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Don't take me wrong, I do not want to brag for my work on this experimental house in the mountains. In the end is just an experiment, mostly to see how far I can go with this idea of building myself a homestead place, without any "engineered" plans. Just what my gut tells me.
Yes, many engineers will jump to say that what am I doing is wrong and can fall over me. But... should I care? If I die with the roof falling over me I will die happy that I tried.
And this is what engineers don't want you to know: trying is the ultimate experience you have in your miserable life. Trying to free yourself and demonstrate to the rest of the world that you can do it.
If I fail, I fail, so be it. Who cares?
good reminder.
Important is the memory remained behind you, what you leave behind. And a stone house will remain for many years. Your image will fade away but what you built remains and is a prove of your work that nobody can contest it.
Absolutely! I agree
Agreed. Engineering concepts are to enhance the construction experience not replace what has been working in an area for 1,000s of years.
Yes,, well said.
Please explain me how the ancestors built those fucking stonewalls... many kms away of stonewalls. I am fucking amazed how much work they put in that.
Took me 1 month to build a stupid 3x4 m wall with rocks. Carrying them from 200m away, by hand.
If I knew I would do it myself!
Please don't do it. Is a nightmare effort.
You will break your spine.
I saw houses built like this around. I just re-do what they did for more than 1000 years ago (and their houses are still in place).
I've tried to do a fucking stonewall like they did hundreds of years ago and cost me so much work just finding the right stones.
I think that construction is not just schooling and learning in university about terrain and materials. Is also about feeling and studying the surrounded area and materials. I founnd out (WITHOUT any paid studying in construction) by myself, testing and failing that not all rocks are the same good for construction.
As a fucking IT guy, that all his life worked only with computers, I've learned so much about construction and engineering, just by building this stupid small house. Just test, fail, repeat, improve.