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Building a Recipocal Frame Roof and That Roundhouse, a pioneering ecohouse in Wales

Photos of how to build a Reciprocal Frame Roof which can be used for homes, and other structures.
http://www.thatroundhouse.info/reciframes.htm

That Roundhouse
Groundbreaking ecohome built in 1978/1970 in Wales, refused permits many times and finally given a permit in 2008. Considered the grandfather of this type of housing in the UK and Wales

http://www.thatroundhouse.info/index.htm

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Comment by Elsbeth K on March 16, 2011 at 5:59pm
Hola Robert!  Great information and thank you for sharing the spreadsheet.  Your Abrazo House blog is wonderful!
Comment by Robert Alcock on March 16, 2011 at 10:20am

Hi there,

 

Just to say, we also built a reciprocal frame roof on our cob cabin here in northern Spain.

For anyone who's interested, there is a spreadsheet to help with designing this type of roof available here:

http://www.abrazohouse.org/?p=37

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