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Repairs to the T-Brick Shed

May 4, 2022
Natural Building, Plaster, T-Brick Shed

We finished the T-brick shed about five years ago. To recap that construction project here are the primary parts: 1) […]

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Septic System: The Install

April 11, 2022
OSSF, Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin, Water

Note: This is part 3 of a 3 part series covering the design and install of conventional septic system for […]

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Septic System: The Design

March 28, 2022
OSSF, Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin, Water

A conventional septic system consists of a septic tank and an absorptive drain field. I’ll cover sizing and locating both […]

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Septic System: In Pursuit of a Variance

March 22, 2022
OSSF, Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin, Water

This is part 1 of a 3 part series of designing and installing our onsite sewage facility or septic system […]

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Melted Battery Terminal

March 7, 2022
Electrical

Our power shut off rather abruptly around 8pm this past Wednesday. The convection oven was running so I thought perhaps […]

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Swimming Pond: Design, Concept and Initial Excavation

February 16, 2022
Swimming Pond

Last week I rented a mini-excavator under the pretense of finally installing a septic system for the timber frame cabin. […]

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Plumbing Revision/Winterization

December 29, 2021
Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin

In February 2021 central Texas experienced some extremely cold weather. There were at least five days where the temperature did […]

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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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Flooring

August 17, 2020
Timber Frame Cabin

Sorry for lack of posts recently. We’re were pretty pushing hard in June and July to get the cabin livable […]

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Water Distribution System

June 7, 2020
Plumbing, Timber Frame Cabin

Within a few weeks of plumbing in our gutters to our water tanks the tanks were full. The next thing […]

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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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