by Richard Flatau | May 1, 2016 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural home for sale, Uncategorized, Workshop
Looking to become economically self sufficient? Want to run your own business? Are you into organic and natural living? Here is an opportunity you will want to explore.The courtyard (below and to the right) offers additional seating for parties, ceremonies and live...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 21, 2015 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
There are some very amazing signs and billboards being created as artwork and not for residences. Billboards, fences, signs, and gates are being built with a cordwood motif. Here are a few examples. A sunburst dry-stack cordwood porch fence for kindling wood. The...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 13, 2015 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Mario Vargas sent me some wonderful photos of a cordwood bath house he is building near Tlaxcala, Mexico. He is using white and red cedar to complete his cordwood walls. Three masons are working on the walls tuck pointing. Since it is a bath house the windows are...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 29, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Martin Tyciak built this gorgeous cordwood patio-terrace at his home in Slovakia. Here the 2-inch cordwood slices are being hammered into place so they are level. The base of gravel had already been tamped to make a firm and level foundation. Martin used wood from...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 20, 2015 | 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
Pelle Henriksson has added to his portfolio with these new pictures of his backyard sauna in Sweden. He calls his Facebook building site Kubbhusbastu which translates to Cordwood Sauna which Pelle says is “Just for fun.” The foundation (ring beam),...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 15, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Here is the beautiful 3 bedroom, code-approved, cordwood home of Pat & Beth Goulee near Tomahawk, Wisconsin. Pat and Beth used the book Cordwood & the Code: A Building Permit Guide (available in ebook and print format at www.cordwoodconstruction.org ),...
