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Preliminary ideas for housing 6 Boots

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Design: Solarium at Wheaton Labs: Design Conversation

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Window quilts (or other window insulation solutions) for Allerton Abbey (Wofati 0.7) at Wheaton Labs

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How Vile is Concrete?

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natural, semi-affordable flooring in a prexisting house?

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What is "Appropriate Technology"?

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Building house under 100k or even less?

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Small shake roof

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Stone masonry, roofing and ring beam advice needed for old stone house renovation in Portugal

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$5000 House on the High Plains Challenge

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My Old Log Cabin

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Passion fruit shading of tropical household walls and roof.

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Root re-enforced earthen structures.

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Alternatives to petroleum based insulation for basements

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woodfired...sink?

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Can you buy natural paint for inside walls?

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New ancient-ish building ideas for multi-disaster resistance

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Can someone tell me about rubble trench foundations?

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Building on Muskeg, Peatlands, and Permafrost

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Keeping Track of Costs - Big Book of Receipts. (Insert dramatic piano chords)

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Where would you build on this land and why?

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Rammed Earth Tests

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What are these doors?

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Onion Roofs....fire proofing and edible

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Attic insulation

15 replies 1

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wattle and daub in old Portuguese building

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Living roof... what to plant in a super dry, but still middle-German climate??

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Building a Tornado-Resistant House

7 replies 2

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locally producable insulation that does not rot

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gravel/woodchip for road and path.

5 replies 1 1

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Brick Making Machine Help

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Building a Timber Framed House on Dry Stack Foundation

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sod retaining wall

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Home Made Cellar: Suspended Slab on a Culvert

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Internal hydronic convection walls!

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what do we do for gick-free adhesive?

6 replies

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Nature Playground Ideas

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Advice on Where to Start with Earthen Construction

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Elora Hardy builds Magical Houses, Made of Bamboo in Bali- a TED Talk

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How do I figure out if an oil is good for treating wood or clay floors?

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How to find wood to reclaim? Looking for tips on finding reclaimed wood/lumber (in SE Oklahoma)

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Conflicting Opinions on the use of Cob in Vermont - Any Thoughts?

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Remodel and retrofit with natural building

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ICC IWUIC (2012): International Wildland-Urban Interface Code

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Foundations, basements, berming; what should I read to become an expert?

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Concrete block rocket stove

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Treating Exterior Wooden Walls

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foundation for a two floor wooden house

16 replies 1

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Codes compliance information

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Root Cellar/Storm Shelter on Bedrock

8 replies 2 1

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seriously considering water catchment with slow sand filter for potential problems

2 replies 2

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Cast Iron Stove Repair Question - Rust/degradation at joint

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reconstructing 3400 year old double wattle wall with clay slip hay insulation (video)

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Bamboo and daub house for subtropical climate?

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Wood ash refractory formula?

3 replies 1

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Taking care of wall moss

4 replies

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Igloo video and tool that looks like it would have utility for other building methods

1 reply 1

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Regulations

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Natural building in Russia

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A you tube rammed earth built near Tucson Arizona

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