PSP Novice - Essential Questions
Hello fellow mellow permies -- I have nearly finished excavating the Royer Foyer of my underground dwelling and it suddenly dawned on me that I don't really know what I'm doing. Yet I fear not....
View ArticlePost Footing Depth
I'm building a small oehler/wofati thing where there was, and still is a crumbling concrete foundation. I had decided not to bury the posts, but instead put them on concrete footings. Now, there is...
View ArticleWofati 10x10
Here are some of the initial designs for a third, smaller wofati. This is a rough picture without the end walls, shell, umbrella, and mass.
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Hexawofati Hut earthship pit..
Hey guys, looking for some tips with hybrid ideas that keep coming to mind. The story starts with deciding to build a portable hexayurt a temporary shelter until December as I work on digging out...
View Articlewofati sheds - berm sheds
In an attempt to come up with some ideas to scale the wofati down to make construction simpler and faster, I came up with these designs. They don't have enough light for a livable wofati but might come...
View ArticleStoring heat in the floor via rocket stove.
After being exposed to many different brains, with their different ideas about earth shelters, I have come up with one of my own(I think). The scenario would be a rocket mass heater that is positioned...
View ArticleTar + paper?
I was wondering about the feasibility of creating wofati roof without plastic sheeting if we were to use layers of newspaper brushed with "tar paint". Tar from coal or other fossil fuels has...
View ArticleContemplating Alternative Sealant Methods
I understand "gleying" can be used to seal ponds, and to get the discussion off on the right foot, Paul and Mid Wales Permaculture wrote articles explaining what gleying is. What are everyone's...
View ArticleSofati? Superadobe OFATI
Hey there! Im sorry for any grammar/punctuation/capital mistakes and laziness. i am writing this from my mobile phone on a 6 hour boat journey between two greek islands. there is a big chance i will...
View ArticleWheelie Big Wofati
I'm looking to buy property in Boundary County, ID and build a house. You can build anything you want there. The permitting process only checks to make sure the structure is actually on your own...
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6,000 year old timber building that looks like a wofati
Today, I ran across an article on Incredible Discovery(s) at Stonehenge. They used powerful radar to detect a LOT under the ground that was previously unknown. Including this timber building that is...
View ArticleRoman Arch, Concrete earth buried above grade Wine/Root Cellar
Hello All, It's your old pal Rusty, from Ory-Gone Props to Paul for putting forward the idea of the Wofati. That really intrigued me. Using the Earth as a thermal flywheel to "Heat and "Cool" your...
View ArticleVery old new structure
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-29225327 I saw this building and thought what a cool idea and maybe even money making ! David
View ArticleA solution to earth tube mold
When I was researching climate battery technology in greenhouses, they claimed that climate battery tubes did not get moldy since they were full of tons of tiny holes. (almost a mesh.) They said that...
View ArticleWofati 0.7: the second winter
Hi all, Violet and I moved into wofati 0.7 two days ago. It's not complete yet, we're going to try to survive the winter with a heater in here, and we'll document it here for your entertainment. We're...
View Articleinsulation/moisture barrier question
Ok, I hope this is the best place to pose this question (mods, if its not, please move) I'm building a walipini built on a foundation that kinda cuts the structure in half (half in soil, half with...
View ArticleVegetation on top of a wofati house?
I been interested in wofati for a while...I am still trying to decide on what kind of house I want......anyway based on my observations it seems that most people choose to use grass as the primary...
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Gambrel wofati?
I like the gambrel form both for esthetic reasons (looks more cozy than rectangular forms, probably because humans lived in caves for so long and it looks more cave-like) and because of the forces...
View ArticleSepp shelter/ root cellar as a house
So i was wonderin maybe somethin neat to do would be try and do a simple Sepp shelter, make an RMH in there, make a nice front wall and door. And see how it is to live in. Heck maybe even just put in a...
View Articlefree rubber roofing
I don't know if this belongs in this forum, but here is a tip for all you Wofati/underground house builders. Commercial roofers, at least in this area, use a very thick durable type of rubber for...
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