We continue to get quite a few inquires about compressed earth blocks / soil-cement blocks. This Mother Earth News article got me excited about pressed earth blocks years ago. It’s an oldie but goodie first-person account of a couple in Arizona who used the soil on their land to make CEB blocks that cost 97 times less than cement blocks.
CEB
Report on Compressed Earth Blocks
“The following study was done to test the feasibility of interlocking soil/cement compressed blocks in residential construction in North America. The study collected data on compressive strength of the blocks as well as observations on how they can be used.
Stonemaker Machine
“CEO Gary Troke shows us his amazing stonemaker machine. It is a mobile block, brick and wet cement making machine. It is capable of making any type of brick or block imaginable. It is also an amazing compressed earth block machine (CEB machine). It can use stone/rubble/dirt to make the product.”
Eleven Earth Floor Methods
Adobe bricks with top coat of poured adobe Set dry adobes on a bed of sand or sand and gravel, sweep sand in the joints and then trowel on a top coat of adobe mud. Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB) Set CEBs on a bed of sand, sweep sand in the joints, coat with sealer. Tamped … Read more
More CEB Information
Note: CEBs can be used for many things — interior walls, planters, privacy walls, etc. Search our blog for more info on compressed earth blocks: Star Top CEB Presses
Kindria
From time to time we’ll profile a sustainable community or ecovillage. The one presented today is not made with earthbags, because bags were not available in their area. Nevertheless, the project is still very interesting and well worth studying. I think the world needs many more projects like this. “My dream is of a small … Read more