How Can I Build a House From Stuff In The Wild?

Question

A kinda permanent one that could be easy to tear down if needed, but not get torn down by the wind and rain. It has to keep wind and rain out.

Answer 1

I wish I knew the answer to your question so I could build one myself! Check out the book Radical Simplicity by Dan Price. He lives from tipis to underground dwellings and shows you how to make a hot shower, sauna and burn barrel...i really enjoyed the book, and it was very inspiring!

Answer 2

If a guy can build a car from what is found in a junk yard

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To find enough stuff to build a house from stuff in the wild of nature

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Don't seem all that hard of a problem

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If the animals in the wild can do it I don't see why the so called intelligent animal on earth can't do it for

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We do have all the brains you know the smart ones

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Answer 3

Yep, just like the Pioneers and the Native Americans. Adobe is great (Mike Rowe helped build one on Dirty Jobs and it didn't seem to hard as long as you knew how). Also sod huts are great, but you need a larger area of land and plenty of grass. In fact, your typical wood-frame house is a good option too. Use different types of wood with different strengths for different applications. Cedar or Redwood shakes and shingles are great for roofing or siding so you don't have to get vinyl siding, paint or asphalt shingles. Just look into our not so distant past (early to mid 1800s) and use your imagination.

Answer 4

Do it the old pioneer way. Yep...log cabin baby. I read a story of some poor guy that had very little and a family to deal with. Not sure what happened to his old house, i'm assuming some catastrophy and didn't have insurance...or at least not enough insurance.

But I read where he used a chainsaw and cleared some of the tree's on his land, cut them to size and basically built his own house log cabin style.

Of course i'd probably suggest better material than packed mud or thatch between the logs if you can afford it, log cabins can be drafty if built exactly like the pioneers did it.

Answer 5

Adobe mud and weeds.

Answer 6

After living in the wilds for 3 years, I have see most of the structures that transients used, and it all depend on what is available.

The fist thing that you need is straight poles from young trees, one and a half, to two inches in diameter. the length depends on  how large a structure you are building.

usually 6 to 8 feet, bind 4 of them together to make a rectangle, with one end on the ground and the top end propped up by either 4 foot poles or for strength trees at the proper distance apart.

bind cross bars every 2 feet across for the height of the structure, and pile limbs with needles or leaves still attached.

and pointing down, start at the bottom, and work your way up over lapping the bottom branches with the upper branches.

it is best to put the lean-to facing away from the wind.

Answer 7

Don't waste the energy building a home, just set up a tent and live in the wild.

Answer 8

Sure you can, just make sure it isn't on protected land. People on every continent discovered ways to build shelters with what they could find locally.

The easiest thing to do is research the natives who lived in your area, that will give you a good idea of tried and true techniques.