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Wikidwelling is your wiki guide to sustainable housing & home building. Anyone can edit! Articles, how-to, ideas and projects are freely shared and enhanced in the wiki way by an a international community of self-builders, designers, architects, environmentalists, engineers, families and collectivities who simply like a cheap, easy-to-build, low-impact home. We do support innovative uses of local, natural, recycled materials to respect the environment. We like to imagine affordable, sustainable homes for everyone around the World.

It's easy!

Straw Bale Pavilion Workshop I.U.A.Venezia

A straw bale pavilion built by students of IUAV, Venice

This is a wiki - so anyone can edit pages and add images, helping to build a useful base of collective knowledge.

Take a hard hat and enter - it's free!

You can help:

• Writing or expanding an article (example: Cohousing) - see also the requested articles
• Writing a how-to (example: How to clean a chimney)
• Posting a new design of basic structures, examples of houses, etc.
• Adding videos from YouTube
• Correcting and fixing

See more in the Community Portal.

Main index

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Thermal and acoustic insulation Weatherization/weatherproofing Felts and membranes Roof Chimney and flue systems External finishes Bricks, stones Adobe, rammed earth, earthbags Render/stucco, roughcast/pebbledash, dressing Green wall Brise soleil Interior installations, fixtures and fittings Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, water heating Plumbing and electrical Home automation and wiring Bathroom, shower Kitchen and built-in furniture Fireplace and stove Exterior openings (doors and windows)

Interior finishing Plaster mould, decorations Floor (ceramic tile, hardwood and other) Paint, wallpaper, stains passive and active fire protection Furniture Blinds, shutters, grilles Exterior works Landscape, garden features Fences Decking and paving, pavements Fountain, swimming pool, hot tub Restoration and traditional skills Wrought iron Listing buildings, conservation areas, grants Traditional skills and materials, carving, masonry Salvaged materials Remedial treatments, rot, damp, insects Other Theme publications Associations and org

Requested articles How to lay block paving How to build a spiral staircase How to maintain a water heater How to build a swimming pool How to clean a chimney How to repair a plumbing pipe How to claim Housing Benefit in UK How to install a ceramic tile floor How to install a shut-off valve How to find a building site for a new home ... Add your own request now!

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