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electrical

Service Entrance Panel - I’m concerned

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tiny house

Tiny home on camper frame?

2 years ago 1 reply

natural building

Vertical drain pipe

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finishes

Natural DIY Lime Plaster in a 70’s Build

2 years ago 9 replies 1 3

rainwater catchment

Anyone connect totes from front-to-back?

2 years ago 3 replies 1

kit buildings

Back porch shed

2 years ago 2 replies 3 1

natural building

A fiber playground?

2 years ago 2 replies

natural building

insulation, condensation, and non-wood walls

2 years ago 14 replies 2

nomadic housing

simple fast shelters, and other structures.

2 years ago 13 replies 1 5

fencing

How do you keep fence lines clear?

2 years ago 8 replies

straw bale house

No Water for Construction. Dig a Pond?

2 years ago 8 replies 1 1

tiny house

Custom Tiny House Trailer

2 years ago 1 reply

kit buildings

My Cedar Katahdin Log Cabin

2 years ago 2 replies 7

plumbing

What water treatment technologies and devices are you guys using?

2 years ago 2 replies

greenhouses

Solar Fans - cooling of critters and growies

2 years ago 2 replies 1 1 2

roundwood and timber framing

Conversations with Alice and his Bodgering

2 years ago 1 reply 2 1

fencing

Economics of Fencing

2 years ago 14 replies 1 8

cob

cob oven floor

2 years ago 6 replies 1 1

woodworking

Edible glue similar to silicone?

2 years ago 6 replies

cob

Palm fronds as straw replacement?

2 years ago 9 replies 4

passive solar

Solar Fan

2 years ago 10 replies

plumbing

Water treatment options for on-grid gym facility

2 years ago 3 replies

natural building

Natural Building Apprenticeship

2 years ago 1 reply

cob

Cob and ICFs?

3 years ago 3 replies

natural building

Natural concrete alternatives

3 years ago 18 replies 1 1

plumbing

Hardware cloth rusting in dug well

3 years ago 6 replies 1

straw bale house

Building a House - Minimum Set of Tools?

3 years ago 7 replies 7

fencing

Everything they never told you about electric fencing for rotational grazing you didn't know to ask

3 years ago 13 replies 1 4

finishes

Insulating and refinishing exterior or 120 year old brick home.

3 years ago 4 replies 1

earthen floor

Hydronic heated eartfloors - maybe wood over it ?

3 years ago 3 replies 1

tiny house

[SOLD] Vintage Travel Trailer for sale Arkansas

3 years ago 11 replies 3

tiny house

I Want to Buy a Used or New - Tiny Home, Yurt, or RV/Trailer in Midwest

3 years ago 10 replies

natural building

Best type of natural housing by region (Appalachia)

3 years ago 6 replies

natural building

Sustainable Living Educational and Research Community in the heart of the Mojave

3 years ago 0 replies 1

electrical

Help--need replacement halogen bulbs for under-cabinet lighting

3 years ago 3 replies

rainwater catchment

Idea: moveable structures with IBC tote foundations

3 years ago 1 reply 1 1

greenhouses

I'm not sure if "greenhouse" is the right word here.

3 years ago 3 replies 1

earth bag

zoning laws for earthbag/ green constrution in ohio.

3 years ago 4 replies

cob

$30 method to make compressed earth blocks (CEB).

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greenhouses

Is it worth growing sweet potatoes in a geothermal greenhouse?

3 years ago 1 reply

earth bag

basic eathbag section

3 years ago 4 replies 2

natural building

a great story of recycling etc

3 years ago 0 replies 1 1

natural building

Which will keep a house the coolest? Straw bale, cob or rammed earth?

3 years ago 22 replies 2 5

woodworking

Raised garden beds from scrap cement siding

3 years ago 2 replies 1 1
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