Two Walled Tiled Hut
Added 2024-12-05 21:26:28 +0000 UTCI Built a 2 walled Tiled Hut. The video is a compellation of the last 2 videos with the new footage beginning at 36:26 It has two opposing gable end walls made of mud with 10 wooden poles spanning the gap between forming a roof covered with tiles. The design is experimental with the main advantage being that it doesn't have side walls that would take more labor and materials to build. The hut can be left open to form a well lit workspace or walls could be added later to close it in. We'll see how well the structure lasts in the wet season, much appreciated.
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Absolutely amazing. Having watched your videos for 6 years now, I'd love to see a map of the area (nothing doxxing obviously) just to get a sense of the terrain and the things you've built. E.g. where are all the huts relative to each other, where was the yam garden, where is the stream with the iron bacteria, where does the good clay come from, all of those landmarks!
A Rare Bog, A Rattlin' Bog
2024-12-19 02:59:51 +0000 UTCIt's really the mud itself rather than impurities that might be removed from it that cause the bad quality. I tried levigating mud from a few meters away in this video here: https://youtu.be/wbc443KVWfI?t=283 . The result was disappointingly weak pottery, I thought the clay from the hillside might be better because it was a different color but it still turned out bad. To describe its fired quality it could be described as weak and chalky. Its feel when wet while molding is low density mud rather than stiff, dense clay that holds its shape well. I think it has to do with the microstructure of the clay particles. My theory is that the particles in good clay is in the shape of flat plates that stack and lock together whereas the particles in bad clay are spheres that roll over each other. Yes, those are good suggestions. What I did once was to have the rain drain from the side of a thatched hut into levitation pits to do the job. After a rain storm the clay had all levigated into the lower pit.
Primitive Technology
2024-12-07 08:34:36 +0000 UTCI did have a thought watching you toil over the kiln in your latest video and when I saw the poor quality mud cause the bricks to break it made me think of when you used those sedimentation pits to purify the clay.. You currently have a huge clay/mud pit at the brick factory so rather than dumping all the clay in and slacking with foot and pole, Could you not pile up all the clay next to it and then pour water on it as you tend the kiln. Or better yet make a kind of brick and mortar structure you throw all the raw clay in then let the rainy season do all the work for you. with tiles taking all the water draining from the clay into the pit.
James Tyrrell
2024-12-07 07:39:19 +0000 UTCWhat if you cut little ornaments from the tiles with prints on them, I bet they'd make amazing gifts!
Amy Tobol
2024-12-06 21:43:26 +0000 UTCAny time I make bricks, tiles or pottery they take a little for their nests. You can see tiny parallel scratch marks in fired tiles and bricks where the hornets have taken the clay.
Primitive Technology
2024-12-06 20:13:25 +0000 UTCThankyou Tim, I enjoy making them and so will keep going asl long as possible. Much appreciated.
Primitive Technology
2024-12-06 20:10:28 +0000 UTCMud Daubers thanking you for your hard work and generous donations at 31:09
Amy Tobol
2024-12-06 18:23:39 +0000 UTCI enjoy your videos immensely. That’s it… nothing constructive to add. Just keep doing this as long as you can!
Tim Alan
2024-12-06 13:36:54 +0000 UTCI don't know, I'll keep an eye out for it next time I hear it. A quick check of you tube videos of bird songs doesn't give a result. Anyone else here know?
Primitive Technology
2024-12-06 07:32:07 +0000 UTCWhat bird is that calling at 9:34?
Amy Tobol
2024-12-06 06:44:59 +0000 UTCI think rather than plaster the walls, I'll use calcined ash to mortar together a new brick walled hut and transfer the roof to it. Having finished the structure and seeing it in wet weather, I think I prefer fired brick to mud walls. Next dry season (about 6 months away) I intend on making a larger kiln with 8 times the capacity. This will hopefully reduce the amount of time it takes to fire bricks and tiles. I have a rough plan of what I'll do based on this years work. It will depend on the effectiveness of the new kiln but I think it should work, I've already drawn up plans for it and planed the logistics behind making the bricks and keeping them dry before firing. Thanks.
Primitive Technology
2024-12-06 06:19:35 +0000 UTCA few people have seen it and thought it looked cool. The general reaction is curiosity, I just explain to them the processes in making them. It depends on the background of the person seeing it. Thanks.
Primitive Technology
2024-12-06 06:13:40 +0000 UTCThanks for the response! Quick follow up. Could you coat the mud walls in mortar as a sort of vapor barrier? I'd think if you started at the bottom and slowly build your way up over time to let layers dry so new ones could form you might get more life from the walls? Any who thanks again!
VoidWalker
2024-12-06 06:12:52 +0000 UTCFirst we'll see how it goes in the rain but if it survives I think it would be a good structure for wood ash cement production. If you see my geopolymer cement video I demonstrate that wood burned on a grate will produce ash that sets as cement, a simpler method then firing ash pellets in a kiln. I think setting up a dedicated ash cement furnace in the hut and storing fire wood in it would allow for calcined ash mortar production in any weather. Thanks.
Primitive Technology
2024-12-06 06:10:02 +0000 UTCI recall from a long time ago that this is all done on your own private land in FNQ. I wonder if any other person has walked by and encountered your creations? If so, what happened? What might a 'modern' person think if they saw a primitive hut? Or is it so remote that it's unlikely to ever happen?
EJL
2024-12-06 06:07:55 +0000 UTCGot any long term plans for this awesome creation? Fire wood storage, dedicated smelting shop?
VoidWalker
2024-12-06 06:05:57 +0000 UTCYes, we get a lot of them here. They can be found coiled up in cold dry weather. Thanks.
Primitive Technology
2024-12-06 00:08:38 +0000 UTCIt's possible to make side eves by corbelling outwards at the ends of the walls so they hang over the base more. What I'll likely do is scrape back the wet parts of the wall so it will effectively have the same effect as this. Thanks.
Primitive Technology
2024-12-06 00:07:07 +0000 UTCLooks like a carpet python
Mitch Berkson
2024-12-05 23:30:13 +0000 UTCWhat is the solution to the rain getting on the base of the wall? Larger roof?
Michael Brown
2024-12-05 21:41:22 +0000 UTC
