You popped into my head the other day and after a quick search , I found this wonderful channel. What an achievement! I’m in absolute awe of what you’ve built. Also, it’s so lovely to see your beaming face! Big love to you and the family. Looking forward to the next instalment already.
I love how minimalist this is. Very minimal tool usage as well as minimal cuttings. The bolts are of course necessary but I believe wooden nails and a auger could have sufficed.
Thanks, at the time of the build I had very little experience so I decided to use the simplest method I could think of to join the posts, which was threaded rod. But had I had more skill and time I would have loved to do more traditional joins with wooden pegs etc.
These videos are great! Thanks so much for putting these together. Looking forward to the rest of the series :) Are you an experienced builder or have you learnt all of this through online research? How much did the build cost you roughly?
Thanks very much, and congratulations on being the first commenter on the channel :) I’m trying to make videos that I’d have found interesting/useful/confidence building when I was starting out, so I’m glad you’re finding them enjoyable. I began the build with very little building experience, learning from TH-cam and my own experiments/mistakes…. but I feel a lot more experienced now. I estimate that the build has cost me somewhere around NZ$50-60k so far, but bear in mind NZ is notoriously expensive, so it could probably be done for less in almost all other countries.
Okay cool, that's reassuring to hear. Like you, I've watched kris harbour and others and have wanted to build a round house for a while now. It's very inspiring to see you do this. I have heaps of questions! Where does the bulk of the cost come from? Are you going the legal route or are you doing this in secret? Why has it taken you so long to complete?
Main big-ticket items were the reclaimed joinery, 300m2 of pond liner for the roof, internal slate floor and wood fired range, but it's generally all the little stuff that adds up over time. Speaking of time, it's taking a long time to complete because I'm nowhere near full-time on it. I've taken months-long breaks over winters, or when other projects or events have taken over, plus we have the rest of the household to run, money-earning jobs to do, and we've homeschooled our two children. And when I am working on the house it's mostly me on my own, or I have one of the children or a single volunteer helping sometimes. And I've got quite a way yet to go - kitchen, bedroom, utility room(s), other plumbing and electrics, as well as many other projects to do on the property generally!
@@earthbuildnz okay that's makes sense. Well I hope your videos get more recognition because they're really great. I'll definitely be rewatching them. I'm working on a 3m round house as a bathroom/laundry and these will definitely come in handy. Thanks again :)
You popped into my head the other day and after a quick search , I found this wonderful channel. What an achievement! I’m in absolute awe of what you’ve built. Also, it’s so lovely to see your beaming face! Big love to you and the family. Looking forward to the next instalment already.
Wow, good on you for tracking me down, what a lovely surprise! Great to hear from you - I’ll flick you an email :)
Thank you gor sharing your expirience!
No problem, glad you found it helpful!
I love how minimalist this is. Very minimal tool usage as well as minimal cuttings. The bolts are of course necessary but I believe wooden nails and a auger could have sufficed.
Thanks, at the time of the build I had very little experience so I decided to use the simplest method I could think of to join the posts, which was threaded rod. But had I had more skill and time I would have loved to do more traditional joins with wooden pegs etc.
These videos are great! Thanks so much for putting these together. Looking forward to the rest of the series :)
Are you an experienced builder or have you learnt all of this through online research? How much did the build cost you roughly?
Thanks very much, and congratulations on being the first commenter on the channel :) I’m trying to make videos that I’d have found interesting/useful/confidence building when I was starting out, so I’m glad you’re finding them enjoyable.
I began the build with very little building experience, learning from TH-cam and my own experiments/mistakes…. but I feel a lot more experienced now.
I estimate that the build has cost me somewhere around NZ$50-60k so far, but bear in mind NZ is notoriously expensive, so it could probably be done for less in almost all other countries.
Okay cool, that's reassuring to hear. Like you, I've watched kris harbour and others and have wanted to build a round house for a while now. It's very inspiring to see you do this. I have heaps of questions!
Where does the bulk of the cost come from?
Are you going the legal route or are you doing this in secret?
Why has it taken you so long to complete?
Main big-ticket items were the reclaimed joinery, 300m2 of pond liner for the roof, internal slate floor and wood fired range, but it's generally all the little stuff that adds up over time.
Speaking of time, it's taking a long time to complete because I'm nowhere near full-time on it. I've taken months-long breaks over winters, or when other projects or events have taken over, plus we have the rest of the household to run, money-earning jobs to do, and we've homeschooled our two children. And when I am working on the house it's mostly me on my own, or I have one of the children or a single volunteer helping sometimes. And I've got quite a way yet to go - kitchen, bedroom, utility room(s), other plumbing and electrics, as well as many other projects to do on the property generally!
@@earthbuildnz okay that's makes sense. Well I hope your videos get more recognition because they're really great. I'll definitely be rewatching them. I'm working on a 3m round house as a bathroom/laundry and these will definitely come in handy. Thanks again :)