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Lead Paint on the ceiling of a Kitchen with a Wood Cook Stove

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Most cost effective small building technique

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Access road using wood chips

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Synthesis of natural building and modularity?

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Natural rope bridges

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Attaching cattle panel trellis to siding for VA creeper shade in summer

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Brick dust from demolished building.

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Ideas for a natural building materials for a first floor floor, and roof

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Natural Roofing Options?

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Fastest natural building options

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Building to code without plastic?

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HUGE Food Drying Rack or Dehydrator Above the Wood Cook Stove

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Brick and clay fireplace.

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Reciprocal Roof insulation in cold climate

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How my cob and stone hearth performs

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Insulation

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Medieval heating

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Rubble Trench Mistake...

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Adobe walls around existing wooden pillars

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experimentation cob!

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Living Sedum Roof

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Stem Walls and Frames

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A House Built of Bottles

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Using log taper to generate roof pitch?

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lime plaster

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Wood shavings & Lime Insulation - Help

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Clay plastering a clay block (Porotherm)

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Meet Alyosha – The Eco-Builder Who’s Been Playing with Mud (Professionally) for 15 Years!

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Ideal Natural Building Style for US Southeast / Piedmont Mid-Atlantic? And some bonus ideas

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Understanding how to work with strawbale, rubble trench, timber frame and living roof

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Biochar as earthbag insulation

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Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat

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Off-Grid Homestead for Rent in Southern Ohio

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Planing a new Tiny house cabin in a slope terrain [Sketch model and Foundation brainstorm]

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Mushrooms used to build houses

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Gravel + Perlite insulating under slab

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Seeking advice on clay/lime wall coverings over"painted wood" paneling in a traditional house build.

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Natural Earthen Plaster

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Cob Floors Over Existing Flooring

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Best of this year in natural building

Lead Paint on the ceiling of a Kitchen with a Wood Cook Stove

Most cost effective small building technique

Very thin insulation and flooring?

Natural wall options for a renovation?

Building with turf

Wood green roof

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

Underground dwellings and ventilation

Mono stringer stairs using the woods around me

Natural counter top options?

Question for builders out there on budgeting for a build

Access road using wood chips

How to soundproof a wall against the neighbors?

Small DIY backyard sauna - collecting tips and ideas

Synthesis of natural building and modularity?

Natural rope bridges

Attaching cattle panel trellis to siding for VA creeper shade in summer

Shipping container home covered with cobb/ earthen walls

Rubble Trench foundation

Has anyone here fitted their own windows?

Natural Insulated Door From Scratch- Options?

Steep hillside staircase

Brick dust from demolished building.

Ideas for a natural building materials for a first floor floor, and roof

Natural Roofing Options?

Fastest natural building options

Building to code without plastic?

Building permits/zoning for earthhomes

HUGE Food Drying Rack or Dehydrator Above the Wood Cook Stove

Brick and clay fireplace.

Reciprocal Roof insulation in cold climate

How my cob and stone hearth performs

Insulation

Medieval heating

Rubble Trench Mistake...

Adobe walls around existing wooden pillars

experimentation cob!

Living Sedum Roof

Stem Walls and Frames

A House Built of Bottles

Using log taper to generate roof pitch?

lime plaster

Wood shavings & Lime Insulation - Help

Clay plastering a clay block (Porotherm)

Meet Alyosha – The Eco-Builder Who’s Been Playing with Mud (Professionally) for 15 Years!

Ideal Natural Building Style for US Southeast / Piedmont Mid-Atlantic? And some bonus ideas

Understanding how to work with strawbale, rubble trench, timber frame and living roof

Biochar as earthbag insulation

Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat

18 x 24 Three Bent Timber Frame for Sale

Off-Grid Homestead for Rent in Southern Ohio

Planing a new Tiny house cabin in a slope terrain [Sketch model and Foundation brainstorm]

Mushrooms used to build houses

Gravel + Perlite insulating under slab

Seeking advice on clay/lime wall coverings over"painted wood" paneling in a traditional house build.

Natural Earthen Plaster

Cob Floors Over Existing Flooring

Looking for light straw clay instructor/workshop in or near Washington State

Light Clay Straw build with Timber Frame - new to this scene and looking for some tips!

Region and Material

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