Cordwood homes

Wouldn’t it be nice to own your own green dream home, made with recycled and natural materials and packed with custom features? Whether you’re an

Cordwood walls won't rot as long as you do some key things. Learn how to prevent rot in your cordwood walls BEFORE you build. Get some crucial design tips for your cordwood building to help your project stand the test of time.

Cordwood construction is an unsung hero in the world of natural building. It's durable, it's cheap, and it's...wait, what is it? For those not yet in the

Cordwood Construction - One of the most outstandingly beautiful cordwood saunas. It has all the best practices for a successful build.

If you want to build a cordwood home that will last for generations, it is vital to prepare your logs correctly. In this post you'll learn exactly what to do to prep logs for cordwood building.

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — Richard Flateau built a cordwood home 35 years ago as an eco-friendly way to live mortgage free.

Cordwood Masonry is great for DIY builders but requires knowledge and practice to do successfully. Here we'll provide you the valuable resources we used to get our building off the ground and show you some tricks we learned along the way.

We built our own cordwood house by hand following best practices. These are our experiences with living in a cordwood house for the first time during the cold months of winter. Learn how cordwood stacks up to traditional construction in cold climates and winter weather.

In the mid-70’s Cliff Shockey of Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, Canada decided to build an energy efficient home of recycled cordwood, but since he lived where the temps would go down to -50, he deci…

We built a cordwood house with our own hands on 16 acres of raw land. Learn how we got here, how we built it, how we live off the grid, and how you can do it too. Explore the site for loads of information on cordwood building and starting a homestead froms scratch.