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Cordwood

Running electrical in or on cordwood presents interested challenges. Here's a primer on what to know before you build your cordwood home.

Running Electrical Wiring In or On Cordwood Walls

Mixing lime putty for making cordwood mortar. Learn more about how we make our cordwood mortar here.

Mortar Mixes for Cordwood Masonry

Inside the living room of our cordwood home. Its still a work in progress! Find out the answers to the most common questions we hear in this post #alternativebuilding #naturalbuilding #cordwoodmasonry

Comprehensive FAQs About Our Cordwood Building Project

Cordwood masonry performs differently to standard construction in many ways. Is it hot? Cold? Drafty? Will termites eat cordwood walls? Find out the answers in this post.

9 Questions Skeptics Ask About Cordwood Home Performance

Cordwood masonry is an awesome natural building technique, but what is it exactly? Here are our most frequently asked questions from cordwood beginners.

10 FAQ’s About Cordwood For Absolute Beginners

How we constructed the slab and pier foundation for our cordwood home. Step by step overview.

Foundations for Cordwood Building: How We Built Ours (and what to consider for yours)

Get a better idea of what it really costs to build a homestead from scratch. Check out our cordwood house and learn the true cost to build from start to finish.

How Much Can It Cost to Build a Cordwood House From Scratch?

Cordwood is beautiful but how does it hold up in the winter? Is it drafty? Cold? Find out our experiences and more here.

Cordwood Houses In The Winter: How do they compare to regular construction?

We built our own cordwood home from scratch! In this progress update, see what we did to finalize things before we officially moved in. Project overviews, details, and more.

Building a Cordwood Home: November-December Building Update

Learn about everything we completed in this phase of our cordwood homebuilding project

Building a Cordwood House: September-October Round 2

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I’m Emily! Together with my husband Mark and our son we built a cordwood house totally off the grid with our own hands. Our goal is to help others learn how to live a simpler, more self-sufficient life. Join us!

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