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Natural Home Design Portfolio

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Chicken Palace

Completed 2017

Timber frame "Chicken Palace" in Cobble Hill complete with 60' long totally covered run.

Timber frame chicken palace

Small House

Completed 2016

A modest 1 1/2 storey home of about 1560 Sq.Ft. constructed with "Durisol" wood chip / cement blocks and finished with clay plaster. The home incorporates timber framing and all natural finishes.

'Durisol' insulated wood chip/cement wall blocks being laid upBlocks almost ready to be filled with concrete for thermal mass and structural strengthRoof framing underway - note all timber cut by portable sawmill from trees cut on siteTimber frame erectedFunky log center postMetal roofing on and wall blocks sealed with clay plasterWindows installedAll closed up and ready for rigid 'Roxul' exterior insulation and cedar sidingContraflow masonry heater fireplace brick facing complete and ready for first fire, interior clay plastering underway.Completed sidingCompleted sidingCompleted siding

EcoNest Project

Completed 2014

This is an 1830 sq.ft. 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with a detached double garage, built as an EcoNest workshop in the summer of 2013. Featuring straw-clay walls, timber frame, central masonry heater fireplace, and all natural finishing materials.

As-built planSave your topsoil!Footing forms ready to pour concreteTimber frame being erected with help of workshop participants'Larsen' trusses at wall corner'Faswall' composite wood chip / cement blocks provide insulated breathable foundation wallExterior wall framing in progressTemporary forms removed immediately after straw-clay infill placedRoof framing underwayBuilt-in moisture meter - seeds in the straw sprout, then die when the wall is dry enough to plaster. This is the essence of 'green' construction !Roofing underlay in place - walls and timber frame protected from the weather just 3 weeks after starting workshop.Metal roofing (60 year warranty) installation in progress, while walls are dryingWood frame windows installed, stone wainscoting in progressCedar siding being installedInterior walls being plasteredClay plastered walls dryingMasonry heater fireplace completedBreezeway Entry to EcoNest homeBrick faced masonry heater fireplaceSolid wood kitchen cabinetsSolid wood kitchen cabinets being installed (no particle board !)Finished patio at the EcoNest house

Sooke Farmhouse

Completed 2009

This is a 2300 sq.ft. home with a complete timber frame, woodchip clay exterior walls, and load-bearing rammed earth interior partitions. All walls are also finished with clay plaster.

Finished home - Sunroom for passive solar gain and solar collectors for hot waterTimber roof framingBath as sanctuaryGlass block shower enclosureOpen wood shelving on clay plastered wallsTimber framing and custom made wood windowsStone faced masonry heater fireplace with bake oven and cooktopWood box and mantel at fireplace with rammed earth walls in backgroundCovered Entry with rammed earth pillars supporting arched log beam cut on the property'Truth Window' showing the wood chip - clay material behind the clay plasterTimber frame knee bracesSolid wood closet doorsRammed Earth Wall