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Filling Mesh Tubing with Papercrete

Natural Building Blog Posted on March 12, 2012 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

A blog post entitled “Earthbag, Superadobe, Hiperdobe, Why Not Hiperpapercrete?” caught my eye. The author makes a very good case for filling mesh tubing with damp papercrete. Here is how he explains it: “I have recently been reading up about … Continue reading →

Posted in Bag Material, Economics, Filling Bags, Forms | Tagged affordable, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, Hiperadobe, hyperadobe, low cost, papercrete, raschel, superadobe | 17 Replies

Discount Raschel Mesh Tubing

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 22, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Here’s a bit of good news from Patti Stouter. I just heard from Maurice Wilson that the raschel mesh tubing for Hyperadobe earth building has come in. He has a limited supply, but the manufacturer has sent longer rolls. These … Continue reading →

Posted in Bag Material, Economics, Filling Bags, Introduction, Structural aspects | Tagged earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, Hiperadobe, hyperadobe, raschel, raschel bag, tubing | 34 Replies

Raschel Mesh for Narrow Walls

Natural Building Blog Posted on May 26, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Patti Stouter sent me this news about raschel mesh from a supplier in Canada that works perfectly for the narrow rubble walls in her Totally Tubular design. She builds hyper-wattle — tubes of lightweight insulation — on top of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bag Material, Design, Economics, Filling Bags, Insulation, Introduction, Structural aspects | Tagged earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, hyper-wattle, mesh, mesh bags, mesh tubes, Patti Stouter, raschel, sand bag, tottally tubular | 6 Replies

Mesh Bags Sewn to Work Like Eternally Solar’s Bags

Natural Building Blog Posted on May 15, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Several previous posts have already covered the basics of the Eternally Solar’s earthbag system. Today Dr. Johnny Anderton of Eternally Solar / EarthBagBuild explains how mesh bags can be sewn to work like their bags. Owen: What about sewing mesh … Continue reading →

Posted in Bag Material, Economics, Emergency Shelter, Filling Bags, Introduction, Structural aspects | Tagged earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, Eternally Solar, hy[eradobe, mesh, mesh bag, mesh tube, raschel, sand bag | 5 Replies

Bucket Chute with Shoulder Strap

Natural Building Blog Posted on January 7, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

By now you’re probably getting excited like I am about using open weave mesh bags and tubes. I came up with this $10 solution for filling bags and tubes. It has a 3-gallon metal bucket chute with the bottom cut … Continue reading →

Posted in Filling Bags, Introduction, Tools | Tagged earth, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, hyperadobe, mesh bags, raschel, sand bag | 3 Replies

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