Earthbag Home in Arkansas - Packing Tires - 2 MAJORS

An Earthbag Home is made of old tires, sand bags, dirt, bottles, and other recycled materials. Paul and Lisa are building their first earthbag home in Garfield. In this video they make a measuring device out of fencing material to keep the first row of tires level. They are using SP2 or "dirty gravel" to fill and pack the tires. The next video will show them filling sandbags and creating window forms and door posts.

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[kieranpearson]

Is it finished? How did it turn out?

[ArdomeTV]

@kieranpearson we expect to finish this year! Our house is about 7ft. tall - stay tuned!

[zekehooper]

How many sandbags will it take to build aand how much was the bags? Also, can you use burlap bags?

[ArdomeTV]

YOu can use burlap bags too! It's more organic and will probably biodegrade faster but does the job just the same! So far we have ordered 1000 bags ($200) I imagine we will use smaller bags on the second level.

Thanks for your interest!

[Thyrinal]

Friggin awsome! I cant wait to see more. I am thinking real hard on doing something real simular hopefully as soon as next year. I'll wait for my questions untill i see more. Rock on ya all.

[ArdomeTV]

Muchas gracias! Best wishes!!

[TheOutdoorBasics]

Where'd you guys buy your earth bags?

[Ladyhawkwright]

how is the project going?

[SouthernMofo]

i love this gettn some great ideas....you hav a wonderful wife and daughter,,i know this will make your family stronger too....im not far from ark myself,,i really wanna try to build one too your family has inspired me thanks.....

[MERYSprings]

@ArdomeTV Where do you find 1000 bags for 200? 911 sandbags is the best price we've found for sandbags period... but we'd love more options of hemp or burlap....

[crackbabykid]

bitch u no nohing

[yanikivanov]

nice.. guy you best couple :) my wife might think im crazy construction like this ! lol

[dodgyhingst]

@zekehooper Why would you want the bags which make up the *bricks* in the walls to biodegrade? I don't want my house to fall apart.

[Jenntasnim]

I hope you guys read some of these comments. Hats off to you! When I saw this it choked me up for a second. It's so beautiful to see folks living sustainably like this. I live out here in Oregon and have thought about doing this kind of thing for a long time. If this message gets to you guys I would love to contact you all to pick your brain a little bit. Peace and blessings to you and the fam.

[empouse]

Wow! This is pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen! :D