Three rows of recycled tires are up. I packed two tires with recycled bottles and recycled foam. Next we show the ingredients for padobe. I missed showing my shovel. The dirt all around the containers has a high clay content. See the results of the first padobe batches.
Since you use WHITE portland, the color is white, no need to paint, and it reflects the HOT sun keeping things cooler inside.
Just a thought for your final coating on your project that I found very useful on my house I built 30 years ago. By the way, it is just like the day I finished it! Never painted over it and it is still like new!
Also, see Dennis Weaver house film. He did similar on his house in west desert.
Old shop tchr of 39 yrs.
u2btchr 1 year ago
I've used aluminum cans, stacked lying flat facing bottoms to the house, open ends face outward, like you're doing with tires and foam. I covered this [using a 2 lb coffee can as a measuring device] with "2 cans of portland white masonary cement, 1 can of hydrated lime, and 1 TABLE spoon of salt [salt IS important]" -- this produces a 'water-proof' mortor mixture which you mix to 'kethup' thickness and either brush or roll on as a final coat.
This may be a great last layer
u2btchr 1 year ago
since you got lime in there you could probably get good results by adding ash made from anything that has high silica content in the fire,instead of the portland cement.
lookup geopolymer...
got a dam nearby?
big ups on the recycling ;)
m3sca1 1 year ago
you would be much further ahead grinding the foam putting it in the bags and affixing them to the walls then use the cardboard to hold it all in place the apply paper create preformed blocks. Just a suggestion from a thermal dynamics standpoint.
sylvanenergy 1 year ago
What a trashy house!
And please don't ONLY feed my husband cat turds, I don't want to have to kiss that!
LOL
Keep playing in the dirt.
Can't wait to see what it looks like.
aerdna16 1 year ago