Earthbag house diy

The Aseseeso earthbag chalet under construction. Note how it’s built on sloping ground.

The type of roof you choose for an earthbag house is important. No matter whether you construct a circular house or a rectangular one, you want to take into account your roof before you build (or be...

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​If you’re only going to read one post on roofing for earthbag, make it this one. Remember our brave and successful earthbag lovers in Costa Rica ? Here’s how they constructed their roof, step...

Ever wondered what the building process looks like when building with earthbags? Check out this timelapse to get an idea. If you don't like heavy metal

How to Build an Insulated Earthbag House: For those new to earthbag building, please read my Step-by-Step Earthbag Building Instructable . Also, my new Earthbag Building Guide and Earthbag Building DVD are now available. Energy performance on most buildings can be improved with insulatio…

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How to make earth plaster.

Are you looking for cheap alternative housing ideas that won't get you in a ton of debt? Here are a few realistic ideas for you.

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How to Build Dirt Cheap Houses: Ever wonder how to build a simple home for very little money, without going into debt? The key is to use low-cost, locally available natural materials such earth, small diameter wood and straw to keep expenses to a minimum. The real fun is incorpora…

Wouldn’t it be nice to own your own green dream home, made with recycled and natural materials and packed with custom features? Whether you’re an experienc

3 months of building in 90 seconds… It’s hard to capture content when there’s cob on your hands, but this will give you an idea of the process! Not...

Here is a distilled version of the nearly 500 pictures I took of the four-day earthbag workshop held at the farm where we are studying Perma...

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I recently got an email from Steve Cameron with the sketch shown below that he had drawn of a concept for filling and forming earthbag tubing into a uniform rectangular form on the wall being built.