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Welcome back to DayCreek.com. Daycreek.com was originally established in 1997 to chronicle our cordwood house-building adventure here in southeast Minnesota.
For those wondering, we love our cordwood house and can’t say enough good things about the house and living out in the sticks. It’s been a blast and hope to bring many more journal entries and videos to you as we move forward in our continuing adventure!
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—Alan Stankevitz
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A Visit by Cliff Shockey
This week was highlighted by a visit from Cliff Shockey. I first started talking to Cliff when I became interested in his double wall building technique. Cliff's method prevents air infiltration and greatly enhances the wall's R value by sandwiching insulation with...
Cistern Plumbing Installation
This winter and spring have been exceptionally dry (so far). This is quite a contrast to last year's weather. It seemed that while I was building the frame of the house it did nothing but rain, but now that the roof is up it hasn't rained hardly at all. To make...
Building the Window Frames
It's been a few weeks since I last wrote and I've been busy building window frames. As stated earlier, the cordwood house is being constructed using Cliff Shockey's double wall technique. With the walls comprised of 8" of cordwood followed by 8" of insulation and...
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