The possibilities with cob are intriguing. I have a bit of a fantasy of buying land and living in a tent while slowly building a house.
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That's what I'm going to do. Not a tent, an RV. Cob, where I'm going to settle is not a viable material option. That kind of stuff you want to build from local materials, local materials are usually more durable for the climate. I too fantasize about cob lol but wouldn't want to truck the materials in from elsewhere or whatever.
yeah 75% of building is just knowing tge environment and resources available.
we have some nice clay in areas and I fantasize about making bricks sometimes
do it
the whole idea of building your house is fascinating
Building your own dwelling is something everyone in the world except kings in castles experienced in their lives at least once. It is a core part of being human, like making and wielding tools, decorating our bodies and improvising language, a creative activity that is part of our form and being. And nobody does it anymore. We pay some guys to slap together some generic structure according to laws. We are all missing something fundamental. I intend to experience it and understand the feelings, of having to get up and do the work, of wishing it was done, of finally having it, of knowing every detail and having things the way I want them, of decorating and improving the little things as I live inside.
My grandpa built his own house, and it was an amazing house, on a lake, surrounded by national park because he built it before the state stole the land to make a park. Its gone though... After he passed away, the new owners burnt it down in an insurance fraud and then built an ugly mcMansion
grok's version of your grandpa's house
Too small, and it wasn't literally on the water
I bet he could tell you every detail, even ones you couldn't see. Decisions he made in the process that he would've done differently that you don't even notice, that he lived with and accepted every day. I hope to experience it soon.