by Richard Flatau | Jan 27, 2023 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Cordwood Root Cellar with Yakisugi (Shou Shogi Ban) in the mountains of Idaho by Dave & Suzie K. “We burned (charred) everything. It is very wet where we live and the wood all gets a black mold on it if left untreated. The burning was done with a propane...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 17, 2023 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Dave and Suzie K. sent the following description of their cordwood masterpiece. “Always loved English pubs so decided to build one on our land. The diamond-paned windows came from an old coach house in England and the woodstove is also from England.”...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 5, 2023 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
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...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 29, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Off grid, solar, Uncategorized, Workshop
This article was in Maclean’s Magazine (courtesy of Peter Kulich) and tells the incredible tale of the van Hoogevests, who first lived in Vancouver in the 1960s. The duo dreamed of a home where they could grow their own food and nurture their creative spirits....
by Richard Flatau | Dec 23, 2022 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Robby Keown’s advice for Cordwood Owner/Builders: Start with a Sauna Robby Keown attended a cordwood workshop in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and when he returned home he built this beautiful cedar cordwood sauna. Some details from Robby’s notes: the foundation...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 30, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Charles Yeager taught a series of weekend cordwood workshops in order to build this timber-framed cordwood sauna. This beautiful sauna was built at a camp on the Black River south of Ishpeming, Michigan. The tarps are used to shade the cordwood walls and...
