Earth Sheltered Solar House from recycled barn beams

[TheStudyDog]

great music. I love the home and landscaping.. how much did it cost?

[Moonessence1]

amazing place, this inspires me so much!

[HumanLiberty]

Fantastic!!!

[goodtuneman]

LOVE this place!I want to live in it! BUT...the outside needs some fencing to keep people from falling to their deaths!

[Moonessence1]

@goodtuneman LOL!

[frechele]

$3000 paid for the beams, 3 silos, concrete & concrete block walls, protecting the 3 roofs with recycled steel from the barns. I ran out of money & the house sat for a year with no glass, insulation or finished interior. With threats of demolition from the municipality, I finished it in a year for about $40,000 more in 1986 Canadian $

[Horathgar42]

How much did all this cost to build? I'd imagine the beams were cheap if not free, but there's more going on there than just beams. Being that you did all the work yourself I'm guessing very little was spent on any kind of labor. Still beautiful and impressive house.

[frechele]

We get a lot of snow in Hemmingford, about same as Montreal, 35 miles north of here.

[storsy]

does it snow where you live?

[dustyfuller2]

this is beautiful!!!!

[dustyfuller2]

this beautiful!!!!

[halmore]

very nice !

[frechele]

Thanks! The dog's name is Tempo & he's alive & thriving...

[WellnessGoneWild]

I can't imagine that kind of creativity and ingenuity. Love it. I bet you miss that beautiful dog!

[dave777blaster]

nice job

[frechele]

All the beams sit on a recycled galvanized roofing square sandwiched between tarpaper layers on the 24 inch wide concrete footings .The wood stays dry so fungus & bugs are not a problem

[bloodmuffin123]

Your house is awesome did you have to termite proof or damp proof any on the wood ?

[hidden4est]

amazing..good music too.

[Cocolawdisorder]

GREAT to see info about the house out in the public domain . Let's hope others follow your lead and build environmentally!

[STREAKER123]

Well I think we're in the right place. I'm planning to build a mostly earth house here 45 mins. east of Cleveland Ohio. I'll be buying used brick for the walls that are exposed. If anyone would like to help me or has words of wisdom you can write me on here. It will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Chris

[xntrix007]

Its as amazing as when you let us through in Novemeber 05 ! And the great music... do you listen to Sam Larkin ? He's an Ontario boy...

Cheers from Thomas, Eva, Filip, and soon to be here Laura.

[solidarite1972]

Wow, What a house. Partly underground but such light and space. And the music is great too.

[jpippus]

hey glenn, good to hear from you. the house looks wonderful. reminds me of our place on St. Norbert - not!... love the soundtrack too. xo

john

[MrNeosoul99]

St. Norbert Winnipeg?

[cousinchang]

Very cool!