by Richard Flatau | Jun 20, 2025 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Workshop
Cliff Shockey is the inventor of the energy-efficient, high R-value (40+) cordwood technique called Double Wall Stackwall. If you live in a cold climate or want to build a home that will be super-insulated, this is one of the techniques to investigate. ...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 19, 2025 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Cordwood Dorm Room by Nicole Barna The Barna’s of Houghton, Michigan used to rent out their cordwood cabin, which their daughter built and wrote an article about in the Cordwood Conference Papers 2005 called “My...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 7, 2025 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
The Story of the Square Cordwood Sauna in Minnesota by Charles Yeager Cordwood Instructor In October of 2023, I was helping clear the Banadad Ski Trail, near the Gunflint Trail in Northern Minnesota, to ready it for cross-country skiers. One of the volunteers, who...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 8, 2024 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Wave house in Nova Scotia by Michael Fuller. [Update] Michael sent me a few pictures of his beautiful cordwood cabin in Nova Scotia about 10 years ago. His photos have been very well received and admired by folks researching cordwood. He has recently sent an...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 27, 2024 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
Dennis Laper built this cordwood cabin (pictures below) AFTER he constructed a gorgeous Stackwall Garden Shed. He built the “Stackwall Corners” first and used them like corner posts. The Stackwall Garden Shed The posts, trusses, and roof were installed...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 20, 2024 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
Modern Cordwood Off-Grid Home from a Recycled Barn by Todd Ashley Todd Ashley (cleaning a log) had a dream to build a modern, off-grid cordwood home in Michigan. Little...
