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RE: The Earthship Hut Workshop. 20 Volunteers, $5,000 and 2 weeks! Days 6-10 - The Roof!
Super! so happy to read someone else who is building eco and sharing the skills for free, many charge so much for workshops when building eco is so important it should be info shared free for as many people as possible, It also what I also have been doing the past few years, and its amazing each time the amount of volunteers wanting to participate and learn, love what your doing and building, never did earth ships but would like to try one day, it would suit the really hot summer climate here, I been doing straw bale and cobb, on very low budget and cob too, best wishes and will be following you :-)
thank you steemama ! you are right, especially in India where I have been living and promoting this..
Please come in droves when i do workshops because they are almost free (people have to pay their accommodation wherever we are but is very cheap in India)... this has made all my workshops SO much more fun and enjoyable as everyone knows they are lucky to have this opportunity..
If u do build, maybe look at a hybrid concept.. Im REALLY keen to try a tyre foundation a few feet tall, with Earthbag making up the rest of the wall. If it is round you can also make the roof from Earthbag which i explained in my post. Then if you insulate That with straw bale (on the outside!) you are REALLY onto a winner ;-))
You insulate from outside when building passive solar buildings so that the thermal mass can keep your space warm...
Yes there is such a different energy and vibe when its for free...skill sharing/workshops, theres less expectations and more fun!
Yes next may be a earth bag, but id need a team of strong volunteers! breastfeeding these days not so much lifting 20 kilo bags of earth around! :-), The other great advantage to insulating from the outside (as i did with my roofs)is that the rodents and bugs that would like to live there in the insulation are not so keen when its outside! and then they not in the house! but didnt yet insulate walls from outside hmmmm.....i love to design it all in my head right now!
right, GOOD point about the rodents!
might be worth mentioning here that we use coconut hair to insulate internally here.. ALL bugs and pets and rodents are totally uninterested in it and it never seems to decompose even when left outside.. not sure how much coconut hair there is around the Nevada though! ;-)
lol! nope not many coconuts! I ve wondered if i could try grow some, i worship THE COCONUT! am a coconut butter junkie and for sure id love to use it in a build!, nope just got straw here! mice love that ;-), can buy hemp but is expensive, i just recently found a recycled wool n cotton clothing 4cm thick large bats/pads quite cheap in Granada builders supply, which was nice surprise, good for truck conversions and yurts :-)
yes, wool is the BEST.. both insulation wise and energetically! go for it! ;-)