Primitive Technology: Wood Ash Cement & Fired Brick Hut
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About This Video:
I built a hut from fired clay bricks and mortared them together with a cement made from wood ash left over from the firing process. When I developed wood ash cement years ago in a previous video, it was in response to the need of a cement made from material other than lime stone, which is absent in my location. Wood ash was suitable because it contains calcium oxide, the active cementitious material for making mortar. I made clay bricks and fired them in a kiln made previously. Then I collected the wood ash and made them into pellets storing them for later use. When it was time to make the mortar, I put the pellets in the kiln and fired them. Here it's important to note that the ash needs to be fired at a high temperature with oxygen, ordinary ash from a camp fire won't work as is because they don't get hot enough. It needs to be pelletized and fired again in a kiln before use. I mixed the fired ash pellets with sand (1:3 ratio by volume) and used it to mortar the bricks together. It's important to use a trowel (flat piece of wood here) instead of bare hands to handle the mortar due to lye burning the skin (I got mild lye burns on my fingers). The ash left over from firing the bricks was enough to mortar those same bricks together. The hut was 2x2 m and 2 m high at the gables. Wooden beams were placed onto the gables to form the roof and secured in place with mortar. Then I made barrel roof tiles and lay them onto these beams. The whole project took 6 and a half months to build. The hut sheds rain well and the mortar is water proof (won't dissolve in water), surviving many rainstorms even before the roof was up. The main take away from this video is to always look for a way to take a waste material (wood ash) and make it into a resource (cement).
About Primitive Technology:
Primitive technology is a hobby where you build things in the wild completely from scratch using no modern tools or materials. These are the strict rules: If you want a fire, use a fire stick - An axe, pick up a stone and shape it - A hut, build one from trees, mud, rocks etc. The challenge is seeing how far you can go without utilizing modern technology. I do not live in the wild, but enjoy building shelter, tools, and more, only utilizing natural materials. To find specific videos, visit my playlist tab for building videos focused on pyrotechnology, shelter, weapons, food & agriculture, tools & machines, and weaving & fiber.
#PrimitiveTechnology #WoodAshCement #FiredBrickHut - Věda a technologie
In one of the Warhammer 40k science-fiction books there's a scene I've always liked. One of the characters is standing at the centre of a human space empire. Within the most important palace on Earth. And finds himself in a museum wing called "The Hall of Victories". Which is cherishing the accomplishments of human race in the distant space-faring future.
It contains a variety of technological achievements. Some military, most scientific. Such as the first stable human cloning formula. The first Titan rover. The first faster-than-light navigation circuit, etc. But in the middle of the museum is the centrepiece. A display case containing several shards of dented clay. Forming the outline of some sort of bowl.
Hundreds of thousands of years old.
The character expresses confusion at the placement. Pointing out that it's so simple a child could make it. But another character explains why it's so crucial. That without that bowl, all the other museum exhibits wouldn't exist. That at some point in the unrecorded past, one of our primitive ancestors noticed that a type of mud hardened when left in the sun. And he or she decided that they were going to MAKE something. That our journey as a species had those tentative first steps!
Primitive Technology feels like a celebration of those steps.
Wow soviet an artical none the less interesting. Was surprised to see you here XD
Waiting for one your vids aswell :p
Great to see one of the best content creators enjoying other great content. Much love womble.
(Is cyanide still fat?)
That is a very good point, Womble.
Great things have small beginnings.
Nurgle's Blessing to you, Womble!
if there's one thing i'm glad for not having changed on CZcams, it's the contagious feeling of willpower this channel provides.
Why do all these checkmark commenters get the most likes?
@@cbalan777 Probably multiple reasons...
They have a following (some in the millions) that shares their interest and when those followers see a comment from someone whose content they enjoy, they're more likely to read it and react to it.
They have a lot of crossover followers
Often people who have successful social media accounts tend to be more articulate and insightful in how they respond to other content creators which garners more favorable responses.
YT probably pushes them up in the comment list using whatever algorithm
All that said, the #1 comment on this video is currently at 1800+ likes while the highest checkmark account has 1100 so maybe it's more perception than reality.
@@Demolishionist I think checkmarks by themselves also makes people more likely to like them, even if they don't know anything about them. It's an online social status symbol.
This is my message to my master
@leverage49 would be a shame to limit his description to terraria/undertale music, he's just a great music composer overall
With the way the housing market is going, I am very here for this.
So true. He should sell that hut on Zillow, $350,000
@@VincentVanGirth Damn! That's a steal!
He has such a naturally hot body
@@gord3388 gay
@@gord3388 gay
You really took "I'm going to build my own house in the woods." to a whole other level. The time you spent really shows, this is quite impressive.
10/10 would eat the house
@@iamyourmaster2565 thats wild dude lmao
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Was wondering when he would admit that his poor hands were being torn up by that mortar.
I love this guy.
He's a magic man.
