This house makes me happy. The living roof! I am excited to be doing this, venturing into risk, unknown, something I want. Look how sweet.
Apparently his houses are very inexpensive. How so?
These guys built a guest cottage called Stoneview (320 sq feet -how many sq feet is my house?) for 5000 dollars. They wrote a whole book on every step of doing this. I'd love to look at that, it's called Stoneview. Does the library have i? Yes, requested.)
There is a sweet vibe here. There is a 3 day workshop on cordwood masonry May 27-29. It costs:
It happens again Sept 2-4.
I'll cut and paste some other stuff:
Cordwood Workweek - Five Days, July 11-15, 2011. The Cordwood Workweek combines all of the features of of the three-day Cordwood Workshop and the One-day Earthwood Techniques workshop, but there is more time for individual hands-on instruction and consultations. The discussions and site work are more detailed, yet the pace is more relaxed. After luch on Wednesday, for example, we tour two cordwood homes on the way to Chateaugay Lake, then relax with swimming, hot-tubbing, conversation, and imdividual consultations on the deck at Mushwood.
Timber Framing for the Rest of Us - Three Days (May 23-25 only). This one covers basic "post and beam" construction as done by most contractors and owner-builders using sound building design and techniques and readily available mechanical fasteners made for the purpose. Morning classroom sessions cover structural principles and examples, including basic load calculations. Afternoon hands-on work consits of laying out and erecting a simple frame. There may be time for a free additional hands-on practice day on May 26, before the cordwood workshop. The textbook, supplied, is Rob's Timber Framing for the Rest of Us.
The costs: $400 each for the 3 day ones. the 5 day is $580. plus $40 a night for sleeping. but maybe that can be split. i assume food is not included?
It's charming!
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