Primitive Technology: Palm Thatched Mud Hut
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This is an old hut I built 2 years ago and have since demolished. It was a 2 m square floor with wattle and daub walls 1.5 m high topped with a pyramidal roof thatched with Alexander palm fronds. The building method is my usual plan- get a roof up first then build the walls. From start to finish it took 27 days (it could have been faster though- this was at a casual speed). This was the first wattle and daub hut I built and is larger than the other one I built later (my idea for now is to build small but well although I"ll try larger huts again in future).
The roof lasted for a few months before becoming rotten and bug eaten. As an important note the species of palm used in thatching makes all the difference. Had this hut been built in the mountain with wait-a-while palm fronds it would have lasted 2 years at least.
Instead it was thatched with alexander palm fronds that deteriorated quickly.
I wasn"t to know this and was trying to adapt hut building practice I learned in the mountain to low land conditions (I"ve built similar huts up the mountain with the same roof shape that have lasted a long time). I hope in future videos to explore better roofing options to use in areas like this.
Also of interest in the video is another pot I make showing more detail than previous videos. The fire place for the hut is a simple pit in the center of the floor. It is a good hut design though it requires a simple ladder to construct.
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Gathering posts for the frame Making a hole in the ground to set the posts Tying up poles to finish the frame Raising the roof peak Gathering palm fronds to use as thatch Splitting them down thee middle. This lets us align all the leaves to point downwards. Tying up the fronds Placing the pre-constructed and pre-thatched peak The walls will be woven, like a basket. Poles must be placed to support the weave.
Splitting saplings to weave between the poles. Splitting them doubles the number of weaving staves, making it twice as fast This also makes them more flexible and less likely to break Gathering clay Mixing in fibers to help hold the clay together. This keeps it from cracking as you mold it and as it dries Adding the last layers Firing the pot Having it upside-down heats it more evenly, because it holds the heat inside Covering the pot and fire with leaves and soil to insulate it and keep it hot until it is finished Packing mud into the walls. The weave holds it in place and gives it strength.
The house is finished.
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