I came across a picture of a uniquely beautiful cordwood home in South Korea that was labeled "Korean Soil House." Having the good fortune to have a friend teaching in Seoul, South Korea at that time, I asked if he could try and track down the...

Colorado Cordwood at Aspen Valley Ranch

by Richard Flatau | Feb 9, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Ryan Ross of Woodland Park, Colorado was kind enough to share these photos. Ryan wrote, "We have our own portable sawmill and cut all the timber-frame material right here on the ranch...the walls are 8" thick because we use this as an art studio/educational space. We...

Cordwood Snapshots

by Richard Flatau | Jan 26, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

My picture archives contain many unique photos of cordwood construction. Some of them are only a single photo, so they do not fit neatly into a "story." They are shared here with brief details and gratitude. Cordwood shed on skis. Easy to move from place to place on...