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I like adobe as it is a local all natural way to build structures although I haven't tried making anything in that way yet. I used to build log homes back in the day as Canada has significant timber resources. Building with logs is probably more more suited to our location but in warmer places I think adobe would be the method to use.
I had no idea the adobe house was so durable! 70+ years is significant. Those houses are quite beautiful to. Are you considering making a structure this way?
We got even older adobe house than that. Our "old school" builders had few secrets that are gone today.
I remember they used straw, egg shells, and few more things that are unknown today.
I was thinking of build an small village with old style house for tourists, but I need a serious partner for this who would be ok with living there (at least during season). I can't spend too much time there because of my job, and someone has to. So this project stays on hold for now
Yeah... There is honestly so much knowledge from the past that has been lost. People are more focused on high tech these days... That means a lot of the low tech solutions go by the way side.
I enjoy digging up some of that knowledge from time to time when I visit my grandparents.
One of the things I want to learn from the past is how they used to make ropes. I think that would be a pretty useful thing to know how to do.
Your old style village sounds pretty cool! Projects of this size require quite a lot of investing to get them on solid ground. Best thing to do is to begin small and scale it out... That's what I'm trying to do with my Solar Green House idea. :)
If one person does the job, than it takes a lot of work and investment. But if more people in engaged, than it's same a lot easier in both terms.
My general wish is to light a spark in their mind and make them all work together on something bigger, for mutual benefit, instead of waiting for time to pass.
How much time you think it will take you to build your Solar Green House?
By the way, we have so much sun that it's probably better for you to build it here :-)...just saying...
Yeah... It's a funny thing though... In order to gain consensus the individual must often take on 100% of the initial risk before people will follow.
And then comes the hard part... Figuring out who's there only for the money... and who is there because they have the same driving passion you do.
Keeping people together can be one of the most daunting things. It takes heaps of wisdom, leadership, and a driving mission that's bigger than you are to inspire and hold people together long enough to get a desired result. Anyways! That's the challenge isn't it! I hope that your dream becomes a reality! It sounds cool!
About the Solar Green House:
I have built most of the frame and installed a 3rd of the solar panels... With everything going on in my life that took about 2 months. The rest will probably take another 2 months. (Going from the design stage to building and then installation.)
I guess you all get a lot of sun there hey? Alberta, Canada is one of the sunniest places in the world as well... It's strange but during the winter months... The sunniest days are also the coldest! No cloud cover to hold the heat close to the ground. That's good for solar because heat lowers power generation. But the other down side is that we get very little sun light during winter months... But that's offset during the summer when we can get light for 17 hours.
Have you ever thought about Tesla Solar Roof for the Green House?
From the beginning of solar panels it was just a matter of time when someone will make the roof with it, even the walls...
I thought about buying it for my roof, but not sure if it is smart thing to buy them at the early stage.
Things like that get better and cheaper after some time. Initial phase usually comes a t high price and a lot of problems that producer didn't even thought about.
Yeah! I have looked into the the Tesla Solar Roof. They are fantastic and fantastically expensive! After some consideration I have decided that the best idea may be to start from the ground up and make my own solar panels. As long as the system isn't wired into any public infrastructure insurance wouldn't be a requirement. I have seen people on Youtube building their own solar panels and I think it would be a fun project and potentially a way to avoid the initial high price of setting things up.
I really don't know much about solar panels, but I'm sure that one of the main things to look when choosing which one you'll place is the power it can produce per m2.
There's several cheap panels from China, but those who went with them regret fast, they're no way near as those with a little bit higher price.
I haven't seen those videos and really don't know if it is possible to make DIY soalr panel that brings enough value per m2.
What are you planning for heating?
I have seen some people using the "earth heating" as they call it.
Some water and pipes placed deep into the ground and than guiding it trough the house
I'm planning on building some solar air heating units similar to this one:
In one small town, we tried doing it, but one rich and greedy guy both most important real-estate for pocket money. Than (since it is vital for the town growth, success and income, he closed it and now asks abnormal amount of money to put it in business again.
Sounds like a difficult road. I find that tangible assets can be extremely expensive and slow moving propositions. Perhaps this is why our generation is applying themselves to creating intangible assets. Maybe the way to go about this project is to invest and developed intangible assets and then when you have the capital build into the tangible. That's what I'm attempting to do.
There's some chance that it will change. Our government announced a new law that will stop this kind of things.
Honestly I don't think they will adopt this law, but we'll see what happens
We got a huge problems with real-estate in my country.
Too much properties are standing unused, going to waste and on other hand those who don't own any land find it too hard to find and buy land to build a house to live.
I don't know what's a situation in Canada, but you probably have less problems of that kind since you are larger than we are
We have our real-estate problems here as well... That's for sure. The Queen of England owns (in combination with the government of Canada) about 89% of all the land in Canada.
link:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=what+percentage+of+canada+is+crown+land&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA726CA726&oq=what+percentage+of+canada+is+crown+land&aqs=chrome..69i57.9511j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
This naturally means that prices are "managed" upwardly as what land is available is to be had in scarcity. Combine that with the effects of globalization in sought after areas like Vancouver and Vancouver Island and the prices continue on upward.
The printing of significant amounts of government issued money (inflationary) cause the prices of all things with real value (land) to climb to even higher heights...
And when you consider that the government and the banks (who are in bed together) have every reason to encourage ever increasing prices (taxes and interest are determined by a percentage of the over all price) what you end up with is a slave system.
Anyone foolish enough to buy land at the inflated prices end up being the new work force harnessed to the economic machine.
Increasing land prices are not a problem for the generations before who had the opportunities of fairly priced land because they already own their stake in Canada... They feel like they have worked hard their whole lives and made a smart investment so they are more than willing to go along with this upward pressure. The previous generation has its mind set on how to sell us their over priced and aging properties. But for the up and coming generations... We are expected to take on this significant life altering risk. They try to sell us their dream but it looks more like a nightmare if you ask me...
Another factor to consider is that the baby boomer generation in Canada out numbers our generation 3 to 1... That means there is only 1 of us working to support 3 people attempting to retire and sell us their expensive house. All democratically elected officials (voted 3 to 1) play to the population holding the countries wealth putting in place policy that further support the land owners holdings and enhances their own positions.
To me this can only mean one thing... For this to work for the new generations... The prices of property have simply got to come down. Not just a little but significantly. But our generation has been sidelined as we wait for the real estate market to actually make sense.
What's the point of having a house and a job if the lifestyle that goes with those things means you have to sell your soul and work like a slave. Deferring your own health and freedom. So far, thanks to things like the internet and the development of other intangible asset classes our generation seems to have contented itself with it's lot in life... We don't see the point in playing a game that is not set up to win. But that can't last forever. Eventually the equation must balance.
To sum up my sentiment... the game, here in Canada, is for one generation to shift the land to the hands of the next generation... But at the highest price possible. The government and banks are in the middle facilitating this transaction... and our generation, if we are not wise and careful, will get the bad end of the stick.