Apr 12, 2018 · A blog chronicling the journey of a lifetime. Building a classic gothic castle in a modern era, using modern materials, and energy efficient.

Mar 14, 2014 · One of the main reasons to build a castle is because you like the way castles look, obviously. Otherwise you wouldn’t take on such an ambitious building project.

Oct 8, 2012 · What makes a castle a castle is that it looks like a defensible structure, and the easiest way to achieve that look is by limiting windows, especially those close to the ground.

Jan 12, 2017 · One of my pet peeves for instance is when people put tiny decorative crenelations on top of a building they mean to look like a castle. Crenelations need to be large enough to …

Sep 3, 2016 · People who want to build a “castle” add them, but they don’t see the point, so they make them short and decorative. Crenelations have two parts, merlons (teeth) and crenels …

Sep 5, 2014 · If you’ve read my other blog posts you know I’m trying to build a legitimate realistic castle, or as close enough as I can, and part of that means limiting windows and limiting them …

Oct 8, 2012 · You can call me Ishmael, and I’m building a castle. I’m a bit of a nerd, and I’ve had a lifelong dream to build a castle, something you’d see in Europe, on a mountain, overlooking a …

Oct 8, 2012 · We’re building with concrete, for a number of reasons. It is strong, it can survive hurricanes and tornadoes, it is thick, giving us the wall thickness we desire, but also it is …

Oct 8, 2012 · In my post on What Makes a Castle a Castle, which you should read before this post if you’ve not. I talk about how you need to minimize windows, especially at lower levels …

Jun 20, 2015 · We’ve all seem videos of disasters, where home after home is destroyed, but one thing that consistently happens is homes built out of concrete tend to make it. So I’ve always …