Shedding more skins...

in #building10 months ago

Hey Hive, it's finally warm enough in this part of the world to let go of the old temporary protections and continue with the installation of windows for the house. Though I was able to do one of these in the winter, I hadn't dared to do more as this was a larger area, and I risked not having enough daylight to finish it in one day, which was the case.

I was also waiting for the help of a friend but he's been busy and I don't like postponing things because of others.

Front side

It's funny that this is the main entrance to the house and can be seen from the road like this. My entrance has looked ugly for a long time, but i was ok with that because the windows to the forest were nicely placed. It's a good commentary on my personality because I tend to show my ugly side first and the pretty one later, for those that dare to take a deeper look

Reminds me of a quote from Nietzsche: "I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses".

Back side

There were many layers of plastic, took me a while to get them out of the way

Finally I was able to get everything in place for working and now that the window is in place i have to add the mud and bottles that will cover the rest of the space. Unfortunately, this isn't a double glass window like the others but it was the best one I had for this area at the moment and it will still protect more than plastic. Hope to finish tomorrow and share with you the results!

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This is such an amazing post to cheer me up in the morning! I love the work in progress. How a pile of dirt with plastic tarps and all can transform into a cozy hobbit-house. And the windows are always a huge jump forward! The other thing I love is to see that you don't necessarily need fancy frames that meet EU directives and all, just to attach a glass panel. This way you don't need to worry about that single-pane window either. Eventually you'll find a double (or tripple) pane to replace it with, and that won't be a huge undertaking either, given that it's an earthen home. Now I can't wait to see the dirt plaster finish.

Glad to cheer you up! Yeah that's one of the perks and beauties of natural building, everything can be adapted and it's always evolving, a living house.

Hope to share more soon, social life always finds ways to distract me when I'm most focused haha

I think the change will be uplifting for you! 😊

Sure thing 😸

Maybe not? Who knows! In my living space, making a change is uplifting to me, I know that.

It already feels better so you are right 👍

Awesome 😀