Building
instruction, regulation, insurance, safety, etc
This badge is about building things, mainly with
wood. Some use of modern materials are allowed while striking a balance between longevity of the structure vs environmental impact of the materials. I'm fine with a little plastic or cement if it will significantly extend the life of the building. Health of the occupants is also a guiding principle.
Encourage: Wood,
straw bale, roundwood,
pallets, code compliant building, craftsmanship, additions/remodeling,
Don't use: OSB, pressure treated wood, spray foam, super tight building technologies
The points and projects build deliberately and are scored accordingly. For instance, building a medium sized building (Wood badge) is only worth 24 points of
experience. Keep in mind that the roof counts for Straw points and the foundation for more points and the door for more points. So if you work your way up to making a small building, by doing foundations and doors on smaller projects, you would have earned those points earlier. The only new skills you're building are worth 24 points.
Show Otis that you can build a small place to live in and remodel or construct a variety of buildings to support a homestead
Sand badge
5 points required
Make a clay paint and paint a 4x8 area - 1 point
Make white wash and use it on a 4x8 area - 1 point
Add 25 square feet of roof (cedar shakes or similar style of wood roof) to a structure - 1 point
Add a window or door opening to an unfinished wall - 2 points
- proper header and studs
Replace a window (with frame) - 2 points
- or install a new one
Replace a door (with frame) - 2 points
- or install a new one
Replace a door slab - 1 point
Form and pour 2 sonotube-style piers - 1 point
- with j bolt
Dog house - 2 points
- or other small box to protect something outside
- well
- sprinkler pump
Salvage pallet boards - 2 points
Build a solar finder, locate true solar south and leave a permanent marker - 1/2 point?
Straw badge
35 points required
Animal shelter - 8 points
- 32 square feet or more
Tiny shelter - 4 points
- Possibilities include:
- Privy for
compost toilet
- School bus stop
Find and assess clay sub-soil for making cob/adobe bricks, try different mixes, keep notes, test them to destruction (smash with hammer, toss in fire, etc), choose best mixes. - 1 point
Build a tiny shed from dimensional wood - 4 points
Build a tiny shed from pallets - 6 points
Build a tiny shed with timber frame - 10 points
Tower with 4 legs - 4 points
Tree stand (ladder style) - 4 points
Scribe a post to a big rock for a foundation pier - 2 points
Hang a door using handmade wooden hinges - 3 points
Build garden gate from found or harvested objects - 4 points
Earth plaster a wall, with varying patterns and color - 4 points
- Minimum of 7 feet tall, 10 feet long, at least 2 colors and you made the plaster/paints
Dirt and linseed oil floor - 8 points
Fill Slip/straw (slip/fill) wall - 8 points
Cordwood wall - 12 points
Straw bale wall - 6 points
Wattle/daub wall - 8 points
Drywall wall - 4 points
Build short, dry stack rock foundation - 16 points
Rubble foundation - 8 points
Form and pour a cement footer - 8 points
Form and pour a small slab - 8 points
Make milk paint - 1 point
Make egg paint - 1 point
Make linseed oil paint - 1 point
Add a window or door opening to an finished wall - 4 points
Remove 6+ feet of load bearing wall - 8 points
Frame 8 feet of stud wall - 2 points
Put a metal roof on a structure - 8 points
- at least 100 square feet
Home made wood ash cement - 4 points
- Build one of the following:
- 5 gallon plant pot
- 5 gallon
water trough
- Combination bird bath and insect watering station
- 3 flow form water aerators
Wood badge
180 points required
Put a wood shingle/shake roof on a structure - 32 points
- at least 100 square feet
Living roof - 16 points
- at least 100 square feet
Pole building on piers - 60 points
- no treated posts in the ground
- at least 300 square feet
Medium sized building
- shed, coop, smithy, etc
- 100 sq ft or bigger
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Dimensional lumber - 24 points
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Timber frame or round wood with strawbale - 60 points
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Timber frame or round wood with slip straw - 60 points
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Timber frame or round wood with cordwood - 80 points
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Timber frame or round wood with wattle/daub - 60 points
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Log cabin style - 120 points
Build operating window, including frame from scratch - 12 points
100 sq ft of cob floor - 16 points
Earth sheltered root cellar - 80 points
Iron badge
Build a house
- At least 500 square feet
- Built to handle -10F weather, R10 insulation or better
- Mineral wool, straw bale, cordwood insulation or better (more natural)
- Interior walls are wood or natural earthen materials
- Exterior walls are wood or natural earthen materials
- Living, metal or natural material roof
- Wood or earthen floors
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