Cob House Part One
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it amazes me how people could live in nothing but beauty and instead choose to live with deep junk piled all over the place--how depressing
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3. Then when I buy my place, I'll sell this condo and payoff the mortgage. Having zero debt is a great way to at least partly escape the system. I'll charge a modest rent for the rooms but they'll be able to knock off a lot of it by selecting a few chores now and then (when the show up on the schedule). I'll be in on that too because when I do a chore, my roomates won't be doing it so their rent discount will be smaller. I talk about in one of my recent videos. watch?v=BJcLq80grBE
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2. I gotta say I'm sick of the system. That's why I'm working hard to at least partly escape it. First I paid off all my debt (including my condo) and then started saving heavily. My plan is to get a place on an acre or so with a few extra room that I can rent to people who are also into Permaculture, organic gardening and creating a sort of suburban homestead. My savings just hit 40 thousand but I'm still waiting. I think we'll see another dip in house prices in 2012 or 2013.
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The system is setup so that practically everything you do is taxed by some level of government and profited from by large or mega corporations. If you build a house yourself, all the labor you'd otherwise have to finance would be free so the system doesn't get to tax their wages and their purchases. Plus electricity is taxed when it's made, when it's transmitted and when it's used. If you find a way to use less energy they'll try to make it illegal. That's the system as it is today
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@vention4wh It's so weird. Inexpensive raw meterrails like dirt is illegal and it's cheap and is impossible not to find yet it's ok for lumber companies to cut down trees ruin other life form homes , our only air suply and destroy a material that will eventually go out. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM?!?!?
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That was two years ago. This was the video where I first discovered what a cob house was. I've learned a lot more about them since then. The potential is huge. Building codes can really make such a house expensive though (at least in my area). Any energy savings would be dramatically offset by the fact that I'd have to have it professionally designed and built. I'll have to settle for a more conventional home when I get my place.
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@vention4wh you know very little about cob insulation lol :)
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This is seriously awesome!
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she is beutyfull
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@mercurystar2002 Alrighty then, finding a lot with loads of clay should not be a problem, once you have the money for it and after that it's just hard work. Remember to dig deep for the clay, though, as the stuff you want should contain no topsoil at all. The good stuff is in the anaerobic layer, which should be virtually free of microbes and fungi. You'll know when you hit it. The playhouse would really be great practice and I'm sure the kids would just love to help you get muddy.
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The cob house isn't a bad idea at all in a rural area, just put in some modern items like toilets, there are composting ones so you don't need it hooked up to the plumbing.
It would be a nice looking property if they cleaned up all the junk, perfect breeding grounds for rats, it looks like a typical Gulf Islands property, natural is good, junk strewn everywhere is not
AbdultheImpailler 2 years ago 5
In all honesty, I found it to be a little depressing. I haven't been on here in awhile but I ran across an older video when you were in your room. It was so bright and colorful.
But also, I'm an artist and suffer from depression. So I don't think I could survive in this kind of environment.
I/m not sure what you could do to brighten the place up.
But good luck!
Freeurmindom 3 years ago 3