Creative Houses from reclaimed materials

[LeeE]

Great video and the speaker/builder is a hoot! Bright guy.

http://www.wimp.com/creativehouses/

[Radiopeg]

I loved it. Just loved it. With enough clear coatings I might not even worry about splinters. I wonder if I could do an inside project for my home like this, with a Castleblock shell. Or could I epoxy an organic look outside over a more austere outside?

Life goes on, with you or without you.

[Kapohocat]

Thanks for sharing this!

We are basing our remodeling project on "recycled" materials... well it didnt start out that way.... we were just broke... lol.... now I am keeping track of how much new versus how much old.... it's turned into a fun thing to be able to say we are still 25/75 new to recycled.

Here's our rules -

new - from any of the usual suspects - HPM, HD, etc etc.

Old - Given to us, re-purposed, craigslist, recycle center, re-used etc

This works much better if you are broke - because not only must you resist the urge to buy new, you have to reuse & repurpose. We have been given some wonderful items from under friend's houses, in storage, etc.





Catherine Dumond
Blue Water Project Management 808 965-9261

Dakineworkers.com

[LeeE]

Mahalo, I thought folks would enjoy it. Yes, it is inspiring, eh? Brilliant and funny guy.

Aloha,
Lee
http://members.cruzio.com/~lionel/event

[YurtGirl]

Awesome! He breaks it down into great bite sized pieces ;D

[Rob Tucker]

A very nice and informative presentation.

[dldixon]

Big Ted fan, always smart and entertaining. Thanks

[Carey]

The Oct-Nov. issue of HanaHou! magazine had an article on the work Re-Use Hawaii is doing on deconstruction (Oahu). Link:
http://www.hanahou.com/pages/Magazine.asp?Action=DrawArticle&ArticleID=912&MagazineID=58

We have deconstructed most of our house, & offered the materials on freecycle, Keaau Transfer & Habitat.

If you are willing to do the time to deconstruct, there are venues that will take the material.... but I think it will be a while before there is the demand for a deconstruction crew (most on island would not pay the money for the crew)

[Kapohocat]

Exactly Carey! Thanks for the link.

When Robert was doing a project on 27th in HPP, we freecycled most of the scrap drywall, tile bits, etc so it helped the owner with costs of hauling too.

PS But now I wish I had those tile bits for my mosiac! Anyone cutting tiles soon? I am looking for blues/greens or seaglass-ish colors!