$50 underground house eco building

[Magcomplex]

If you google this book it comes right up. Good stuff

[seocom]

Wonderful vid.. something just about anyone can do if they have the land

[nkwheaton]

This is really an awesome video, thanks Paul!

[TheAllResort]

Finally a house I can afford. I love the concept of earth sheltered homes.

[MrToastOmnomnom]

I'd love to have a house underground. One that is underground. It'd be cooler during the hot days.

[Darkyodajedi]

I am interested in buying one of these and living off grid, if you have one seriously for sale, please message me, thanks for the great videos...

[brimstone33]

As a teen in the '70's I really dug his book (NPI). Still got it on my shelf! It really influenced how I see the world. Also "The Owner Built Home" by Ken Kern and "The Little House" by Leslie Armstrong.. When the 60's counter-culturalists like Oehler sat down and put their fresh ideas on paper they truly built an American legacy. I remembered and used Oehler's "PSP" post & beam method to build a bunker in the 1st Gulf war. Thanks for the video tour- it was like coming home.

[sesinep]

Hey, The sound quality sucks.

[911truthfarmer]

Thanks for this, it is very interesting but a tad frustrating because you never showed the outside. I'll look for perhaps another video of it.

[gelflingfaysuzanne]

@911truthfarmer Mike oehler has a video posted that shows the outside and inside of the house a bit better i think. just look him up and you should be able to find it.

it is a recent video. It was posted december 2009

[jeffery19677]

Can anyone hear the name of the stove he says was banned for being too good? I am a welder and if I can find a good design, I can build my own stove?

[jamonitjames]

@jeffery19677 tin stove

[brimstone33]

@jeffery19677 Well, I'm sure the Army version he refers to is the "Yukon" stove. It burns wood, coal, gasoline, or diesel. You can find them in surplus stores. They fold up flat and have collapsible chimneys.

[GamlGandalf]

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A correct pronunciation is not possible in English so it doesn't matter how hard you try. :D

If you are interested in squeezing the peanut out of this problem follow the video /watch?v=uIbVxr6YgB0

I am very interested in underground aka. earth integrated houses combined with self-maintaining permaculture for living in symbiosis with nature so thank you for the informative video!

[Pawnfirst007]

very nice

[Charles2337]

Wasn't that guy on bizzare foods show.

[gunnywag]

Great insight. Doing it instead of talking about doing it!!

[josephdupont]

I bought his tapes and books.. He is a great man.. but a little short tempered. but he had some great ideas.. I loved the greenhouse.

[MrMephisto38]

You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought. I like that! :-)

[Jy86422000]

Doing one of my six or seven or however many things. Thanks for the interview on TSP

[RVqueen]

So cool to see this in video! Oehler and his house helped inspire me to build... not underground and not cheap, but maybe that's in the future. :)

[artifactingreality]

"for years I avoided reading this book because it contains the word 'underground'"

Yeah because the words "$50 house" sound so classy.

[TheSenior53]

still cant subscribe,especially after hearing dat permies rant after every vid,your voice is so annoyying,love wat uve put up but will hav 2 admire from a distance LOL

[kurydebarcelona]

oh man, the sound is far beyond "suck", but the information looks so fascinating... I wonder if you may consider adding captions or something? it would be a nice way to salvage your work. Thank you, realy

[PicklesReallySuck]

it's called a shack

[paulwheaton12]

@PicklesReallySuck I dunno. I've never seen a shack hold up a roof that is three feet thick with soil.

[ev3rsion]

@paulwheaton12 that really depends on the shack.

[dannon18]

@paulwheaton12 last time i checked, a shack couldn't even hold up its own walls! If you don't conform to what society says and do what they tell you and spend your money for the next 30 years to buy what they say you need, then that makes you "crazy" that's why we are controlled, we are stupid and brainwashed. this man is truly the free man.

[YiuTeub]

@dannon18 What about a family of 5? I like small homes but tripping on kids makes life suck.

