by Lucy_51018 | Jun 26, 2019 | Alaska, Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
“Who Let the Dogs Out” of their cordwood houses? Who, who, who? When they are outside they pose with panache. Usually, with a look of “my home is built like a fortress! Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah!”Whitefang loves her cordwood in Homer, Alaska. ...
by Lucy_51018 | Jun 9, 2019 | Alaska, Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Stackwall corners were one of the very first ways developed to make inexpensive corners for cordwood construction. The problem was they were (are) very time-consuming to build (every timber has to be leveled multiple times) and the roof could not be built until the...
by Lucy_51018 | May 26, 2019 | Alaska, Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Chuck Hine of Calumet Michigan built a magnificent wood drying shed on the western shores of Lake Superior. The tuck-pointing on his cedar wood drying shed/bunkhouse is as good and ever seen. His mortar joints are clean, the wood is standing proud 1/2 inch and the...
by Lucy_51018 | May 22, 2019 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
These cordwood videos from our Cordwood Construction Youtube Channel show you how to build with cordwood the right way using Best Practice techniques. Each one was taken at a workshop and features Q & A from the students. Building cordwood Walls Mixing Mortar...
by Lucy_51018 | May 7, 2019 | Alaska, Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Ranja Dean has designed and completed a gorgeous cordwood outhouse at their homestead near Homer, Alaska. Her husband Jeff helped with the building. The cordwood outhouse is next to the BnB near their exceptionally gorgeous homestead. The door (below) is...
by Lucy_51018 | Apr 22, 2019 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
“Build an Off-Grid Cordwood Cabin for $6000.” Kimberly & Edward Rak of Ridgeland, South Carolina sent some photos of their Loblolly Pine cordwood cabin, where they did exactly that! The walls are 12 inches thick in this lovely 600 sq. ft. home. ...