Maybe their partner can start a related channel? Essential technologies? In which they make hand cream from scratch (and whatever else would be needed for anyone doing primitive tech for fun)
I feel like he mixed the mortar by hand the first time to intentionally burn himself and illustrate a lesson. He's such a badass, that I wouldn't put it past him.
I feel so lucky to see so many hours of work compressed into a 13 minute video.
6-1/2 months condensed to 13 minutes!
I wish they weren’t so cut I wouldn’t mind a 30-45 minute video 😄
I was shocked he cut out like half of the bricklayers, that's weeks if not months of time cut out. I honestly wouldn't mind if he showed all the layers like he did the first few. It would make his video much longer, and he could earn more $$$ from it(he put in more than enough effort to deserve that) and I find it very relaxing to watch either way.
@@menthols4625 for real I would watch the whole thing even if it’s 45 min of later by layer
I'd love to see that time lapsed, layer by layer adding up!
Mad respect to this guy for not faking his vids
xD
make sure you enable captions! he explains what he does and it adds a lot of life to the video.
Thanks, I didn't think of that!
I rarely find myself in awe of a brick structure, but seeing this come together was impressive. Also exciting to see a more permanent fixture in the portfolio of huts and shelters
@JJ Shorts 🅥 Thats a scam
It makes me want to try my hand at building something from nothing.
It's the process that's amazing to watch
Don't forget to turn on captions! He uses those to tell you what and why he is doing what he's doing.
@@tulipalll WTH?!?! Has he always done this? Now I have to go back and watch all his videos again with CC on.....
Always a breath of fresh air to see this guy's videos. No talking, no filler or bloat, just one guy showing off primitive buildings and techniques.
Don't click the link it's a scam
Oh he talks - turn on cc
😀 - Yup
@@yeetman6955
No sh-t; Don't click random links...
Ikr 👍
You created each brick from baked clay to make it hard and created your own cement using primitive technology, to build a house, you are really good, congratulations on your project's success.
There are many fake videos pretending to be doing things like this but this channel is genuine. I salute this gentlemen for his skill, endurance and determination.
This isn't even a hut, it's a house. Thank you for your incredibly relaxing content.
That's not a house....
It's a home ♥
This man is not worried about home-loan interest rates...
It's always incredible to watch but building an entire brick structure out in the wild with nothing but the material you created yourself is truly remarkable.
today someone commented i should delete all videos :( people can be so mean. but i dont care. i know im the best. i never give up. i am age 80+ and will never stop. thanks for caring, dear x
Now imagine thousands of people all working every day for 20 years? We just answered how the pyramids were built. Really.
@@backyardsounds hahaha, some things don't scale so easily.
There are still a lot of thing that we don not understand about how they made the pyramids.
We have not been able to replicate cutting, moving and placing one of those giant stones from the quarrie to the great pyramid using only the tech we know they had.
It would be interesting to get an idea of the man hours involved.
They would have been doing one every 5 mins to build it in 20 years.
Ancient civilisations were remarkable.
@@teatowel11 😂 True. However, if you have an entire civilization focused on a job, they can do amazing things. I've watched natives in the Andes carry hundreds of pounds on their backs at 12k+ altutude and walk for miles. Their ancestors built amazing places. When you see those places you can't help but be in awe, which in my opinion was the whole point.
@@backyardsounds honestly the South American pyramids indeed are much more awe inspiring just because of the insane logistics involved to do such a thing at such altitudes,
I have watched so many of this kid's vids, but just now, with headphones for the first time, I am blown away again. So impressive.
Videos like these are always my preference. The people building these naturally-sourced structures are far more impressive to me than CEOs or celebrities. Building from the ground up with your bare hands is connecting to the way of our ancestors. It's what we humans are actually supposed to do and it's what we benefit from. We're all meant to build and create with our bare hands, gather what's in nature, and live sustainably. It's what centers us and makes us content despite the hard work. This is who we are, and I wish I had the opportunity to do this as I live in the suburbs.
Woah
Dude just built a waterproof brick and mortar house, completely from the earth, with his bare hands. The time, mental dedication and physical effort required for this video is absolutely immense. Amazing.
He also burned a lot of wood to get it done
@@lomiification reused the ash as cement tho ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@lomiification It's not exactly work efficient nor of as great quality, but the method is helluva more resource efficient and sustainable than modern building practices.
while filming everything by himself
go back and see if you can find his earlier videos . The man can build from nothing, if SHTF he would be a keeper
I love how whenever he builds a new hut its always just a little nicer than before. Really makes it feel like he's slowly progressing in ancient technology
ancient? large scale brick production reached parts of europe such as russia just in the 16th century. what he does is realy impressive
@@patriciusvunkempen102 Clay bricks and clay tile roofing were used in 10,000 BC in China. Maybe not the same style, but still.
2032 - "Primitive Technology: Aqueduct & Keeping Tax Records On Clay Tablets"
I'd like to see bricks colored by charcoal for collecting heat from the sun. Would be great in polar climates
There's another guy who has a very similar style to Primitive Technology. Also no talking, just making. They say they were inspired by them.
