Jay builds a house

I haven't done any building for 2 weeks, so I thought I'd post some more abstract thoughts today, instead. Every house I've ...

We've been working on a small building. It's 10' x 12', with a 6' covered deck. It could be a small cabin, or a sauna. ...

I can tell spring is near, as these just sprouted: A shed with a washer & dryer will end up here soon. Black is a water supply li...

Because we live in the woods, burning wood to heat the yurt makes sense. We knew almost nothing about installing a woodstove, so the first s...

For a while I ran an extension cord up under the edge of the canvas of the yurt. This works but doesn't let you seal that edge to keep w...

Our radical compost project relies on a steady supply of sawdust. The ideal sawdust is: - from softwood - from green (undried) wood - cu...

After putting up the yurt, we needed a way to get in the front door. For a while we used a milk crate: This was good enough, allowing us ...