by Richard Flatau | Oct 31, 2018 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Eric & Beth built their Rendezvous Cordwood Cabin for use during “gathering activities” on their property. They hold Historical Re-enactments, Tomahawk and Bowie knife throwing contests, Muzzleloading target shoots and all manner of woodsy/folksy...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 27, 2018 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Folks ask: “Can I mortar logs for a stairway into a cordwood wall.” The answer is YES, if you do it using Best Practices. If not done correctly, the stairs will loosen in the cordwood wall and cause degradation of the mortar. Above is an example of a...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 23, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Cordwood construction is known as a building style for homes, cottages, cabins, saunas and outbuildings. It can also be used as an “accent wall” or to highlight a portion of a room. When this choice is made the wall is usually called Cordwood Siding. ...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 20, 2018 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
In the mid-70’s Cliff Shockey of Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, Canada decided to build an energy efficient home of recycled cordwood, but since he lived where the temps would go down to -50, he decided to build “double wall.” He built a post and beam...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 30, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, solar, Workshop
After taking a workshop, Charles Yeager, built himself a gorgeous timber-framed cordwood sauna on Cooper Lake, near Ishpeming, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [Note: Charles will be leading two workshops near AuTrain, Michigan in September of 2022. ...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 3, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Workshop
One of thee most beautiful cordwood homes I have ever had the pleasure of seeing is the lovely home of Bruce Kilgore and Nancy Dow in the Adirondacks near Saranac, New York. This home is energy-efficient to the max and uses only 2 full cords of firewood to heat this...
