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Cordwood with Cob Mortar is "Cobwood"
We had the distinct good fortune to participate in a Cordwood with Cob Mortar Workshop at Kinstone Permaculture Academy. Building a Cobwood Entrance Center for the school was the order of the day. A kidney-shaped grade beam had been put in place and the cobwood...
read moreCordwood Article in LaCrosse Tribune
The LaCrosse Tribune's Allison Geyer wrote an outstanding article about Cordwood Construction in the Saturday, July 12, 2014 edition of the LaCrosse Tribune. The article not only gives a concise and accurate history of why and how we built our cordwood home in 1979,...
read moreCordwood Workshop July 19-20, 2014 Wisconsin
One of the final Cordwood Workshops of the season will be held at Kinstone Permaculture Academy (SW Wisconsin) on July 19-20, 2014. This workshop will be a Best Practices workshop where participants will be taught by hands-on methods, how to build their own cabin,...
read moreCordwood Construction Sauna Workshop June 12-15, 2014
We had the distinct pleasure of teaching a Post & Beam Framing Workshop and a Cordwood Workshop at Kinstone Permaculture Academy on June 12-15, 2014. The students were wonderful, energetic and full of ideas. We used the first two days to frame the Cordwood Sauna....
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Cordwood and Strawbale Combination
In Wiarton, Ontario there lives a wonderful hybrid/combination home consisting of double wall cordwood and strawbale/balewall. Rising three stories, 16 sided post and beam framed, living roof, masonry heater, rainscreen to wick moisture away, earth-bermed on the back...
read moreCordwood Workshops at Kinstone, Wisconsin 2014
Here is the exciting slate of Cordwood Workshops that are available in Wisconsin this summer (2014). The site is the beautiful and mesmerizing Kinstone Permaculture Academy near Fountain City, WI, which features a gorgeous cordwood chapel and other natural...
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Cordwood Construction Art Studio Missouri
Melanie Daniels is a wonderful artistic person who is building a cordwood art studio in Missouri. She has a two storey post and beam framework which is anchored in a post and pier foundation. The mortar being used is Lime Putty Mortar (LPM) and is a mix of hydrated...
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Leftover Log Ends [Cordwood]
There are so many things to do with log ends, that is seems a shame to put them all in the walls. Here are a few photos of what you can do with your left-over log ends. Most of these you will have to be reverse-engineered (that is, look at the visual and use the...
read moreCopper Harbor Cordwood
Copper Harbor is a tiny village atop the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Settled by Finns, Norwegians and Swedes (among others) it is a rugged land of strong individuals. Since the land abounds with copper, cedar and stone, folks have been building...
read moreMake doors for your cordwood cabin
People often ask me, "Why do builders spend all their time building a beautiful cordwood home and then slap a crummy door on it?" I usually answer by saying they are probably tired after their labors and just want to get it enclosed, but, I also encourage...
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