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Natural and Off-Grid Building

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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

4 months ago 4 replies

natural building

Region and Material

4 months ago 3 replies

rainwater catchment

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

4 months ago 2 replies

greenhouses

Please send recommendations for perfectly clear plastic film

4 months ago 30 replies 1 5 9

toilet alternatives

Fifteen Years of Humanure

4 months ago 2 replies 1 8

natural building

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

4 months ago 9 replies 3 1

passive solar

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

4 months ago 10 replies 2

passive solar

Solar chimney math

4 months ago 2 replies 4

natural building

Rubble Trench foundation

4 months ago 18 replies 3 1 1

straw bale house

Wanted: No spray hay/straw bales (w MT)

4 months ago 8 replies

toilet alternatives

Hope for a sewer lagoon?

4 months ago 25 replies 5

natural building

Stem Walls and Frames

4 months ago 2 replies 1 1

passive solar

House oriented North-South. How do I warm the northern bedrooms?

4 months ago 18 replies 1 7

finishes

Wax for lime tadelakt?

4 months ago 5 replies 1

stone work

Curved dry stacked wall

4 months ago 11 replies 1

rainwater catchment

Ways to get water for low cost/free to offset costs?

4 months ago 14 replies 14

tiny house

Exterior stain

4 months ago 2 replies

fencing

junkpole fence: freaky cheap chicken/deer fence made from wood typically thrown away

4 months ago 155 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 11 83 52

natural building

Terre argileuse autours de Montréal / Clay dirt around Montreal

4 months ago 1 reply

cob

Pallets as cordwood?

4 months ago 7 replies 2 1 1

stone work

concrete canvas / cement fabric

4 months ago 2 replies 3

grey water

Grey water in northern climates

4 months ago 15 replies 1 1

grey water

Grey Water in Winter (-40 C)

4 months ago 10 replies 1

cob

Cob house flooring and moisture barrier

4 months ago 16 replies 3

passive solar

Glass bottles with water floor for thermal storage?

4 months ago 8 replies 4

natural building

Question for builders out there on budgeting for a build

4 months ago 22 replies 2

passive solar

Adding thermal mass to “sun-tempered” home

4 months ago 10 replies 1

natural building

Help solve the mystery of the T-door

4 months ago 33 replies 3 6 20

passive solar

Existing passive solar room gets too hot year-round

4 months ago 21 replies 1 7 10

thermal mass

Easy, cheap insulation ideas?

4 months ago 13 replies 1 5

roundwood and timber framing

Question about load bearing capacity of structure

5 months ago 17 replies 3 3 16

fencing

My next project: 1000ft straight fence... But how do I make it straight?

5 months ago 27 replies 3 4 2

toilet alternatives

Humanure log book

5 months ago 26 replies 12 11

natural building

Mono stringer stairs using the woods around me

5 months ago 7 replies 3 4

wofati and earth berm

wofati eco building

5 months ago 156 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 2 32 9
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