Building with Nature (Hobbit House)
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A short documentary of our natural build filmed and produced by Dewi Roberts. It was constructed using the local, plentiful and renewable materials of wood, stone, straw, clay, lime and mud. It is a unique and very beautiful build, constructed by natural builders and educators Hartwyn Ltd, who shared the process with students in a pop-up learning village from June to September 2018. The Hideaway Under the Stars opened as a unique holiday home in March 2019.
This shouldn't be just a dream.
Building a house should be part of everyone's public school curriculum.
If only...
So right. We had woodwork, metalwork, pottery, dressmaking as tasters in school then they did away with these essential skills in favour of useless subjects you never use.
JS C this is 1 reason i homeschooled 🤓
@@chananahar992 me too. Kids learn more relevant skills they need for life.
i agree, basic life skills are more important than abstract theroems!
Somebody please tell me, how is it that mankind started building with concrete? These homes are so much healthier to live in.
It's a crazy profit-driven world we live in! Imagine a world where all homes were built naturally, if only...
Concrete is just modern mud construction the real issue is the amount of wood we are using since it is inherently harmful to be chopping down forest
It obviously started with mud, then cob, then mortar, then concrete I would think. Some type of geo polymer later on. It could be what the old world did a lot of the time with those giant 30 ton rocks that seem impossibly smooth and perfect
Just wanted to leave a comment on response to “the real issue is the amount of wood we are using since it is inherently harmful to be chopping down forest” because it is a misconception that is so often repeated and left unchallenged, it seems to be becoming the baseline of accepted ignorance in environmental discussions but it couldn’t be further from the truth. The more we move away from managing woodlands and harvesting their sustainable resources locally, the more trouble we will be in. The value of felling trees on rotation, and that symbiotic relationship between humans and the woodland cannot be understated. I’d encourage everyone to learn about coppicing, I think it’s something they should teach in schools.
Utilising other building techniques like the ones shown in this video, cob for example, is, I think equally valuable. Although we have a responsibility to cut forests and fullfill the role of some of the macro-fauna we have sadly hunted to extinction in the past.
Bulldozing acres of rainforest and replacing them with car parks and monocultures of farmland is not the same thing as sustainably harvesting local timber but they are talked about as if this were the case.
Thank the Romans lol
I would suggest putting in more heat transferring pipe/ hose in the floor and change the position to more in the middle of the floor instead of on top of the moist barrier which essentially is the bottom of the earth floor.
First I would put in the the expanded isolation that self drains then the moisture barrier, then some compacted soil/ earth floor, then some really thin ten by ten square stainless wire netting wired together as one net on the floor in order to double loop and tie down the floor heating pipe onto.
I would suggest a double loop about 10cm to max 15cm apart to get a good heat transfer.
A double loop return pipe circling around from the middle going outwards gives you a pattern of warm feeding and colder returning pipes next to each other instead of water coming in warm on one side leaving cold on the other side of the floor.
It is quit a job figuring out how to double loop a floor plan with one piece of pipe since you don’t want any connections in your floor.
You could divide the floor plan into two, three or four etc. different areas with a simple above floor feed that you could separately open or close coming in from a solar/ electric heater or a wood stove etc.
I feel the earthship concept is probably one of the better designs, I also like the Mike Oehler berm house design, you could combine them for a cheap self sufficient house on a budget with recycled and long lasting natural materials.
The biggest problem in the way of all these building and environmental solutions is government, the power in place don’t want local democratic self reliant societies, they want a global dependency based technocracy.
So that problem has to be solved first.
Currently the climate change is being caused by humans is just a nonsense UN funded takeover scam to introduce a global carbon credit social surveillance and tax system in place of the failing social democratic welfare Ponzi scheme that’s currently collapsing as they saw coming.
The same way they’re only pushing transgenderism to promote their trans humanism concepts with the desired ability to in essence change the human species to “their/ brotherhood” servitude designed totalitarianism.
It’s not a theory, it’s been openly discussed by these institutions for decades even centuries.
The underfloor heating was never planned, it was laid, and as you noted it simply doesn't work. We use the thermal mass from a woodburning stove and during the coldest months, slippers are necessary! We don't mind at all, nothing in this life is perfect, neither it should be, doesn't mean that we're not happy and love our build very much!
You have all my support. One tip: for the debarking, make a barking spud as they known pretty much all over the world give or take. Eminently superior to the spade/shovel. One challenge: how about making these heart felt homes using only plastic for insulating electric cables? It is painful to watch plastic being embedded into virgin soil - and it will never be pure again. Thatch/ slate for roofing on a reciprocal roof, and lets discuss better methods for insulating the floor/drainage, etc. I hope we can have a useful chat.
Apsolutelly stunning build. Job well done.
Thanks!
This is great! We made a smaller version of this but we are now inspired to make this! Thank you so much for sharing!
Good luck, have fun, and thank you for taking the time to comment and share!
Beautifully done, Kim ❤
Thank you Niall, it was a very fun project!
My dream house 🏠. Thank you guys for posting n sharing your knowledge!
Thank you for taking the time to comment and for your kind words! 😃
Eu amei este tipo de construção
I loved this type of constrution
Thank you for your kind comments and for taking the time to share them! 🥰
This is wonderfull home!
Thank you!
beautiful!
2:22 Oh ! Andy Murray ❤❤❤❤❤
Aaaaw sooo beautiful ❤️!!
