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Category: Furnishing

Kitchen and Dining/Living Room Furnishings

September 9, 2020
Furnishing, Timber Frame Cabin

With the flooring finished it was time to get started finishing the interior. Several months ago we found a giant […]

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It's been three years since we started our suburba It's been three years since we started our suburban off-grid experiment. With the end of this Texas heat wave hopefully in sight and with rain in the forecast I wrote an article about how we kept our electricity and and water flowing this summer.

https://offgridburbia.com/off-grid-living-during-a-texas-heat-wave/
My mini-split evaporator started leaking condensat My mini-split evaporator started leaking condensate earlier this week so I had to tear it down for a deep cleaning. With its soul exposed it has kind of a neat industrial look.
What a beautiful day to mulch the roof What a beautiful day to mulch the roof
Retaining wall on the low side of the building is Retaining wall on the low side of the building is almost complete
After two days of building the cottage berm we hav After two days of building the cottage berm we have most of the gravel drainage later installed and the back close to finished. I'm building some small retaining walls today.
Building the berm part of our earth berm cottage s Building the berm part of our earth berm cottage started yesterday.
I finally got all the pieces to install a wood sto I finally got all the pieces to install a wood stove in the cottage. However, it's back to 70 degrees in central Texas.
We finished the interior plaster of the Earth Berm We finished the interior plaster of the Earth Berm Cottage this weekend. Here's a short video. I'll post a more in depth video about earthen plaster after we finish the exterior.

#naturalbuilding #earthenplaster
We got a lot done during our first plastering part We got a lot done during our first plastering party yesterday! More to follow. 

Also I just posted a blog/video about framing and infilling the cottage interior walls, installing the ceiling and building and elevated platform for the bed (sleeping nook)

https://offgridburbia.com/ebc-interior-finishing-walls-ceiling-and-trim/
I put down the final layer of the earthen floor in I put down the final layer of the earthen floor in the Earth Berm Cottage yesterday. I'll put up a full video of the install in a few weeks.

#naturalbuilding #earthenfloor #tinyhouse
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  1. Mudplasterer on Off-grid Living during a Texas Heat WaveSeptember 22, 2023

    Oops got that wrong. In June we averaged 25 Kwh per day.

  2. Mudplasterer on Off-grid Living during a Texas Heat WaveSeptember 21, 2023

    Certainly agree with enhancing your Solar panels. During June we averaged 16KWh per day from our 14 panels. We had…

  3. Mudplasterer on Off-grid Living during a Texas Heat WaveSeptember 19, 2023

    Loved the comment that the pipe to your neighbours was "with permission". Just in case anyone was thinking of litigation???

  4. Aaron on Building a Light Clay Straw TumblerSeptember 13, 2023

    Thanks! My inspiration to build a tumbler came from a video made by a Canadian. It is a huge labor…

  5. Aaron on It’s only a model: Planning Framing DaySeptember 13, 2023

    Sure, here's a link to the SketchUp model: app.sketchup.com/app?3dwid=5d943b20-0c6a-48dd-a98e-66cf848d8f6e The roof has an 18 degree pitch and ~18 feet from…

  6. Aaron on Off-grid Living during a Texas Heat WaveSeptember 13, 2023

    Oh! highs in the low to mid-nineties would be glorious.

  7. Aaron on “Living” Roof InstallSeptember 13, 2023

    That's a 275 Gallon IBC tote. I have four that I eventually use to collect rain water from the cottage…

  8. Sheryl Yarbrough on Off-grid Living during a Texas Heat WaveSeptember 12, 2023

    We are all dreaming of that day! Looking forward to a fair chance of rain in a few days and…

  9. Mudplasterer on “Living” Roof InstallAugust 31, 2023

    Is that a water container I see by the side of the cottage? Does it take outflow from the roof?…

  10. Mudplasterer on “Living” Roof InstallAugust 31, 2023

    Great project. Such success. Great idea about the perforated pipe and gravel along the edge. Has anybody else done that?…

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