Building a Roundhouse with woodhenge and cobwood

Building a cobwood roundhouse over a six week course in six weeks, Spring2008 at Denmark Farm, near Lampeter, West Wales

[@carr869]

That is totally awesome. If I wasn't so damn old I'd start one myself. I have the land and the trees for it. The trees need to be thinned any way in a couple of spots and that would be a great use for them.

[@sanniepstein1007]

My barn, in Eastern Ontario, is an old stacklog structure--short logs with concrete. Six horses will warm it up by 20 degrees F in very cold winter weather, and it stays wonderfully cool and bug-free in our summer heat waves. It's easy to do spot repairs. A woman up north made a wonderful curving house of stacklog with concrete, and vermiculite in the wall centre. She said it was great for her because she could work alone, no great strength was needed aside from laying the roof beams.

[@DominickBlack]

I feel so blessed to of seen this house's making. What a wonderful way to form the walls!

[@Riviner]

What a great idea! And from that idea, a wonderful roundhouse arose. Very inspirational, thank you for uploading!

[@rawmark]

Gotta love the banjo playing in the background. Wonderful building.

[@Vx777infonet]

This brings together some ideas I really like, round house, cordwood construction, natural materials. Great job.

[@bryanr.3241]

That was a great video , nice job !!

[@chicinthewoods]

Gosh thats incredibly beautiful! Great team work...look @ that fruit!

[@ToneWrench]

A couple of answers on construction - the ends of the posts are charred in a fire to about 20 cm above ground level. These are chestnut posts here so they should last 30 years or more. Sometimes I also paint molten bitumen onto the post feet as well. The yellow pipe is a drainage pipe which goes under the polyfelt and is taped to the plastic/rubber roof membrane. It collects excess rainwater and channels it to one point on the eaves where it could be collected for watering etc.

[@packerjackjwm]

I like it. Everyone working together. Why can't the whole world be like your small group of friends. John Fogerty sings " don't you wish it was true " Great job.

[@RonaldDDavies]

What a wonderful house, long may it stand. All sorts of wonderful things like this happen in Wales! We love you dearly Wales.

[@Psychoclaw]

So beautiful! I love the bottle designs in the walls!

[@lynnlevy5061]

Just beautiful! thank you for sharing.

[@garnet4utube]

a very pleasing stop frame pictorial. This was so much nicer than video and accomplished so much more. A great little building too, Thank you for sharing.

[@cocochanelleke]

Wonderful video & music, thank you!

[@roneyduarte2108]

Cornwood constructons are fascinated! Good job guys!

[@lucyisboringbutohwell8006]

He is my grandad and when we visit him we sleep in that exact one he has recently made a brand new one which is his workshop

[@esthert73]

Great project. . great video. . think I recognised a few of you types from my days in Wales. . Love to you all

[@SKVPC]

The nicest work! Thanks for posting!

[@grantandre79]

Beautifully done! Just the sort of place I'd love to build / live.

[@TheComputec]

Absolutely fabulous. Well done guys

[@teleman1964]

one of the coolest things ive seen of late!!! great job.

[@lupevelez2]

In the beginning of construction, it reminded me of Stongehenge. At the end, it looks like a very fancy Yurt. The roof is my favorite part. I guess that is because growing up our garage had grass growing on its roof as designed by the architect. Oh, memories! That was a very interesting video. Thanks.

[@BeingJenniRae]

Sooooo cute. I love the whole shape of it, and the bottle work!

[@mpedmar9701]

Absolutely beautiful ! Loved the time lapse replay. Thanks for sharing, I subscribed. Stay happy, healthy, hydrated and safe. May God continue to bless you and your family. Margie

[@goodness-mercy]

That was awesome! And the fellowship of building together like that - interesting workshop you all had. I had some similar experiences with three of my rustic homes I built.

[@erdfreunde4681]

Thanks for sharing that. You one of these wonderful helpers who set the people free. I also loved your book - good inspirations :-) We going to built several Houses like that in Czech (near the German border). In Czech Cordwood has an old tradition. It´s very much easier to get a permission than in Germany.

[@galehess6676]

Very interesting. I just road my bicycle from France to Germany last year and could see the Forschwald woods. In Pennsylvania, USA, I think I can just go build such a house back in my woods, but not as a permanent dwelling I could sell.

[@N89J00X]

Fantastic! And a beautiful result.

[@CalicoKid21]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@createrainbowz]

Much love and respect. Hope you enjoying living in peace. Thanks for uploads. ONE LOVE :)

[@MartinDoyle]

Stunning building. We should all get experience of doing this - have a feeling we'll be needing it in the future!

[@ullrichgerhardwuttke2820]

Hi, Tony, Uli here, great video!!! ❤

[@TonyWrench11]

Nice one Uli! You got to see it at last! Maybe one day we will visit you again. Big hug. Tony

[@khomol]

OMG I think this is the most amazing thing I have seen for a loooooong time. Congrats, very cool. I really want one!

[@Cutlows]

This is fascinating! Thank you!

[@NYCKasha]

Beautiful work made possible by happy souls and free spirits! I admire you guys! I

[@wambolt1212]

this is awesome!...awesome job guys!

