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Best of this year in natural building

How to install metal roofing to reduce the noise factor?

share photos of old, abandoned, uninhabited structures in your part of the world!

Stairs and ladders inspiration

Non-plywood subfloor options?

Flooring options

Ideas for a natural shower pan?

Very thin insulation and flooring?

Full Time Yurt Living In Mediterranean Climate

Cob-Coated Plastic Water Storage Tank?

Where do fire and pest resistance fit in?

How would you build a bathroom?

Can drystacked block have a seat at this table?

Help figuring out terrain type with jar test

Non-plastic umbrella for thermal mass

Trees as Poles (Pole Barn)

Root Cellar Needed (fishing for ideas)

Raised/false floors for plumbing

Clean Up Time in Jamaica

Biochar as a tool for evaporative cooling?

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

Crushed glass instead of sand

Glass bottle bricks: Eco friendly colour options

Critique my plan

sizing a DIY outdoor fire suppression system

Hybrid systems/understanding the placement of mass in a system

Lightweight, solo building

Chilli powder in mud bricks to discourage ants

Insulation for bathtub cavity

Building a roundwood/cob hybrid home in Texas – roof beam collapse & lessons learned

Advice for building a cob structure for first time builder

Move over, Roman concrete...sticky rice just entered the chat

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What kind of structure would you build to manage humidity?

Rain overflow feature?

Cypress tree removal possible usage ideas

How did mideval R-10 log cabins survive winters that would crush modern R-25 homes?

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Sealing Gaps in sheathing, remote location

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Exterior/Interior walls re-plastering for my 100 years old Village Home In Gujarat, India

lath and plaster over wool insulation- all new

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Our Mud Brick House is completed. 41 degree cel outside and 31 degree inside. That was worth it!

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