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Cold Climate Earthbag Yurts

Natural Building Blog Posted on September 24, 2009 by Kelly HartSeptember 24, 2009

There’s great, untapped potential for superinsulated earthbag buildings in cold climates. Here’s a way to combine the best features of earthbags and yurts. The basic idea is to combine earthbag walls filled with lightweight insulation such as scoria (lava rock), … Continue reading →

Posted in Building Styles, Ceilings, Climate, Economics, Emergency Shelter, Insulation, Introduction | Tagged cold climate, cold climate design, earthbag building, earthbags, insulated, Insulation, sandbags, superinsulated, yurt | 18 Replies

Earthbag (Sandbag) Stands

Natural Building Blog Posted on March 28, 2009 by Kelly HartJanuary 20, 2015

Bag stands can speed the bag filling process. Doni and Kaki provide details for building bag stands in their excellent book Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques. I like using a “bucket chute” — a plastic bucket with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Filling Bags, Introduction, Tools | Tagged bag stands, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag stands, sandbag frames, sandbag stands, sandbags | 6 Replies

Affordable and Sustainable DIY Earthbag Homes

Natural Building Blog Posted on January 12, 2009 by Kelly HartJanuary 12, 2009

Earthbag building (also called sandbag building) is surely one of the lowest cost, most practical building methods. First used by the military for building durable, bullet and blast resistant structures, this building method has recently experienced a surge of interest … Continue reading →

Posted in Domes, Economics, Introduction | Tagged affordable housing, DIY, earthbags, sandbags, sustainable housing | Leave a reply

Feed Sacks as Sandbag Substitutes

Natural Building Blog Posted on January 5, 2009 by Kelly HartJanuary 5, 2009

Kelly and I try to track everything about earthbags and sandbags.  Here’s a suggestion I came across on a January 4, 2009 post at SurvivalBlog.com.   It’s another example of the amazing versatility of building with bags. “We came across a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bag Material, Economics, Introduction | Tagged earthbags, feed bags, recycled bags, sandbags | 10 Replies

Automated Bag Filling Machine

Natural Building Blog Posted on December 21, 2008 by Kelly HartDecember 21, 2008

Strawbale houses were first built shortly after the invention of the baling machine.  Settlers in western Nebraska who had access to this machine were quick to realize the potential of large, insulated building blocks.  And the rest of the story, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Filling Bags, Introduction, Tools | Tagged Add new tag, automated bag filling, earthbags, sandbags | 4 Replies

EZBagger and GoBagger Bag Fillers

Natural Building Blog Posted on December 19, 2008 by Kelly HartDecember 19, 2008

Readers are asking about two bag filling devices on the Internet — EZBagger and GoBagger.  They scoop and funnel sand directly into bags. My preference for a bag filler was explained in my post titled Bucket Chutes (December 16, 2008).  … Continue reading →

Posted in Filling Bags, Introduction, Tools | Tagged Add new tag, bag fillers, bag filling, bucket chute, earthbags, sandbags | Leave a reply

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