[dannon18]

@YiuTeub there is more than one way to build a house for cheap

[YiuTeub]

@dannon18 Do tell. I was looking at S style quanset homes but they still require studding on inside for electric etc. looked at earthen homes but alas we have heavy sand not clay. hay bail is good but I dont have the time to build it. I am open to ideas.

[jays2474]

@dannon18 This guy was was on a documentary I just watched here on you tube called Louis Theroux - survivalists.Its a documentary series called weird weekends.It was a great show.This episode was about anti government survivalists in the pacific northwest.Years ago I would of said these kind of people were nuts.This episode was filmed in i believe 1998 or 99.Looking at the government today I dont think they were nuts at all.I think they were right on the money just ahead of the times.

[ivan2275]

@paulwheaton12 where is this place and would he sell or rent it?

[Cstrife234]

@PicklesReallySuck Hey, if you want to pay $100-200,000 for a crappy cookie cutter house. Go ahead.

[jays2474]

@PicklesReallySuck LMFAO! I disagree but your comment is still funnier than hell.

[ag72]

should be called Sugar Shack, as it bringsssssss in the ladys, as you see the 2 chicks in the vid lol :)

[Sarstan]

If you buy brand new material, $500 won't get you far at all. If you go to "recyclers" or find free planks and windows that are tossed out, you can really make it all stretch. Not exactly recommended for the faint of heart.

[MarkH10]

Thanks so much for the video, and for the time you gave us with Mike. I loved the cool hippy/curiousity and minimalistic themes. The advantages with such an approach are very real, as you found. Cool temps, small pleasant space to occupy, and well designed area, are all very appealing.

Thank You again, for dragging him out there to show us this great creation. It is inspiring to me, at least.

[Tabooga65]

If the house is so great why hasn't anyone lived in it in three years?

[blooddonor70]

Mike Oehler travels the college lecture circuit for months on end.,plus he owns other properties.

[Tabooga65]

cool. thanks for the explaination.

[paulwheaton12]

because it is tucked away on a mountain side with no road and mike's knees aren't so good now.

[Tabooga65]

That would make it difficult to continue living there. I'm sure back in the day 50 or 500 bucks went way further than it does today. what would it be today to build? Also would zoning be a problem for most people?

[paulwheaton12]

There is a rich answer for that. We've hashed it over on the permies forums a few times. It might be worth a look.

[jays2474]

@paulwheaton12 I responded to something you said to the wrong person on accident lol.Mike Oehler was on a show called Louis Theroux-survivalist.Its on you tube.Its a great show.If you have time check it out its 6 parts.Years ago I would of said these survivalist were nuts now I say they were just ahead of thier time.There is a part where Theroux goes to the Aryan Nations compound in Hayden Lake Idaho.Now they were nuts back then and nuts still today lol.

[MarkH10]

@Tabooga65 Zoning doesn't exist there, in the woods. Cities are the government entity which zone the most. As to today's costs I believe you could scavenge much of that in an urban area through craigslist, and other internet sources. I could get that many windows in a week if that long, and the boards seem top be rather rough, so they are plentiful. The carpets and rugs too, along with much of the stove and cooking we see there. I used to own a copy of this book its great. ty 4 posting

[MarkH10]

@Tabooga65 Well Craigslist is how I would get ALL these materials esp windows and floor coverings. Yes the fiat/fake money system is being eroded and destroyed, but then it has been for about a century, every day. I had a copy of this book and it is excellent.. I am so happy to see this video. Zoning is a city issue, mostly. Out there, you really have to get on some bullies' bad side to attract negative attention like that.

[keytoothed]

This old man is so wise.

[tombrisson]

Been interested in Mike for years, never seen a video with him. Thanks!

[post18guy]

Hi, just happened across your video this morning, I was lucky enough to meet mr. Oehler when he was promoting his Y2K book. There are more videos under Louis Theroux, Thanks for posting your video.

[cobalt120]

Hi.

Decent video.

These designs are not all that new around here.

Many use old mine digs, or even whole (small) mines for homes or even for growing mushrooms for the market.

With a bit or work you can have an impressive underground greenhouse. That costs almost nothing to maintain.

My cabin is inside an old surface mining trench.