earthbag earthship
so back when I first joined steemit I wrote about the house I was goingt to be building and that was going to be a earthbag earthship, I had looked at ways of filling the bags up and thought about pvc pipe but could not find a good priced solution and looked else ware and found a 8 inch concrete tube and it comes in 48 inch lengths so cutting it in half I am able to get 2 filling tubes, at 10 dollars for the 48 inch tube so 5 dollars for each or the 2 filler tubes, can get 5 or 10 of the 48 inch tubes and have 10 or 20 bag filling tubes, I did some testing and found I could fill 10 bags in about 15 minutes which will be a pretty good click on filling bags,
As you can see I got a plan and believe it will work very well, and with nearly an estimated 3000 bags to fill I need every advantage I can get, I am seeing an average of 40 bag and hr, looking at 85 bags on the long side, and 45 bags on the sides there abouts,
I have also looking at a hybrid now of putting in 2X6X12 post every 8 feet to support the beams for the roof so I have done some modifications to the plans but it will be a morfing build as I go.
so as my adventure takes off I hope I am lucky to get this done and have my off grid homestead
very good luck! i also am planning to build a new hybrid model of Earthship (tyre foundation) and earthbag.. The best thing about earthbag is that you can make the roof with it which saves a fortune!
are you stabilising the dirt? it looks like gravel rather than clay based.. so 10% cement might be advisable and definitely double bag the first few courses
Im test running this with the sand and crushed shell, but it will be clay based, also I am actually laying the bags short ways not long ways creating a 22 inch thick wall not the roughly 8 inch walls, therefore going to have very sturdy walls and very insulated
It's a lot of work, but think about how great it will be when finished!
It's a lot of work, but think about how great it will be when finished!
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