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That is a question I had as I noticed the dome willow structures for sale are the living kind where all the leaves grow around the surface. I did wonder what would happen if that were covered over with a tarp or what not. A great stealthy structure would be somehow having the skin inside and...

Valid points. Well that is only if you happen to have bendy type trees in your woodland, which I don't as far as I know hence why I suggested the none bendy type as those are the trees I have. Depends though, just how bendy do they have to be? Will most tree types work to a degree just that...

I have just been watching some of kris harbour's first videos on his roundhouse project. It was interesting to see he uses many of the techniques discussed in my threads - tyres for the base, roundwood framing, cordwood for the walls. A couple of things I noticed. That looks way more complex...

Ok but many fell on their own already. I can use those if not rotten.

Great, thanks. I have been thinking that the name 'bender' is a bit of a red herring isn't it? What I mean is that I don't have to use bendy wood at all do I? As such I would have enough would to make a square/rectangle shaped frame from the wood I have already. I have been thinking of...

It wasn't intentional. The weather had been fine for a long time before that and I left as the rains started and hasn't let up since. You underestimate how little space I have in a small van that also has all my habitation facilities in! It is already packed to bursting. Hence why I want...

Thanks, that rules that one out then! Maybe down the road, but as I said I am not settled on a site yet for the ideal spot so better something more easily moved and/or cheap.

How does the bender compare in terms of shelter in winter and price to a cheap shed? Only the cost of some bendy wood and a tarp. Maybe this would be a nice middle ground between more permanent shed structure and just a wiley tarp. The whips, not sure of their correct name in this context...

Can you point me to some resource to show how to tie them down securely as I can only envision them becoming like a sail and be liable to lift off as soon as a strong gust gets under them? Even so if I want some shelter in colder months I don't think they will be much help at night time. Shed...

Yea but how long will tarps last in these fantastic gales we have been having this weekend? Don't know about where you are but it has been yellow whether warning all weekend here on the west. I know this is exceptional but even in more normal gusts I would not trust that to give much shelter...

How much would a cordwood 10ft x 10ft structure compare to a cheap shed? Seems the equivalent shed, even the cheapest variety, will run near a grand. I have no idea how much firewood logs would be required to make a cordwood 10ft x 10ft structure and price and how much mortar would be required...

Well security is not much of an issue. Theft might happen around there, and I did see a facebook post about it on a random local site warning of such with some recent attempts, but I have very little of worth and not really planning to. Won't have any power tools, just some ancient hand tools...

Yes, I have mentioned already I made one wall/hurdle to test the method. There is a big pile of old brash but hard to separate now as it has been piled up for nearly a year and all interwoven to itself. I had thought of using this for the gaps in the hedge, which there are quite a few, some of...

Thanks. More great practical advice. Yes 10ft x 10ft. It is good to read how even the cheapest sheds are by no means sunk cost as most here would have you believe as it seems you patched any you have up as the need arose to give more faithful service. Why would you consider plastic pallets or...

Not sure about that. He has millions maybe billions of views on his videos at this point so probably gets fan mail all the time. Yea I have seen more of his videos than kris's. The house he made was with roundwood so as people have said probably not something I have the luxury of doing with my...

Indeed, I have seen many ideas online for using them in off grid structures from whole buildings to roofs to the floor, as discussed above. Also not forgetting the more traditional retaining wall or planter suggestions. So not like I just naively picked the idea out of the air. Well as I said...

Has he met ben law or any of the other gurus of the field do you know or learned everything from online? I know very little of him except people singing he praises and the odd snippet I have seen and the general story of him giving up the 'high life' in london if favour of a simpler life in wales.

I got a reply and they said it was for his roundhouse structure and one of his first.

That reminds me of another point I wanted to ask. I have a small trickle of a stream in my land right now. I am not sure where the vein runs through the field, another question would be how I could find that out, not diviners I guess, but it comes out near the bottom edge of the slope. Would...