The Scrap House is Progressing Nicely
My own tiny free house is taking a lot longer to build than I ever expected but I just checked in on the scrap house gang and they are really making great headway on their free house.
They’ve been distracted too and have had some short delays as well. I think time may be the most common challenge with free house construction, scavenging takes a lot of it and you can’t just go down to the store and buy stuff. Take a look at their latest progress, visit The Scrap House blog.
[...] The students building the scrap house are making great headway. This is a house being built out of free reclaimed stuff because their school budget got slashed. Instead of giving up these students got clever and decided to scavenge for free building materials. Continue Reading… [...]
Wood Pallets is how the Asian Longhorned Beetle got to the Worcester MA area. They are killing our Sugar Maples. You might want to tell your readers to be careful where they get their pallets from.
Thanks Joan. I’ll look into that.
This house is made out of scrap materials? wow pretty impressive, one time I had watched discovery channel and I had seen a house that is build from recycled materials such as plastic bottle, cans and so on well that was really awesome
HOW CRAZY I WOULD NOT STAY IN A HOUSE THAT SMALL
LOL. How about this how Jeremy? http://www.ninetinyfeet.com
I haven’t built it yet but when I do it will revolutionize housing… just kidding… its an experiment in the tiniest possible footprint.
do not be discouraged by comments of others, the work you do will be rewarded.
that is very smart brain wize an eco wize……r u puttin electric in ? an water pipes? or a wood stove?…connie_robertson93@yahoo.com
i’m ur greatest fan in this quest…i will do something like this too someday myself..its eaisr than people think…connie_robertson93@yahoo.com
are these houses really free??
Built without money (mostly) from free scrap wood and building materials. Any money sent will be recaptured by selling free stuff I find.