Category: my off-grid house
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Episode 19 – DIY 2.0 workshops
In the middle of august I spent a couple days near Łódź in a place called Cohabitat Hackerspace, where the workshops called “Do It Yourself 2.0” took place. During that workshop several different things were built, including: a single wall and an entire small building of clay and straw bale, a wall made of so […]
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Straw bale building: rain gutters and composting toilet
In the middle of july, I took some time to gather some reusable materials: 3 wooden windows and a couple of plastic barrels. I also bought some rain gutters for my roof. I installed the gutters and started work on the composting toilet. Of course I wasn’t able to finish that job, but you can […]
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Straw bale building: roofing felt
This video shows the work we did at the end of june. I found this one of the most important parts of the work, as from this point the building was protected from the rain. We finished putting boards onto the roof, bought the asphalt roofing felt and installed it. I planned to harvest rainwater, […]
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Straw bale house: rain gutters
This weekend we installed rain gutters to the straw bale building. Since I don’t have any water source on my property, I want to collect the rainwater in order to have the some water for clay plaster. I carry all the potable water and water used for showers in my RV (camper), but I don’t […]
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Straw bale house: covering roof with boards continued
This weekend we continued covering the roof with wood boards. I tried to cut the overlapping boards with a hand saw, but to no luck. It was possible, but required a lof of effort. I was glad I brought along a chainsaw, that allowed me to finish the same work in a couple of minutes. […]