Beth's Earthbag Construction Project

Artículo de construcción con base en bolsas de arena interesante!

During the time I was researching the new and improved techniques of Strawbale construction in late 2003, I came across the idea of Earthbags, and got very interested. They are polypropylene flood control bags filled with mud instead of sand, stacked up to make walls, and then covered with stucco or plaster. They get offset-laid in courses, like bricks, and stomped on/pounded to the desired shape. The mud doesn't need to be very closely monitored for a balance between sand and clay or other things, so it can be done anywhere, using local dirt. The bags don't need to 'breathe' like strawbales, so you can plaster or stucco or cement over them as you like. To keep them from slipping, barbed wire is laid between courses, and for tall walls, rebar is driven through them vertically for stability. The bottom-most course is filled with gravel, to aid drainage. I'm finding a great ...

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