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RE: Freedom Beyond Building Codes | DIY Natural Building @mountainjewel
our cultural ideas are indeed fairly archaic. I hope you can talk some sense into the folks that make decisions in NY and let logic prevail!
I hope we can exemplify non professionals with a passion creating beauty through artful land-based living. This is still in the works....
It is TOTALLY crazy that the development craze is so rampant. I've seen it throughout my global foray and it's boggling to think that both the "civilized" and "natural" humans want what the other has. Neither culture has it all, but i suppose with making natural building "cool" and modern it may hold sway.
Glad you enjoyed it @senorcoconut!
Yes, lets make that change. It can happen, I mean look at strawbale structures. There is now a chapter on it in in the international building code which has been adopted by new york state.
I found out when I asked our town's building engineer, what would it take to build a strawbale home. He plans that make sense was all he needed as long as they are within the code provided. That was a happy moment, at least we don't have to convince anyone, a straw bale house can be structurally sound...and more fire proof than a framed house!