by Alan Stankevitz | Jul 1, 2001
Wall number six is the center wall to our master bedroom so I decided to get a little creative with the wall. A double wall cordwood house (such as ours) does not usually lend itself very well to glass bottle inserts, but there is a way to add them to the outside...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 24, 2001
With the Summer Solstice comes my favorite event of the year; the Midwest Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair in Amherst, WI. The fair is the largest and longest running renewable energy education event in the world. The fair includes over 100 workshops...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 15, 2001
It’s funny how things snowball sometimes. Our gravel road took quite a beating this spring. Early spring rains, thawing, refreezing and gravity all took their toll. So a decision needed to be made as to what to do; either regravel the road or blacktop part of...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 1, 2001
Ahhh, the sound of cereal crackling in a bowl of soy milk. Does life get any better? Well, it could get a lot better if the sound wasn’t coming from the walls. No don’t worry, the walls aren’t falling apart nor is the post and beam frame lifting off...
by Alan Stankevitz | May 22, 2001
After numerous attempts at preventing logs from flying off the table, I have shelved the chopsaw idea. The chopsaw does work when cutting long logs to 8″ lengths, but when attempting to cut 16″ logs in half, it was difficult to keep the logs steady. It was...
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...
