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Best of this year in natural building

How to install metal roofing to reduce the noise factor?

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

Stairs and ladders inspiration

Flooring options

Most cost effective small building technique

Ideas for a natural shower pan?

Very thin insulation and flooring?

Full Time Yurt Living In Mediterranean Climate

Cob-Coated Plastic Water Storage Tank?

Where do fire and pest resistance fit in?

How would you build a bathroom?

Can drystacked block have a seat at this table?

Non-plywood subfloor options?

Help figuring out terrain type with jar test

Trees as Poles (Pole Barn)

Root Cellar Needed (fishing for ideas)

Clean Up Time in Jamaica

Biochar as a tool for evaporative cooling?

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

Crushed glass instead of sand

Glass bottle bricks: Eco friendly colour options

Mono stringer stairs using the woods around me

Critique my plan

sizing a DIY outdoor fire suppression system

Hybrid systems/understanding the placement of mass in a system

Lightweight, solo building

Chilli powder in mud bricks to discourage ants

Insulation for bathtub cavity

Small DIY backyard sauna - collecting tips and ideas

Building a roundwood/cob hybrid home in Texas – roof beam collapse & lessons learned

Advice for building a cob structure for first time builder

Shipping container home covered with cobb/ earthen walls

Rain overflow feature?

Rubble Trench foundation

Cypress tree removal possible usage ideas

Has anyone here fitted their own windows?

How did mideval R-10 log cabins survive winters that would crush modern R-25 homes?

What kind of structure would you build to manage humidity?

I'm looking for ways to make a natural insulated roof

Sealing Gaps in sheathing, remote location

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

My home

Exterior/Interior walls re-plastering for my 100 years old Village Home In Gujarat, India

lath and plaster over wool insulation- all new

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Our Mud Brick House is completed. 41 degree cel outside and 31 degree inside. That was worth it!

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Roof Rennovation for my 100 years old Village Home In Gujarat, India

Is house wrap needed when using exterior insulation and a different rainscreen?

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Clay rendering on exterior walls, what mix is best?

Does anyone want help with building something?

Living Sedum Roof

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