He built a water filter to make drinking water, an automatic irrigation system for a farm, roman concrete, a gazebo, a house, an animal pen with pigs and chickens in it, a dug out pond with fish, a stone path, and also did some metal work. He made a metal chisel and knife out of iron he refined himself.
He started the same way this channel did, but he advanced much faster and did a wider variety of things. You might like it. It's called "Primitive Life".
As a career brickmason, I approve.
Fun Fact: Did you know primitive builders of the past who built structures near the ocean used the horizon to check the level of their walls?
Really?
How?
@@shilasarkar6003
Eyeball the top of the structure with the water behind it. The water is perfectly level, and if the top of the wall or whatever lines up, it's level too.
@@seeharvester ok?
I am so glad that I bought your book.
If everything goes down, and things fall apart, at least I have access to the skills I need to make structures and survive.
Now I just need to work on your levels of stoicism.
Okay this might be John's most impressive video to date. This is the most in-depth, weather-resistant shelter I've seen him build. This must've been a major project. Very rewatchable video. As a reminder, if you want to see John's descriptions and commentary on what he's doing in each video, turn on closed captioning.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THE CAPTIONS
I forgot about that feature on his videos. Thanks for that.
this is pretty much how some rural houses are built in South America, only difference he makes his own bricks and mortar
All facts.. but the one with integrated heating was wild
Man, just knowing that there were *weeks* in between the different brick layers because of how long they took to fire shows how much work went into this project.
It's a relief to see Primitive Technology back in action - now we know the world can be rebuilt no matter what happens
50,000 years from now, archeological study will find that the human species was restarted on the relatively smaller island-continent, located in the southern hemisphere by a population only wearing cargo shorts, while worshiping odd inert bits of plastic and glass. Almost "performing" regular daily activity of foraging, building, hunting, as if the odd rectangular objects were capable of watching them work...
@@Reblwitoutacause "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". - A. Einstein
I’m currently planning out building a traditional Korean house(hanok). The most difficult thing to find in America to build this has been the roof tiles. This has led me to want to make the tiles myself. I’ve done my research on how they are made traditionally and watching this videos makes me think it can be accomplished…over a long time of course. A large house can take thousands of tiles so I want to start with a small one similar in size to what is built in the video
Esse cara tem um talento enorme, as construções e as técnicas de sobrevivência são incríveis de assistir
Primitive tech the way it’s meant to be. No crazy jungle theme parks, just great content. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication.
can you point me to where the crazy jungle theme parks content is?
@@jazzbreaks666 any of his imitators, they invariably fall into the rut of underground swimming pools or a Roman villa out of mud or worse, i have seen someone make an Indian palace that looked less like a palace but more like a haunted house out of a movie.
The channel Primitive Skills is just building a nice little homestead/farm. Some people still think he must be "cheating" somehow, but the most plausible claim I've seen is that dude might've gotten some extra lime from somewhere else, which... eh, I'm OK with? He clearly works very hard, and is focused on building things that has a clear use rather than underground pools and the like.
@@gayahithwen Yeah I watch that guy too. Love his stuff. I suspect he may also be cheating with his metal for blacksmithing, but even if he is, im ok with it as well. He is still working metal which a lot of people can't do.
Most of them just uses modern tools but not recording any of the process so it "looks" like they're doing it primitive style
So glad to see Primitive Technology back! The man who created an entire genre at work!
HE HAS RETURNED
Thanks! My 7 yr old and I watch together
Good for all ages, Thanks for the support!
I've had those sores quite a few times from working with thinset/grout, they can be surprisingly painful for how small they are. Great channel and information 👍
Every now and then you find a channel that makes you think "I'm really glad this person/group is successful", and this dude is one of them for sure!
This channel is fake and there is so much proof
@yasio bolo its a fake channel watch v2 sunny
@@CRAXY_-nw8ki no this is the real channel that sunny v2 showed alongside some fakers
@@CRAXY_-nw8ki no this in an example of a real one. Other primitive channels are the fakes
@yasio bolo *days
When a new video of our favourite woodman pops up, everyone forgets the troubles of life for at least 10 to 15 minutes 🥰 Thanks for uploading man
I agree 👍
@@jimylobato that dude is spamming a scam link
man so true
@@millstrive You should report it as spam then.
Don't forget to turn on captions! He uses those to tell you what and why he is doing what he's doing.
how 80s dads explained how life was like back then
God, this guy is awesome and mostly because of how much time that would have took. Thiz guy is legitimately a legend.
Seeing this being done so simply, it's hard to imagine how long it took for our ancestors to build up to this level of knowledge.
Don't click the link it's a scam
It’s one thing to master a skill, quite another to invent it. You can teach smart high school students calculus, but it took two geniuses and centuries of math development to yield it.
Figuring out wood ash mortar seems like it would have been a significant hurdle.
