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Pallet Wood Ceilings

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Shipping pallets are incredibly useful for building. They’re typically free, widely available and very strong. The wood is cured, and often hardwoods such as oak are used in pallets. There’re just good to waste. The two ceiling discussed here use short or longer pieces of pallets (or any wood, actually) that are cut to fit … Read more

Instructable: How to Build an Earthbag Dome

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Note: This is probably the closest we’ve come to going viral with our message about earthbag building. Skim to the bottom of this blog post and look at all the sites that are posting this story. And that’s just a few. The surge of interest came from my recent articles at Instructables.com, which combined have … Read more

Featured Instructable

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Hi Owen Geiger! Your Instructable “Step-by-Step Earthbag Building” was just featured by one of our editors! Being featured means we think you are awesome. Keep up the great work! Eric Founder and CEO of Instructables Step-by-Step Earthbag Building Instructable Note: this Instructable has received over 2,400 hits in just two months, and is indicative of … Read more

Earthbag Instructable

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I’ve created a page at Instructables.com: Step-by-Step Earthbag Building. They have lots of good information there on many different topics. My Instructable is based on my previous article at EarthbagBuilding.com called Step-by-Step Earthbag Construction. But I changed things around a bit. See what you think. I’m always looking for ways to simplify and clarify the … Read more

Updated Step-by-Step Earthbag Building

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My Step-by-Step Earthbag Building article at EarthbagBuilding.com has been updated. I built a demonstration wall and photographed each step. YouTube videos have been embedded to further demonstrate the process. All the latest tools and techniques are shown, including use of stronger sheetmetal sliders, 2-gallon cement buckets, bucket chutes, bags turned inside out, and filling bags … Read more