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Ways to Build an Eco-Friendly and Affordable House

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Alden
An eco-friendly home is one of the best ways to protect the environment we live. Usually, the materials such as concrete and steel used for building homes are highly processed and transported long distances, which makes them unaffordable to millions. Besides, these materials are also known to be one of the main components that cause a lot of harm to the environment.

Using locally available natural building materials like earth, stone,and small diameter wood can help you in building an eco-friendly house. Here are some of the basic ways to build an eco-friendly and affordable house:

Earthbag Building: Just like any other earth building methods it is also easy to learn and extremely low cost. The material has been derived from the military's use of building. Therefore, it is durable, blast and bullet resistant. Some of the benefits received from this materials are resistance to mold, fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, insects and rodents. The best part about this material is that it is available for free or very low cost. Besides, no expensive equipment are required. Even the building process involved is very simple that even an unskilled worker can learn each step of construction easily.

Small Diameter Wood: Studies show that most forests in the U.S. are extremely prone to forest fires. Every year millions of acres are destroyed due to fires and disease. Many experts recommend that gleaning small trees can improve the overall health of the forest and reduce forest fires. You can easily obtain firewood permit (about $20) for building your home. However, people use this wood for heating homes. Do you know that wood is much stronger than sawn lumber and also require less processing. Moreover, harvested wood is much better as compared to conventional stud walls covered with sheetrock.

Tamped Earth Floors: Over the years, many house builders have noticed that using traditional poured earth floors last much longer. Thereby, saving a lot of money on wood floor framing and replacement of carpet every 15 years. In addition, earth floors resemble leather once finished and are extremely beautiful. The only problem it face is that it take a long time to dry, making them impractical in all but hot, dry climates.

These are just some of the basic ideas to get you started about using natural building materials. To know and learn more about these building material search the internet. You'll find plenty of information on the topic and other low-cost building methods.

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