Patti Stouter’s New Earthbag Building Slide Series
“A how-to slide show series. A picture is worth a thousand words. And many natural builders have limited access to the internet. These slide shows will speed information transfer into many languages because they are mostly visual and come in small and large formats. Slide sets are also available in French.”
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Miscellaneous Earthbag News
Two More Earthbag Videos
More great tips from Luke over at the Natural Building Blog Facebook page. (They’ve changed their name to match our new blog name.)
Great small backyard use of earthbags, a cob oven and other permaculture stuff.
“Dylan and Jo have packed a lot into a small space with earth bag vegetable beds, chickens, a food forest, espaliered fruit trees, a bee hive and more.”
New Earthbag Videos
Earthbag Building / Superadobe / Rammed Earth
Traditional Post and Beam Barn Home Kits
“Pole barn dwellings are much different than post and beam barn homes. The only similarity between a pole barn and a post and beam barn is that they both have upright posts that support the frame of the barn.
Roundwood Open Web Joists
Inspired by projects such as William Castle’s house, featured on our blog yesterday, I set out to design an open web joist using small diameter poles for non-code areas. It’s not as shiny and elegant as manufactured brands, but hey, who can argue with the cost? These trusses would cost just a few dollars apiece if you have a good source of poles. In parts of the U.S., and probably other countries, the poles you would need are practically free. Small trees like this are thinned out to reduce fires and help larger trees reach marketable size. You could use scrap metal for tie plates and cut the cost in half. Barter for a can of screws and you’re talking really dirt cheap.