@@yeetman6955 doing gods work
"Dude, you know how the dirt you used to make your house is better than the dirt we used to make our house?"
"Yeah."
"What if... we mixed the dirt?"
"Whoa."
"And then what if we also set it on fire?"
I love the fact that the form of "talking" we get is an explanation of why and how he did what he did with the CCs (Which HE also made). The amount of effort put in these videos is immensely motivational.
Thank you I didn’t know there were closed captions.
omg, there are CCs!!! Thank you!
I also love that you can tell this wasn't completed in a few days. It's very clear by the moss/lichen/algae buildup on the lower half, and the absence of it on the upper half, that the former was completed, he had to leave (for any reason) for a while, and then come back to work on it some more.
bruh i watched like 30 videos from him in a row just to read your comment and realize that there are cc's xDDD damn.. thankfully most things make sense even without cc's haha. this guy is a fckn machine
i didnt even know about that lol saw this pressed c and was surprised that he took the time to do that also
This dude took being a 10 year old playing in the back yard to the professional level!
Adoro seus vídeos, continue sempre dentro das possibilidades.
Happy 7 years of being one of the most interesting channels on CZcams! Looking forward to seeing more of your amazing work!
7 years??? how are we so lucky
Quick tip for new viewers:
Turn on CC (closed captions) on all Primitive Technology videos for helpful information about what and why he is doing the things he's doing.
Thank you brother. Much appreciated.
I remember when I binged all of his videos a few years ago, only then to realize that I was missing captions on all of them lol
I remember the first time I saw this advice, I thought it was a joke since he never talks.
This changes *everything*
Legend
This so cool! It's like you can make a semi-proper house using primitive methods. It almost looks like a regular house. I love it!
Im glad to know that from day one, you havent changed. Its always the same, real, time divulging projects that really show the capability of a human
I am so happy that he returned. These videos give me joy.
IKR!
I’m SOOOOOOO glad to see the OG back in action!! Started watching years ago and will continue to watch whatever content this man puts out! Hands down the best primitive channel on CZcams!
try primitive skills. that boy is relentless
@@TheZarolis Just another copycat...
This is the best youtube channel hands down, balls to the wall, no holds barred. This channel IS youtube. Hope can be held for humanity as long as this channel exists.
Вот что значит знания! Голыми руками все блага цивилизации
CZcams is a better place when you're making videos mate, great stuff!
especially when there's nothing anyone can copystrike.
@@Dplusithicus just waiting now for all the asian channels to have these bright ideas. maybe they will dig another pool.
ikr.
fucking tired of other copycats destroying nature just to build underground pools
well said my guy
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The fact that you've finally gone and made a full on Brick and Mortar house is utterly fascinating to me, this is beyond grass thatch and adobe walls, this is something built to last for generations with proper upkeep, I hope some day you're able to get that metal ingot you've been trying for up to this point because that'll be an amazing day
The first metal is going to become the door hinge.
@@ratatoskr1069 I wager that it'd actually be some sort of general multitool, a small blade for cutting/prying/splitting and a blunt end for hammering and such
@@superspider64 so like a hatchet? A dull one becasue smithing with a smooth rock sucks harder than an industral vaccum on motor oil and sharpening a blund piece of mostly flat metal is also incledily tedious and ill advised for lowest grade metal
@@unpaidintern6652 Probably something like that yeah
He did get that metal ingot
My constant thought while watching all of your videos is how very 'little' you care about how much time or effort it takes to do what you are doing.
So, you are teaching us to not care about 'Time'. Just do the necessary steps and you will accomplish the task.
I've watched this a few times times now. It's altogether great. The sounds are also relaxing.
I see why there was a long hiatus between videos…this must have taken an incredible amount of time and effort from John. Extraordinary!!
6 months
@@alexhamon9261 Goddaym
The bottom half of the house looks like it's growing moss at the end of the video
why don't you go visit him - he has good genes, as you can plainly see, but i don't know about his personality
@@maxpercer7119 this is so weird lmao
I love that he’s still making videos even after all the copycats and liars, he’s still here showing that you can honestly do this stuff without power tools and heavy equipment
He's like the energizer bunny. He keeps going and going and going. I'm still waiting for him to make a satellite dish out of peanut shells.
very well said mate =)
He is the real deal. If the world ends tomorrow I'm coming to save him and make him foreman of construction.
what do you mean liars?
@@206Nish Filipino copycats
Нам показали древние, первобытные, технологии строительства? Так создавались цивилизации. Очень впечатляет! Ведь мало что изменилось с тех пор.
Imagine how thankful of every Sq foot of your home you would be if you had built it like this. I don't know about you but my place just got a whole lot bigger!
This man is not only a national treasure, he is a global treasure,. I feel like Mr. Plant deserves some kind of award for his work. Amazing stuff as always, blown away with the dedication and knowledge you posses, Great stuff!!!
