Cordwood Construction - How to choose, dry, and use the best wood for your cordwood building. How to DRY your wood to 12% moisture content.

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.

Stackwall corners were one of the very first ways developed to make inexpensive corners for cordwood construction. The problem was they were (are) very time-consuming to build (every timber has to be leveled multiple times) and the roof could not be built until the corners and the cordwood were all completed, The University of Manitoba […]

Cordwood wall with logs. Note beams sticking out can be a shelf on the inside, or even a staircase.

Cordwood masonry is a great natural building technique with loads of benefits but also some drawbacks. Is it right for you? Let's dive in to the nitty gritty.

Cordwood Construction - A good-looking cordwood wall is breathtaking in its simplicity. Enjoy these examples of delightful cordwood walls

Tasha & Nathan in the Kootenay/Okanagan Mountains of British Columbia have created a modern day homestead. They have a menagerie of well loved and well cared for animals. Their “just-a…