Living smack in the middle of tree farming/logging country, I estimated that I could have bought enough logs, cut and delivered, to build this small house for $3,000. I just couldn't figure out how to handle the tonnage by myself.
ode At 10:46 PM 11/13/2005 -0600, you wrote: > >You may want to fumigate the Chinese shipping crates before using to get >rid of possible pests... > >Also, check out "papercrete" and "padobe", "rammed earth" and "cob". >Lots of interesting ways to build a house, depending on where you want >to live, and some are very cheap but labor intensive. > >Check out: > >http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/cheap.html > >http://www.livinginpaper.com/index.htm > >http://axwoodfarm.com/house/index.php?inc=5 > >How about this? (from the first link above) > >Travel-Trailer Homesteading Under $5,000 by Brian Kelling. UPDATED and >reprinted 8/1999. Tired of paying rent? Need privacy away from nosy >neighbors? This book will show how a modest financial investment can >enable you to place a travel-trailer or other RV on a suitable piece of >land and make the necessary improvements for a comfortable home in which >to live! This book covers the cost break-down, tools needed, how to >select the land and travel-trailer or rv, and how to install a septic >system, as well as water, power (including solar panels), heat and >refrigeration systems. 1995, 5x8, 80 pages, illustrated, indexed, soft >cover. #8006... $10.00... ORDER HERE > >Dan > > > >Subject: CSOde? Anyone? Ecologically sustainable housing?? >From: [email protected] >Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:32:21 EST >To: [email protected] > >Ode did I hear that you built your own house? Are you in the US? > >My husband and I are thinking of moving at the first of the year and >rather than buying an existing house we are throwing around the idea of >building one out of used/retired Chinese shipping crates. > >We need a pool because of his paralysis and I want to use ozone water >rather than chlorine. > >The people on this list are Oh! so wise! any ideas and words of wisdom >for solar panels vs. wind generators, water purifiers, well water and >cisterns etc? > >We also toyed with the idea of buying a retired ATT underground facility >or NIKE site but they are hard to find and are often prone to flooding >and government use restrictions. We may end up inheriting one. In this >case we will build a shipping crate house on top. Any input on house >buildin is appreciated. > >Harper > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11/11/2005 > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11/11/2005 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0 - Release Date: 11/11/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0 - Release Date: 11/11/2005
