Following on from raising the walls of this roundhouse in four days, Floyd and Shane have been focussed on getting this little place finished before Winter. And yep, we’ve all noticed the speed at which things progress when you go from a crew of twenty four to a crew of two!
Mind you, once the walls were up and the bones of the roof were on, this natural building project was firmly into the ‘fiddly bits’ part of the build. So perhaps it’s just as well there were 2 and not 20 people working on it. But we’re getting there now! Progress shots below…
When last we blogged… the building looked like this –
And the mud render on the inside walls were still drying…
Nick and Floyd. Undaunted crew of wood and clay and coffee…
The ceiling – roundwood rafters with recycled hardwood board infill
The ceiling from the outside – every piece fitted to the curve. Not that tricky once you get the hang of it…
Shane in process.
Ceiling complete, time for a layer of hessian before the insulation goes on top
Floyd at the front door – featuring the wonky log as an entrance feature
And the roof hole is now plugged. We decided this was best under the circumstances, for now at least. Less head loss, and less possible leaky bits.
Pepper inspects the progress of the roof
Roof is Pepper approved.
Roof insulation goes on – recycled coolroom panel innards…
Waterproof lining goes on next
Waterproof lining over insulation, with lots of cross-bars to help hold soil in place, once we add that on top
The roundhouse in temporary Darth Vader mode. This will pass. Soon there will be soil on the roof, and then grasses waving in the breeze…
So the roof is on, and now insulated, and not leaky. Huzzah. Next it’s all about the soil, and the the plants on top, and we will have one living roof.
After that, it will be time to create the earthen floor, chink any remaining cracks, install the pot belly stove and (drum roll) get ready to turn this structure into a home…
And with all said and done, it may well be that we’re finished by Winter, in 3 weeks time. Whoohoo.
As with the Tinyhouse, this natural building project will represent what is possible to make primarily with recycled materials, the resources of the site, a limited budget and a lot of gumption. It’s great to see this earth-bound home rising out of the clay of Milkwood Farm.
p.s. we should be releasing the next and highly anticipated Natural Building workshop details this week, so jump on our mailing list if you’re not there already, and we’ll let you know when it’s happening.
>> More posts about natural building at Milkwood…
Hooray to Floyd and Shane and Gianna, and to Nick and Michael too. Nearly there guys! Thanks also to Gianna for some of the photos above.
