One of my favorite channels anyway, but these homeowners have such a wealth of information to share that the dialogue was as interesting as the house & the videography.
See if you can use Natural Basalt rock mesh and fiber also rebar... You can make it Earthquake proof totally immune to corrosion and even the most extreme weather temperatures. And radiation. ...it's a brilliant insulator. Electrical and thermal....it's none hazardous unlike Fiberglass it also uses a fraction of the energy and water to make and involves no added CO2 production unlike glass. The fibers never cause problems and cause little or no itching if worked. Cork is brilliant for flooring.
Yeah this was the 2nd round hemp house video I watched…makes me dream of building a round house❗️Or at least trying to incorporate some of the principles being shared😊
@@toddincabo It's true it took us six years to complete our home but that's because we built the house as we had time and money so that we didn't have to finance the project.
What location❓We’re Down Under 🇦🇺🌏🦘 Do you have pics etc available ❓ My hubby’s only interested in hemp blocks ie quicker But I don’t want to compromise on natural materials etc 😊
True. As long as he have active building permit he CAN LIVE in a trailer on "his" property. California - really great place to live, where YOU CAN live on your "property" 🙂
What a beautiful home! Just imagining watching the light change, the warm sun on the grounding floor. Or a dinner party with family and friends. Where kids bring sleeping bags and camp out upstairs and cousins crash out on the couches. Waking to the smell of breakfast in the kitchen and people's chatter
A very innovative building construction that's sole purpose is to use building materials that are more conducive to one's health and free of VOC's 'volatile organic compounds'. Very nice to know about this alternative form of building, thanks and take care.
Perfect 👍 and I like yurts too. Yes to hempcrete. I stayed in a yurt a decade ago in Detroit Oregon at a conference. Also I adore treehouses. Thanks for sharing this timely information and beautiful home......... from the Ozarks drinking free fresh spring water 💦 since 1991
WOW. Stunning interior. Beautifully, beautifully done. So thorough! And then, I loved all the detailed explanation about the plans and the foundation layers and the Planning Dept.! Very very cool. Thank you Kirsten, and family! And the couple who live here! It is very impressive.
It's pioneers like Neil and Stella that pave the way for the future of sustainable home building! Beautiful home, with some wonderful creativity within it.
They really did a nice job on that. I started watching a couple of days ago and came back to finish. It was upon looking at it a couple days later that I could see how fine a job they did on the house. This was a great story. Peace to those 2.
Leading by example! Wow, this home is unique and quite beautiful. The floor plan and colors are so soothing - what a treat to walk around barefoot in there! If I ever got the chance to build, I would definitely do a "round" home, too.
What an interesting house. The round form is very tranquil. Love this material. We used it (the brand was Isochanvre) in our old limestone house in France, as a thick insulating coating on the north wall interior, then a lime plaster finish. Of course we installed a French drain on the exterior of the wall, as well, since it is about 4-1/2' deep into the hillside, and was very wet when we arrived. Now it's been healthy and dry for about 30 years. We also used the hemp alone as a loose insulation over the kitchen ceiling.
@@neildecker1 And you for sharing yours! You two and your friends did a wonderful job of building a magical home that shelters and nurtures the mind as well as it does the body.
Ever since visiting friends… Especially Paris, I have a crazy notion that in the French culture… There’s a certain enthusiasm for water runoff management… You see it in the gutters and leaders… And also in the pitched stone drains in the streets… Am I right?
@@johnnyxmusic That I couldn't tell you, though I do know that les égouts (sewers) de Paris are famous and can be visited. However, the 'French drain' is named for an American who was dealing with agricultural runoff. I don't know if the French had the same idea concurrently.
@@chezmoi42 Ha! I didn’t know that the French part of French drains was a person, & an American one at that! Nice bit of sneaky credit-taking, France! 😉
There are so many thing right with this house! I grew up in the McKenzie River valley in Oregon. Three years ago a poorly maintained power line on an old farm where I used to put up hay bales as a kid rubbed against a tree and burned 175,000 acres of the most beautiful valley in the US all the way to the outskirts of the nearest city 25 miles away. Many of the houses have been re-built with the insurance money, almost all with stick framing and many with cedar shake roofs. People never learn!
LOVELY home and soOOOooo well thought-out! Thanks 4 sharing. You always do a very thorough filming and questioning of your projects...WELL DONE! God Bless!
After listening to Neil you can understand why he wanted to start out small. This house is huge. Tiny hempcrete houses please. Tiny hempcrete village please. How amazing that would be. Stella must be a tremendous pep talker. The silo roof is genius. Thanks Kirsten !!
