building an earthbag house

[Dr Rick Daris]

does anybody want to do this with me? things we'll need are a place to build, bags, dirt and a few tools. also money. does anybody have any of that that and also willing to offer it? we can get a a bunch of bags for a few hundred dollars. does anyone know if a bank will lend for this? is anyone a banker that approves loans for these types of things? interested parties please post in this thread or pm if you would like to remain a silent partner. also, i have some of the tools already and am willing to contribute them.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/1-earthbag-dome-home.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/2009/03/26/earthbag-house-plans/&usg=__EwVV9wu56r9nBYMP-9ou6vmQt5Q=&h=384&w=499&sz=146&hl=en&start=43&itbs=1&tbnid=OGGeAeImdzIydM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddome%2Bhome%2Bkits%26start%3D36%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1

[Johnny Wichita]

I'm in. 

[CNS]

3 words....

Straw.  Bale.  House.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dancingrabbit.org/img/straw_bale_beauty_big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dancingrabbit.org/building/straw_bale.php&h=425&w=640&sz=49&tbnid=-YeE05_wI-7ASM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstraw%2Bbale%2Bhouse&hl=en&usg=__SXwsgLsvfaHWx2QXuqomDM95j6Q=&ei=d4PYS-WhFYO78gb_4JWwBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=5&ct=image&ved=0CBwQ9QEwBA


Earth bags are for those who don't have any straw.

[CNS]

In a load-bearing straw house the weight of the roof is supported by the bales themselves without any other framework

If that doesn't inspire confidence, I don't know what will.

[Dr Rick Daris]

 

[CNS]

Mowing that would be a bitch.

[Dr Rick Daris]

I'm in. 

do you have land or know of anyone who has built an earthbag house before?

[Bill Clarahan]

Hobbits?

[pissclams]

what's inside of those bags?

[_33]

3 words....

Straw.  Bale.  House.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dancingrabbit.org/img/straw_bale_beauty_big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dancingrabbit.org/building/straw_bale.php&h=425&w=640&sz=49&tbnid=-YeE05_wI-7ASM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstraw%2Bbale%2Bhouse&hl=en&usg=__SXwsgLsvfaHWx2QXuqomDM95j6Q=&ei=d4PYS-WhFYO78gb_4JWwBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=5&ct=image&ved=0CBwQ9QEwBA


Earth bags are for those who don't have any straw.

"Great idea dumbass."  -  3rd little pig

[CNS]

what's inside of those bags?

sodium

[Sugar Dick]

does anybody want to do this with me? things we'll need are a place to build, bags, dirt and a few tools. also money. does anybody have any of that that and also willing to offer it? we can get a a bunch of bags for a few hundred dollars. does anyone know if a bank will lend for this? is anyone a banker that approves loans for these types of things? interested parties please post in this thread or pm if you would like to remain a silent partner. also, i have some of the tools already and am willing to contribute them.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/1-earthbag-dome-home.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/2009/03/26/earthbag-house-plans/&usg=__EwVV9wu56r9nBYMP-9ou6vmQt5Q=&h=384&w=499&sz=146&hl=en&start=43&itbs=1&tbnid=OGGeAeImdzIydM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddome%2Bhome%2Bkits%26start%3D36%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1

Global Warming igloo?  

Instead of working hard and sweating and stuff, we head up to Eskimo country and charge Eskimos money to take Earthbag home building lessons.  Like a consulting company.  Tell them the ice is going to melt soon and that tsunami's and hurricanes are coming so unless they want to get their seal skin hats wet they better learn how to build a earthbag igloo, and that we can show them how for a nominal fee.

[pissclams]

what's inside of those bags?

sodium

it's not sodium, would harm the environment

[Saulbadguy]

I'm going to clone pissclams and rick daris hundreds of time and stack their dead bodies in a similar fashion and call it a DIRTBAG house!!

[CNS]

what's inside of those bags?

sodium

it's not sodium, would harm the environment

Exactly the reason it is sodium.  With you reducing your intake, it all has to go somewhere.  

