by Richard Flatau | Sep 27, 2016 | 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...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 19, 2016 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
One way to put a large piece in the wall and make sure it won’t loosen is to “explode it” by splitting it and then putting it back together with a mortar bead. The very dry wood is Aspen. We were lucky to have such wonderful folk at our cordwood...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 4, 2016 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Kit & Jesse are building a 768 sq. ft. tiny cordwood home with a sleeping loft for their family of four. Using best practices, they have radiant in floor heat, post and beam framing, 16-inch cedar cordwood infill and an R-value of 50 in the roof. The log end...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 31, 2016 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Workshop
Can you combine Cordwood with Timber Framing? Ya sure you betcha! Here are photos of the infilling of a traditional timber frame home with 16″ cedar cordwood and lime putty mortar with a 10″ sawdust insulation cavity (R-value of 24). . This style of...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 27, 2016 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid
Marie-Louise shared these photos of a cordwood “garden house” she built in Holland. The post and beam framework is attached to the wooden deck. Tree limbs have been trimmed and placed into the wall to lend an organic appeal to the garden house. Cordwood...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 19, 2016 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Do you love the taste of Maple Syrup? Would you like to have your own Codwood Maple Sugar Shack? Ted Amman says YES to both questions. He wanted to build a “shack” to house his family maple syrup harvest. Ted attended a cordwood workshop, visited the...
