“This is the video of our completed house – an earthbag roundhouse with cogon thatch roof.”
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Earthbag Roundhouse Construction 6 Months In
This is a very nice, dirt cheap house. The adobe looking finished walls are particularly nice. Skip the video ahead to 3:05 if you want to see what the walls will eventually look like once finished.
Martin Cubak Earthbag Roundhouse
“This is my earthbag, still under contruction, but I live there with my family for 2 yr. It’s been great, very good insulation with my amish cook stove, in hot summer stays cool. I build it very cheap… I did lime, cement plaster, stucco this yr. And painted it the way they do in europe, throw it on. I did 3 coats, 3rd coat was finish, no cracks! I tried cob plaster , but I did not like it. This feels much more strong…
Plenitud Earthbag Roundhouse Workshop in Puerto Rico
Hello Owen,
My name is Tyler Nesbit. I am a friend and co-worker of Owen Ingley of Plenitud Initiativas Eco-Educativas. Would you please share this call for Earthbag Building Interns on your Natural Building Blog?
Joining Roundhouses and Other Shapes
I’m been saying for quite a while the easiest, fastest shape to build with earthbags is a roundhouse. Build one roundhouse and then add on later if you want to avoid debt. Adding a connecting space – two straight joining walls as shown above — is a simple solution for joining roundhouses. This simplifies roof construction since standard trusses can be used. Other options include reciprocal roofs, pole frame, etc. Using the connecting space as a greenhouse is ideal so you have at least some organic home-based food production nearly year-round.
EcoRancho Update
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GtklTVKMFY&w=560&h=315] “We started these EcoRanchos back in August 2011 and we are making steady progress since then. Here’s an update we posted on YouTube today. We are placing regular updates on our webpage on the building progress and hopefully we have the structures under roof by mid April 2012!” Best regards. Walter A. Hutterli … Read more