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File:OctogonFloorJoistAbove.jpg|Compleated Completed Joist System

File:NorthWestWallPlan.jpeg|North-West Northwest Wall

File:SouthWestWallPlan.jpg|South-West Southwest Wall

File:SouthEastWallPlan.jpg|South-East Southeast Wall

File:NorthEastWallPlan.jpeg|North East Northeast Wall

File:NorthWestWallPicture.jpg|North-West Northwest Wall

File:SouthWestWallPicture.jpg|South-West Southwest Wall

File:SouthEastWallPicture.jpg|South-East Southeast Wall

File:NorthEastWallPicture.jpg|North East Northeast Wall

File:BeginingFraming.jpg|Begining Beginning Framing

The octagon insulation is made up of sections of light straw clay and bottle walls. Both required a multi-step process. For the light straw clay, we sifted clay harvested on the land, mixed it with water to make a clay slip, then tossed it with local straw and packed it into the walls. We tried stomping at first, then pushed it in with our hands, then started just pushing the edges of each section down with sticks to keep the centerless center less packed. For every two feet we went up we put in a piece of wire to give it support. For the bottle walls, we cut four inches off the bottom of wine bottles and then taped two pieces together to make an 8-inch long section to put into the 5.5-inch thick walls. The taped-together bottles were packed into the wall with cobb between them.

File:InstallingRafters.jpg|Attatching Attaching RaftersFile:NailingCeilingBoards.jpg|Compleated Completed Rafters

File:CompleatedRoof.jpg|Compleated Completed Roof

The loft is supported by the East east wall, the South-East southeast wall, and the center poplar post. It is built with 2x6 girders and 2x3 joists.

As of 12/16/2021, the octagon was Tyvecked Tyveked to be waterproof for the winter. In the spring or future, the octagon will need plaster on the walls to protect the light straw clay insulation. In addition to the plaster, a few other projects have to be completed to fill gaps in the walls. One window still needs to be framed and installed in the top of the South-East southeast wall, and a front door needs to be installed. The sections left open for bottle walls need to be completed or filled with light straw clay. A bump-out needs to be constructed or something needs to be installed to cover the whole to it to leave it as a deck, and the section above the bump-out, between the North-East northeast Wall and the roof, needs to be covered with boards. To complete the roof, a hole needs to be cut for a chimney pipe from the woodstove. It would also be good to add some kind of waterproofing or filler between the ridge cap and the roofing to prevent water from being blown upward and leaking through the ridgeline of the roof. For the stability of the building, 2x6s need to be added to the outside of the floor joist triangles. Flashing should be added over the outside of the rim boards to the bottom of the walls.