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tiny house

Are container homes actually cheaper to build?

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greenhouses

Using Good hay bales as Chinese-style Greenhouse insulation. Can I maintian feed quality

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straw bale house

Straw bales for temporary enclosure walls within an existing greenhouse

3 months ago 2 replies

stone work

Four Component Vault -Scalable

3 months ago 5 replies 1 1

cob

Re-plastering necessary for cob/Adobe if it is not exposed to the elements?

3 months ago 7 replies 3

greenhouses

Very cold climate and walipini/pit greenhouse

3 months ago 34 replies 1 3 7

toilet alternatives

30 Years Of Composting Humanure

3 months ago 18 replies 9 9

woodworking

Women learning how to build infrastructure

3 months ago 28 replies 1 23

stone work

Did I make a big mistake with my stone foundation?

3 months ago 2 replies 1 1

wofati and earth berm

Water vs. Structures on slopes

3 months ago 25 replies 1 3 7

cob

Cob goat structure

3 months ago 7 replies

roundwood and timber framing

Ringbarking & Blæking

3 months ago 27 replies 1 10 15

natural building

Bamboo building resources and inspiration

3 months ago 4 replies 5 7

cob

Sensationalist rage bait about cob houses

3 months ago 9 replies 1 1

woodworking

Pin Oak Rounds Available in Northern Virginia (Until This Friday 4/3/26)

3 months ago 0 replies 1 1

natural building

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

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plumbing

2-Hole Perforated Pipe vs Wrapped Gravel

3 months ago 3 replies 3 2

thermal mass

RMH sketchup drawing for 150mm diameter J tube

3 months ago 3 replies 4 3

earthship

A simple cooling experiment alongside the idea of earthship cool tubes

3 months ago 1 reply 1

earthen floor

has ANYBODY used pure Tung Oil to finish an earthen floor?

3 months ago 4 replies

toilet alternatives

Updates on my Flush Vermicomposting Toilet Design

3 months ago 11 replies 10 8

toilet alternatives

I made a whole house compost worm septic system

3 months ago 60 replies [ 1, 2 ] 18 28

natural building

Help solve the mystery of the T-door

3 months ago 35 replies 4 6 22

natural building

using guadua bamboo

3 months ago 1 reply 1

roundwood and timber framing

Building a Crane for Heavy Timbers

3 months ago 3 replies 3

natural building

sizing a DIY outdoor fire suppression system

3 months ago 9 replies

finishes

Mixing pure lime plaster

3 months ago 0 replies 12 2

rainwater catchment

benefits of rainfall collection

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wofati and earth berm

Electrosensitivity - Can Earth-Sheltered and/or Earthen-Walled Structures Help Us?

3 months ago 60 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 56

roundwood and timber framing

Question about load bearing capacity of structure

3 months ago 26 replies 3 4 17

roundwood and timber framing

Building roundwood arbors - joining techniques & prep

3 months ago 1 reply 2

wofati and earth berm

Likely solution to eliminating the plastic membranes on a wofati

3 months ago 13 replies 1 5

tiny house

Emergency Dome fm 12 4x8 Plywood Sheets

3 months ago 17 replies 7 9

rainwater catchment

How long after a new roof is catching water safe?

3 months ago 12 replies 3 4

tiny house

Incorporating a small version rocket stove thermal furnes in my Tiny House on wheel, under the floor

3 months ago 6 replies 4

roundwood and timber framing

building round wood timber frame structure, what are the reasons for removing the bark?

3 months ago 9 replies 1

natural building

Lavacrete as an alternative to Rammed earth

3 months ago 0 replies 1

finishes

Making milk paint by the gallon to paint my garage remodel!

3 months ago 15 replies 14 14

plumbing

ice damming prevention

3 months ago 7 replies

stone work

Please help, does the fireplace look like it was made with heat resistance brick?

3 months ago 3 replies 1 2

greenhouses

My green/hoop-house thingy build

3 months ago 31 replies 92 23

rainwater catchment

Keeping the snow from ripping the gutter off of my greenhouse for rainwater catchment

3 months ago 12 replies 1 1

toilet alternatives

The original compost toilet!

13 years ago 2 replies
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