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Tag Archives: clay

Colombia’s Flintstone House Is Made Entirely from Baked Clay

Natural Building Blog Posted on June 21, 2016 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

“64-year-old architect Octavio Mendoza literally baked the house that he lives in. He calls the 5,400 square foot house ‘the biggest piece of pottery in the world’. Casa Terracotta, or Casa Barro in Spanish, was built exclusively by hand using … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged affordable, clay, clay house, DIY, earth house, handmade, natural building, sustainable, terra cotta | 3 Replies

Adjusting the Clay/Aggregate Ratio of Road Base

Natural Building Blog Posted on April 23, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

All of our earthbag projects have been built using the same road base material. It has worked exceedingly well. After tamping, the earthbags are solid and turn into very hard earthen blocks. Here I am testing the hardness of bags … Continue reading →

Posted in Filling Bags, Introduction, Structural aspects | Tagged aggregates, clay, clay aggregate ratio, earth, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, ratio, road base, sand bag, soil | Leave a reply

Vetiver and Rice Hull/Clay

Natural Building Blog Posted on April 21, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

If you’ve been watching our videos, you’ve seen us making various earthen blocks. This one here is the best one so far. It has clay and rice hulls. Another very good block was the clay with vetiver grass. So I … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Economics, Insulation, Introduction | Tagged adobe, block, clay, earth block, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, earthen block, rice hull clay, rice hulls, sand bag | 1 Reply

Road Base: My #1 Choice for Bag Fill Material

Natural Building Blog Posted on August 23, 2009 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Road base is a mixture of clay and gravel used in road building throughout the world. As an engineered material designed to withstand extreme loads (trucks and cars), you are assured of good working properties for earthbag building. While site … Continue reading →

Posted in Domes, Economics, Filling Bags, Introduction | Tagged clay, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag houses, fill material, road base, sand, sandbag, sandbag homes, sandbag houses | 13 Replies

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