Cheap Housing Appalachia: Indigenous Materials

We recently moved to a condo since our home was being torn down to build a new development. We considered several options on our “next” home.

I really favor shipping container homes, but I wonder how available they are “close” to where we want to build. I’m still going to check local businesses that would be likely to receive goods via containers, and possibly they have a surplus, but I wonder what other materials are produced locally and can be used to build economical, sustainable housing?

Northeastern Tennessee/Southeastern Kentucky indigenous materials…what are they? We produce lots of lumber, but is it shipped someplace else to be processed? Maybe I can hook up with a local saw mill and get fresh timber, but that’s not the same as plywood.

Then you have things like insulation, etc.

I’m going to have to think on this a while.

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