[@gilotine76]

Great. Love the wall lights

[@1DS462]

excellent and very stylish too love the use off bottles

[@mandalayfales4461]

Beautiful and cozy🙂

[@ar4man]

Nice work! :) Makes me think about alternatives for my this-moment dream - a wooden log house. Because this one you built is much cheaper and looks cute. I like also that it hasn`t corners inside :)

[@SnapperGrogan]

What a lovely looking gaff!

[@AlanEvans]

COOOOOOOOOOL! Good on you and more power to your elbows.

[@MrEdes1]

I give my gratulation! This is very good and nice building!

[@thedragonsmith1]

This is really cool.

[@WomanViolinMaker]

It's gorgeous!!!

[@tomaswarnes3006]

Love it, i want one.

[@FirecraftJack]

Damn, that was pretty cool. Love it.

[@rxu4057]

this house its amazing

[@Legaleze]

I'm impressed!

[@carobtreepod-vp8pw]

OMG I love this !

[@maxvauderk]

Beautiful creation.

[@nowuknowtoo]

outstanding thanks for doing it. Our home is round, straw bale insulated, clay and straw mixture the bales making a 2" ft wall.

[@quietthomas]

Wow, that's beautiful.

[@Minaretfm]

Well done makers of this film and all those involved in the project.

[@bash4368]

gr8 build yall love th inner ceiling an the roof its all so beautifuly done wow>

[@GreatSmithanon]

I love seeing things like this. I would personally love to build a larger version myself, with a bit more of a modern/futuristic take on it by mixing in steel and plaster elements for the walls and ceiling, to reinforce it, working electricity and water, etc, as well as a stone and/or wood floor. Mixing the very old with forward thinking can result in some absolutely amazing things.

[@stypkata85]

wow that was amazing !

[@ricksspringfield45]

Simply, Awesome!!!

[@CezarmediaRo]

wow! Awesome! Congratulations! Great job, great ideea! Hellos from Romania! ;)

[@gnfcom]

amazing!

[@gogogeedus]

Nice work!

[@robert153448]

i love the house all the best from vancouver b.c. canada

[@aaronfu2]

Beautiful!

[@adrienadrianomesdonkovak3051]

Oooooo formidable très belle maison et écologique avec des matériaux naturel .. merci pour la vidéo

[@ducky32038]

WOW!!!! I want one of them :) Very nice

[@TomTahamtan]

wow! is an understatement.

[@GIVEUHAMMER]

love two live in a cool place like that.well done u lot.

[@brostomper]

thats the coolest thing ive ever seen

[@pianorama]

Beautiful.

[@livingoffgridinscotland]

Awesome Just bought your book

[@Lost8Wizard]

Very nice!

[@ToneWrench]

Yellow pipe is a drainage pipe to take surplus rainwater to one location on the eaves. We char the bottoms of the posts to harden them and help prevent rot. Usually I also paint on molten pitch to the bottom metre of each post.

[@ianryan7826]

What wood has been used for these posts?

[@helenofnorwich]

this is really amazing

[@barbelman3089]

That is a total werk of art

[@mynamesdan]

@ToneWrench that's a thorough response. cheers mate. I'm tackling a back-garden conversion this summer and researching this stuff is the MOST fun.

[@gabraia]

Congratulation! Beaultiful!

[@volvo850rex]

Very Cool. Use what you have.

[@radarlove007]

Beautiful

[@saeidmomtahan]

With so much free information and instructional videos on EVERYTHING imaginable, it's hard to sell a book now a days

[@clearwatertom]

Wonderful....Thank You..... :)

[@jiuxianghou5411]

Wish I was there during that time. Would have been fun.

[@coravasquez4405]

Wow beautiful

[@MrGetonyourbike]

very nice indeed! a lot of hard work time and thought went in to that bet it was a lot of fun to!

[@1cryinprofit]

Love the tunes, I think my whole neighborhood would come to build one of these if these guys were jammin. Who are they? mega thanks for postin this very cool and informative video.

[@nezerac]

Nooiiiice!! I wouldn't mind building a yurt out somewhere like that!

[@HarrysComicCamp]

VERY COOL!

[@hermenutic]

That was nice.

[@Tableaux15]

Love the music

[@jamesedmonds5693]

My wood pile has wood in it from 5 years ago thats just now good and cured. With a little clear-coat in the wood every few years and patching the mortar I could see this building standing for a very very long time.

[@thelanarchist6912]

WOW, I could build this, very cool design.

[@Daksou23]

Ok I really want one of these now. =D

[@zigodoo]

Nice natural life. Congratulation

[@HippieFlower1000]

Wonderful!

[@MsBooda77]

yes yes very cool!!!

[@ludmilastankova5640]

Přírodní materiál, inspirace.

[@basgoudswaard1601]

Very nice video. Bas the Netherlands

[@EnglishSpaceDog]

i wish i had this house :)

[@amyh5872]

Its perfect.

[@TheAnanda9new]

VERY NICE COMMUNITY! Well done, also after finishing, the Party together made it UNIQUE im very IMPRESSED, buy such kind of CONNECTED People! I wanna build something like that in a size: 33 Meters round and 12 Meters high! (Concept is fixed but open for new wise minds) I´m looking forward to FIND a Community like these in my AREA (Austria, Steiermark not far from Graz! LIVE LONG and PROPSER xxx

[@jujurock64]

WOW!!!! BAD ASSS

[@donaldjohnson3265]

I love it