Please read my comments below this blog post. This project could have been significantly improved by using earthbags instead of wood framing.
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Jake vs the Earthship part 8
“The back mass wall is up to the 7th course of bags and another course of foam insulation is about to start. In the video I show how the geotextile is woven through the mass wall making it monolithic. This is an invention by Howard Switzer (the Architect on this project) and he calls it “continuous buttress earthbag walls”. This design eliminates the need for poured concrete buttresses and battering the walls (leaning them back) and allows for a cleaner looking straight walled interior. We have had 300% the normal rainfall this summer in TN and this has resulted in much less progess than was anticipated.
Jake Filling Earthbags with Machine
“I thought about and researched what bag material would be the best to use and what would be the easiest way to fill it with minimal help. Most of what I saw on the internet for earthbag building was a large group of hippies with coffee cans filling earthbags (in my opinion) very slowly or people using various stands to hold open and fill individual bags and place them one at a time.
Bryson’s $4650 Earthbag Bedroom – Full Version Movie
“If you’ve got some time, you can watch the full version of the building of Bryson’s Earthbag Bedroom from start to finish all in one setting.”
Another Earth Building Workshop at Bottom Leaf Community
Hello Owen, we’re going to have another workshop at Bottom Leaf. Here’s the little write up I created:
Earthbag Technical Report in NEA Engineer’s Journal
I’m happy to announce the publication of our earthbag technical report in Nepal. Kateryna Zemskova of Good Earth Nepal.org played a big part in making this happen. Good Earth Nepal also won the NEA design award in January.