15/ ...hand fit it into position, "sew" the bales to each other use giant needles made out of rebar, use chainsaws to trim the bales to length, and then hope that no rats or insects get in to the material that rats and insects love as a building material, and hope it never burns
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26/ Carry a few thousand pounds of asphalt shingles two stories up an extension ladder, one 70 lb bundle at a time, one one shoulder. Nail a few "squares" (100 square foot exposed area) of roofing down. Don't forget the flashing Install an electrical subpanel. Run water pipe
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27/ Re-route a cast iron sewer line...by hand. Dig a new trench for it, with pick and shovel. Install a French drain. Apply asphalt water proofing with a brush to the outside of a foundation. Hang drywall. Do trim finish carpentry. Get a tile saw, and lay tile.
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28/ Take a timber framing class. Sharpen chisels and hand planes. Help carry 500 lb timbers. Knock the mortises and tenons together by hand using a massive hammer "persuader" made from a log. Tie ropes to the bents and pull them into position.
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29/ I've done all of this, and more. I've helped build conventional houses, and I've helped build an alternative (timberframe) house. Get some callouses. Get some splinters. THEN I will listen to your opinions on this stuff.
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31/ TY! Stick building optimized for industrial scale. It's almost free to cut a tree into 2x4s and then the 2x4s are easy to move. Timberframe requires much less sawing, more hand work. Results are beautiful. I like TF, would use it in this scenariohttps://twitter.com/looking5452/status/1413879869000323076 …
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32/ this sounds like a long and fascinating and ultra rewarding path! best of luck to you; you're going to love and (hate ! :) every day of it, and no other project will be as rewarding or make you as proud when you're done.https://twitter.com/looking5452/status/1413882611487870976 …
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