by Richard Flatau | Apr 18, 2022 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
Did you know there is a cottage filled with mermaids in southern Colorado? Even though it is a thousand miles from the nearest ocean, this BnB has a bevvy of seafaring sirens. It also has gorgeous views, breathtaking skies, and wonderful structures. The cottage is...
by Richard Flatau | Apr 9, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Uncategorized, Workshop
In the green hills and valleys of western Wisconsin resides a cordwood hobbit house. Built by Jessi & Dan Peterson, complete with a round door and sparkling bottle bricks, it is surely a welcoming sight for anyone from the Shire or beyond Bag End. Always...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 28, 2021 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Many wonderful and talented folks worked on the framing, roofing, cordwood-ing and making bottle ends for this much-anticipated structure. The sauna rests upon a frost-protected grade beam (with a rubble trench for drainage). The grade beam is 12″ wide and...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 18, 2021 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
One way to put a large piece of cordwood 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 (8%) in the photo is Aspen. We were lucky to have such...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 16, 2021 | Alaska, 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
Many people are attracted to cordwood construction for the potentially low cost of building materials (wood) and the possibility of heating one’s own home with a sustainable natural resource (wood). If you have a woodlot, your cordwood home can be heated for...
