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Paul continues his discussion on the building codes at Wheaton Labs with his usual crew (Mark, Katie, Opalyn, and probably Kyle). They talk about good duff (insulation) materials for wofaties, plans to simplify wofati designs going forward and some dos and don’ts of glass. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information […]
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Paul once again sits down with his usual crew (Mark, Katie, Opalyn, and probably Kyle) to discuss the building codes at Wheaton Labs, as well as a chunk on straw. Other topics include wofaties, appropriate duff material, and use of cardboard as duff insulation. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information […]
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Paul continues the smackdown with 6 of his patreons (Mark, Katie, Opalyn and Weston were named) on the topic of the ideals that Paul wants people to adhere to when building on his land, such as weather or not urbanite is welcome, and maximum area of a building. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]
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Paul once again sits down with Kyle from bootcamp to talk about identifying and replacing rotten wood in wofatis, how much tolerance there should be in a beam when stabbed, weather or not to char beam bases, how much gravel to add, weather or not to use bin bags on the base, and a whole […]
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Paul sits back down with Kyle from bootcamp to discuss door latches on buildings like the shower shack and Allerton Abbey. They discuss how the latches are designed, future door designs, the use of magnets as latches, as well as a bit on bow making and alternative use. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]
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Paul, and co. (Mark, Kyle, Katie and Opalyn) continue their grand overview of the empire, covering the last parts of tier 0 on the abyss list, namely the wofati greenhouse, firewood, and propane removal, as well as discussion on the four parts of the lab. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More […]
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For the second time this year, Paul finds himself in the interviewee seat, this time for Jan Spencer, and accompanied by Dez Choi at bootcamp. He gets asked the basic quesions, like what is your land like, and more in-depth questions along the lines of SKIP and Paul’s origin story. Support the podcast on Patreon […]
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Jennifer and Josiah the Boots join Paul to talk about the Annualized Thermal Inertia tests for Allerton Abbey. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies.
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Wofati Q&A with Paul and Shawn. Part 2 All about lessons learned, things to improve, and things to avoid. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies. This podcast was made possible thanks to: Dr. Hugh Gill Kultur Suleiman, Karrie, and Sasquatch […]
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Wofati Q&A with Paul and Shawn. Part 1 All about lessons learned, things to improve, and things to avoid. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies. This podcast was made possible thanks to: Dr. Hugh Gill Kultur Suleiman, Karrie, and Sasquatch […]
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Paul and Shawn finish reading the Wofati chapter of the Better World Book. This audio is taken from a Youtube Livestream. The audio quality is poor in many places, sorry about that. The original audio had many gaps where sound entirely cut out. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and […]
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A podcast where Paul and Shawn talk about the Kickstarter and begin reading the Wofati chapter of the Better World Book. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies. This podcast was made possible thanks to: Dr. Hugh Gill Kultur Suleiman, Karrie, […]
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Paul and Jocelyn are at Warm Springs Creek in Idaho. They are enjoying the pools of warm to hot water that have been formed by people stacking boulders around the springs. They say that it has been a mad scramble over the last several weeks as they were getting ready for the Round Wood Timber […]
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Part 2 of the podcast picks up with Erica pointing out that most people learn only one way of starting a fire and use that for every fire they start. There are actually multiple different ways to lay and start a fire. Erica’s mother used to say “If you light the fire, it’s your fire […]
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Paul Wheaton, Kirk “Donkey” Mobert, Erica and Ernie Wisner with Fred Tyler and ant Jeremy in attendance discuss Allerton abbey and the batch box heater that is installed onsite. According to Paul, Allerton abbey is now about 96% complete, and the door has finally been re-installed. The new door is approximately 280 lbs. and opens […]
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Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell are on a road trip to the Seattle area. They discuss and answer listener questions and catch people up on what is happening at Wheaton Labs. Paul starts off explaining how a “glitch” at Patreon causes a surprise for Paul. Paul is very busy, so in an effort to spread […]
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Paul and Jocelyn start the podcast with a short discussion about the previous podcast, Mr. Slappy Finding Joy, and discuss how to start to design a system that works without requiring a “Mr. Slappy”. In Paul’s opinion the first step to solving a problem is identifying the problem and in this case Paul takes time […]
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In podcast 298, Paul continues his discussion with Jack Spirko, from The Survival Podcast, and Josiah Wallingford, from Brink of Freedom, about their latest project, PermaEthos. Jack and Josiah begin by talking about the opportunity to be an Element Partner with them on one of their farms. Basically, an element partner would find an element […]
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Lunch time at Base camp is the setting for this podcast with Paul and the group (PB, Emily, Oliver and Sam) discussing life and projects going on at the wheaton laboratories. Peaceful Valley Farm Supply is mentioned as the sponsor for a contest ($1000.00 gift certificate prize) where the contestants prove that planting tomato seeds outdoors rather […]
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Credit: Kevin Murphy Paul gave an in depth review of each of three rmh designs. One design by Paul, one by Ernie and a third by Erica. There was a review of rocket mass heater of the shipable cores. There is a fire problem in Paul’s box design due to lack of insulation. 3 cores […]