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Jam Lady
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dpack
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such methods do make sense, they have been used for a long time with assorted materials both foraged and repurposed
i stayed in a house made out of the timbers of a scrapped 18th C whaling ship
for 2 years my home was sticks and a lorry side curtain
we got rather good at re-using double-glazed windows with sticks and tarps and stuff
walkway ropes etc got recycled into building materials
the 50ft dia round house was sticks and assorted lorry tarps(thatch was in short supply, ie there was nothing suitable around, and it is a massive amount of work)
you would find metal in my tunnel cap concrete that more than meets the criteria   in a borrow their helmet and whack em with it sort of way
to use these methods does require practical to out bid "planning regs" in many places, if build a home or barn or whatever has no "paperwork" use whatever is available that will do the job
i rather like the bottle of water + a little bleach to prevent algae thing.
half the bottle outside, half inside so they act as light tubes in solid or sheet walls or roofs. no need for daytime candles or leccy lights in a tin shack etc
most of the best woodburners i have known have been made from upcycled scrap metal
the basic "panel" for many applications is the pallet
tyres are good building units, a troubling thought there are estimated to be 50 million abandoned tyres on uk farms, globally the figure must be huge and there is plenty of mud to fill them
afaik the crusty crew have not used them for building, they do make ace "wobbling mounts" for armoured doors etc
the classic 50 gallon oil drum is a wonderful material for construction and upcycling in a huge number of ways, oven/space heater, tunnel shield, washing machine, roof etc
by combining foraged stuff, upcycled stuff and using small amounts of new stuff many things can be done as well if not better than with new alone |
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