by Richard Flatau | Jun 8, 2017 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized
The interior of Pelle Henriksson’s sauna in Sweden is a work of art. It is very pleasing to the eye, sturdy, and simultaneously, whimsical (note the blue window). The large sauna stove screening is filled with rocks meant to produce the sacred steam (the...
by Richard Flatau | Jun 3, 2017 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Did the Pueblo build cordwood houses? It looks like they did. Archeological research indicated they used petrified wood and clay. This is called the Agate House and is located at the Petrified Forest National Park in NE Arizona. The petrified wood is 200 million...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 8, 2017 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
“Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match, find me a catch, catch me a catch…” That is precisely what is going on with Clarke Snell’s hybrid cottage. One wall is cordwood, one wall cob, one strawbale and one earthen plaster, topped off with a...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 19, 2016 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
One way to put a large piece in the wall and make sure it won’t loosen is to “explode it” by splitting it and then putting it back together with a mortar bead. The very dry wood is Aspen. We were lucky to have such wonderful folk at our cordwood...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 31, 2016 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Workshop
Can you combine Cordwood with Timber Framing? Ya sure you betcha! Here are photos of the infilling of a traditional timber frame home with 16″ cedar cordwood and lime putty mortar with a 10″ sawdust insulation cavity (R-value of 24). . This style of...
