Dayton Coburn wrote:I live about 2.5 hours from there, what would you like to know?
Oh how plans do change in the blink of an eye!
My son-in-law just accepted a job in Rothesay, New Brunswick, so the family is moving to that neck of the woods. We have found a wee parcel of land and am awaiting the financial issues to be resolved (hopefully soon) and then, onward!
Should everything fall into place, I am wondering a few things about the general soil type of the Saint John area....gotta have good clay for the cobbing. I may not cob as much as I anticipated since I am tinkering with the idea of sand bag and papercrete to build my house (the kids will have the house that comes with the property but I am building my own). I want to sculpt inside and have a rocket stove for heating which I will make with cob. Of course, will still have to build a cob oven or 5 for the bread making

But I've been reading lots about papercrete and am eager to give it a try.
I am also curious how open to alternative building ideas the building codes are in New Brunswick.
“Wow, look at the grass stains on my skin. I say, if you knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”
- Calvin and Hobbes