Natural Building Materials and Methods

Chart of natural building materials and methods
Chart of natural building materials and methods

Chris Dancey put together a video titled Natural Building Overview that shows many different natural building options. The screenshot above was taken from his video. I like the chart because it shows at a glance the various natural building materials and methods in an organized way.

“Sustainable natural building materials and methods include: adobe bricks; compressed earth blocks; earthbags; natural plasters: rammed earth; cob; wattle and daub; earthen floors; straw bale; prefab straw bale panels; fiber batts; clay and lime binders; light clay straw; hempcrete; hemp with lime or clay binder. cordwood masonry; stone with and without mortar; log and timber frame wood or bamboo construction; earthships; thatch; living roofs; and living walls. Sweat equity and local natural materials can help you build debt free. Small, creative, carefully constructed buildings can also be better for the environment than conventional construction.”

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Greenhomebuilding.com provides the largest, best description of the different natural building methods that includes links to the best books and other resources.

1 thought on “Natural Building Materials and Methods”

  1. Under “stone”, I’d think there should be a “crushed” and “cut/structural” sub-categories. Things like drainage, foundations, and flooring are all just as important as getting “out of the ground”.

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