Love how even the ash from creating the bricks can be used to build a freakin' brick house. Amazing.
Je suis épaté ! Tout ce travail à la main - et à l'ancienne - est absolument admirable !
I find videos such as these to be very calming and relaxing. I am not the outdoors type, having spent a career in the military. That was more outdoor experience for a lifetime. I could actually spend short periods such as these to relax, provided I keep in some protective measures I'm place and readily available.😁
You are an absolute legend ! 7 years ago almost day for day you were putting mud on woodsticks in your video and now you built a full brick hut with a tiled roof, this is by far the most satisfying DIY/crafting channel on youtube. Thanks for sharing this with us !
The process of people working this all out is absolutely mind-blowing. I imagine the experimentation, refinement of techniques and careful communication our ancestors must have done and am humbled. There's so much knowledge in all your work.
I love all your videos and the sense of peaceful precision you provide
From the first mud hut to the first brick hut they literally spent thousands of years experimenting and thinking. So maybe not that impressive.
It really is.thats without considering we have preconceived notions on things because we were taught imagine the person who was truly figuring all this out themselves. People resilient curiosity is so powerful its able to bend nature itself to their will. For better or worse
@@adam-k well man they had to work through trial and error to figure stuff out. Nowadays we have the internet and it's hard to imagine it not being easy since someone has already put in the work to figure whatever it is you want to do out and written about it. I guarantee if you never saw or learned of something as rudimentary as a wheel you couldn't even imagine one. The wheel itself is a timeless genius that took millenia to discover.
@@Nighterlev I suppose you're right. well said
Lucifer, CEO of Hell Actually, most hunter-gatherers today have far more free time than agricultural people, and scientists are very confident that early humans also really didn't spend that much time working either. One striking example: Researchers studying Papuan tribes recorded the amount of time the tribesmen spent doing various activities (hunting, socializing, sleeping, making tools, playing games, etc). Guess which activity the tribesmen on average did the most? The answer is: nothing. Literally. The plurality of a tribesman's time was spent sitting or laying down, staring off into space, doing nothing. Maybe thinking. But doing nothing.
It's amazing how much you can focus and learn just by watching. without someone over complicating things with explanation ,the human mind can comprehend and learn faster.
It would be interesting to see this guy build a little town on a road progressively getting more complex with each building. Imagine if he makes and blows his own glass
12:38 The satisfaction of having an indoor fire inside a brick & tile hut made entirely by hand must be extremely satisfying. Hearing the rain and fire would have me asleep by that fire in no time.
for real. i can only imagine the serenity
Except it would be bloody hot in nth Qld in the Wet season. Lol.
I’ve been waiting for years for him to do the combo brick, cement, tiles and now he finally did it! Chapeau & thank you
He built a proper brick and mortar house. 🧱 Incredible. One thing I don't understand is how the roof tiles stay in place and don't slide off.
@@telendar_ Gravity and friction id guess. Each tile is getting weighed down by itself and by the tiles on top of it which increases the friction force opposing any movement. Not the most stable method and very prone to breaking but good enough for a shelter.
Very impressive. It never hurts to know this stuff; you never know when you’re gonna need it.
Esse cara é espetacular, meus parabens
Glad the Lye burns were mild, minor panic attack when I saw you mixing by hand.
Loved seeing the evolution of efficiency during the mortaring process (hand->stick->trowel->pallet); really showcases the fact that you are learning as you go.
When I saw him mixing them by hand I was like “didn’t he mention (in closed captions) in an earlier video that this is caustic?”. Wasn’t surprised he got burned. Perhaps another video might be him making some kind of soothing salve for his burns.
Oh no, that's not Lye. That's Calcium hydroxide, otherwise known as slaked lime. MUCH less alkaline/caustic than Lye, and actually is commonly used in pickling vegetables. Overall, it's pretty mild.
If he were mixing Lye (Sodium hydroxide) with water using his hands he would no longer have skin.
It's awesome the way he uses absolutely everything that was taught in his previous videos. And when we realize that he made an brick house with clay, water, ashes and knowledge... just wow!
and trees
@@jskratnyarlathotep8411 and tres, it's true.
as a bricklayer you have tough me something about my trade i didn't know, how to make them both by hand! great job with the project!
Ты чё блин бог !? Красавчик просто нереальный !
I just love how the most basic of materials can be transformed into something so functional and beautiful. I dream of building my own home, and like many the variable of cost is a plague in my mind. So it's just so refreshing and inspiring to see how science and technology, patience, and hard work can yield such incredible results.
yes you know it's fake
@@slyfox743 prove it.
@@nickcarroll8565 look it up on CZcams
i hope he makes a vid abt natural insect repellant. thats the no 1 reason people dont live in jungles
@@pepelepew1227 Mostly just keep a fire going at all times, most insects don't like smoke in the air and will avoid the area... you'll still get a few bites but you'll probably not be eaten alive if you're near the campsite. There are herbs/plants that people say repel insects but ehhh, I suspect smoke does a better job. If you really need to keep crawlies away you could make wood tar, thin it down with water and put some on your clothes. You'll reek of tar all day but it'll keep just about anything away.
