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Shear Strength Wall Test Report

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

Test description: Shear strength of plastered 4′ x 4’/ 1.2 x 1.2 m bag wall (15″ / 38 cm thick) of weak cohesive soil with barbed wire; Materials: solid poly bags, tamped subsoils of silt and clay, lime and earthen … Continue reading →

Posted in Codes, Design, Filling Bags, Introduction, Structural aspects, Testing | Tagged earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, earthbag test, sand bag, shear test, test, testing, wall test | Leave a reply

Earthbag Tests in Comparison to NZ Tests

Natural Building Blog Posted on July 18, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

More testing info from Patti Stouter: What’s so important about New Zealand’s earth building standards? Well, no one else has based earth building guidelines on so much testing. And recently earthquakes in New Zealand (including a magnitude 7.1) proved how … Continue reading →

Posted in Introduction | Tagged earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, earthbag test, sand bag, testing | 17 Replies

Revised Earthbag Testing Page

Natural Building Blog Posted on June 20, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

With  the help of Patti Stouter, I have revised the index page for available test data and reports at www.earthbagbuilding.com. Instead of just links to half a dozen existing test reports that are specific to earthbags, there are now references … Continue reading →

Posted in Introduction, Testing | Tagged earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, earthbag test, earthbag testing, testing | 2 Replies

Bullet Resistance of Gravel

Natural Building Blog Posted on June 16, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

What’s the most effective way to provide bullet resistance for your home? Here’s a field trial test of Joel Skousen’s gravel wall system. Compare the bullet resistance of this system to: Sand bags Compressed earth Impact testing compressed earth by … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Filling Bags, Introduction, Structural aspects, Testing | Tagged bullet, bullet resistance, bullet resistant, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, gravel, gravel bags, gravel-filled bags, testing | 4 Replies

Hyper-wattle Wall Test

Natural Building Blog Posted on June 4, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

Patti Stouter just tested her hyper-wattle wall system that’s she’s building at her home in New York. She’s published the results on her Hyper-wattle proposal at the $300 House design competition. She’s been in the top three consistently and there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Building Styles, Design, Economics, Emergency Shelter, Filling Bags, Insulation, Introduction, Structural aspects | Tagged $300 house, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag home, earthbag house, hyper-wattle, hyperwattle, Patti Stouter, sand bag, test, testing | Leave a reply

Impact Testing Earthco Megablocks with Blackpowder Cannon

Natural Building Blog Posted on May 1, 2011 by Owen GeigerJune 3, 2022

“We fired fence posts and bricks from a blackpowder cannon into an EarthCo Megablock wall made from local earth and water. These walls were produced from highly shrinking-swelling clay subsoil which produces a very low quality wall, however our goal … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Introduction, Structural aspects, Testing | Tagged cannon, compressed earth, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag construction, impact resistance, impact testing, rammed earth, tamped earth, testing | 2 Replies

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