by Lucy_51018 | Mar 31, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Splashback from rain and snow can degrade and discolor the cordwood. Letting snow stand against your cordwood is a recipe for mildew, mold and rot. Lichens will even try to build where water is present before it starts. The reader will notice that the log ends and...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 23, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
The cordwood home of Mark & Chelsea in Alaska. Here are Mark & Chelsea in front of their cordwood home in Kenai, Alaska. The walls are 14″ spruce logs with foam insulation in the center cavity between the two...
by Lucy_51018 | Mar 9, 2020 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Newly revised & updated (2020) Cordwood Construction Best Practices ebook on sale for $9.99 https://cordwoodconstruction.org/product/cordwood-construction-best-practices-revised-updated-2020-ebook Cordwood Construction Best Practices revised and updated for...
by Richard Flatau | Feb 28, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Jeffrey H. Dean is a true Renaissance man: a builder, sculptor, painter, metalsmith, potter and jack of all trades/master of all trades. Here is but one of his many projects: a gorgeous timber frame barn with cordwood and board & batten. This serves as a home...
by Richard Flatau | Feb 18, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Workshop
While surfing the web I came across a picture of a uniquely beautiful cordwood home in South Korea that was labeled “Korean Soil House.” Having the good fortune to have a friend teaching in Seoul, South Korea at that time, I asked if he could try and...
by Richard Flatau | Feb 9, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Ryan Ross of Woodland Park, Colorado was kind enough to share these photos. Ryan wrote, “We have our own portable sawmill and cut all the timber-frame material right here on the ranch…the walls are 8″ thick because we use this as an art...
