Extinct Expertise: Grass hut
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I built this grass hut up on a ridge. It"s roughly parallel with the tiled hut and wattle and daub hut that are a couple of hundred meters away down in a valley. I built it on a ridge to get away from mosquitoes in wet weather. This project took 7 days to make. I looked for a spot and cleared it on the first day, built the frame on the second, and spent the next 5 collecting grass. The type of grass is Guinea grass, an introduced species here in Australia meant for live stock. This grass is difficult to collect in this dry forest and I had to climb further into the mountain to get it.
The design is a simple pointed dome that"s easy to build. The tools used were simply sharp stones and a digging stick. It"s 2.5 m wide and 2 m tall. 8 lawyer cane strips were driven into the ground to form the ribs of the structure and hoops of cane were put over this to attach the grass to. Vine was used to tie the frame together and to tie handfuls of long grass to it. When the hut was almost finished a cap was made and lifted onto the top of the dome to finish it.
This hut is easy to build and houses a large volume. The shape is wind resistant and strong for it"s materials. Gaps can be seen in the thatch but not if viewing from directly underneath meaning that it should shed rain well. A fire should be possible in the hut as long as it"s small and kept in a pit in the center.The reason the hut took so long is due to the scarcity of grass on the hill. It could be built much quicker in a field.
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On a ridge next to the other huts Clearing a space of grass Clearing leaf mulch Marking a circle 2.5 m in diameter Cutting Loya cane Cutting vine for lashing hut together Marking 8 points equally around the circle to put loya cane poles in Putting cane poles in Poles are 2.75 m long.
Bringing poles together at the top and lashing them together with vine Lashing cane crossbars to frame Stone blade Cutting grass for thatch Lashing grass to frame Layers of grass overlap to shed rain Trimming grass at entrance Making a cap to go over the top A loop to put a stick through to lift into place.
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7 thoughts on “Extinct Expertise: Grass hut”
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i did no longer now how to create it thank you for making this vidio
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I wish i will create something savor this
genuine dont produce a fireplace in there and likewise that you’ll want to well be enticing lol
how private there aren’t any ticks in the grass?