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XUL
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Making your own home
#19392438 - 01/09/14 06:36 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Has anyone ever made your own home?
I don't really need to make a home but I think it would be nice to vaguely know how to build a proper cabin or shanty.
Has anyone run into interesting tutorials or information?
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Re: Making your own home [Re: XUL]
#19393129 - 01/09/14 11:01 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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There's a complete how-to on instructables, quite detailed with lots of pictures. I posted the link in madmachinests post about building his own home.
Lots of info out there. Strong area of interest for me aswell. Check out cabinporn.com for some inspiration.
The hemloft is a cool project with a good narrative about building a fancy illegal tree cabin.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: PDU]
#19393688 - 01/09/14 01:17 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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PDU said: There's a complete how-to on instructables, quite detailed with lots of pictures. I posted the link in madmachinests post about building his own home.
Lots of info out there. Strong area of interest for me aswell. Check out cabinporn.com for some inspiration.
The hemloft is a cool project with a good narrative about building a fancy illegal tree cabin.
Thanks PDU.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: PDU]
#19395352 - 01/09/14 06:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Check out all Loyd Kahn's books and blog. Earthship: How to Build Your Own, is a book I'd like to pick up. Check out the earthship designs. cabinporn is awesome
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Re: Making your own home [Re: XUL]
#19399316 - 01/10/14 02:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I am buying land in the spring. Gonna make an earthship or a log cabin. Not sure.
Allow Dick Preonokee to inspire you.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: Dickhead]
#19408803 - 01/12/14 03:21 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Build an Earthship!
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Re: Making your own home [Re: Nymphaea] 1
#19408962 - 01/12/14 04:03 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nymphaea said: Build an Earthship!
I'm going to start with a TirePondTM. I got the tires, I got the dirt, and I need the pond.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: Dickhead]
#19416276 - 01/14/14 08:04 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Awebig said: I am buying land in the spring. Gonna make an earthship or a log cabin. Not sure.
Allow Dick Preonokee to inspire you.
I saw this video before. It is really neat. It gives me a bit of insight on how to start building a cabin but it doesn't go into much detail.
I should probably look for some kind of professional guide.
I like his little fireplace. Although if I ever do it I will probably buy a little steel stove. Especially because you can cook right on the top of them.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: XUL]
#19417740 - 01/14/14 02:59 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I was doing some research and I found an interesting cabin and link.
The cabin is called a Norweigian stabbur.


This couple built theirs in a summer without power tools and for $100.
It's interesting.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-homes/build-a-log-cabin-zmaz81mjzraw.aspx
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Re: Making your own home [Re: XUL]
#19425817 - 01/16/14 12:47 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would love to do something like this.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: Sundrop]
#19426232 - 01/16/14 04:36 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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look into strawbuilding. (carrying woodconstruction with strawbales pressurized inbetween) earthships are better for when you're in a pretty warm climate, although they also built some in schotland and here in holland. but it takes a very long time to fill up all the tires, so your looking at multiple years building if you don;t have a lot of extra people helping.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: forrest]
#19443894 - 01/19/14 06:25 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Has anybody dealt with Cobb building? I'm going to be making an above ground Cobb building for a friend who is using it to store beer in.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: nomadbrad]
#19487383 - 01/28/14 05:37 PM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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Search "how to build a shed" for basics to work up from.
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davros of skaro said: Search "how to build a shed" for basics to work up from.
I've built many sheds before, as well as homes, additions and barns. I just haven't build one out of mud and straw! I wondered if anybody here has and what they might know about it.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: nomadbrad]
#19489647 - 01/29/14 01:38 AM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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Haven't built with cob but hope to within the next couple of years. There's a great book on the subject called "The Hand-Sculpted House." It looks like it'd be stuffed with filler but it's actually extremely detailed and informative - gives you just about all you need to know to build an entire house out of cob if you already possess basic handyman skills.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: hmmn]
#19489656 - 01/29/14 01:43 AM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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Ive never built my own home but when I was a kid I watched the Amish build a huge barn on our farm. Those bastards made it look easy and it was done in two days. Im sure its not much different than building a home, its just way bigger. If you do it look into passive heating. It has to do with the position of your house and its windows. Saves huge on heating or cooling bills.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: XUL]
#19518293 - 02/03/14 10:09 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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Seems like in the last couple of years a lot of books and youtube videos have brought the small home/diy shelter idea to more mainstream attention. There is really awesome stuff out there!
Does anyone know someone who has built a miniature home on a large flat trailer? Seems like a cool idea, but I was wondering how much travel stress a building on a trailer could take?
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brown_jenkin said: Seems like in the last couple of years a lot of books and youtube videos have brought the small home/diy shelter idea to more mainstream attention. There is really awesome stuff out there!
Does anyone know someone who has built a miniature home on a large flat trailer? Seems like a cool idea, but I was wondering how much travel stress a building on a trailer could take?
Mobile homes are houses on trailers and they only crack here and there. You would be surprised how well they can hold up. I was talking with my pops yesterday about small scale trailer houses, what a trip. He wanted me to consider building one for nomadic mushroom picking he is an ass sometimes.
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Re: Making your own home [Re: nomadbrad]
#19518624 - 02/03/14 11:11 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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I guess that is true! I was thinking of when someone builds one from the ground up. Must have to weld in something like a superstructure.
That's funny about your pops! My old man wanted to help me buy a trashed RV trailer and convert it into a art studio space because I live in a small apartment Weird ideas. . .
How about a tiny cabin on the back of one of these? Perf for hunting!!! 
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I'll be doing this as soon as Spring decides to sprung. All reclaimed lumber from a home that burnt down, somewhere around 16x20 in terms of size. The goal is to do it with as many recycled materials as possible and spend as little cash to have a permanent place of my own.
I live on a few acres of land my family owns and I'm pretty solitary so I'm just doing a studio style room with loft bed. I'm pretty excited about getting started. All I ever seem to do is look for ideas online to keep things as efficient, and tight, and decent looking as possible.
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