- housing:natural_building_methods

adobe

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-12T04:09:20+00:00

Work in Progress*

cob

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-01-20T15:22:33+00:00

Cob Building Work in Progress, in the meantime please enjoy the following links and information regarding Cob building. Cob Cottage // Building Off The Grid // DIY Network Cob Pros and Cons Pros * Uses local, generally inexpensive or free materials * Can include creative, beautiful detail

cordwood_masonry

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-15T02:51:31+00:00

Cordwood Masonry This page is a work in progress. In the meantime here is a brief description of cordwood masonry and some relevant links. A cold climate building technique. In sustainability harvested forests cordwood masonry is a long lasting building technique that generates warm breathable insulation and solid strong walls in one go. Little to no skill required using hydrated lime, sawdust and wool, you have a biodegradable home that's easy to renovate, build and can hold up in the world'…

earthbags

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-01-20T15:26:15+00:00

Earthbags Work in Progress Earthbag building is a modern twist on perhaps humanity’s most important building tradition. Bags or tubes are filled with earth (a suitable aggregate, sometimes with additions, and if you’e really lucky it’ll just be the stuff you moved to make the site for your building), and then placed in walls; barbed wire is used as a tie or ‘mortar’, and the bags are ‘rammed’. Most often then, the earth cures, and makes solid walls which no longer rely on the bags or tubes for…

earthen_floors

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-15T02:44:42+00:00

Earthen Floors This page is a work in progress. In the meantime here are some relevant links. Links * * * Why we love earthen floors - Endeavour Centre * Tataki - Permies Pictures

nomadic_housing

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-12T04:09:30+00:00

Work in Progress*

rammed_earth

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-01-29T20:58:57+00:00

Rammed Earth Buildings This page is a work in progress. relevent links -

root_cellars_and_cold_rooms

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-12T04:09:06+00:00

Work in Progress*

shou_sugi_ban

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-02-27T04:42:19+00:00

Shou Sugi Ban Shou sugi ban is a traditional Japanese method of preserving wood for construction to make it pest and mold resistant by burning it. When further exposed to the UV radiation in sunlight, the wood hardens making it even more resilient.

sod_roofing

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-15T18:07:13+00:00

Sod Roofing This page is a work in progress. Images source:

stone

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-12T04:08:47+00:00

Work in Progress*

strawbale

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-01-29T21:10:43+00:00

Straw Bale Construction Straw bale buildings were originally used by North American prairie farmers as a free and easy material to build walls with. One that would keep them and their animals warm during long harsh winters and cool in the hot dry summers. Most straw bale buildings are post and beam or timber framed with the bales acting as infill and insulation. However, some are built with the walls as load bearing, more often then not this method is used for smaller buildings and barns. Tra…

thatch_roofing

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-15T03:30:43+00:00

Thatch Roofing this page is a work in progress Images

timber_frame

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-12-15T03:10:47+00:00

Timber Frame Building this page is a work in progress Round Timber Frame Squared Timber Frame