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Solid Earth Video

Natural Building Blog Posted on July 3, 2012 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Solid Earth from PassitOn on Vimeo. Thanks again to Cliff for recommending more great info.

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Posted in Introduction | Tagged building with earth, earth, earthen plaster, eco friendly, green building, natural building, natural plaster, sustainable building | 1 Reply

Earth Coupled Floors

Natural Building Blog Posted on April 6, 2012 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Earth coupled floors – high mass floors in contact with the soil below (slab on grade, tile, stone, CEB, earthen floors, salvaged brick) – are ideal for keeping homes cool in hot climates. They are not recommended for cold climates … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Design, Economics, Introduction | Tagged earth, earth coupled, earth coupled floors, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag house, floor, passive cooling | Leave a reply

Zero Energy Earth Home in Texas?

Natural Building Blog Posted on March 16, 2012 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Kelly and Owen, I’d like to thank you for all of the wonderful information you have offered for free to the world! I’ve been following along for about a year now and it just keeps getting better and better. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Design, Economics, Insulation, Introduction, Structural aspects | Tagged earth, earth berm, earth sheltered, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, underground | 18 Replies

Gernot Minke – Building With Earth

Natural Building Blog Posted on August 20, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Special thanks to Eugene in Russia for the heads up on this great find. This earth building book by Gernot Minke’s is one of the most informative books on the subject, and now it’s available as a free download. How … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Economics, Education, Introduction, Structural aspects, Testing | Tagged earth, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, free book, Gernot Minke, sand bag | 4 Replies

Adjusting the Moisture Content of Soil

Natural Building Blog Posted on April 25, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

You can adjust the moisture in your soil mix. In this case we’re using road base. You can see that this is too wet. If it looks glistening with water then it’s obviously too wet. If you squeeze it and … Continue reading →

Posted in Filling Bags, Introduction, Structural aspects | Tagged earth, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, moisture, moisture content, sand bag | 1 Reply

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

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