by Alan Stankevitz | May 8, 2001
On Sunday, May 6th the first logs were placed into position marking the start of what will prove to be a long road towards completing the walls. I chose one of the back walls of the house to be the guinea pig. I figure if there’s mistakes to be made, this is the...
by Alan Stankevitz | May 5, 2001
How much wood could a chop saw cut if a chop saw could chop wood? Faced with the fact that I have 32 face cords of 16″ wood that has to be cut in half, I decided to cut to the chase and build a cheap chop saw. If you recall, the January 27th issue of the journal...
by Alan Stankevitz | May 3, 2001
To Use Paper or Not? That is the question. The use of papercrete mortar for cordwood construction has been limited (so far) to the works of Paul Reavis and James Juczak. Traditional papercrete (there’s an oxymoron) is made of almost all paper and very little...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 28, 2001
Spare the Rod and Spoil the House Last summer I had quite a scare when the house took either a direct or indirect lightning hit. Although no damaged occurred, my heart pounded for at least 10 minutes afterwards. So as quick as a flash, the thought of a lightning...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 11, 2001
Trash or Treasure? Ed McAllen put me in touch with a women who was looking for a home for some rather unique solar heating tubes. She didn’t want to just pitch them, so I decided that maybe I could use them somehow. If not for the house, maybe for a greenhouse...
