Hey what's up I have a question. I'm getting ready to do a weekend at a friends farm with little gear. I am going to build a debris hut for shelter and I was wondering If that was a good decision. I know if you put enough debris it's really warm. But I hear that debris huts will eventually leak through. Is this true or did they just not build it good enough?
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If the debris hut is constructed correctly, and there is "good" debris available, they can be made almost rain-tight. It requires a lot of debris and the right construction.
Take a piece of plastic with you, or even two hefty bags slit down the sides, and drape that over your basic frame. Then debris the heck out of it.
Take a piece of plastic with you, or even two hefty bags slit down the sides, and drape that over your basic frame. Then debris the heck out of it.
Start with debris about arm deep.
While at Tracker School, I spent a chilly, rainy night in my tent and woke up to 1" deep water and couldn't find the leak. A fellow student spent the night iin the debris hut we built and was bone dry and well rested the next morning.
Give it a go.
While at Tracker School, I spent a chilly, rainy night in my tent and woke up to 1" deep water and couldn't find the leak. A fellow student spent the night iin the debris hut we built and was bone dry and well rested the next morning.
Give it a go.
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Take some thick plastic sheeting with you when you build your debris hut. I doubt if you will have any leakage at all. 
Plastic sheeting, a little too modern... well, in survival situations, you use what you have and there is no reason why you can't carry some plastic sheeting.
Plastic sheeting, a little too modern... well, in survival situations, you use what you have and there is no reason why you can't carry some plastic sheeting.Cliff Stamp
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Yes, but eventually is a long time if the layering is deep, the roof is angled and it is made of materials which tend to shed water like birch bark.
-Cliff
Think of roof shingles. Start the debris layers at the bottom, and work your way to the peak, overlapping as you go. You will have to repeat this about 3 or 4 times, adding some more overlapping layers.
If rain is imminent, Make the shelter walls as steep as possible. The steeper, the more the water will follow the debris to the ground.
Evergreen material is your friend.
Don't forget a good layer for bedding to keep you off of the soaked ground.
If i ahd the choice, I'd take plastic or large poncho.
If you want to do it au-naturale , then go for it. when you think you have piled on enough debris, add some more.
Site selection. If the wind, is, say, out of the SouthEast, then find a large tree, and place your shelter close to it, on the Northwest side. it can help reduce wind blown rain.
If rain is imminent, Make the shelter walls as steep as possible. The steeper, the more the water will follow the debris to the ground.
Evergreen material is your friend.
Don't forget a good layer for bedding to keep you off of the soaked ground.
If i ahd the choice, I'd take plastic or large poncho.
If you want to do it au-naturale , then go for it. when you think you have piled on enough debris, add some more.
Site selection. If the wind, is, say, out of the SouthEast, then find a large tree, and place your shelter close to it, on the Northwest side. it can help reduce wind blown rain.