Ode.... you mention tree farming/logging country; does that mean Washington State?
connie On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:06:02 -0500 Ode Coyote <[email protected]> writes: > 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 > > > >