It feels like I’m watching someone ride thru the ages of man. Went from mud huts to a literal brick and mortar house. I’m so happy you are back, never leave us again!
Amazing what is achievable with skills. I thought that using the hands as a trowel would eat his skin away due to the high alkalinity. So he found out and made a wooden one.
I totally admire you craftsmanship. Congratulations with the result.
This is it. This is the most impressive bushcraft build out there. Hands down
ive worked with masonry many times in my life, and when i saw you put your hands in the mix i just nodded my head waiting for it, and you immediately showed the chemical burns and i was just like "there it is, yeah we've all been there man". i got a chuckle at the wood margin trowel, excellent work John, what a pleasure to watch
What creates the chemical burn?
@@michaelmaier7262 Because of the wood ash, the mortar is very basic. Wood ash is also used to make lye
i never had problem with getting cement burns but i have seen knees that were severly burned after someone worked on concrete screed that was to wet, went right trough his pants and ate into his skin/flash. some exposure isn't bad but you have to be carefull anyway.
@@michaelmaier7262 looks like it was answered but yeah its the lye. It's extremely basic and the horror story of it eating through flesh is all to real, ever seen fight club? It's what they use to render fat into soap, so it starts to break down the organic material it comes in contact with, I've had it eat most of my finger prints off before I notices what was happening. As I tried washing it off my hands became slippery as if my own skin was breaking down into a soapy texture, it's wild. And if it gets soaked into fabric like jeans it will continue to burn until you remove the clothing and you won't even notice
@@evilmonkey2184 That's.... kind of horrifying. But now I need to know how can I use it to dispose of my enemies?
This might be one of your coolest videos ever
I feel like I remember every video, every experiment that went into this
It feels so much better thought out than the first tile hut, and all of the different experiments with brick firing and the custom cement mix all paid off here, the walls just look like a regular masonry building thats been there forever. It was like after that first big project, you went back to basics, and worked your way back to this point with so much more knowledge.
Might be nice to make a custom tile floor as well, and a proper brick fireplace, make the place extra livable.
Well put
Also, fill the void between the roof and walls with smaller bricks and cement. Would make logs more secure as well as the roof would be fixed atlest somewhere more than it’s own weight and curviture
Awesome job! Mother Nature really does give us everything we need to survive!
Time Stamps 👍🏼If useful
0:00 Excavating clay from the pit by hammering stakes and collapsing the sides in
0:15 Adding water and mixing clay into lumps for transport
0:24 Into the mixing pit
0:26 Digging sand to mix with clay (stops clay cracking as it dries)
0:34 Mixing in sand
0:51 Forming the brick
1:16 Turning the bricks as they dry
1:25 Collecting fire wood. 75cm long pieces ( the length of the kiln fire box)
1:45 Fire by friction
2:33 Drying the bricks (they need to be bone dry before firing or they explode due to steam escaping)
2:43 Stacking the kiln. 50 bricks can fit into one firing.
3:11 The kiln can be stoked from both ends and it fires quickly
3:19 Some bricks on top to keep the heat in
3:36 Each of the 14 brick firings took 2.5 hours to complete
3:45 Storing bricks around workshop before use
3:52 Digging the foundations for the hut (a 25 cm deep/wide trench around a 2 x 2 m floor area)
3:57 Newly fired bricks
4:01 Compacting foundations
4:04 Placing bricks in
4:12 Digging out wood ash left over from firing the bricks
4:18 Sifting the ash of stones and charcoal
4:24 Mixing the ash with water and forming into pellets
4:48 After multiple firings the pellets add up
4:53 The pellets dry hard before re-firing
4:56 Time to calcine the pellets to before being able to make them into mortar
5:11 The flames move through the pellets calcining them (the heat and oxygen converts the calcium carbonate in the ash back to calcium oxide)
5:22 The pellets must glow red to orange to calcine (the hotter the better)
5:29 This took less time than a brick firing, about 2 hours.
5:35 Now, after calcining, the pellets are weaker and crush easily into a powder
5:45 Digging sand to make the mortar mix
5:51 3 pots of sand to one pot of calcined wood ash
5:57 Make a well in the sand and pour in the ash
6:04 Add water and mix (don't used hands like I did, it's a bit caustic)
6:15 Applying mortar to bricks
6:20 Also, you should soak the bricks first to make the mortar stick better. Dry bricks suck the moisture from the mortar.
6:29 Second layer, mortar on top of the first bricks and laying bricks on top.
6:48 Foundation level is 3 bricks or 25 cm deep.
6:51 See, I got lye burns from handling the mortar bare handed. That's why you use a stick to mix it and a trowel to spread it.
7:09 Wooden trowel to apply the mortar
7:16 A half (broken) brick to start the door way.
