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Podcast 215 - Glenn Kangiser on Oehler Structures
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Adrien Lapointe
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Joined: Feb 23, 2012
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Location: Kingston, Canada (USDA zone 5a)
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Paul's next podcast will be published tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Summary
In podcast 215, Glenn Kangiser and Paul Wheaton discuss Glenn's Oehler structure. Paul studies the underground cabin as Glenn takes him on a tour of the organic house on the Kangiser farm in central California. In the beginning, Glenn read Mike Oehler's book and decided he could build it then began work on his unconventional home that "Just sort of grew." Now Glenn's home is his own achievement. It has different levels, one that they call the studio apartment level, with one bed, wood stove, refrigerator and kitchen that they use as a living area in winter. Paul marvels at how comfortable the inside temperature is despite the difficult heat outdoors.
Paul steers their conversation toward wicking and clay soils, describing how moisture can wick from a distance and why it's necessary to stop the extraneous environmental moisture from reaching the inner weight-bearing logs. Glenn details for Paul his problems with frame stability, foundation depth, California earthquakes and the Oehler structure's Achilles' heel: flood, poor drainage and gophers.
As it stands, Glenn's cozy economic home has ample room for two plus guests, and Paul portrays the masterpiece as a work of art, something tangible that city houses with white square walls cannot compare too. With the cost well under $5000 for 2200 sq ft, Glenn's basic structure costs next to nothing if you take your time, even cut your own lumber, but especially by crafting the home yourself without the expense of an outside contractor.
Relevant Links
Podcast 215 - Glenn Kangiser on Oehler Structures
Mike Oehler's website
Pictures and story of Kangiser's House
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jen kutler
Joined: Nov 02, 2012
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The link to the podcast seems to be broken. Can't wait to hear it!
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aman inavan
Joined: Nov 20, 2011
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Location: Cornwall UK
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It is working now
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Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the bees - please
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aman inavan
Joined: Nov 20, 2011
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Location: Cornwall UK
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Does anyone else have problems listening to podcasts using Chrome?
The play for a few minutes and then stop
Very annoying
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Adrien Lapointe
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Joined: Feb 23, 2012
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Location: Kingston, Canada (USDA zone 5a)
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Aman,
how long after it starts does it stop working? I am using chrome as well and it seems to work just fine.
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aman inavan
Joined: Nov 20, 2011
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Location: Cornwall UK
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0:09:03
It does it with all podcasts. I have to use another browser if I want to listen to podcasts
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Adrien Lapointe
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Location: Kingston, Canada (USDA zone 5a)
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Do you listen with the embedded player? What version of Chrome? Mac, Linux or Windows? I cannot reproduce the problem on my computer. Wierd!
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aman inavan
Joined: Nov 20, 2011
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Location: Cornwall UK
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I am on windows vista and I am just clicking on the play button on the website.
It does it on both my computers and on any podcast
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Adrien Lapointe
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Location: Kingston, Canada (USDA zone 5a)
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What version of Chrome? Did it just start doing that recently?
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Valerie Dawnstar
Joined: Dec 07, 2009
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Location: North Central New York
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Glenn Kangiser's house sounds very interesting - any pictures?
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Furthering Permaculture next to Lake Ontario
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Eric Rice
Joined: Aug 23, 2011
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Here's a link to TONS of info and pics of Glenn's place. Enjoy!
http://countryplans.com/smf/index.php?topic=151.0
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Valerie Dawnstar
Joined: Dec 07, 2009
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Location: North Central New York
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Wow, how did I miss this? Thanks!
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Adrien Lapointe
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Location: Kingston, Canada (USDA zone 5a)
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Ashe Higgs
Joined: Jun 18, 2011
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Location: Phoenix, Az
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aman inavan wrote:Does anyone else have problems listening to podcasts using Chrome?
The play for a few minutes and then stop
Very annoying
i had to use FF as well. I use Chrome on Ubuntu 11.01
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Discipline, Concentration & Wisdom
http://iliqchuan.com
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Adrien Lapointe
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Location: Kingston, Canada (USDA zone 5a)
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That is odd. I use Chrome and Xubuntu 11.10 and I have no problem.
That might be annoying, but you can also right click on the "download" link and open in a new tab. This might work better than the embedded player.
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