My family in Burundi sent these photos back to me as reference for their traditional Nyumba (house) style of build. Thatched roofing is preferred. I told them about the Cob style and we shall see what develops in our discussion!

Here is the interior of a Nyumba East African home structure! Happy New Year and happy building, everyone. That is my dad with a couple of his sisters and their kids, photo taken over the winter holidays in Burundi.

Hey y’all just thought I’d share with you the oven, hut and sauna at my place here in Petaluma Hope you’re having a great weekend!

Got the roof beams up just in time before the sun set. They went up pretty quick and was pretty easy to do by myself as the joist hangers were already attached to the hub, I could just slide the beams in place and then climb up on the ladder and screw them in.

Hey y’all, i’m down in LA now visiting the Oven. We built here a few months ago seeing how it’s doing after being rained on. It never received a code concealer so some of the plaster came loose so I just mixed up some plaster with sanding clay and put that on there to screw it out and when it dries will go ahead and put the oil sealer on it’s ideal to have a roof over it though hopefully it’ll happen as well