7:42 First layer done (I did about one layer a day, mixing the mortar as I needed it)
8:28 It rained a bit as I worked but it didn't seem to affect the brick work or erode the mortar
8:39 Putting in a window
8:49 A few weeks passed because I ran out of bricks and had to make more (hence the change in wall color)
9:00 Gable end walls were completed thusly
9:12 Here's a sample of wood ash mortar that has set. Note how it doesn't dissolve in water. This is a subtle yet important advantage over mud as a building material adding to the longevity of the structure
9:26 Cutting lawyer cane to form a frame for making roof tiles
9:31 Split the cane and then kink it to form a trapezoid
9:51 Forming a roof tile
9:57 Folding the tile over a curved mold
10:08 Laying the tile out to dry
10:24 Tiles into kiln
10:27 The kiln does 32 tiles per firing
10:36 A tile firing takes 1.5 hours (less thermal mass than 50 bricks)
10:46 I did 8 firings (lots of spares, used the ash for cement as well)
10:49 Cutting purlins for the roof
10:56 10 purlins 2.75 m long
10:59 The purlins simply sit on the gable ends with the force direct vertically down onto the wall, thus avoiding lateral forces that may push the wall outwards
11:15 The purlins roll like wheels if unsecured. So they were mortared in place to prevent movement (broke a few tiles figuring this out)
11:27 The optimal roof angle is 30 degrees, steep enough for the tiles to shed rain but not enough for the tiles to slide off. Weight and friction are enough to keep them on.
11:33 Overlapping layers of tiles facing up act as chutes to shed the rain, while tiles facing down cover the gaps between these columns of tiles.
11:47 This process was tedious, lots of tiles broke due to the poor quality clay. In future I'll use better quality clay for roof tiles, this clay is ok for bricks though.
11:51 Finished hut.
12:07 The mortar pit is now a fire pit.
12:12 A rain storm tests the roof
12:32 The roof is mostly water proof, I fixed some minor leaks later with with pieces of tiles. I was able to keep a fire going and the ground was dry and dusty despite the rain.
12:42 After the storm
So glad to see the bigger projects again, these are what I’ve been missing
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What is better is that he utilized previous videos (steps) into this one video about building a brick hut, showing how everything comes together. Hope for more videos like this.
@@SamJG99 I'm so sick of these bots everywhere on CZcams. At this point I wish CZcams auto deleted any comment saying "finally it's here"
@@L3monsta there are so many different types of bots, many CZcamsrs have made videos about it.
@@nathank3976 exactly, and honestly he could easily get watch time money from so many people including me that would watch less edited stuff and see more of the boring stuff and less about updates
Always love when this pops up in my feed!! It’s the perfect video to throw on while I eat
Here before you added the second half lol
Literally sat down to eat and checked CZcams. Instant play
For thousands of years our ancestors worked very hard every day tending the crops to survive and when the sun set they go back to their caves, sheds or huts to rest and it's pitch black
Technology is an amazing thing
I cannot tell you how delightful and fun this is to watch. Hiw do you avoid mosquito and bug bites while youre doing all of this. You skin doesnt look tore up, bumpy, or covered in rashes AT ALL.
This is seriously impressive. This looks like it took months of work, assuming it takes a while for those bricks to change color like that.
Just a couple of weeks according to his closed captioning.
In the text under the video he writes "The whole project took 6 and a half months to build."
@@TheMeli93 the whole project, yes. But I was talking about the moss accumulation
The bricks didn't change color. He took them from iron rich sole, which is red already.
There is even a video where he shows how to get the iron out of the dirt.
@@linkedneurons3784 he's referring to the green moss on top of the bricks genius
Really love the honesty you reveal by showing us the trial and error aspect of the projects. And I'm fascinated by all the uses of wood ash you have found
This guy deserves a standing novation for all his hard work.
You don't think there's a bit of cheating and lots of help going on offscreen 🤔
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This video gave me a new found appreciation of things I take for granted. A little brick hunt in the forest, you can’t imagine the time and dedication went into building this. Cherish everything around you, because they are more valuable than your realise
@vbddfy euuyt That should also make you realise just how far we've come in terms of technology.
This guy obviously does it all by himself, but one of the benefits of living in a society is that work that is inefficient for an individual becomes efficient for a larger group of people.
Industrial processes can't be achieved on an individual level, but collectively we can lower labour time to produce the same things.
Lol we built up a society that took thousands of years ofcourse we will take some things as granted at this time and work on other advancements sigh
The build is fake, it’s a whole group of people
@@juniorfreyre2996 no it's not
@@juniorfreyre2996 nah there are other channels that fake it but this guy is one of the legit ones
Your channel saved my life many years ago.. i was struggling after military with some deep depressions and was severly suicidal.. but every time i felt the shit creep up on me i could put on some of your videos and be transported almost out into the forest with you! its now been many years since i was at this point and i have even made a family at this point and my son is amost 5 now =)
thank you for such great videos.. you are by far the best of these type of channels
Happy to hear that you're doing better :) I hope you live a great and happy life!
