Cordwood Conference 2015
2015
West Chazy, New York
July 11-12, 2015
Cordwood 2015 News
CORDWOOD CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES LLC
The 2015 Continental
Cordwood Conference
(CoCoCo15) will be
held July 11-12, 2015 at
the homestead of Rob &
Jaki Roy and Earthwood Building School.
Follow the link to the
registration details.
Many of the leaders in
the cordwood field will
be there to demonstrate
and elucidate their current building practices.
Owner/builders will
come to show their creations.
There will be presentations, demonstrations
and home tours on Sunday. Be sure to attend!
Come and see the Hermit’s Hut at Earthwood .
http://cordwoodmasonry.com/event/continentalcordwood-conference-2015/
2015 Wisconsin Workshops @ Kinstone Academy
June 26-28
Cordwood---The Sauna (3 day)
July 31–Aug 2
Cordwood--Welcome Pavilion (3 day)
For workshop details and registration information visit the
Kinstone Academy webpage, click on Classes then click
the Natural Building Workshops link.
Kinstone Permaculture Academy is located near
Fountain City, Wisconsin.
Inside this issue:
Links
Cordwood Conference 2015……..Cordwood workshops 2015
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 [email protected]
Books & Media/Private Workshops/Rendezvous Cabin
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 Cordwood on the web
Featured Builders
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 Cordwood blog
Blogging can be good for your health
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 Cordwood on Facebook
More Featured Builders
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The End
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Books and Media—Sale!
Cordwood Conference Papers
2005 and 2011 have been reduced 40% for the next few
months (see cover pictures below.)
There are quite a few cordwood
books on sale at my Online
Bookstore.
All of my books are available in
ebook for mat. This means, as
shipping goes up, you don't have
to pay to have the book shipped.
You can simply download and
save it to your computer, tablet,
Nook, Kindle, iPad or smart
phone.
These volumes are the best value
on the market and are available
in ebook, CD and print editions.
When you visit
Eric and Beth Carlberg on the steps of their
Rendezvous cabin in central Wisconsin.
cordwoodconstruction.org
Click on the online bookstore or
the cover of Cordwood Construction Best Practices to access these books.
Private Custom Cordwood Workshops
Becky and I have begun conducting
you with a special building project
private, custom workshops for indifor yourself or for another organizaviduals and groups
tion.
looking for guidance
This is a very effective and
We have been trainand training for their
inexpensive way to train family ing individuals, and
specific projects.
and friends in the right way to family and friend
This is a great benefit if
groups.
“do” cordwood.
you are assembling a
team of crafters to help
Email me and request the Private
Workshops Fact and Detail Brochure.
The Cordwood
Conference Papers
2005 and 2011
are filled with
articles and pictures
of beautiful
cordwood homes.
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S PR I N G 20 1 4 NE W S
Featured Builders
Tony and Denise Brough
Tony and Denise took one of our cordwood workshops at Kinstone and
then built a gorgeous cordwood sauna on the Iron Range of Minnesota.
Here are some pictures of their wonderful creation. This cabin and the
others in this newsletter have been featured in my Cordwood Construction blog with additional pictures and explanation. There is also a
forum for asking questions and answering them.
Kinstone Chapel
The Kinstone Chapel is finished
and now we are offering workshops
for a Cordwood Sauna and Welcome Pavilion. Here is a picture of
the chapel in all it’s Autumn glory.
Weddings, tours and photo-shoots
are all becoming part and parcel of
the Kinstone experience. There
will be an article in the Cordwood
Conference Papers 2015 about the
Chapel and it’s meaning.
If you would like to rent the
grounds and have a meal catered for
your family reunion, wedding, celebration or retirement, please contact
Kristine Beck at:
www.kinstonecircle.com
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Blogging can be good for your cordwood health
 The eNewsletters will still
be forthcoming, but the Blog
This eNewsletter marks a change and a
posts will come more often.
request. My request is that you ‘check
out’ and (if you like it) "follow," my Cord- Makes sense, I hope.
wood Construction blog. I usually post 2
or 3 times a month on
 New Pioneer magazine
 Cordwood Construction blog and the
posts showcase new cordwood build- published an article on Cordings & ideas that have been graciously wood Cottages. The link to the
whole article is on the blog.
brought to my attention.
Check it out. # Cordwood
 In the top menu on the Blog page is a Construction Blog.
FOLLOW button and all you need to
do is click it to have the next blog
postings sent to your email. No information of yours is shared and you can
'un-follow' at any time.
Concentrating on laying logs and tuck
pointing the cordwood walls at the 2014
Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho workshop.
The Gormley’s 4,600 sq. ft. cordwood castle in Minnesota. 24” thick cedar cordwood walls, a stone stem wall and stackwall corners.
Cordwood Construction Social Media sites
My final request in this volume of the 2015 newsletter is to humbly ask that
you check out my cordwood presence on the web
Cordwood Construction Web
Cordwood Construction Blog
Cordwood Construction on Facebook
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Don Emery built this beautiful cordwood home in Montana after taking
our Bonners Ferry, Idaho workshop.
More Featured Builders (interior photos)
Pat and Beth Goulee
Tomahawk, Wisconsin
Pat & Beth's cordwood home is under construction in the picture. You can see the massive,
masonry heater, the cordwood walls (that’s Orion in blue bottles in the walls) and a few of the
11 types of wood the Goulee’s used.
This “build” has so many useable lessons: 1.
They used Cordwood and the Code for code approval and building modifications. 2. They used
an architect to draw and stamp their plans, which
made the building process much smoother. 3.
The architectural plans were also used for bidding materials and gathering estimates for their
construction loan. 4. The plans and their attention to detail made the construction loan become
a mortgage. 5. They completed most of the
work themselves and used professionals when
code and expertise were required. 6. Wisconsin's Uniform Dwelling Code was followed to
the letter. 7. Their 3 bedroom cordwood home
is a model for others to follow.
Alan & Rebecca Barrecca
Wilburton, Oklahoma
At the edge of Ouchita Forest, ten miles south of
Wilburton, Oklahoma, is a small community
of homes in a serene, quiet, forested area,
called the United Spanish War Veterans Colony, where about 100 military veterans and
their families reside. Being a proud veteran,
here is where my wife and I built our 12 inch
thick, red cedar cordwood home. The home
boasts an earthen floor and a light-weight
living roof. Our home features an open floor
plan with a four-post center-support, and
seven-foot high white pine interior walls,
which allow light and air to flow easily
through the house. Therefore, our home is
easy to heat and cool in the hot, humid climate of SE Oklahoma. We also have an ondemand, propane hot water heater, a Hearthstone wood stove, a "mini-split" electric heat
exchanger, and a Solar Tube for natural lighting We had the "experience of a lifetime"
building this home and we are happy to say
we did much of the work ourselves
A Hearthstone wood stove with red cedar walls.
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