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 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...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 2, 2018 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Continental Cordwood Conference 2011 University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Canada June 11-12, 2011 This was the first sight we encountered as we crossed the border from North Dakota...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 24, 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
One of the most Frequently Asked Cordwood Questions is: “What type of wood can I use?” At one time, the answer was, “Anything you got.” But over time folks realized that there were good, better, and best options for wood selection. To narrow...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 15, 2018 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Monte Loomis built a gorgeous cordwood floor in his octagonal cordwood cabin. He proceeded to add a rock wall (fire resistance for his wood stove), cabinet doors made of birch bark, and cordwood tables. In the top right-hand corner, you can see birch bark used as...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 14, 2018 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Workshop
Tamas recently sent some new photos of his finished cordwood cabin in Hungary. Thank you Tamas for sharing your creative work of building a cordwood cabin. His logs are pine, cut from the surrounding forest and he did the work on weekends. He has made himself a...
