palais de erectus

check out the current stage.

we were quite excited to see the radial sawn timber effect today. the timber cut is straight off the tree and not squared off. it gives it a bit of a log cabin effect. our builder hadnt used it before so we werent quite sure of the final look. we love it.

the windows are in. most of the roofing and gutters complete. electrical, coms, and plumbing near complete. shes about ready for lock up.
lock up to keep this type of creature out. a modern day monger....
you can sort of see how thermal mass will work in the picture. the winter sun will come in and warm up the rammed earth walls making the house nice and toasty. in the summer the sun sits higher in the sky and will be blocked from hitting the r.e. walls by the angle of the roof keeping the house nice and cool. pretty cool eh.....