Fellow Natural Builders, Come join us at Pine Manor (see http://www.pinemanor.com/ and go through the natural building door) for a neat workshop. Preston of...
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Marc de Piolenc
fmdepiolenc
Aug 27, 2003 6:03 am
"Well, one man's meat is another man's poison! What amazed me most was that the Mother Earth News made it's way to the Phillipines! Guess it found everybody...
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sail4free
Aug 27, 2003 1:44 pm
========== Hi Marc, ========== "I've only seen the MEN once here, at a newsstand in Cebu, but as I stopped buying it after it "went Yuppie" I didn't attach any...
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Mark Piepkorn
pleonastic_f...
Aug 27, 2003 2:15 pm
... I don't work for these people, and have never seen the product. I do work for BuildingGreen Inc, though, the publishing company that produces the GreenSpec...
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joe R DuPont
josephdupont
Aug 27, 2003 2:57 pm
Weight?? what about earth homes??? I would think that tires are almost forever.. They get great mileage up there. Earth roofs are the way to go with PE. On...
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D Knott
duknott
Aug 27, 2003 4:52 pm
Hey, Mark, how can I get a copy of that issue or article? Thanks for the info! DK The Last Straw - www.thelaststraw.org ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder...
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paul
caveman72455
Aug 28, 2003 12:27 am
hey i put tire shingles in on yahoo search, and got back quite few links, "tire crafting" also is good. the most promising one was about a guy who cut the ...
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paul
caveman72455
Aug 28, 2003 12:35 am
That link for the tire shingles is timshometownstories.com the article is in the hand over your garbage section....
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me ni
cousindoug
Aug 28, 2003 7:00 am
Living in an old farm house I've been repairing the roof and was wondering if just covering the roof with the flashing would be good for rain catchment? How ...
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spaceman
Spaceman@...
Aug 28, 2003 10:14 pm
... From: "sail4free" <sail4free@...> To: <cheap-shelters@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [cheap-shelters] Aluminum...
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Robinson
robinson46176
Aug 28, 2003 11:08 pm
Sometimes the best use for an aluminum wire in a wall is to use it to "fish" a copper wire in to replace it... :-) The opportunity arose for my son to move...
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Pat Meadows
patmeadows
Aug 29, 2003 12:10 pm
... Assuming we do move to the dilapidated trailer, one of the first things we'll do is to get an electrician to check it out for us, and make necessary...
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bob ford
bobford79@...
Aug 29, 2003 4:46 pm
Hi Pat , I 've just been reading (and not writing) for the past six or eight months; But I've been following your progress and probably missed something. Have...
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Pat Meadows
patmeadows
Aug 29, 2003 7:58 pm
... Not yet. We and the seller have agreed on the price, and the seller has accepted our offer. Our offer is however contingent upon two things at this point:...
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joe R DuPont
josephdupont
Aug 29, 2003 11:39 pm
Well I'm going some steps and I'm going to do them out of papercrete and cap them with pure sand mix or gravel mix. I figure that any moisture getting through...
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spaceman
Spaceman@...
Aug 30, 2003 12:37 am
OK, with the help of a friend at a supply house I've tracked down what will work, legally, for aluminum to copper branch wiring terminations. ...
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joe R DuPont
josephdupont
Aug 30, 2003 12:45 am
Spaceman's the best! Screw Arnold Schwartznager and Norman Schartzkoff. Spaceman for Gov. of California and joint chief of staff.!!! On Fri, 29 Aug 2003...
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sail4free
Aug 30, 2003 1:01 am
========== Howdy, ========== You wrote: "Living in an old farm house I've been repairing the roof and was wondering if just covering the roof with the flashing...
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sail4free
Aug 30, 2003 2:36 am
========== Hi Spaceman, ========== You wrote: "OK, with the help of a friend at a supply house I've tracked down what will work, legally, for aluminum to...
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me ni
cousindoug
Aug 31, 2003 1:27 am
how 'bout 18"x50' aluminum @~15-20$/roll just curious ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site...
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sail4free
Aug 31, 2003 2:23 am
========== Hi me ni, ========== You wrote: "how 'bout 18"x50' aluminum @~15-20$/roll just curious" ========== So you're looking at .20 to .27 cents per square...
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Robinson
robinson46176
Aug 31, 2003 12:19 pm
... From: "sail4free" <sail4free@...> ... material could be installed horizontally over roofing felt but it's usually quite thin gauge and every...
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Pat Meadows
patmeadows
Aug 31, 2003 12:34 pm
... This is good information, thanks. One of the things I *hope* to do to dilapidated-trailer (assuming we succeed in buying it) is this: Place four poles (as...
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dracena3
Aug 31, 2003 5:42 pm
Hi all, I am an Italian university student in the architectural engineering department and I'm very interested in the use of cardboard tubes as a construction...
2049
sail4free
Aug 31, 2003 7:49 pm
========== Hi Pat, ========== You wrote: "One of the things I *hope* to do to dilapidated-trailer (assuming we succeed in buying it) is this: Place four poles...
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unclejoefromokla
unclejoefrom...
Aug 31, 2003 7:50 pm
... unclejoe(okla)...
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Pat Meadows
patmeadows
Aug 31, 2003 11:27 pm
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 12:18:06 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: <much snip of good info> ... <more major snip> We live in snow country, but nothing like the Rockies or ...
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Taylor Publishing-Dir...
charmaine49
Sep 1, 2003 1:37 am
Mari- there was a great deal of testing done in the 1970s at the Univerity in Canada McGill University. The advanced many methods of using cardboard, in all...
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Robinson
robinson46176
Sep 1, 2003 1:54 am
... From: "Pat Meadows" <pat@...> ... This can be a very good approach and solve a lot of problems. One of the nicer ones I am familiar with is a...
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joe R DuPont
josephdupont
Sep 1, 2003 2:15 am
Maybe the idea is to heat the roof and melt the damn snow.. and go with a rood 4/12 On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:00:10 -0400 Pat Meadows <pat@...> ...
