Earthbag Dome

Slide show of a dome built from earthbags with a quasi-ferrocement roof. Still needs finish stucco and interior plaster. I also plan to pour an adobe floor when the weather is more suitable. This building is basically a "practice building" to gain insight before I build my house. The dome went through a few direction changes while I was building it, but it still turned out to be one extremely strong/massive structure. I'm putting this up for anyone looking for info on this type of construction. I know when I was doing my research, I couldn't get enough of it - so this is my little contribution.

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• dome
• earthbag
• rammed
• earth
• green
• construction
• ferrocement
• vault
• earthship
• passive
• solar
• building

[kurydebarcelona]

nicely done! love it! the music though... well

[doctordirtbag]

@kurydebarcelona dammit kury, I'm a DOCTOR - not a film maker!! Sorry, couldn't resist. :  )

[kurydebarcelona]

@doctordirtbag I know dr dirt but... come on! :)

[doctordirtbag]

@kurydebarcelona I guess the "star trek" joke doesn't translate so well if you don't know the tv series. You're right though, the music on this vid leaves a bit to be desired. Maybe I'll switch it out one of these days. Looks like you have a great channel with good info. Keep it up! Sorry to see Spain is getting sprayed like everybody else. My other vids on the house I'm building have better music btw.

[ralphinator2]

The wood framing will prevent you from doing this, but it works great for adobe.

When the walls are complete, fill the inside with wood scraps and brush, then light it on fire.  It bakes the walls the same way putting a clay pot into a kiln works.

[doctordirtbag]

@ralphinator2 I've seen that done, but I think it was with a sandy mix. Ended up with a ceramic interior. It would be quite the leap of faith for me to set all that work on fire though!

[MrRizo223]

What would be the price range of putting this lovely dome together?

[AmazingKennyT]

I'm totally in that "can't get enough research" phase and I laughed when I read your description. :p

[spystyle]

Awesome :)

[kurydebarcelona]

@doctordirtbag oh, well, yes, Europe is in bad shape, I spent almost 10 years there, then took off. I went to India first and, big surprise: blue, clear, healthy, natural skies! and I'm now back on my home country, Argentina, wich is lovely (no perfect, of course, but super sweet and nice)

Sorry I didn't get the joke Doc, live long and prosper ;¬)