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Cordwood Tips, Tricks & Hacks

Cordwood Tips, Tricks & Hacks

by Richard Flatau | Feb 17, 2021 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop

Cordwood Tips, Tricks and Hacks to help you build better cordwood.  Keeping your wall level?  Try using a swinging plumb bob. Usually, a plumb bob is hung on a string to show vertical plumb. This idea is courtesy of Don Gerdes (engineer) who devised it to help keep...
Cordwood Survival Cabin in Russia

Cordwood Survival Cabin in Russia

by Richard Flatau | Feb 3, 2021 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized

Andrew Dubovskiy (who lives in Moscow, Russia) was kind enough to send me these photos. This is his fishing lodge called “Andre-sur-Mer.” It is basically a small fishing cabin with a beautiful view of a deep bay on the White Sea (isn’t that what...
Cordwood in Crestone, Colorado

Cordwood in Crestone, Colorado

by Richard Flatau | Jan 22, 2021 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop

Crestone Cordwood in Colorado   Here are pictures of a round cordwood home for sale in Crestone Colorado.  It is on the market for a half a million dollars and comes with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2700 sq. ft. and some very beautiful views.  It was built in 2004 and has...
Cordwood Cabin on Skis

Cordwood Cabin on Skis

by Richard Flatau | Dec 27, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop

Usually a cordwood cabin’s mortar is prone to cracking if it is moved.  Ernie Burgener has figured out a method of moving a small cordwood cabin (for short distances). He has devised a set of sturdy skids on which he built the frame.  Then he has applied...
Cordwood in Hawaii

Cordwood in Hawaii

by Richard Flatau | Dec 26, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Workshop

Ben Orchiderous of the Big Island of Hawaii has built a cordwood shed (for practice) and a 16 sided cordwood home for living.  Besides running an orchid nursery with 40,000 varieties, he also built a two-story Earthwood style cordwood home in his spare time.   Here...
Cordwood shrinkage?  Explode those logs!

Cordwood shrinkage? Explode those logs!

by Richard Flatau | Dec 19, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop

Did you know that large diameter logs can shrink in your walls?  When you place a dry log in a cordwood wall that is over 12 inches in diameter, there is a good chance it will shrink, even if dried to 12% moisture content.  If it receives a good deal of sun during the...
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