New Video Upload!! 3400 year-old Bronze Age Double Wattle and daub Wall straw bale insulation clay slip Hut tent-cabin

3400 year-old Bronze Age Double Wattle and daub Wall straw bale insulation clay slip Hut tent-cabin

I added subtitle commentary to each image - just click on English subtitles to read the commentary. thanks

This primitive hut is based on a 3,400 year old building recently unearthed and analyzed via archaeology - so that is 1400 BCE approximately. So it turns out this ancient design has better insulation than any modern building construction until recent high efficiency standards from the mid-1990s.

I harvested the willow on my land - using a hand saw and lopper. I harvested the hay on my land, using a scythe and bucket (garbage bin). I used a cordless drill for framing and rock wool for further insulation on the roof and end walls. The side walls are 12 feet long with 6 to 8 inches of clay slip straw packed insulation between the two wattle walls. So a total of four wattle walls, as the video details. Then on the exterior walls I used a lime cement masonry mix for water proofing on top of the horse manure-clay cob daub mix on the willow wattle in the interior and exterior.

The door and wood stove were added later - no measurements at all were made for this building except for the initial 10 x 12 feet exterior area wall limitation (no permit is needed for a structure that size). Since there is no floor and the wattle wall is pliable along with the pliable canvas roof (a total of three tarps for the roof), this is more like a Tent-Hut or Tent-cabin than a permanent structure. So as a tent-hut I can use it for seasonal camping (up to 7 months a year on the land with no permits needed). Since it is less than 150 square feet then no conditional use permit is needed.

 The chimney has rock wool insulation between a 6 inch and 8 inch duct pipe along with a spark arrest screen and a rain cap. The wood stove is a two dog with a baffle as further spark arrest. I use no damper but instead heat up 4 gallons of water and have bricks around the stove and hut - to create radiant heat after a short hot fire. Since the walls are so thick with insulation then they also store up and radiate heat back.

I have a composting toilet and use the wood ash as well - so heated toilet during winter camping - along with a tub for bathing and the stove for cooking. I have a single bed frame metal for sleeping and meditation.

You can see my blog posts that I filmed for this video - for further details: http://elixirfield.blogspot.com and just search "hut"