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Natural and Off-Grid Building

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earthen floor

Earth floor sealer... Cow urine, banana tree sap, oxblood? Alternatives to oil/solvent seal.

2 months ago 7 replies 1 2

tiny house

We have a new opening

2 months ago 1 reply

natural building

Living Sedum Roof

2 months ago 1 reply 1 2

tiny house

Skiddable Work Shack

2 months ago 26 replies 18 13

toilet alternatives

I need ideas/pictures for bucket composting toilets that might please someone used to flush toilets

2 months ago 15 replies 2 2

plumbing

Copper pipe soldering questions

2 months ago 4 replies 5

straw bale house

A new approach to *truly* affordable housing...

2 months ago 11 replies 5

earthen floor

dirt floor in a bomb shelter

2 months ago 40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 42 14

toilet alternatives

Separett Villa toilet urine line clogged

2 months ago 23 replies

tiny house

Our tiny house build

2 months ago 25 replies 13 3

toilet alternatives

Vermitoilet issue after ~3 years

2 months ago 7 replies 4 6

woodworking

Free eBook: The Art of Woodworking for Sustainable Living!

3 months ago 12 replies 1 4

grey water

ptfe-free pipe sealants, pipe dope. How to diy or product recommendations

3 months ago 3 replies 1

rainwater catchment

Waynes rainwater harvest start to finish

3 months ago 54 replies [ 1, 2 ] 29 8

greenhouses

Multilayered Seedling Greenhouse

3 months ago 3 replies 3 6

aquaponics

Can aquaponics really be permaculture?

3 months ago 66 replies [ 1, 2 ] 4 5 13

earthen floor

The beauty of earthen floors

3 months ago 7 replies 6 8

grey water

High watertable and clay soil

3 months ago 12 replies 3 4

natural building

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

3 months ago 16 replies 1

greenhouses

Walipini greenhouse

3 months ago 2 replies 1

natural building

A House Built of Bottles

3 months ago 5 replies 5 1

thermal mass

looking for a geothermal valve

3 months ago 4 replies

toilet alternatives

Help me making a compost system accepted by the municipality

3 months ago 11 replies 1 2 3

greenhouses

Solar cooker / greenhouse?

3 months ago 6 replies 1 3

natural building

Concrete slabs

3 months ago 6 replies 2

natural building

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

3 months ago 6 replies 2 4 1

roundwood and timber framing

Wavy roundwood rafter & batten roof structure. What are my roofing options?

3 months ago 21 replies 13 10

greenhouses

My green/hoop-house thingy build

3 months ago 30 replies 90 23

natural building

Shipping container home covered with cobb/ earthen walls

3 months ago 15 replies 1 2

stone work

Not quite stonework, Bond Beams, Cinder Blocks and Slip Form Masonry

3 months ago 4 replies 3 4

straw bale house

Timber portal frame building wrapped with straw bales

3 months ago 4 replies 2 2 3

cob

Building a Cob Privy: Cobbing as Therapy

3 months ago 24 replies 5 67 11

finishes

I need the recipe for tadelakt

3 months ago 29 replies 2

roundwood and timber framing

Mold forming on roundwood timbers after stripping bark

3 months ago 6 replies 1

natural building

Small DIY backyard sauna - collecting tips and ideas

3 months ago 12 replies 6 1

stone work

How hard can it be? Rock wall repair

3 months ago 21 replies 1 1 7

tiny house

Saving for a tiny house

3 months ago 4 replies

natural building

Region and Material

3 months ago 3 replies

rainwater catchment

Native easy to direct sow plants for swales in clay soil in sierra foothills?

3 months ago 2 replies

greenhouses

Please send recommendations for perfectly clear plastic film

3 months ago 30 replies 1 5 9

toilet alternatives

Fifteen Years of Humanure

3 months ago 2 replies 1 8

natural building

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

3 months ago 9 replies 3 1

passive solar

Passive solar as source for in-floor air-based heating?....

3 months ago 10 replies 2

passive solar

Solar chimney math

3 months ago 2 replies 4
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