Building a Roundhouse with woodhenge and cobwood

Building a cobwood roundhouse over a six week course in six weeks, Spring2008 at Denmark Farm, near Lampeter, West Wales

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• natural
• building
• low
• impact
• cobwood
• roundhouse
• eco-build
• ecohouse

[ToneWrench]

Of course! So simple! Get an RV! Buy diesel! Buy water! Buy raspberries! Buy everything! Be totally dependent! Why didn't I think of that!????

[ToneWrench]

A couple of answers on construction - the ends of the posts are charred in a fire to about 20 cm above ground level. These are chestnut posts here so they should last 30 years or more. Sometimes I also paint molten bitumen onto the post feet as well. The yellow pipe is a drainage pipe which goes under the polyfelt and is taped to the plastic/rubber roof membrane. It collects excess rainwater and channels it to one point on the eaves where it could be collected for watering etc.

[zdkezios]

so if you ran into the wall, would it be a roundhouse to the face?

[1anthonybrowning]

now you are going to have to get a mower up on the roof, oh maybe just a goat instead.

[nitroexpress700]

@benny1473 lol you dont have to be rish to build a eco friendly house i can build a log cabin with under 100$ in supplys heck i build my cousins current home a 20x20 log cabbin for under 300$ we went fancy on the wndows the logs are free and we dont use nails so dont need em for the few we do use its less than 20$

[ekkalars]

Whut the?... 5 people dislike this? Hmm

[N89J00X]

Fantastic! And a beautiful result.

[GreatNorthWeb]

@zdkezios i wish i could give you 2 thumbs up for that comment.  i guess i'll have to create another account.

[benny1473]

mmmmmm mummy and daddy are loaded so i can play at this eco friendly bullshit till they die and leave me everything

[jumblymamba]

advantages of growing structure inplace include.no change of use of land from agricultural to residencial

no buying and transporting materials

just seeds or saplings and time

and after 23/12 2012 we will have plenty of that

[jumblymamba]

so with a little fore thought..we should be planting ash at metre interval on the circumference of an 11 metre circle to grow to become the main uprights after a few years it should be possible to bend them to the centre and form a dome ..alternatively simply let them grow staight up and place horizontals in the branch forks ..eventually the kids move into the second floor suspending bed platforms grand kids 3rd floor ,ash hits maturity at about 1hundred years and is stonger than oak in beam

[bwdenman]

Is that where you guys smoke dope?

[anyonefindAMERICA1]

Priceless beauty. I love it man.