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Best ever topics in natural building

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Winter preparation for living in a trailer!

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Why not more love for log cabins?

11 replies 1

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Designing a home for longevity: mobility, strength, and balance

19 replies 1 7

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Old barn to cozy cabin (Woodchips and slip method?)

39 replies 40 15

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Can drystacked block have a seat at this table?

22 replies 5 11

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Natural air sealing material for stick built cabin

35 replies 10

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Building with turf

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Using Wood Ash as Floor Insulation..?

36 replies 42 12

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How much should I try to get used red bricks for?

6 replies

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lowest $$ driveway/parking with minimal equip.. geocells? urbanite?

36 replies 3 1 5

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Alternative Roofs

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 1

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Help figuring out terrain type with jar test

12 replies 1 6

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Monolithic Dome

115 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 7

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Shipping Containers for Storage, Housing and Rental

26 replies 2 8

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Removing nails from recycled wood--- various techniques

14 replies 8

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Wood treatment against bugs?

14 replies 1

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How would you build a bathroom?

9 replies 1 9

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Natural wall options for a renovation?

23 replies 1 11

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Wood green roof

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gravity fed water pressure issue

24 replies 1

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How To: Papercrete

19 replies 5

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Root Cellar Needed (fishing for ideas)

9 replies 1 3 7

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Best house for hot humid climate?

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Passive dehumidification: how to control mold off-grid

22 replies 3 2

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Natural concrete alternatives

18 replies 1 1

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Compressed earth blocks

36 replies 3

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Is there a Read-to-Use joint compound that doesn't have vinyl or latex? (So that milk paint adheres)

2 replies 2

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attic insulation and how to work with it in a remodel

21 replies 6

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Preserving roof timbers

11 replies 1 3

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Insurance/Financing for alternative building methods

25 replies 7

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DeConstruction + Bulding w. Salvaged Materials

43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 28

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wonky joists

33 replies 39 3

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My quest for yurt love

11 replies

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Codes/ Inspectors and "alternative" builds

42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 1

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Ferro Cement

51 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3

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Straw-clay attic insulation -- is it possible?

31 replies 2 1

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Okay what is the QUICKEST natural building method?

56 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3

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Grain Bin House ?

29 replies 1 11 1

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Clean Up Time in Jamaica

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Light straw/clay pallet shed

19 replies 1 9 17

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wood ash and soil cement

10 replies 1

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Toxins Vs Energy consumption

42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 1

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Bricks made from recycled plastic

10 replies 1 4

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Homestead in N.E. Georgia

51 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 5

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Microhome Addition

21 replies 101 5

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Adobe, cob, etc. -- in engineered panels?

16 replies 1

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using tree stumps as a foundation

31 replies 1 2

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Proper Post installation for heavy driveway gate

18 replies 3 3

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Underground dwellings and ventilation

22 replies 1 2 7

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Wet Spun Building

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 15 9

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Eco-friendly mortar for a wall

20 replies 1 15

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Underground house with SIPs

10 replies

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Impossible dream or realistic scenario?

29 replies 14 9

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Crushed glass instead of sand

10 replies 1 3

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do it your self water filter

30 replies 1

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safe efficient ways to clean used brick?

24 replies 2 3

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Mono stringer stairs using the woods around me

7 replies 3 4

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Critique my plan

8 replies 4

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Yurt on stone foundation (pictures of progress)

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