Making stone axe
Cutting timber for hut
Digging post holes
Carving mortices in roof beams
Fire hardening mortices with coals (strengthens mortices)
Fitting mortices of beams on to posts
Hammering beams in place
Loya cane (a type of creeper)
Putting on rafters
Lashing to frame
Making a kiln grate from clay
Making holes to let the flames through
Digging a trench for the kiln firebox
Stone lintel for the firebox entry
Mixing mud for kiln walls (just excavated dirt and water)
Putting grate in place
Building kiln wall
Kiln draw a strong draft
Digging clay from the creek bank next to hut
Crushing dry lumps in clay
Crushing up old pottery to add to new clay (strengthens it)
Mixing clay
Loya cane
Splitting
Cutting notches
Folding along notches
Tying with cane fiber
Completed tile frame
Sprinkle wood ash on stone (prevents clay sticking)
Clay into tile frame
Forming tile tab
Tile left to dry
Tile removed from frame
Tiles stored in wood shed out of rain
Tiles stacked into kiln
20 tiles
Cover with broken tiles
Firing begins
When the tiles glow red hot they're ready
The next day
Putting tiles in place (they just sit on using their tabs, no pegs necessary)
Tile tabs hooked over purlins
Cross bracing
Adding grate bars to the firebox (increases heat production several times)
Starting fire with handrill
Making curved cap tiles (normal tiles without tabs folded over a log)
A tile goes on one side
Then another from the other side covers the tile just put in place
Finally, the cap tile covers the vertical gap between tiles
Stone footing for wall (prevents rising damp)
Digging underfloor heating system
Covering with flat stones
Sealing with mud
Fire at the front moves under stones
Chimney added at back to enhance draft
Heated platform is warm and makes a good bed
Building mud wall
Digging soil for mud
Stones added to wall to save on mud
Chimney protected from rain by tiles
Wooden lintel forms top of door way
Split timber door
Hole for door hinge
Putting door in place
Doorstep of mud
Finishing gables
Completed hut
Tree resin
Resin used as torch
Resin on tile as a lamp