Margaret Krome-Lukens shows us the cob home being built by interns at North Carolina's Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute. Since iher new home is less than 150 square feet, she talks about the joy of giving up stuff to move in.
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@kijordan1 The dugouts are a common feature in many cob homes and shouldn’t weaken the walls if done right. I’m not an expert, but I know there are a lot of books out there that talk a lot about the details of building your own earth built home. I did a video series with Michael Smith (one attached as a video response) who has several books out on the topic.. one of which – “The Hand-Sculpted House” – was used by one of the builders in this video.
Brilliant!! How do I design the interior with shelving and the dugouts in the walls? Will the dugouts weaken the walls?
rly nice butt , approval!
@Slagythor HAHHAHAHAHA SOMEONE HAS TO PEE I SEE LOL
@mystfire If she had wanted something bigger they could have built that. I’ve seen cob or adobe houses that are hundreds of square feet, full bath, full kitchen, jacuzzi, you name it. The advantage is the earthen walls are naturally insulated and help maintain a constant temperature. You’re only limited by what you want.
Nice work how long did it take to build?
After watching all these tiny home videos, I gotta look up some mansions!
i can see her nipples
@empouse I couldn’t agree more. I am planning on this and helping others to do the same. Building in your spare time for less than $50’000 is possible if you do some of the grunt work yourself. Imagine you pay 3 and half times what you borrow so a $200’000 mortgage will cost you $700’000 over 25 yrs etc. Or pay nothing and live a free and richer life in more ways than one. Genius!
@mystfire lol. I know what ya mean, but still it’s quite interesting. haha
what about the toilent and the kitchen?
@Slagythor They have composting toilets nearby in the woods.
very inspiring
It’s a very neat idea, but personally, I wouldn’t be able to live in a 3rd world country style house.
she is sexy
You people look super-healthy! Must be the environment and choice of work.
If you used your own manure, you could say : ‘I shit my house’
the woman talking looks like a female version of Anthony from Smosh
@Slagythor See that toilet paper out in the field? Yeah. Get digging.
Hippies.
That is a very cool house!
It’s adorable.
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.