Thanks Kat! Sending warm hugs to you
I LOVED Your Video clip, especially the Mud Stomp boogie.. Lol the Dancing tamping down the floor level.. 😂
It's a great fun way to enjoy the process Debbie! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment 😊
Absolutely an amazing way to live in harmony with nature luv! Love it ❤
Thanks Emerald! Brightest blessings to you! 💖
Admirable job for sure
Thank you, it was truly a labour of love! Thanks for connecting and taking the time to comment! Brightest blessings to you 🥰
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Stunning love it
Thank you!
Hello, I could not make out what the fellow said about the charcoal briquette looking things under the floor. What material were they?
The underfloor insulation is called Glaypor (foam glass). It's made from recycled car windscreens.
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I love this I would really y like u guys to build and sell some of these homes at an affordable price for those who just want to escape the stressful life and relax comfortably in nature.
If only it was that easy... There are just so many barriers and obstacles in the UK for the self-builder which make affordability very difficult!
@@HobbitHideaway Well 😌 that's A pity well one day if I have have enough cash ill purchase one of those homes for sure.
@@HobbitHideaway question,if u buy your own land do u still have to pay to build on it?
@@antoniacarroll9353 Yes! Other countries may differ, but in Scotland, you can't build your home on land you don't own. To build on your own land you still need to pay for planning and building control permissions, engineers certificate to sign off your designs as safe, various tests for water quality, soil drainage, potential contaminations etc., and then there are access and road conditions that can cost a small fortune to meet! We paid over £7k for a passing place for all the additional traffic on a rural road that our build would cause, seriously! In some countries, you could build a house for less than we have paid for permissions and meeting conditions! Hence why I say, if only it was that easy...
@@HobbitHideaway Ooo expensive for real but its all for the safety good to see did u see the video where a building with condos collapsed but if only for real though if only they could do it at a cheaper price which would mean the people doing it would get lower salaries and that's kind of unfair well as I said when its time to buy a house or build I'm getting one of those.
Hi people, well done great job and great community! Let me ask a question. How long it took the whole process?
It took just over 1 year from start until completion
wow
Beautiful! Can I ask how long this build took?
Sorry for the delaying in responding to your message. The build process took approx 9 months from start to finish.
Amazing team work 💪 Lovely house!
Thank you, Stéphane!
Here in Brasil have construtions likely houses made with clay
Beautiful natural homes! 🥰
It's the only way!
Where can I find the plans for this earth home?
We used Sam @ rocketarchitects.co.uk/ for our plans.
Beautiful
Thank you!
Hello i am from india and persuing the bfa degree, i also want to learn the mud house and want to do it as a career please let me know the details how i connect with u
Kim@hobbithideaway.co.uk
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love the build but why use cement on the stone work lime is better
Thanks Robert! There's no cement in the entire build. We used lime mortar for all stonework.
5:37 Funny chicken dance moment... XD
How can I get this done?
With gritty determination and hard work?
how do you apply
Check out hartwyn.co.uk.
whats the name of the charity . i am from scotland but living in the philippeans and trying to teach locals the same on a rammed earth home with thatched roof
The charity no longer exists, sorry!
@@HobbitHideaway that's a pity . Thanks for the reply
Are you planning on running any more workshops. 🙂
We're not planning to build anything larger than a sitooterie atm, but you can contact hartwyn.co.uk/ directly and ask them. They were the lead natural builders who built and organised the learning village for our beautiful hideaway!
@@HobbitHideaway thank you!
At old days most houses of India (Bharat) was built by same technique.👍
Bring back the old day and natural ways! Thanks for connecting & sharing! ♥
Where's your Hiland Cattle??
Just chickens atm!
I interested in your house 🏠.
I built a mud house 🏚️ design and construction anyone else help me.
You didin't isolated the roof, the earth with grass will go wet and will let go all the heat. Are you living in hot climate?
Hi Colectia, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. We insulated the roof, extremely well with perlite. In the UK we have so many regulations that they wouldn't let you build a living roof that wasn't insulated. We exceeded their insulation standards by far! We live in a temperate climate, in NE Scotland, which can get as cold as -12 or lower during the winter.
So many live trees murdered (((
I hear you. We honoured the trees and continue to nurture and appreciate them in their new form. We also plant many new trees and honour mother nature in many ways
if you live close to nature,you know that trees send thousands of seeds through the air to grow some new. clear cutting without replanting is a problem but cutting a few trees is like pulling a few hairs off your head.
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It’s impossible to walk on earth, let alone live on earth without creating a footprint. Responsible and respectable use of renewable resources is the only way humans can live in harmony with nature. Be realistic.
@@fredflinstone3173 well said Fred!
All forbidden here in Nova Scotia :-( Its all about government control, oppression and/or making sure you have to spend so much money on engineers, architects and other licensed people (electricians, plumbers,..) that you need to work a full time job, go into debt.. be a slave. And live in a plastic house.
It's not easy getting permission in the UK, but with a good architect, it is possible!
@@HobbitHideaway Oh yes if you just waste enough money on lawyers, architects, engineers, etc. you can go do quite a bit. With lots of money comes quite a bit of power. Its just that for most people that never happens and now that the middle class is disappearing and joining the working poor (working a full time job and still can't afford anything).
I already see too many machines for the title used. You should visit homes that have actually been build handmade from 0.
Well you did already a good job, don't get me wrong.
But you can check viking otlr chinese carpentry to get inspiration.
No nails, no tech, few tools, a lot of good mind. Just a suggestion
Magic! What's a ballpark figure for the entire build?
Too many variables to answer that question, sorry!