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How to Build a Mud House to Last up to 10,000 Yrs England
The building industry doesn’t want people to know about this! Modern building materials are expensive, often require special tools and expertise, rot or burn after a few decades, and many times offgas toxic fumes. Fortunately, word is spreading about natural building and how almost anyone can build their own home at much lower cost. Examples of ancient natural buildings that are still standing after thousands of years can be found worldwide. This includes earthen structures in earthquake zones that have withstood centuries of earthquakes. These ancient building methods are being rediscovered and utilized to beat the high cost of home building.
How to Build a House with a Single Bag of Cement
“Sukalatti was built using the same amount of energy required to produce 50 bags of cement at the factory. Without the nylon shade net, producing a single bag of cement would consume more energy than the entire house.”
Tractor Cob
“Many of you might be wondering “Why would I want to mix cob with a tractor?” There are other good methods of mixing cob with your feet, using a tarp, or in a pit that don’t require the burning of fossil fuels. This is true, and any method of mixing cob without heavy machinery is going to be the purest form of cob mixing with the lowest amount of embodied energy.
Bioconstruction – Hay and mud rolls technique
This is very interesting. This natural building method is about 10-20 times faster than building with cob even though it is quite similar.
“Hay and mud rolls to build a wall. natural construction technique created by Elizandro in Samaipata.”
Rototiller Cob
There are hundreds of uses for cob, so this technique is something good to learn about even if you’re not going to build a cob house.