Alternative to wood built frame houses. Alternative wall types that are non-toxic and safe for the chemically sensitive.
Home inspectors can use these tips to evaluate homes that have been built using alternative building methods.
Logandale’s Larry Barnum is experimenting with a new and inexpensive method of construction; and it’s a humdinger...
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Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs “Clarke Snell and Timothy L. Callahan, whose popular Good House Book helped environmentally-minded…
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Last month, we covered the many positives of staging team building exercises for your company employees, and the constructive effect this can have on both the wellbeing of your staff and ultimately your profits. So, let's take that one step further this month and delve into some great alternative ideas for team building exercises
Insulated concrete form construction is easy using Earth Friendly Block(tm). EF Blocks are 10" x 12" x 60" (5 feet long). Each time you place one standar...
lisocore® is a high-performance construction material. With about only 50 percent material usage compared to aconventional wooden panel material, the same or even better stress grades can be achieved. This modern material achieves its excellent properties thanks to its unique and patented basic structure.
I love hearing about innovative natural building projects. Ed, a long time reader, sent me an update on his earthbag home in Ecuador. Ed is using confined…
Building an Alternative Gym Business with Prefabricated Metal Buildings There are currently over 13,000 CrossFit gyms in over 120 countries. Considering that in
By Toby Bostwick Over the past year, outdoor living spaces have become just as much a place to unplug as they have a designated zone for homework lessons, remote work meetings and intimate dinner gatherings.
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Build an alternative Capsule Wardrobe to suit your style.
Steve Maxwell talks about a unique building product that replaces both wood framing and conventional insulation.
Insulation in the built environment has been undervalued for too long. Fortunately, that
Rammed earth construction technique is an eco friendly and cost effective alternative for the common construction techniques. Rammed earth walls are construc...
В прошлых постах я показал вам, как живут немцы в обычных советских панельных домах. Теперь давайте посмотрим на новые дома, которые...
How your house meets the ground, and the many ways to improve your foundation details
