by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 8, 2003
You get a lot of cordwood! This was a first for this cordwood builder—17 feet of continuous cordwood from floor to ceiling. It all started last week with the Oneida crew helping with the construction of the first floor wall. By the end of last week, the wall was up to...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 3, 2003
My afternoon plans of getting one or two batches of mortar done have been spoiled by a thunderstorm passing through the area. It’s probably a good thing though since I haven’t found the time to do a journal entry in a couple of weeks. It rained so hard,...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jul 19, 2003
Is it a cordwood wall or is it an adobe wall? Well…it’s kinda both—It’s Cordobe! Building the house has been quite an experiment, so why stop now? I’ve had great success up to this point with PEM (Paper Enhanced Mortar) and with PEP(Paper...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jul 12, 2003
On my return trip this week I was greeted by a tree blocking my way up to the house. It was a dead elm that probably should have been cut down a while ago, but it looked like a “widow maker” to me, so it just stood there until a strong summer storm brought...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jul 5, 2003
For the last five years a small, simulated wood panel refrigerator has done an adequate job keeping food cold, but its quite energy inefficient and it can only store a few items in its freezer. The refrigerator is barely adequate for one person and when Jo comes to...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 28, 2003
As you can see by the above photograph, there’s a bunch of gray matter stuck to the wall on the left—that’s PEP (Paper Enhanced Plaster). The color is a dark gray at the moment, but once the walls dry out (pick a year), the color will almost be...
