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I watched a show on Discovery Channel on building an Earth bag house in desert near Tucson Az..
Plastic bags are filled with a non toxic fireproof mix and layers built up in a dome. Variation on sand bags. Barbed wire is placed between layers to prevent slipping.
The dome is crowned with a ring attached by cables to the foundation. The dome is stuccoed inside and out. Minimal cost and technical skill. It was done in a few weeks by a woman and a group of volunteers, assisted by an expert.
The mix for the bags was done by hand.
They paid for cement delivery for the foundation and a concrete pump to pour the foundation.
They rented a backhoe to dig the foundation tranches, buot their own concrete forms, and installed the rebar themselves.
The dome is a large thermal mass. It absobs heat on the outside in the day which heats at night. Cooled down at night it keeps the living space comfortable in 100+ heat.
Power from solar panels and cooking with propane. Water from a well.
I watched a show on Discovery Channel on building an Earth bag house in desert near Tucson Az..
Plastic bags are filled with a non toxic fireproof mix and layers built up in a dome. Variation on sand bags. Barbed wire is placed between layers to prevent slipping.
The dome is crowned with a ring attached by cables to the foundation. The dome is stuccoed inside and out. Minimal cost and technical skill. It was done in a few weeks by a woman and a group of volunteers, assisted by an expert.
The mix for the bags was done by hand.
They paid for cement delivery for the foundation and a concrete pump to pour the foundation.
They rented a backhoe to dig the foundation tranches, buot their own concrete forms, and installed the rebar themselves.
The dome is a large thermal mass. It absobs heat on the outside in the day which heats at night. Cooled down at night it keeps the living space comfortable in 100+ heat.
Power from solar panels and cooking with propane. Water from a well.
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