Our Earthbag House - How to buid a fortress on the cheap

Earthbag construction is a durable and affordable technique for building houses. The system was developed specifically with the goal of making them earthquake resistant, and they are in fact very effective at stopping most common bullet calibers.

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• earthbag construction
• shtf
• bullet proof house
• economic collapse
• cheap construction techniques

[1adadada]

come the collapse, a man with those kind of skills will be the thing to have. metro sexual late geeks will be of absolutely no use. I feel a rebirth of the masculine coming on.

[RebeccaLass]

How is it coming now? would love to see an updated video! planning on building a self-sufficient house in the summer. Original plan was to use cob but I'm up here in Alaska and not sure how well that would work. Been looking into Earthbag construction, maybe I'll just throw some of the ideas together. Wood framed roundhouse with stone or cobwood maybe...anyway, Very very interesting, great video!

[captnhuffy]

@UniquelyGeeky

You ask about the "rating" - not if doubling the wall thickness would slow thermal transfer between inside and outside... there is a difference.

The answer i believe you are looking for is: You will have greater insulation by doubling the thickness of the bags... it becomes even more like a cave.

BUT, far better; would be to insulated the inside of the "bunker" with modern insulation.

Also I wouldnt use bags on any interior walls... unless you want heaters for each room.

[kooodeal]

Did the Town or State,etc. have any fees or inspections ,you had to go through?

[UniquelyGeeky]

@captnhuffy What if the wall thickness was doubled? Would that help the R rating much?

[spatinco]

Is he going to put walls on top of those bags? It looks like a WW-I bunker.

[captnhuffy]

VERY Nice. There is a lot to like (love) about what you are doing.

BUT: The walls do NOT have a high "R" value as you stated. In fact the "R" value is rather low. BUT: What you WILL have is a large amount of thermal mass, resulting in thermal stability (meaning it will take a lot of energy to increase or decrease the internal temperature once it is enclosed) Great for desert dwellers with high day-time and low night-time temperatures. Such designs "smooths" out large temp swings.

[1wicked2008]

. nice looking costly project you have going on there ..cobs not gonna as strong but would of saved you thousands with the same result in the end..

[MrDownrange]

I would love to see an update on this... I have been wanting to build a small cabin on my property for a long time and that looks awesome.

[leanlifter1]

WoW !

[Theldja75]

can u link me exact directions on how to build this fortified house.. bearing in mind i'm a single mother so directions need to be VERY layman friendly..lol... Thanksss.

[bradthompson86]

How long did that take you?