by Richard Flatau | Jun 29, 2017 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Can you make a window using a hollowed out log and plexiglass? Of course you can if you follow the method that Pelle Henriksson used in his sauna. All pictures are courtesy of Pelle Henriksson and are used with permission. 1. First you clean out and sand the...
by Richard Flatau | Apr 23, 2017 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Where can you find three cordwood buildings, a Yurt, a Straw-Clay Cottage, a Tepee, a Sauna, the largest Megalithic Stone Circle in the USA AND is open to the public)? Kinstone Circle near Fountain City, Wisconsin, is where. Kristine Beck, the owner and...
by Richard Flatau | Apr 18, 2017 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Uncategorized, Workshop
If you want a curved cordwood home, but would like an attached garage and some right angles for kitchen cabinets and a workshop, this home is a good combination of styles. Don Gerdes, an engineer from Reedsburg, Wisconsin created and built a design that combines the...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 15, 2017 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Cordwood Chalet in Golden, British Columbia. This cottage shows how different building styles complement one another: cordwood, lime plaster, cedar plank siding and stone, all take their turn showing off. In doing so, they make a truly unique cottage. From the...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 25, 2016 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building, Natural home for sale
What is the resale value of a cordwood home? Many people don’t consider this when they are planning their cordwood home. Here are examples of cordwood homes that have sold in the past few years. The deciding sale factor in each one was the “quality of...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 9, 2016 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Uncategorized, Workshop
Cordwood is usually chosen as a building style in order to save money. The fact that it uses locally available, sustainable materials is an added incentive. However, sometimes cordwood is built to impress, and here is a fine example. This million-dollar cordwood...
