Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
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Re: Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
Its just missing a chimney and he can start cooking pizzas - big time
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Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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whiskey vat house, findhorn, moray, scotland
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Re: Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
I stayed in a "Cob" house in Brittany for a couple of periods in around 2000- 2001. I did a lot of work on it too. They are made of mud/ straw stamped into a frame rather than mud-brick. Outwardly you wouldn't know what they were made from as they are plastered or have stone facing. You can't build very high though, and the wall has to be pretty thick at the bottom. The one I stayed in was at least a century old. The roof beams in the loft that I did up were beautiful, all hand-hewn wood, barely a straight edge in the whole structure. You had to use a lime-based plaster to allow the walls to breathe. There was a damp problem with a major part of the long back wall because a huge section had been patched with concrete reinforced with chicken wire. That all had to come off, which was grief.
Anyway, the house was ok, but chilly enough even on warm days. I'm not sure the design would work here though, even somewhere that doesn't flood. The climate would probably cause it to crumble fast and there would be serious problems with termites/ rodents etc.
Anyway, the house was ok, but chilly enough even on warm days. I'm not sure the design would work here though, even somewhere that doesn't flood. The climate would probably cause it to crumble fast and there would be serious problems with termites/ rodents etc.
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The whole earth catalogue from the 60-70s, maybe it is still going, had lots of good stuff around building.
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Apparently rice husks in bags make a good house, the same as straw bales. As long as the roof has god overhangs all round to keep the rain off it works.
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I think here was only a '' First Whole Earth Catalogue '' and a '' Second Whole Earth Catalogue '' The next was a Last Whole Earth Catalogue ''tightenupvolume1 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2017 11:28 pm The whole earth catalogue from the 60-70s, maybe it is still going, had lots of good stuff around building.
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. I have the Second Whole Earth and the Last Whole Earth Catalogues, Both are collectors items and for sale.
Also have almost all the [ about 100 ] Grass Roots magazines if someone is interested in giving me a price. These are full of good information and reading.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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I remember the Whole Earth catalogue in NZ in the seventies, it was great. Those recipes for getting high from banana skins were fake news though. I am not surprised that they are collectors items.
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I think you will find there were far more than 3 editions of the whole earth catalogue
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http://wholeearth.com/back-issues.php
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http://wholeearth.com/back-issues.php
Re: Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
Bagged earth and/or bagged rice hills are usually covered in with cement in wet climates. Same as the brick buildings here.willyhilly wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:55 am Apparently rice husks in bags make a good house, the same as straw bales. As long as the roof has god overhangs all round to keep the rain off it works.
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Yes of course they are rendered just like straw bale houses. They say the first couple of courses should be bags filled with stones as a damp proof course.Usually the straw bale homes have substantial frames for strength and to support the roof, so they are nor that cheap to build.
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