We have to say thank you to all soldiers who risk their lives to protect us and allow us to continue our lives like nothing happened.
Sincerely thank you 🙏
God bless you 🙏 ❤️ 🙌
Glad you're doing great, after all. That's a great history.
Hey Thomas, I'm glad to hear you're doing a lot better now, I hope you've got the help you deserve. Much love.
absolutely outstanding...One man with little or no tools, no footwear....one pair of shorts, and look at what you have created. Awesome. !
i like you mainly because you ACUALY SUBTITLE YOUR WORK which helps with understanding and tell us what your doing instead of just us watching
I always love when he shows how long it takes to make one brick, and jump cut to having 200 more bricks. No explanation as to how much hard work that took to source every material and man power for all these bricks. Just leaves it to the viewer to be amazed by the result and simple explanation. Always a treat to watch these.
The editing is great. No dead time, not boring, but still shows every aspect. Good editing is a skill in itself. It makes these vids relaxing to watch imo.
nah, it just would be intensely boring to watch. and since the point is to pander to the need for instant gratification and short attention spans of modern humans in order to rake in views, it has to be edited.
Because you'd watch hours of bricks drying alone with nothing to do?
Yes there is, turn on subtitles
So much manual labour it’s incredible
I can’t imagine the feeling you must experience when seeing it completed with the knowledge that you have 100% built it yourself from (quite literally) the ground up.
My favorite primitive technology channel
The basket trick at 4:14 is so simple yet clever. I'd never think of it.
These videos are amazing on several layers. First they’re just really nice to watch and beautiful. Second you learn about ancient techniques and you learn about uses of materials found in nature. Third it gives you the chance to understand and imagine how society has developed. Modern building techniques and material extraction are so complicated you can’t imagine how they were developed. But you watch these videos and it gives you an earlier link where it makes sense how this stuff was discovered and how it relates to more modern techniques.
Goncrete technology is 90% the same these days
I can´t even begin to express my admiration for this achievement. Being a craftsman myself and occasionally gathering some sticks and whatever grass I find to just do some crude weaving, I still can´t imagine the time and effort it takes to do what you do.
It´s so good to see you doing these awesome videos again
urgh crude felching
@@TruthTortoise81 Weaving. Not fletching. My bad - non native english speaker here.
@@odger3700 I love the tiny little detail that he uses a stone axe. He does all this without a tool from civilization! (Excluding knowledge of course)
@@mistaowickkuh6249 he didn't stole anything from this civilization, he recovered the knowledge the romans stole from his ancestors
@@c0nstantin86 Who said anything about "this" civilization? Also who said anything about stealing?
8months later rewatching it cuz you posted a community reminder of it's year anniversary.
The origins of the GOAT of the series
That's some great work.
Historically, there would be quite a few people pitching in to a project like this and you did it solo.
Salute!
This little hut must have taken hundreds of hours of work. Only getting all the firewood is an insane task given that all bricks, tiles and even the mortar need to be fired for hours with twigs which burn out quickly. Collecting firewood would have been a full time job for at least one of the members of the team.
@@BlaBla-pf8mf If making a house from fired bricks is the goal, that is the case. Though, often, houses would be made with a fired-brick foundation for the walls, and the walls would be placed on some waterproof cement connected to the bricks of the foundation (so the walls cannot simply slide away from the foundation), and have waterproof cement applied to all the sides of the dried mud bricks. This would have made the process much easier. The ceramic/terracotta tiles were used for some passive ventilation, but more recently, cement sheets were used (especially after the asbestos sheets were no longer usable, due to asbestos being banned in/on new buildings). Also, often a loft would exist for storage or for drying things (i.e. herbs, clothes, etc.) or for better insulating the house.
Incredible how you seem to never lose patience doing it all and eventually reach your goal, especially considering how it all seems so easy to do when you watch it in the warmth of your own house, but is pretty hard in reality. Used to help my grandma around in the countryside with wood and bricks, had to redo things on many occasions, even at a point when it all looked as if I was about to complete the job. And I had the tools. And you manage to do this with just your bare hands. Can't help but admire your work and videos. Always look forward to the next one.
I strongly suspect that the simple pleasure of working with his hands is like a mental release, on the order of meditation.
@@WhereWhatHuh I remember how chopping wood after months of all sorts of work with paper felt like heaven. Probably sounds weird, but it definitely did.
Now that is what I call. cool video. a huge amount of work and skill and time goes into making a shelter like that , nice job and nicely done.
Interesting! I spent a summer living in the woods in my younger years and tried building a proper stove. I was sure wood ash could be used for mortar, but I failed because I didn't know about the calcination. I did get all of the hydroxide burns though 😁. But this is good. We don't have clay where I live, but we do have an awful lot of rocks, so I think this could be successfully done here as well, despite wildly different geology. Awesome