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Top 10 Cordwood Tips, Tricks & Hacks

Top 10 Cordwood Tips, Tricks & Hacks

by Richard Flatau | Jun 8, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop

Top 10 Cordwood Tips, Tricks and Hacks to help you build better with cordwood.  Keeping your wall level?  Try using a swinging plumb bob. Usually, a plumb bob is hung on a string to show vertical plumb. This idea is courtesy of Don Gerdes (engineer) who devised it to...
Cordwood in Arizona, Colorado & Utah

Cordwood in Arizona, Colorado & Utah

by Richard Flatau | Mar 6, 2022 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop

Beautiful cordwood sauna at Root Bottom Farm in Samak, Utah.  Gorgeous cordwood sauna in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. (Below) Cordwood (actually cobwood) in SW Arizona.  The cob (clay, sand, straw) is used for the mortar.  The logs used for the framing and the...
Cordwood in Costa Rica’s Blue Zone

Cordwood in Costa Rica’s Blue Zone

by Richard Flatau | Jan 25, 2022 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop

The Retreat at Blue Mountain Farms in Costa Rica is adding cordwood buildings to its accommodations. Cordwood Construction Resources has been providing consultation for the project. Utilizing the native tree (Pachote) the local masons (led by Chris Olson of Minnesota)...
Cordwood Construction Timber Frame Sauna

Cordwood Construction Timber Frame Sauna

by Richard Flatau | Dec 11, 2021 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop

This is the story of Charles Yeager’s timber frame sauna workshops taught in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  The cordwood infill was completed during two, three-day workshops.  The timber frame was erected before the workshops. This is the right (south) side...
Cordwood Construction Timber Framed

Cordwood Construction Timber Framed

by Richard Flatau | Nov 20, 2021 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop

Blood, sweat and tears went into planning this incredible building in the western Rockies.  The owner wishes to remain anonymous, so I cannot provide her name or location.  It is architecturally drawn and code approved and when finished will offer the owner/builder a...
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