This was my first major shelter build upon returning to Europe for the summer. The cool thing about this project was that using green wood was out of the question, and everything had to come from as close as possible because this time I really had to haul everything by hand. Luckily, there were a couple of trees nearby (European beech) that had been toppled by the wind and, as a result, were quickly dying. The load-bearing pieces came from those. The rest of the building material was collected from the forest floor and from a clear-cut not too far.
The debris roof does a great job at shedding water even though it is not waterproof per see. Over time, this roof has to be redone, because dead leaves will decompose and the roof itself becomes flat. At that point, the roof will leak.
It is important to point out that even though you see me use my Tracker knife exclusively in the video itself, at this point in my caveman development I did use a folding saw most of the time. Hence the straight cut. I just wish people read this little disclaimer before posting hateful comments.
One of the things I would have done differently is to make the ceiling at least two feet higher. If the fire is less than quick-burning, the smoke does fill up the hut rather quickly.
5 июл 2019
