Jason Nicoll

John C Daley wrote:Have you thought of post and beam with infill either strawbale or adobe?
- Large dimension timber posts or sreels posts are set into the ground at 10 foot spacing
- Large dimension beams are place across the top of the posts'
- A roof structure is fitted across the beams.
-Panels between posts are infilled with windows, doors and material of your choice

It is self supporting, and easy to construct.

Thanks for the suggestions. A timber frame house is the most appealing to me. I'm still debating the infill material and I am leaning towards Compressed Earth Bricks or Adobe but I do love Strawbale and cob.

Cristobal Cristo wrote:Jason,

He is using very rich mix of 3 sands and 1 cement.  If you used 6:1 it still would be quite strong. You could dig you clean dirt (no organic matter, not too much clay) and add 10-15% cement to make bricks. It would be much cheaper.

Thanks. I like the idea of 6:1 ratio and using local clay (we have a lot here)

John C Daley wrote:I have seen that before, its handy.
But what do you plan to use them for.
If it is a home, consider cob, adobe or nudbricks, it will be less cost and warmer.

I plan on using these bricks for garden/landscaping as the concrete should last longer than Adobe bricks.

However, I am also interested in natural construction for dwellings. I live in Brazil where there is less building regulation and I am exploring the economic advantages of alternative building techniques.  I am leaning towards a Timber Framed building and then using an economic/sustainable solution to "fill-in" the walls. I am still conflicted between strawbale, cob or Adobe for external walls (potentially with Wattle and Dawb for internal walls).

I saw this nice little system for making bricks:



I'm interested in people's thoughts regarding the material (sand and cement) and if there are more sustainable or economical solutions.

Also, whether people would use this in building construction in a timber frame house

Keep on growin'

Hi Paul

This is the second kickstarter of yours I've supported (the other was the 4 dvd RMH in 2015) and I want to thank you for putting so much great stuff in it. Curiously, I didn't get the the Wofati Microdoc, the skiddable structures & porta-cabin Microdoc, or the 12 Rocket Mass Heaters at Wheaton Labs Microdoc in the ledger in "my stuff". Where can I get them?

Also, where can I find the video of the Door Thermometer? I can't find it in the main video.

Thanks once again for all the great stuff.

Anyone else watching Star Trek Discovery and fascinated by the story of the galaxy wide Mycelium spore network and the scientific work being conducted by Lt. Paul Stamets? The Mycelium spores are a significant part of the story.
Did Paul Stamets consult for the series or did the writers read Mycelium Running and honour his work by naming the scientist character after him? There are too many similarities for it to be a mere co-incidence.

I haven't received an email. I checked the spam folder and searched for emails containing scubbly but without success. I shall send an email to SUPPORT@SCUBBLY.COM

Ah ... I approached the local government and managed to have a few meetings, but got frustrated by the slow pace and endless barriers. Once I have resolved a few other projects, I will attempt to follow up on this and push it further. If I get anywhere I shall post back here.

A local council is looking for ways to recycle the organic waste that is collected each week by trucks. Currently they dump it into landfill and let it putrefy, poison the land and water-tables and release methane. They are interested in exploring alternatives.

Are there any examples of large scale organic waste recycling already in production? Examples exist of shopping malls and education institutes that have started using bokashi systems to process their food court and canteen waste. However, I haven't heard of anything quite on the scale of municipal waste (hundreds of tonnes of organic waste per week). I think bokashi could scale to that size but finding containers big enough to seal the waste within could be challenging.

Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated.

Tyler Ludens wrote:http://www.changelabsolutions.org/sites/default/files/CommunityGardenToolkit_Final_(CLS_20120530)_20110207.pdf (copy address and paste; link doesn't work)

There are many resources for creating community gardens, on the web.

That is amazing toolkit. I love the way it walks through the options of the agreement between the gardeners and the land owner. The other resources there look excellent too.