We’re happy to announce the 2nd anniversary of Earthbag Building Blog. Thank you everyone for your support. We love hearing about your earthbag projects and sharing information with others. Keep those project submissions rolling in.
In the spirit of celebration, here are some of our most popular posts:
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Cost of Earthbag Houses
Cold Climate Earthbag Yurts
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Archive for November, 2009
Happy 2nd Year Anniversary!
Posted in Introduction, tagged best links, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag homes, popular links, sandbag homes, sandbag houses on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Visit Our Family of Websites
Posted in Economics, Introduction, tagged affordable housing, DIY housing information, earthbag, earthbag building, natural building, sustainable architecture, sustainable building, websites on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the years Kelly and I have built up a great deal of free online content to help those looking for low-cost, sustainable building options. The amount of information has grown so vast that I now refer to these sites as “our family of websites”. If you’re looking for dirt cheap, DIY, sustainable building information [...]
Wooden Shakes on Earthbag Houses
Posted in Building Styles, Domes, Economics, Introduction, tagged Domes, earthbag, earthbag building, earthbag domes, earthbag houses, sandbag domes, sandbag homes, sandbag houses, wood shakes, wooden shakes on November 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Wooden shakes are a sustainable roofing material because they can be made by hand using a froe and locally available wood. You can make shakes from many kinds of wood, but the best shakes come from old trees with tight growth rings. Install shakes over roofing felt, and fasten with galvanized roofing nails. [...]
Earthbag Basements
Posted in Economics, Foundations, Introduction, tagged basement, basement wall detail, earthbag basement, earthbag basement detail, earthbag building, earthbag construction, earthbag houses, sandbag home, sandbag house on November 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So far very little has been written about earthbag basements. Earthbags are suitable for basements and other underground applications such as cisterns and rootcellars. Round or curved designs are inherently stronger than long, straight walls, which require reinforcing columns or buttresses.
General guidelines for earthbag basements:
- 24″ wide poly bags (measured when empty)
- lime stabilized soil [...]
Some Thoughts about Durability and Financing
Posted in Building Styles, Domes, Economics, climate, codes on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Jorge Dominguez has been building earthbag houses in Hawaii for some time, and he recently emailed me some of his thoughts about this way of building as it relates to durability, financing, and insurance. I think that he has touched on some very important issues that I would like to share with you.
“I was originally [...]
