Thought y’all might enjoy this:
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Goddess knows how this wonderful structure escaped the eagle eye of UK Building Regulation enforcement, but there is mention of beer brewing and that may have helped. Aficionados of creative structural design will enjoy the ‘reciprocal roof’ – click on ‘How’ and then ‘Roundwood Frame’.
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Wow James, that is a cool house! It's nice to see a low-tech, low-impact house that's attractive and interesting. I like his description of it as part of a "Permaculture approach to life."
James,
It's similar to many homes built in the US in the 1970s, the heyday of hippie building.
My prediction: the Achilles' heel will be roof leaks.
Martin
"It's similar to many homes built in the US in the 1970s, the heyday of hippie building."
In Britain hippie building peaked a little earlier:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/chysauster-ancient-village/
"My prediction: the Achilles' heel will be roof leaks.
Yeahbut..... No mortgage, man!