Electric Wiring
We finishing up wiring the house in early January. I’m currently working on installing the solar power system so we […]
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We finishing up wiring the house in early January. I’m currently working on installing the solar power system so we […]
Read more →In her book Light Straw Clay Construction Lydia Doleman has loads of diagrams like this one that really flesh out building […]
Read more →We’ve moved on from the straw light clay phase of the build. I’ll have some posts up soon about pulling […]
Read more →We had another small work party in early November that got us to around 85% complete. Over the latter half […]
Read more →The walls are about 2/3rd packed at this point. We had another work party last weekend that put a significant […]
Read more →We invited a bunch of people over Saturday to help us pack the straw light clay in the walls and […]
Read more →The plumbing and electrical have been roughed in, the furring strips have been installed, and last week 109 bales of […]
Read more →Well, we’re on our way to rain water collection. In late August we ordered a couple of 1680 gallon water […]
Read more →The month is almost over and we’re close to having the wall ready to be infilled with light clay straw.Over […]
Read more →Central Texas has been experiencing something of a dry spell for the past few months. As the heat presses on […]
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