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Lodestar

(2,388 posts) Sun Oct 25, 2015, 02:46 AM Oct 2015

True DIY Living - primitive technology

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True DIY Living - primitive technology (Original Post) Lodestar Oct 2015 OP

Interesting. K&R Tobin S. Oct 2015 #1

K&R! stonecutter357 Oct 2015 #2

Check out this one where he builds a kiln and makes a clay tile roof 1monster Oct 2015 #3

Grammar bully alert! gregcrawford Oct 2015 #4

Ummm.... that would be a spelling bully alert, not a grammar bully alert. 1monster Oct 2015 #5

Picky, picky, picky... gregcrawford Oct 2015 #6

thanks for sharing this allan01 Oct 2015 #7

Tobin S.

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1. Interesting. K&R

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:52 AM

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stonecutter357

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2. K&R!

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 09:02 AM

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1monster

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3. Check out this one where he builds a kiln and makes a clay tile roof

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 10:37 AM

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and a finished floor for his wattle and daub hut. Except that it is dark inside and the door leaves something to be desired, it's downright cozy!

gregcrawford

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4. Grammar bully alert!

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 04:34 PM

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It's actually "WATTLE" and daub. Weaving the sticks between uprights is the wattle. The most durable daub had chopped straw mixed into it as a binder. Some cattle-herding tribes in Africa used manure for daub. Eeuw!

In this construction, he used stones instead of true wattle, as early Europeans did for several thousand years.

Cool little cottage, though, and a very neat video!