Chief cook and web person.
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- A Big Gl ass Wall — 3 comments
- Chipcrete Experiment — 3 comments
- Knocking $27K off my roof — 2 comments
- The 5 Minute Tire — 2 comments
- Snow! — 1 comments
Mark Squibb
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Jun 21
Fun with Power Tools
Ever want to use a really big Jackhammer? Watch Earthship site prep with a Bobcat Jackhammer take down a burned-out basement wall in minutes. Join the Earthship Volunteer Registry. It looks like we’ll be ready to start tire work weekends of July 5 and July 12. Here are directions to our build site in Fort Collins. We’ll …
Jun 18
The 5 Minute Tire
This video shows us packing out our very first tire in about 5 minutes with a pneumatic backfill tamper: It is fast as you can shovel dirt; Not as tiring as the sledge hammer method. Sides were a little softer than hand pounding. Two sledge laps pound the tire to totally firm – about 20 …
May 20
Get organized or …
It’s a simple choice – get project organization system or book a room at Happy Dale’s sanitarium. It’s 4:00 a.m. – and after glancing briefly at the liquor cabinet – I thought – I’ve got way too much rambling around my head. Yesterday ended with a review of facebook messages and wonderful volunteers – and …
May 19
Knocking $27K off my roof
Wanna see how I hope to knock $27K off my Earthship’s roof? Regular Earthships use 2 layers of 4 inch Poly Iso Insulation, tongue and groove decking and metal roofing. This method costs well over $8 per square foot in materials. If my experiment works – this straw bale roof will perform about as well …
May 18
3D Model – Goes to work
Who would have thought a 3D model could save money? I’ve noticed the model is helping me to: Catch mistakes Calculate Materials Communicate with the team about design issues. I’m starting to think it may have been well worth the effort. This video illustraties how I think the evolving model will help to communicate the …
May 10
Rebuild Logic
Looking at the raw family budget started us on a road where we’re making a LOT of different kinds of decisions – even departing from the traditional way of thinking about Earthships. Here’s the origin of the story of why our decisions & designs look may look strange…
May 10
Our Manatee Visitor
We’re in Key Largo FL – and we had a BIG manatee come to hang out with us. She hung around for about an hour and seemed to enjoy or dinky little boat – or perhaps our family energy. It was great! Your browser does not support the video tag. Video not working? The-KeyLargo-Manatee-v1 …
Jul 09
The Nerf War – Chapter 1
Hunter decided he needed a nerf war – just like he and his friends used to do. He called Toys-R-Us and talked to the manager – who promptly offered re-arm the neighborhood. Here is the first part of the story… Cannot show video on your browser – please use link below HunterNerfFight
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