Ashley Baptiste

Those are great ideas. Thank you.
Ill need a lot of weather stripping. Any ideas to get it cheap?

I wish I could that sounds great. But I've got aluminum frames and not much frame 1/2" at most I'm afraid ill break a lot of glass if I'm screwing or drilling through metal that close to the pane. I could give it a few test runs with pilot holes I suppose.

thank you ken.

how would I hang the windows in a way to seal it all in?

wow thank you very much al.

there is a lot of good info there for me and I appreciate it.

so the straw are the fibres in my carbon fibre so to say. ok cool, over time its going to decay though isnt it? as for the clay the stickier it is the more sand I can get away with adding I take it? this builders sand is that something special?


I'll have many many more questions as I go. like this one. I picked up a ton of free cinder blocks today could i lay them down on their sides and say two rows and pump my exhaust through there? they would be both "duct" and mass. I would build a header at either end and cover the whole thing with cob to seal it in. thought?

Hello everyone.
I've been interested in many of the topics found here for quite some time.
Recently however I've been fortunate enough to buy an acreage and finally have room for some of my crazy ideas and ideas that people like you have already pioneered and proven effective. Like the RMH.

I do have a couple of questions to get me started.

1. How best do I prepare clay? There are a lot of people giving away free "clay" fill around here. It doesn't look like it'll make the nicest finished product tho.
I've heard that it should be screened first, then what? Do I just take the finest particles and mix them with some water? How do you screen it when it's wet and clumpy?

2. Do I lose effectivity if I leave out the straw in the cob? What's the purpose of it in the mass?

That's all for now I guess. Thank you all in advance.
I'm just glad to be here, every day is a gift.

Hello all. I salvaged over 100 framed single pane windows (2'x4') I'm thinking about using them to build our greenhouse.

The more I read here the less Confident I am about the idea.
Should I save these for another project and perhaps go with the poly?
It gets quite cold here In calgary zone 3a and at the very least I'd like to extend the season a few months.

I was thinking about doubling up the glass with a 2-3 inch buffer zone.

If I do go with the glass the next problem is how am I going to attach them to the wooden frame and deal them?

I was thinking of running a channel saw down the faces of 4"x4" posts and sliding the glass in there. Changing a broken pane would be a pain tho.

Any better ideas would be greatly appreciated.