Hey y’all here’s a little update …got the uprights in today and membrane. Will be putting base rock in tomorrow and the bottom 2x6 base plate joining the uprights. Then we’ll start prepping the pallets… hope you find these updates helpful as well as entertaining!!

Heya, I started the new hut today. Tomorrow I’ll be laying down a membrane and cutting a hole in the membrane where the upright will go and then putting the upright in concrete then we’ll put in some drain rock and lay down some tea by fours to attach our wooden floor then will start putting in our pallets and will work on the roof and get that all done before we do any of the Cob work. I’ll be documenting the process that you all can see how it progresses.

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!

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.