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Natural and Off-Grid Building

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grey water

women peeing outdoors

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wofati and earth berm

the first wofati - allerton abbey- version 0.7

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wofati and earth berm

Underground housing

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greenhouses

greenhouse suck factor

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greenhouses

Mike's passive solar greenhouse design/build

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greenhouses

Rocket stoves in Greenhouses , our own forum topic

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natural building

french drain pipe - not for water from above?

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wofati and earth berm

Ant Wofati Progression

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composting toilet

toilet paper alternative- wash with water

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natural building

double chamber cob oven plans - download

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natural building

Building materials for doll house/castle? Cardboard???

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rainwater catchment

Rainwater collection to supplement public water

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fencing

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

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wofati and earth berm

My Underground house build

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composting toilet

tree bog vs. dry outhouse

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woodworking

best wood for a wooden spoon

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fencing

Help me design my living fence

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woodworking

Solar Food Dryers?

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natural building

The $50 and Up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler - digital download

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tiny house

Here Is Our Micro-Homestead. Enjoy.

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natural building

Building materials for doll house/castle? Cardboard???

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natural building

Preliminary ideas for housing 6 Boots

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composting toilet

Humanure vs my reality and codes

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greenhouses

WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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greenhouses

WyOasis (in the snow) Greenhouse Build

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natural building

Window quilts (or other window insulation solutions) for Allerton Abbey (Wofati 0.7) at Wheaton Labs

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roundwood and timber framing

Design: Solarium at Wheaton Labs: Design Conversation

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plumbing

Somehow I have air in my plumbing?

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electrical

Why I don't want my farm to be reliant on electricity

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woodworking

Are draw knives and planers that horrible?

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earthen floor

tin can floor

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cob

Two Story Cob Barndominium Homestead 18 months+

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natural building

How Vile is Concrete?

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natural building

natural, semi-affordable flooring in a prexisting house?

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grey water

Medication Chart - for poop and pee

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greenhouses

Heated Greenhouse

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greenhouses

Heated Greenhouse

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electrical

Help electric light wiring weird

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stone work

Splitting large rocks

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stone work

Splitting large rocks

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plumbing

Septic tank treatment Enzymes - Do they work?

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greenhouses

Wanger Flange kickstarter

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fencing

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

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rainwater catchment

Waynes rainwater harvest start to finish

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earth bag

Using earth bags for building a Storm shelter

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wofati and earth berm

Wofati build finally started

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tiny house

Tiny House Zoning North East US

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roundwood and timber framing

Heating a cordwood home

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wofati and earth berm

Aircrete in ICF

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composting toilet

Wheelie bin pooper with 5nm dialysis filter for pee

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wofati and earth berm

Why is WOFATI type building illegal?

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cob

Building a Pallet Cob Cabin

3 months ago 6 replies 1 1

natural building

Basement insulation zone 6a/b

3 months ago 5 replies

wofati and earth berm

Post in ground techniques

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earthen floor

The floor hardens only partially...

3 months ago 3 replies 1

wofati and earth berm

Worried about rot/moisture in PSP

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wofati and earth berm

Ideas for a semi-underground kid's fort? Resources?

3 months ago 8 replies 1 6 6

greenhouses

A handful of greenhouse questions.

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tiny house

Reading the Building a Better World...Tiny house, moving walls

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natural building

How to build an Off-Grid eco dome

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natural building

Building on Muskeg, Peatlands, and Permafrost

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natural building

Renovating Holiday Cottage with Natural materials to Residential Standard

3 months ago 4 replies 2

rainwater catchment

Simplify - Forget the First Flush

3 months ago 4 replies 1

wofati and earth berm

Fire bricks

3 months ago 4 replies

greenhouses

Simple and budget friendly GAHT greenhouse climate control system idea

3 months ago 4 replies 1

natural building

Seeking advice Limecrete, Lime putty mortar and Slipform Masonry

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roundwood and timber framing

Framing windows

3 months ago 7 replies 1

composting toilet

Wood Chips as Cover?

3 months ago 4 replies 3

earth bag

build onto existing house with earthbag/cob

4 months ago 1 reply

natural building

Codes/ Inspectors and "alternative" builds

4 months ago 42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 1

cob

no building codes for cob yet exist in North America

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greenhouses

Ideas for a greenhouse build

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cob

Cob done by using potter clay & sand

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greenhouses

Building a greenhouse

4 months ago 5 replies 7 1

natural building

Living Roof application in Humid Tropics (East Kalimantan)

4 months ago 1 reply

tiny house

What is the easiest structure to build/setup to get my home heating via rocket stove?

4 months ago 4 replies

cob

integrating load bearing concrete columns into a cob structure in a seismic area

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stone work

dry stack retaining wall

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natural building

Staying Warm While Living in a Tin Can/keeping Kathleen warm this winter

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stone work

dry stack step

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electrical

Software Defined Radio (SDR)

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tiny house

Insulating a van to live in

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natural building

Pure Clay as a building material?

4 months ago 5 replies

earthen floor

Hydronic Pipes in the floor: Material and Heating options

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