Alternative Building Construction

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Ceiling of ground floor of new house

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All of this was done almost one year ago but I wanted some pictures for readers to experience the effect of the four groined vaults together...

Extending brick roof over brick walls

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So you have this beautiful brick walled room. How are you going to get a roof overhang if it is a brick vaulted roof? Or overhang on a flo...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Progress III

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Note: Since I live in Tanzania, I will use the format that ground floor is ground floor, and the floor above ground floor is first floor. ...

Good Rock work

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I saw this house by chance on a bike ride. Excellent rock work, and then lousy windows
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Starting again on groined vaults

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About a year ago we finished building the first roof/floor on a house near the clay brick factory. This is one of the vaults on the ground ...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Purpose of the blog

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This blog idea came out because my other blog is about a totally different thing, bicycling in Tanzania. I wanted a place to put up ideas ab...
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I grew up (?) in Washington State, USA. Moved to Tanzania right after college (1977) and when my parents left Tanzania I was left behind. Currently I run an ISP but would rather be biking or building a house.
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