Why Build With Earth? (1/2)

[dervxerox]

Could have been said with fewer words.

[ytertyu]

blah blah blah ..look how handsome I am ..more blah

[punkish87]

eyh eyh

[OMFGCMONALREDY]

He has hiccups ,got to cracking me up after i noticed it lol .

[merdlb]

thats not hiccups thats a health condition...

[eddiequest2]

I'm partial to "Cast Earth", myself. Its tensile and compressive strengths are astronomical. And the prime binder, calcined gypsum, is easily made (limestone). But there is, of course, a very strong argument for using local soils.

[eightwillwontcannot]

Errrr.... gypsym gypsym gypsym gypsym

GIPSUM

[eddiequest4]

huh? (psst. Use spell check, dude)

[brob1969]

I am a general contractor who is building an earthen structure in Florida; the codes department is a PITA for permitting here making this type of construction very slow to come to this state.

[YiuTeub]

@brob1969 Imagine a world without some bureaucratic shithead telling citizens what to do.

[vutEwa]

@YiuTeub imagine a world where the people don't give a shit what the stupid government says and they ignored them because they are irrelevant, and they went on about their merry lives without ever giving them the power in their minds or hearts.

[Kaberf]

Good information! I never considered using kob with rammed earth until this video, but I like your idea of the stove being near the kob wall (and aparantly through it) to radiate heat slowly. It drives me crazy that "modern" homes have to practically blow a furnace non stop in some climates.

[kingdomtuba]

The comment by lowerself, I believe, is some sort of mind bending/hypnotic comment to disrupt peoples thoughts, you can ignore it or deal with as you see fit.

[Zarbod]

Good points. I'll have to try that.