Capture it in a bag, build a house with it, and it has no chance of ever ending back up in a Panda Express #6 lunch special.

[_33]

what's inside of those bags?

earth? 

[pissclams]

you dumbasses, it's not earth, it's not sodium, it's not dead bodies of bbs elites.  they put massive amounts of polluted top soil in those bags and then pawn it off to unsuspecting dumbasses.  read your history fellas, read it.

[Dr Rick Daris]

omg 

saul just sent me a pm and said that he'd be in if we could put aspartame in the bags. good lord. when i pm'd him back that the bags would be behind walls and not easily accessible he backed out. pfffft.

[Saulbadguy]

omg 

saul just sent me a pm and said that he'd be in if we could put aspartame in the bags. good lord. when i pm'd him back that the bags would be behind walls and not easily accessible he backed out. pfffft.

Not cool dude. They are called private messages for a reason.  Now you've done it.  I am moving out of section 2. I'm done with this crap.  Sick and fuckin tired of it.

[CNS]

you dumbasses, it's not earth, it's not sodium, it's not dead bodies of bbs elites.  they put massive amounts of polluted top soil in those bags and then pawn it off to unsuspecting dumbasses.  read your history fellas, read it.

So, it is earth then?

I am confused.

[Johnny Wichita]

I'm in. 

do you have land or know of anyone who has built an earthbag house before?

Yes and kind of.  I spent an evening once in Eagle Nest, NM, on New Year's Eve and spent all night drinking wine and talking with an older hippy couple that lived in a dome of some sort nearby.  I'll track them down next time I'm out there.  I'm sure they will be very helpful in our mission. 

[ChiComCat]

I'm in. 

do you have land or know of anyone who has built an earthbag house before?

Yes and kind of.  I spent an evening once in Eagle Nest, NM, on New Year's Eve and spent all night drinking wine and talking with an older hippy couple that lived in a dome of some sort nearby.  I'll track them down next time I'm out there.  I'm sure they will be very helpful in our mission. 

So basically JW has lived in a dome most his life

[gato montes]

I'm in. 

do you have land or know of anyone who has built an earthbag house before?

Yes and kind of.  I spent an evening once in Eagle Nest, NM, on New Year's Eve and spent all night drinking wine and talking with an older hippy couple that lived in a dome of some sort nearby.  I'll track them down next time I'm out there.  I'm sure they will be very helpful in our mission. 

Holy crap. I've been there. You have a start but nothing compared to Kingston, NM hippies. These people have it down. They can have you 2 built in the time it takes JW's people to build one. Oh, and it would have an elite disc golf course built in the surrounding mountains.

[pissclams]

I'm in. 

do you have land or know of anyone who has built an earthbag house before?

Yes and kind of.  I spent an evening once in Eagle Nest, NM, on New Year's Eve and spent all night drinking wine and talking with an older hippy couple that lived in a dome of some sort nearby.  I'll track them down next time I'm out there.  I'm sure they will be very helpful in our mission. 

Holy crap. I've been there. You have a start but nothing compared to Kingston, NM hippies. These people have it down. They can have you 2 built in the time it takes JW's people to build one. Oh, and it would have an elite disc golf course built in the surrounding mountains.

the very fact that domes are a much more solid structure than anything else currently known to man leads me to believe that the dome is the obvious choice when selecting my next living quarters.  i wonder how much of its tensile strength would be reduced if i were to double, or perhaps triple dome it.  anyone who knows pls post here tia.

[sys]

Holy crap. I've been there. You have a start but nothing compared to Kingston, NM hippies. These people have it down. They can have you 2 built in the time it takes JW's people to build one. Oh, and it would have an elite disc golf course built in the surrounding mountains.

used to go to kingston somewhat regularly.  nice area.  saw a guy building (slowly) a house way be in the woods on fs land.  seemed to be using mostly concrete blocks but also rocks and forest products and whatnot.  lots of kids.