Clarke giving an explanation of the cob and cordwood wall

The synergy of the cob and cordwood wall. Sweet!

The cordwood wall with large overhang

Clarke explains how to build a living roof like a fine cabinet maker

Which log end "face" should go here :0)

Creative cordwood wall building

Learning to build the right way using a best practices approach

Star pupils building a wall with smiles

Flowers & cordwood with Tulip Poplar

Folks had a great time learning alternative building in North Carolina

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. We have more workshops coming up in Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Please stay tuned to for further information.

Cordwood online bookstore

The white / dark combination looks good, especially from the inside. Still might need to do a few touch-ups to the dark…

Dining Porch Windows

Here are more photos of their two story home.  They used a log wizard to craft the beams, posts and rafter.

Alaska provides ample solar time to work during the summer, but in the winter it can be a challenge.

Interior cordwood

Riding the wheelbarrow up to the second floor.

A final picture.   Nice job Chelsea and Mark.

Inspiration for future cold weather cordwooders.

Happy Trails,

Richard Flatau

Cordwood Construction Resources

Flato@aol.com

http://www.daycreek.com/flatau

http://www.daycreek.com/dc/html/dcrflatau3.htm

The work is artistic, attractive and very nicely done.  The bottle end  and cordwood walls are artistic, attractive and very well done.   The nasturiums on the floor add a touch of whimsy.

Here is a quote from Jessi’s blog.

“We’re proceeding apace with the walls, which look so lovely when they’re done – from a distance they look like stone. Labor intensive and messy, but beautiful. We also have the framework for the round green door done. So we’re looking hobbity!”

Jessi ends her emails with the following quote:

Not all who wander are lost.   J.R.R.Tolkien

Here is another quote from Jessi.

Subject: Cordwood House

Hi Richard – glad you like the looks of our place! All told, if you count the tree cutting/peeling summer, it took us about 5 years, but the actual cordwood stuff we squeezed into about two and half months – we started in October and laid up the last bit of wall the second week in December two years ago with the aid of much tarping and space heaters . It’s sixteen sided on a floating slab. The logs are 18 inches with loose fill insulation in the cavity. They are a mix of hemlock, spruce, and red pine which we took for the most part off the property. Our masonry heater was done by Gimme Shelter Construction over by you and then faced by a local mason, Wayne Kostka. Don was partially right in his comment – even on the coldest days this winter we were comfy with two fires a day, and it has stayed cool enough this summer that we haven’t bothered to move the window air con over from our old house. The roof is 6-8 inches of dirt over an Enkadrain drainage layer. Sedum we put in last fall has spread nicely and we put in another couple pounds of cuttings this summer, so in a few years when we’ve worn out the weeds it should be a nice low maintenance roof. All the rain we’ve had this year has given it a good test

To Jessi & Dan:

Kudos, congrats and thank you for sharing your wonderful cordwood home.

Richard Flatau

Cordwood Construction Building School

flato@aol.com

715-212-2870                715-536-3195

http://www.daycreek.com/dc/html/dcrflatau3.htm