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Double Wall Cordwood Inventor Cliff Shockey’s Legacy

Double Wall Cordwood Inventor Cliff Shockey’s Legacy

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.                ...
Cordwood Sauna with Brilliant Blacksmith Hardware

Cordwood Sauna with Brilliant Blacksmith Hardware

by Richard Flatau | Apr 25, 2025 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Natural Building, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized

Noah Bly built this gorgeous cordwood sauna in Maine.  He made all the doors and fabricated the hinges with rock-solid blacksmithing and mudded all the walls. The Sauna is an excellent example of a simple shed design.  The building is relatively easy to frame and with...
Cordwood Dorm Room

Cordwood Dorm Room

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...
Cordwood Dream Home Shines Brightly in Virginia

Cordwood Dream Home Shines Brightly in Virginia

by Richard Flatau | Jan 21, 2025 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Uncategorized

Cordwood Dream Home Shines Brightly in Virginia   Winona and Donnie share details about their wonderful cordwood creation in Virginia.  This is both a work of art and a cordwood home built using Best Practices.  Since the house site is in the 100 yr flood zone we had...
Square Cordwood Sauna

Square Cordwood Sauna

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...
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