by Richard Flatau | Nov 13, 2019 | Alaska, Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Do you love the taste of Maple Syrup? Would you like to have your own Cordwood Maple Sugar Shack? Ted Amman answered YES to both questions. He wanted to build a “shack” to house his family maple syrup harvest. Ted attended a cordwood workshop, visited...
by Richard Flatau | Nov 2, 2019 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Uncategorized, Workshop
When Wayne Higgins took us around to see some of the outstanding cordwood building that has been built in the Keweenaw Peninsula of the U.P. of Michigan we were amazed! Wayne was not only a fine tour guide, but his knowledge of the area is phenomena. One fascinating...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 29, 2019 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Stackwall corners built the Right Way! How do I build stackwall the right way? This stackwall corner (below) in Minnesota has been built as a single post. In between the quoins (squared timbers) are blocks to stabilize the post. Below is a picture of the...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 26, 2019 | 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
What happens when the mortar of your stackwall corner starts to move and crack? The picture below gives a good example of a stackwall corner in distress. There is vertical mortar crack most of the way down the wall. The horizontal quoins (6 x 6″ beams) should...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 14, 2019 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Workshop
Adam P. Norris was kind enough to send me the following pictures of his cordwood stackwall dream home in the mountains of Alberta. Such fantastic work, my mind was reeling, so I asked some questions. Below are Adam’s answers: The wood Adam used was mostly...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 27, 2019 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized, Workshop
Bruce and Nancy Kilgore’s built this beautiful round cordwood guesthouse in upstate New York. After they built it, they lived in it for nine months while constructing their double-wall cordwood home nearby. Nancy is a mortar maven and Bruce is a superb mortar...
