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Primitive Technology: Round hut

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Published on Apr 20, 2018

I built a round hut using palm thatch and mud walls to replace the damaged A-frame hut built a few months ago. The A frame hut was damaged due to torrential rain and poor design elements considering the wet conditions. The thatch had rotted in the part of the roof that gets shade. Moth larvae and mold grew and consumed the thatch in these places. The hut also tilted forward due to the back post being hammered in only 25 cm into the ground. So on returning to the property (it was cut off by flooded bridge) I began work on a new hut.
The new hut was positioned further into the open clearing to get more sunlight. A 3 meter diameter circle was scribed and 12 wooden posts were hammered into the ground, each 50 cm deep for a sturdier structure. Lintels were then tied to the top of the posts joining the posts together. A tripod ladder was made from poles lashed together at the top and a platform lashed to its frame. The roof poles were then attached to the top of the lintels and lashed together at the top to form a conical roof frame, 3 meters at the highest point. Loya cane was then tied on the eaves to act as support for the ends of the palm thatch.
700 palm fronds were then cut split and thatched onto the roof. The tripod ladder was used to climb up and thatch the roof from the inside. A cap was then made to put on the very top of the cone when the roof was almost finished.
A drainage moat was dug around the hut and the excavated soil was placed on the hut floor to raise its level above the damp ground. A deluge tested the hut’s water shedding abilities. Torrential rain fell while a fire was kept going inside the dry hut. The drainage moat flowed like a stream during the heavy rain event.
Loya cane was then harvested and woven between the posts. This formed a low wall. It was then daubed with mud inside and out. The clay from this was taken from the drainage moat. Rain falling into the moat meant that water didn’t need to be collected from the stream to mix the mud. This is another benefit of the drainage moat.
The low wall allows light and air into the hut. With a fire going in the central pit, mosquitoes are kept at bay. The central fire pit produces smoke and heat that will hopefully prevent moths laying eggs in the roof (the caterpillars of which eat thatch) and will prevent mold from growing. The hut will be used as an undercover work space for future projects.
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chbrules
Literally the best channel on YT. No BS, just legit awesomeness.
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mangols12
Is there any primitive way to protect the huts from pests and molds that tries to destroy it? Or is it just build another one kind of thing
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butts
it's like asmr for my brain
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Made in BALi
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Zine Hero
4chan +
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amazing
Imperius
This guy should have been in Youtube Rewind.
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Barry Wibly
2:55 i love it how you casually pick up that strap you are binding the beams with, WITH YOUR FEET!!! and keep going like "ain't nothing happening here man, just Tarzan building some new digs".
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backstabhacker
This guy has the most chance to survive after ww3 apocalypse
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BaconSalad
Build a wall and make the cassowary pay for it
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Did you imagine this guy editing all the video in front of a computer? Ahahahahahah
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Fizzy
Hear mosquito on camera Me: HIT my arms my head everything!
PRYDAX
Wtf already 1,4 mil views?? I don't get it? Do y'all wanna go live in the jungle or something?
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Ryan Carter
Man make fire! Man strong! Ooga Booga
Тимур Игнатьев
Я прям завидую, что ты живёшь в таком красивом месте и у тебя столько свободного времени.
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madsmilikoff
Now I get it. John teaching us how to rebuild everything in caise of WW3.
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Rust gameplay real-life dlc edition
FullHalfCircle
I know that living a primitive life has it's downsides and I LOVE our modern medicine and tools. Then again, I also admire how easy it is to build a primitive home - all you need is time really. That and the resources and knowledge of course. I think of how, today, building a house (with the many comforts, such as watching YT videos on the internet) to live in is usually a work of a life time (unless you are a millionaire, which most are not). In a primitve society, building a house is done in a couple of days (weeks maybe). Usually, a whole village will support you. The only support you get in the modern world is the support of a credit bank that charges you for it good. I'm not meaning to demonize the modern world, or romantize the primitive world, but sometimes, when I watch videos like this, I get baffled how simple living could be (if you are healthy and able to, that is).
Adam H.
GENUIS! 7 million subs without saying a single word. The next guy to do it will be Procappella without even showing his face too
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