This is another undertaking. One has to really want something badly to invest in those projects. I salute the capacity to resist any discouragement that will come through the process. The end result is what counts.
"Bamboo-crete" is a similar material.....(Bamboo is very high in Silica, also.).......There was a startup company in Britain that was doing prefab panels in Bamboo-crete.
It might be similar but let me tell you the root structure of the bamboo is EXTREMELY difficult to remove and when the bamboo is cut and leaves a razor sharp stalk. Ever heard of Punji stakes used in Viet Nam war? Bamboo root grows like a thick blanket with a robust root structure. No way to be a practical to even compare to industrial hemp
I've pondered for years how to section off inside a dome home. This design is a great reference. I would like the upper level to be more exposed with just railing. Thank you for the tour.
This design is my absolute favourite of all the ones youve visited so far. ...My dream is to build one similar to it in australia. Circular designs definitely encourage a more social environment instead of everyone disppearing to their own rooms.
What an inspiring video!! I’m from Ottawa Canada and would love to build and live in my own hemp-lime house. This video gives me hope that we can all have access to natural materials for our homes, instead of relying on cheap harmful chemicals. Thank you so much!! 😊
I'm not even into round homes but this home is super cool - this would be my pick out of all the round homes I've seen. Well thought out but nice design and great use of space. I like the use of hempcrete and natural materials. Well done on the build. 👍
When we are young, we don't mind the stairs, but everything on one floor is preferred as we age. Says my friend who built a multilevel dome home in the 70s
I REALLY have to commend this couple. I usually DON'T feel very comfortable in circular spaces. A lot of people talk about how comfortable it is and I guess I've never lived in one but the pizza slice shaped everything just always feels off to me. I hardly EVER see a yurt or circular style home where I like the layout/floorplan. BUT, I really like this house! I LOVE all of the thought that went into the sustainability of it and while I would do things slightly differently, I would DEFINITELY base my house off of this one, floorplan and all. I wish I knew how much it cost them to build though. Did they say? I didn't catch it... SUPER inspiring though! Great job guys! I feel like you really thought of everything.
Our costs were around $260/sf but we have an affordable natural building kit system we are working on that Kirsten will post about in another video soon.
With this kind of material as walls, the sounds in that house must be so smooth and relaxing. Just them speaking I can already feel there is no echo or noise. Love the house and the circle idea, brilliant build, enjoy it ❤
Wow! So impressive and beautiful. I have my own 'dream home' design and plans. This will help me incorporate more natural and healthier concepts to improve on it.
we did much of the building ourselves ... also we were working and building so that is why it took longer... otherwise it probably take the time of a regular home ... the structure and hemp walls took less than six months.. the finish work took more time ... more costly also
This was a wonderful segment. I also found that sense of immediate comfort with a yurt, and am fascinated by straw bale and cob construction. If i were younger, I'd start from the ground up. Unfortunately, i can't get back up again. 😉
I love the design and everything about this. Things I might do differently, because of my space requirements, is to build a tirewall basement, with a double 1/2 cable clampedconcrete bond beam, including the tensioner. Then hempcrete the inside of the tirewall, build bridgeworthy floor on the first level, with a slightly different floorplan. Plus I want a spiral tower attached outside the main circle, with a crenellated top wall. Perfection.
Next time you’re in my home town (gv/nc) let me buy ya’ll lunch. Your channel is such a beautiful inspiration and directly impacted the design of the tiny house my partner and I built. Thanks for what you’re doing and putting out into the world.
Really Nice beautiful place living in Nature and like the fact of this healthier eco friendly home. Many great building techniques dynamics .. Thanks for showing and explaining all these pluses !! The Windows magnificent ! Caveat.. My only thing about Cathedral Walls although spacious feeling..is the amplifier affect of sounds ..when talking or any other noise created ..interfere with peace in space. Is a problem for me personally plus the difficulties. . if needing to heat space .as.heat rises although helpful in summer . I do like the ventilation process built in w the windows..and below ground cooling tubes.. I wonder can a round space like this could a second floor be more fully built in ? So much going on with all the considerations thoughtful smart.. that went into this lovely Home
That bridge in the beginning is ten minutes from where I live. Nice ain't it! Good swimming holes on the Yuba river. Don't bring glass beer bottles though. The rangers will get ya!
Hemp is the answer to the pollution caused by concrete. Very smart and thoughtful build. You 2 are awesome. Love❤the closet door curtains. They are functional as well as decorative. Your drawings are amazing.
