One of the most frequent questions people ask is how much do earthbag houses cost? It’s a little difficult to answer because there are many factors that affect the total cost. A lot depends on what features you want to add, whether or not you have building codes, how much work is done by the [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Cost of Earthbag Houses
Posted in Economics, Introduction, tagged dirt cheap, DIY, earth houses, earthbag building, earthbag homes, earthbag houses, low cost, sandbag houses on October 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Living Walls
Posted in Bag Material, Building Styles, Domes, Filling Bags, Insulation, Plasters, climate, landscaping on October 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I recently wrote an article about living walls for GreenHomeBuilding.com, and in doing the research for this I came upon an interesting approach to creating a kind of living wall or retaining wall using geotextile materials. Basically, loosely woven bags filled with a growing medium can be stacked to form walls that then support plant [...]
Earthbag History Footnote
Posted in Introduction, history, tagged earthbag, earthbag history, history of sandbags, sandbag on October 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We want to thank Doug at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/18/754890/-NFTTFill-The-Sandbags!-Edition for providing us some additional information on the history of sandbags (earthbags).
Doug has kindly informed us that sandbags can be traced back almost 250 years to the Napoleonic Wars, during which time French troops were issued sandbags for use in the field.
And as you can see in the [...]
Reciprocal Roofs
Posted in Building Styles, Ceilings, Economics, tagged earthbag, earthbag building, living roof, low cost roof, reciprocal roof, sandbag, sandbag houses, spiral roof on October 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ziggy has the best info I’ve found on reciprocal roofs at his Year of Mud website. See: How to Build a Reciprocal Roof Frame
A reciprocal roof is a simple self-supporting structure made of poles or dimensional lumber that are arranged in a spiral pattern. No center support is needed. They are perfect for round [...]
Earthbag Building in 35 Different Languages
Posted in Introduction, Uncategorized on October 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am pleased to announce that www.earthbagbuilding.com is now available online in 35 different languages. With the simple addition of a Google “Translate” box as part of the main menu, you can now choose to read all of the text on any given page in your language of preference. Once the new page is created [...]
