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 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...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 22, 2022 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Uncategorized
Cordwood House for sale Round Cordwood, South Stormont, Ontario This circular home offers just under 1400 square feet of living space on one level! With 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a very bright kitchen and living room it is a must-see! Outside you will find a...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 14, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Uncategorized, Workshop
Laurie & Scott Davis of northern Wisconsin sent the following photos and notes of their incredibly well-built, best-practices cordwood home. “We took one of Richard (Flatau’s) workshops in 2018, and he’s been keeping tabs on our progress with...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 10, 2022 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
These delightful sauna photos are courtesy of Jim and Karen Martzahl from Wisconsin. Although this sauna is at their camp in Daggett Michigan. They used dried white cedar that had been dried for seven years. The roof is 1-inch thick poplar with 1/2 inch styrofoam...
