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Leftover Log Ends [Cordwood]

Leftover Log Ends [Cordwood]

by Richard Flatau | May 7, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop

There are so many things to do with log ends, that is seems a shame to put them all in the walls.   Here are a few photos of what you can do with your left-over log ends.  Most of these you will have to be reverse-engineered (that is, look at the visual and use the...

Copper Harbor Cordwood

by Richard Flatau | Apr 27, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized, Workshop

Copper Harbor is a tiny village atop the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.  Settled by Finns, Norwegians and Swedes (among others) it is a rugged land of strong individuals.  Since the land abounds with copper, cedar and stone, folks have been...

Make doors for your cordwood cabin

by Richard Flatau | Apr 17, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop

People often ask me, “Why do builders spend all their time building a beautiful cordwood home and then slap a crummy door on it?”  I usually answer by saying they are probably tired after their labors and just want to get it enclosed, but, I also encourage...
Hybrid Cordwood Cottage in North Carolina

Hybrid Cordwood Cottage in North Carolina

by Richard Flatau | Apr 2, 2014 | Alternative Building, Cob, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop

Clarke Snell co-author of the excellent book, Building Green, spoke to our Cordwood Workshop at Love’s Organic Farm near Marshall, North Carolina. We then followed him to his Building Green Cottage site where he gave the class a tour and explanation of the...

Australian Owner Builder Magazine publishes Cordwood Article

by Richard Flatau | Mar 24, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop

The Australian magazine The Owner Builder recently published an article about cordwood construction in issue 182.  The Owner Builder Magazine also runs a website, a blog site, a print and digital magazine and workshops of all kinds.  Lynda (the editor) gave me...

White Earth Reservation Cordwood Home

by Richard Flatau | Jan 25, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Workshop

This is the cedar cordwood home we were honored to be involved with at the White Earth Reservation in Naytahwaush, Minnesota.  Below if the first page of the article about this project in the January/February 2013 issue of Backhome Magazine.   It is reprinted herein,...
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