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Best ever topics in natural building

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Can drystacked block have a seat at this table?

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Natural air sealing material for stick built cabin

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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?

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Alternative Roofs

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Using Wood Ash as Floor Insulation..?

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Monolithic Dome

115 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 7

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Shipping Containers for Storage, Housing and Rental

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Removing nails from recycled wood--- various techniques

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Wood treatment against bugs?

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Natural wall options for a renovation?

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Building with turf

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Wood green roof

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gravity fed water pressure issue

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How To: Papercrete

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Passive dehumidification: how to control mold off-grid

22 replies 3 2

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Natural concrete alternatives

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Compressed earth blocks

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

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attic insulation and how to work with it in a remodel

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Best house for hot humid climate?

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Insurance/Financing for alternative building methods

25 replies 7

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DeConstruction + Bulding w. Salvaged Materials

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wonky joists

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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?

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Grain Bin House ?

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Clean Up Time in Jamaica

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Light straw/clay pallet shed

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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

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Microhome Addition

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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

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Eco-friendly mortar for a wall

20 replies 1 15

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Underground house with SIPs

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Impossible dream or realistic scenario?

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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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Yurt on stone foundation (pictures of progress)

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Help me solve a layout puzzle

14 replies 2 3

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gabion baskets

37 replies 4

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How do you reconcile inevitable compromises?

15 replies 1 4

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Earthen building needs some tlc before it falls apart! Advice?

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Insulating Metal Building

33 replies

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Exchanging air from top floor ceiling to basement floor?

21 replies 3 2

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Dry stacked concrete blocks

48 replies [ 1, 2 ]

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How not to Demolish a wall - Caution injury image

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PINEHOWL PROJECT: Simple Foundations

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Hybrid systems/understanding the placement of mass in a system

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