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03-01-2008, 01:22 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Outside Bewdley in a wood with stream in garden.
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| | | Homemade houses!
Has anyone any experience of making houses - environmentally friendly ones?
When I've WWOOFED and learned a little more about self sufficiency etc I'm going to buy a little bit of land and build a house  Thought of a wooden yurt or straw bale typr one or maybe even a hobbit hole. Going to build an outdoor bread oven too - in the shape of a.......squirrel (surprise, surprise!) 
Just wondered what experiences anybody has had of this sort of thing? |
03-01-2008, 08:53 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sheffield, FPRSY
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| | | Re: Homemade houses!
I think you should start on the oven before moving on to a house. Hopefully the oven might be about grey squirrel pie sized 
Let us know how you get on .....  Quote:
Originally Posted by tufftie  Has anyone any experience of making houses - environmentally friendly ones?
When I've WWOOFED and learned a little more about self sufficiency etc I'm going to buy a little bit of land and build a house Thought of a wooden yurt or straw bale typr one or maybe even a hobbit hole. Going to build an outdoor bread oven too - in the shape of a.......squirrel (surprise, surprise!)
Just wondered what experiences anybody has had of this sort of thing? | |
03-01-2008, 08:59 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Outside Bewdley in a wood with stream in garden.
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| | | Re: Homemade houses!
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott I think you should start on the oven before moving on to a house. Hopefully the oven might be about grey squirrel pie sized
Let us know how you get on ..... | Okay so i'll live in a bender and make the oven first yes!
Now who said anything about grey squirrels - was going to use red earth if i can get it..  |
03-01-2008, 09:08 PM
| | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sheffield, FPRSY
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| | | Re: Homemade houses!
Nothing personal, you'll realise 
No, I've been tempted to build a sort of barbie-cum-oven but am using all my material and skills at present building an enormous compost heap. Priorities, you know ..... Quote:
Originally Posted by tufftie Now who said anything about grey squirrels - was going to use red earth if i can get it.. | |
03-01-2008, 09:12 PM
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03-01-2008, 09:18 PM
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Oh my word, yes - that is serious stuff and would be the salvation of the World but it isn't half tricky. The big problem is with heights and inclinations, angles of descent .... and if you get it wrong you could be up to your neck in ... well, you know ... Quote:
Originally Posted by tufftie | |
03-01-2008, 09:22 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Outside Bewdley in a wood with stream in garden.
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| | | Re: Homemade houses!
i'll make sure it flows in the direction of the tax office! Guess i'd better have a well too - upstream obviously! |
03-01-2008, 09:37 PM
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| | | Re: Homemade houses!
Sensible - but make sure it's upstream of anyone else as well.
Personally, I have no complaint about Yorkshire water ... which is more than can be said for the stuff that comes out of London taps (need a smiley for "-yuk-vomit-nasty" and worse ...) Quote:
Originally Posted by tufftie i'll make sure it flows in the direction of the tax office! Guess i'd better have a well too - upstream obviously! | |
04-01-2008, 08:34 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Outside Bewdley in a wood with stream in garden.
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I'm sure Yorkshire water's very nice Paul - compared to Eastbourne chlorinated stuff! Only was heading more for Orkney, so...!
By the way - where exactly am i building my house now all the essentials have been built?! Maybe a house on stilts? (make the compost loo easy! ) |
05-01-2008, 06:24 PM
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| | | Re: Homemade houses!
The earth closet will help with your garden/compost and save water On-line: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PS a google search turned up some cartoons as well
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